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Foo Fighters unveiled new drummer Josh Freese, shown here with guitarist Pat Smear, during a free live streaming show Sunday on Veeps.  Freese, 50, is a session drummer who has spent time in bands such Guns N' Roses and Nine Inch Nails, and also joined the touring bands for Sting, Paramore and The Replacements.

Foo Fighters unveiled new drummer Josh Freese during a free live streaming show on Sunday.

Freese, 50, is a session drummer who has spent time in bands such Guns N’ Roses and Nine Inch Nails, and also joined the touring bands for Sting, Paramore and The Replacements. “A longtime friend” of Foo Fighters founder and frontman Dave Grohl and the rest of the band, according to Spin, Freese was among the drummers who joined the group and other musicians last year for two tribute concerts for drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died March 25, 2022.

During Sunday’s event, entitled “Preparing Music for Concerts” on streaming service Veeps, viewers heard performances of several songs from the band’s upcoming album “But Here We Are.” In addition to Foo Fighters’ song “Under You,” which hit streaming services Wednesday, the band played first single “Rescued” and new song “Nothing at All.”

Foo Fighters unveiled new drummer Josh Freese during a free live streaming show on Sunday. The band played new songs from upcoming album "But Here We Are," ahead of a tour starting May 24. From left: Rami Jaffee, Chris Shiflett, Freese, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel and Dave Grohl.

Other songs performed from the event at the band’s Studio 606 included “Monkey Wrench” “All My Life,” “No Son of Mine,” and “The Sky is a Neighborhood.”

The band hits the stage May 24 at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire, about 100 miles north of Boston, Foo Fighters’ first tour since Hawkins’ death.



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