When comparing the legacies of the two bands, Pitchfork said that Foo Fighters' "may not be anywhere near as glamorous or as era-defining as that of [Nirvana], but in a way, it's much more difficult and thankless". The album contains four Bee Gees covers, a cover of Andy Gibb's " Shadow Dancing", plus five live versions of Medicine at Midnight tracks.

If they were in as Legends (it’s not a band slot) or Churnups, or newly identified “sunset for bands that are sunsetting” slot, then I would love it. Foo Fighters also used the technique of shifting between quiet verses and loud choruses, which Grohl said was influenced by the members of Nirvana "liking The Knack, Bay City Rollers, Beatles, and ABBA as much as we liked Flipper and Black Flag, I suppose. On January 16, 2014, a picture was posted to Foo Fighters' Facebook page with several master tapes labeled LP 8.

Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos and covers, and released an album of demos, Pocketwatch, under the pseudonym Late! STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX requires every component of a textiles product – including all thread, buttons and trims – to be tested against a list of more than 1,000 harmful regulated and unregulated chemicals that may be harmful to human health. On September 14, 2014, the band performed at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games, their first official show in England since closing Reading Festival in 2012.

By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. I mean, maybe they’ll bring on a guest or two which can never be ruled out at Glastonbury, but I imagine it’s mostly gonna be a standard Foos set going through the bangers, not a rotating door of guest vocalists or musicians etc. On August 11, the band announced that the new album would be titled Sonic Highways and released on November 10, 2014. Pat Smear was present in many photos posted by Grohl on Twitter, and a press release in December confirmed Smear played on every track on the album and was considered an official member of the band once again.

As Page and Jones left the stage before a final encore of "Best of You", an ecstatic Grohl shouted "Welcome to the greatest fucking day of my whole entire life! Sandra Thurman, the director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, stated this was "extraordinarily irresponsible behavior. In September, Foo Fighters performed tribute concerts to Hawkins at Wembley Stadium, London, and the Kia Forum, Los Angeles. On September 5, the band performed a show at the Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a benefit for Rock the Vote. The band performed for 48,000 people [83] with Grohl in a custom-built moving throne which he claimed to have designed himself while on painkillers.