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Foo Fighters to Release First Album Since Death of Drummer Taylor Hawkins

The new album will be released June 2 and is produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters

File - Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters perform at The Innings Festival 2022 at Tempe Beach Park on February 26, 2022 in Tempe, Arizona.
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Foo Fighters have announced a new album is in the works, the first since the death of the band's drummer, Taylor Hawkins.

The rockers said in a statement that the upcoming 10-track “But Here We Are” will be “a brutally honest and emotionally raw response to everything Foo Fighters endured over the last year.”

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The lead, driving single is “Rescued,” with the lyrics “I'm just waiting to be rescued/Bring me back to life/Kings and queens and in-betweens/We all deserve the right.”

50-year-old Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died while on tour in Bogotá Colombia on Friday. Colombian officials say Hawkins had 10 substances, including opioids in his system when he died.

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The new album will be released June 2 and is produced by Greg Kurstin and Foo Fighters. Other titles include “Hearing Voices,” “Show Me How,” “Nothing At All” and “Rest,” the ending song.

Hawkins died March 25, 2022, during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50.

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