Foo Fighters have pulled the plug on their headlining set on the Soundside Music Festival, simply days earlier than this weekend’s Connecticut pageant.
The Grammy-winning rock group was imagined to take the stage Sunday at Seaside Park, however wrote Thursday Instagram that he’ll “now not seem” on the Bridgeport occasion. The letter contained no additional info on the choice.
Representatives for the Foo Fighters offered no additional remark to the Times on Thursday. Soundside Music Festival, which republished the Foo Fighters’ discover, didn’t instantly reply to The Times’ request for remark.
Jack White and Greta Van Fleet will as a substitute be co-headliners and can take the place of the Foo Fighters spot, Soundside announced Thursday. The last-minute regrouping comes a month after Soundside added Jack Antonoff’s Bleachers to the lineup, changing Queens of the Stone Age, who dropped out citing lead singer Josh Homme’s well being points.
Notably, Foo Fighters pulled out of their live performance at Soundside simply weeks after frontman Dave Grohl sparked controversy over his private life. The rocker has been sincere concerning the infidelity, revealing in a Post on Instagram from September 10th that he welcomed a toddler with a girl who isn’t his spouse, Jordyn Blum. The youngster was “born exterior of my marriage,” she mentioned.
“I intend to be a loving and supportive mother or father to her,” he mentioned. “I like my spouse and kids and I’m doing all the things I can to regain their belief and forgiveness.”
Grohl’s revelation went viral, setting off a spark speculations and reports concerning the mom of his new child daughter and the state of his marriage to Blum, whom she married in 2003. Grohl and Blum have three kids. He was beforehand married to Jennifer Youngblood, however the marriage broke down in 1997 after three years resulting from her infidelity.
The band’s look on the pageant was imagined to cap its Everything or Nothing At All Tour, its first tour with out drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died in 2022. Foo Fighters performed 4 reveals in California final month, together with two live shows at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
The group’s tour concluded on August 18 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle.
It’s unclear whether or not Grohl’s scandal performed a job in Soundside’s choice, nevertheless it’s price noting that neither Grohl nor the Foo Fighters have made any social media posts for the reason that little bombshell, except Soundside’s cancellation. Grohl earlier this month requested followers and followers to be thoughtful of his non-public life.
“We are grateful in your consideration of all the kids concerned as we transfer ahead collectively,” he wrote.
