Foo Fighters have released a new song titled “Soldier” for the charity compilation, 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood. The track is an outtake from Concrete and Gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tgHmaWREYM
In recent years, Rick Astley has been known to drop a cover of the Foo Fighters’ 1997 hit ‘Everlong’ into his live sets. Then, after the band met Astley in Japan, they began to occasionally call on him to perform his classic hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ with them on stage.
Now, in a recent interview with NME, Dave Grohl has opened up on his relationship with Rick Astley, heaping praise on him, and even considering him to be a member of the band.
“Rick is the man,” said Dave Grohl. “The seventh Foo Fighter. He’s such a sweetheart.”
“I love that he gets nervous before playing,” Grohl added. “He’s Rick Astley! It’s like he’s Muhammad Ali! You just wouldn’t be nervous, but he’s such a good guy.”
NME also noted that the pair had recently hinted at a potential collaboration of sorts, with Astley saying in a recent interview that he is “going to try and write with some other people because I want to experience that.”
When asked whether or not he might end up recording with the Foo Fighters, Astley gave a hesitant reply, stating “There you go. It’s funny that actually. I think it is really brave when artists like that do that.”
“You might upset the audience, the critics etc. I think they just think, y’know what – we are doing it. He’s in the studio next door, we are doing it.”
