{"id":2267639,"date":"2026-02-05T08:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2267639"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:10:50","slug":"this-is-just-a-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/this-is-just-a-test\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThis is just a test\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/foo-fighters\">Foo Fighters<\/a> have teased fans by posting snippets of their newest music.<\/p>\n<p>Last January, frontman <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/dave-grohl\">Dave Grohl<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dave-grohl-says-foo-fighters-finished-their-new-album-the-other-day-3925385\">casually dropped the news of a finished album<\/a> while playing the Australian leg of their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-announce-2026-take-cover-european-stadium-tour-uk-dates-liverpool-anfield-tickets-3906935\">\u2018Take Cover\u2019 tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He told the crowd that the album would land \u201cbefore my next birthday [January 14, 2027]\u201d, but gave no hints on what the music might sound like.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the band\u2019s social media have unleashed a flurry of snippets in a 19-second video.\u00a0 Mysteriously captioned \u201cThis is just a test\u201d, fans have theorised the video contains at least 12 separate songs.<\/p>\n<p>The snippets show a much heavier side to the Foos, with breakneck rhythms of hardcore punk accompanying Grohl\u2019s trademark screams. The snippets also included their recent single \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-reminded-of-why-we-love-and-are-forever-devoted-to-doing-this-on-new-single-asking-for-a-friend-as-they-share-new-music-and-announce-north-american-stadium-tour-buy-tickets-3901702\">Asking For A Friend<\/a>\u2018, which dropped in October last year.<\/p>\n<p>Take a listen to the snippets below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is just a test. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J8OVCpMQrI\">pic.twitter.com\/J8OVCpMQrI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Foo Fighters (@foofighters) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foofighters\/status\/2019049065502413241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The upcoming album would be their first new music since their 2023 album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/foo-fighters-but-here-we-are-review-3448438\">But Here We Are<\/a>\u2018. The record was a mournful farewell to their longtime drummer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/taylor-hawkins\">Taylor Hawkins<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-has-died-3190788\">who died in March 2022 aged 50<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/foo-fighters-but-here-we-are-review-3448438\"><em>NME\u00a0<\/em>gave the record five stars<\/a>, writing: \u2018But Here We Are\u2019 is a beautiful, noisy celebration of brotherhood and a stark, painful exploration of loss. It is messy, gut-wrenching, ambitious and gorgeous, as the remaining members of Foo Fighters push themselves to their limits and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the band have released <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-mark-30th-anniversary-new-single-todays-song-dave-grohl-thanks-past-members-3875499\">\u2018Today\u2019s Song\u2019 in honour of their 30th anniversary as a band<\/a>, with \u2018Asking For A Friend\u2019 being their most recent single. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-release-are-playing-where-vol-1-live-album-from-recent-club-shows-on-bandcamp-listen-3896960\">Foo Fighters also released a new live album capturing their recent run of intimate club shows.<\/a>\u00a0The six-track record, titled \u2018Are Playing Where??? Vol. I\u2019,\u00a0arrived exclusively on Bandcamp in October.<\/p>\n<p>The band also begun teasing more music last October, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-share-frenetic-teaser-for-new-music-about-to-take-flight-3899681\">captioning their blistering snippet: \u201cAbout to take flight\u2026\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Foo Fighters -  &#039;Everlong&#039; | Song Stories\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E9qB2aVamjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The band have just wrapped up the first few dates of their \u2018Take Cover\u2019 tour. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-first-show-of-2026-pat-smear-tribute-setlist-footage-3922680\">Kicking off in Mexico<\/a> in January, the Foos will arrive to the UK and Europe this summer. Along with festival appearances at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/mad-cool-2026-set-and-performance-times-revealed-3920654\">Mad Cool<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pinkpop-2026-line-up-announced-with-the-cure-foo-fighters-twenty-one-pilots-and-loads-more-3911697\">Pinkpop<\/a> and more, the band will play two giant headline slots <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/are-foo-fighters-about-to-announce-a-uk-stadium-tour-in-2026-3906814\">at Liverpool FC\u2019s Anfield Stadium\u00a0<\/a>on June 25 and 27.<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist Pat Smear will be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pat-smear-to-sit-out-upcoming-foo-fighters-shows-due-to-bizarre-gardening-accident-3921813\">absent from upcoming shows due to\u00a0having broken his foot<\/a>\u00a0in a \u201cbizarre gardening accident\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/royel-otis\">Royel Otis<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/inhaler\">Inhaler<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/idles\">IDLES<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/otoboke-beaver\">Otoboke Beaver<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/fat-dog\">Fat Dog<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/die-spitz\">Die Spitz<\/a> are set to support The Foos across various dates \u2013 find all dates below and buy your tickets <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/foo-fighters-tickets\/artist\/776005?irgwc=1&amp;afsrc=1&amp;utm_source=2862475-NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=2862475&amp;awtrc=&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_2862475&amp;ircid=24023&amp;clickId=wSjV4MTumxycTpxzgjQ1uT--UkpRHKRdm2kPwA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here:<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Foo Fighters UK and European \u2018Take Cover\u2019 tour dates are:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>June<br \/><\/strong><strong>10 \u2013 Oslo, Norway Unity Arena *#<\/strong><br \/><strong>12 \u2013 Stockholm, Sweden Strawberry Arena *#<\/strong><br \/><strong>15 \u2013 Warsaw, Poland PGE Narodowy *#<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 Munich, Germany Allianz Arena ^#<\/strong><br \/><strong>19 \u2013 Paris, France Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena ^#<\/strong><br \/><strong>25 \u2013 Liverpool, UK Anfield Stadium ^#<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013 Liverpool, UK Anfield Stadium *%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July<br \/><\/strong><strong>1 \u2013 Berlin, Germany Olympiastadion +\u201d<\/strong><br \/><strong>3 \u2013 Vienna, Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadium +\u201d<\/strong><br \/><strong>5 \u2013 Milan, Italy I-Days +\u201d<\/strong><br \/><strong>8 \u2013 Madrid, Spain Mad Cool Festival<\/strong><br \/><strong>10 \u2013 Oeiras, Portugal NOS Alive Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Royel Otis supports<\/strong><br \/><strong>^ Inhaler supports<\/strong><br \/><strong>+ IDLES supports<\/strong><br \/><strong># Otoboke Beaver supports<\/strong><br \/><strong>% Die Spitz supports<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u201c Fat Dog supports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-foo-fighters-and-taylor-momsen-cover-mariah-careys-lost-90s-grunge-songs-at-la-musicares-tribute-show-3926734\">watch the Foos and Taylor Momsen cover Mariah Carey\u2019s lost \u201890s grunge songs at LA MusiCares tribute show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foo Fighters have teased fans by posting snippets of their newest music. Last January, frontman Dave Grohl casually dropped the news of a finished album while playing the Australian leg of their \u2018Take Cover\u2019 tour. He told the crowd that the album would land \u201cbefore my next birthday [January 14, 2027]\u201d, but gave no hints [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2267640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[21939],"class_list":["post-2267639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-rock"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/This-is-just-a-test.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2267639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2267641,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267639\/revisions\/2267641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2267640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2267639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2267639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2267639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}