Foo Fighters Announce First 2011 Tour Dates, Tease New Album

While the Foo Fighters have been tweeting and Facebooking mini updates from Studio 606 as they record their next album, today frontman Dave Grohl went on Zane Lowe’s program on BBC Radio 1 to give a few firmer updates.

First, the Foo Fighters will be playing two shows at the Milton Keynes Bowl in July 2011. Supporting them on these dates will be Scottish alternative act Biffy Clyro, plus Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Eat World on one date each. These are the only known dates for the Foo Fighters in 2011, but somehow I doubt Dave Grohl, who seemingly never sleeps while there is rock n’ roll to be made, will be content with just two shows next year. Hell, as he put it, “2011, you’re not gonna be able to get us out of your hair.”

While on the show, Grohl also teased a few tidbits about the Foo Fighters seventh studio album, the follow-up to 2007′s brilliant Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace. According to Grohl, this new album will be the rockiest Foo album yet, featuring “no acoustic guitars”. That said, it will feature all manner of special guests, notably Grohl’s former bandmate from Nirvana Krist Novoselic on at least one song, as well as Husker Dü frontman Bob Mould on a song Grohl referred to as “Dear Rosemary”.

This is all fairly light information, and Grohl said only about 7 of the album’s rumored 14 songs are finished. But it’s still the most concrete news we’ve heard from the Foo Fighters in a couple years, which is more than enough to warrant some excitement. Check out a bonus track from Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace below.

Foo Fighters – Once and For All [iTunes]

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