Dave Grohl: Rocking On with New Live EP, Charity, and Family Challenges

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The past few days have been eventful for Dave Grohl, who continues to balance his musical legacy with personal challenges and buzzworthy headlines. The Foo Fighters frontman surprised fans on October 3 by dropping a new live EP titled Are Playing Where Vol I, released exclusively on Bandcamp. According to Ultimate Classic Rock and Consequence, this digital collection features six blistering live cuts from the band’s recent series of secret pop-up shows at small venues across the U.S. in September—from Toad’s Place in New Haven to clubs in San Luis Obispo Santa Ana and Washington DC. These gigs, played to crowds of just hundreds, marked a throwback to the band’s earliest days and, notably, the onstage debut of new drummer Ilan Rubin formerly with Nine Inch Nails. Josh Freese, Foo Fighters’ previous drummer who had joined after Taylor Hawkins’ passing, is now back with Nine Inch Nails following his May departure from the Foos. Proceeds from the EP are pledged to local charities fighting food insecurity in each city, a move lauded by music media such as American Songwriter and Chaoszine.

Grohl’s personal life has been under scrutiny for over a year, following his bombshell September 2024 announcement on Instagram that he’d fathered a child outside of his two-decade marriage to Jordyn Blum. According to People and AOL, the confession sent shockwaves through both his family and the Foo Fighters’ fandom. Social media lit up with heated takes, while Grohl disabled comments on his posts. Notably, headlines flashed as his teenage daughters Violet and Harper deactivated their widely followed Instagram accounts in the immediate aftermath, as reported by Page Six. The singer issued a statement hoping for privacy and vowing to be a committed parent to all his children.

Speculation swirled about the state of Grohl’s marriage, but reliable reporting from People and AOL says Grohl and Blum have worked through significant pain, opting to stay together for their family. They’ve made a few public appearances as a couple since—the most recent being an outing to the Supergrass concert at the Hollywood Palladium and earlier at Wimbledon in July.

On the professional front, Grohl remains energetically engaged with Foo Fighters’ global tour, with the band just wrapping a show in Jakarta and set to take the stage in Singapore, Tokyo, Osaka, Monterrey, and Mexico City over the coming weeks. Headlines from music journalists and fans underline that despite personal turbulence, Grohl’s musical drive and philanthropic spirit remain unwavering, making him one of rock’s most compelling and enduring figures.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The past few days have been eventful for Dave Grohl,
who continues to balance his musical legacy with personal challenges
and buzzworthy headlines. The Foo Fighters frontman, surprised fans on
October three by dropping a new live EP titled Are
Playing revoul I, released exclusively on band camp. According to
Ultimate Classic Rock and Consequence, this digital collection features six

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blistering live cuts from the band's recent series of secret
pop up shows at small venues across the US in September,
from Toad's Place in New Haven to clubs in San Luis, Obisco,
Santa Anna, and Washington, d C. These gigs, played to
crowds of just hundreds, marked a throwback to the band's
earliest days, and notably the on stage debut of new

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drummer Elon Rubin formerly with Nine Inch Nails. Josh Freese,
Frew Fighter's previous drummer, who had joined after Taylor Hawkins's passing,
is now back with Nine Inch Nails following his mad
departure from the Foos. Proceeds from the EP are pledged
to local charities fighting food insecurity in each city, a
move lauded by music media such as American songwriter and

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chaos scene Groll's personal life has been under scrutiny for
over a year following his bombshell September twenty twenty four
announcement on Instagram that he'd fathered a child outside of
his two decade marriage to Jordan Blum. According to People
in AOL, the confession sent shockwaves through both his family
and the Foo Fighter's fandom. Social media lit up with

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heated takes, while Grohl disabled comments on his posts. Notably,
headlines flashed as his teenage daughters Violent and Harper deactivated
their widely followed Instagram accounts. In the immediate aftermath, as
reported by Page six, the singer issued a statement hoping
for privacy and vowing to be a committed parent to
all his children. Speculation swirled about the state of Grohl's marriage,

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but reliable reporting from People in AOL says grow and
Blum have worked through significant pain opting to stay together
for their family. They've made a few public appearances as

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a couple since, the most recent being announting to the
Supergrass concert at the Hollywood Palladium and earlier at Wimbledon
in July. On the professional front, Grohle remains energetically engaged
with Foo Fighter's global tour, with the band just wrapping
a show in Jakarta and set to take the stage
in Singapore, Tokyo, Osaka, Monterey, and Mexico City over the

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coming weeks. Headlines from music journalists and fans underline that
despite personal turbulence, Grohl's musical drive and philanthropic spirit remain unwavering,
making him one of rock's most compelling and enduring figures.
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