Foo Fighters have released a new single, ‘Asking For A Friend’, their first new material since returning to the stage with drummer Ilan Rubin.
The track lands alongside a personal message from Dave Grohl, who frames it as both a renewal and a reckoning after years of turbulence.
Grohl’s note reflects on the band’s reawakening since their live comeback in San Luis Obispo five weeks ago. “We have been reminded of why we love and are forever devoted to doing this Foo Fighters thing,” he wrote. “From reuniting as a band and staring at a list of 30 years’ worth of songs to brush off, to reconnecting with our amazing fans and blasting them with everything we’ve got, we have the most solid core. And the sun is finally rising over the horizon.”
‘Asking For A Friend’ carries that sense of renewal. It’s a straightforward rock song, urgent, melodic and unpretentious, the kind of catharsis that has always been the band’s signature. Grohl calls it “a song for those who have waited patiently in the cold, relying on hope and faith for their horizon to appear. Searching for proof when hanging by a wish until the sun shines again.”
The release follows a period of loss and change for Foo Fighters. After the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022, the band regrouped with Ilan Rubin, known for his work with Nine Inch Nails and Angels & Airwaves, taking over on drums. Grohl has also been open about personal turmoil in recent months, publicly acknowledging that he fathered a child outside of his marriage.
Despite that, the tone of his statement is one of gratitude and forward motion. Grohl also used it to announce a joint tour with Queens of the Stone Age, reconnecting with longtime friend Josh Homme. “It is with great happiness that we can share this next chapter together with his almighty Queens of the Stone Age,” he said.
The new single is expected to be the first of several releases from Foo Fighters in the coming months, as they prepare for a full North American tour in 2026.
