Metal Anarchy

It looks like Foo Fighters have cancelled their touring plans for next year. The news was seemingly confirmed by Hellfest founder Ben Barbaud.

Barbaud told Le Parisien the following when asked about his decision to book Muse:

“Foo Fighters cancelled their summer tour.

They were offered to me on a platter. A month ago, I was offered to program them with a handful of other European festivals.

Foo Fighters having cancelled their summer tour, Muse was called in as reinforcements. I accepted because I was missing a headliner on Friday and because the Hellfest audience is more and more open. With age, I too have matured, I am less sectarian.

I created this festival for the love of punk, hardcore and at the beginning for the purists. But today, I prefer to shock them than to always do the same artists.”

Notably, Foo Fighters have been pretty inactive since it was revealed that frontman Dave Grohl had fathered a child outside of his marriage.