{"id":119515,"date":"2025-10-13T15:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/119515\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:31:08","slug":"watch-foo-fighters-play-album-version-of-breakout-for-first-time-since-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/119515\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Foo Fighters play album version of \u2018Breakout\u2019 for first time since 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/foo-fighters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foo Fighters<\/a> have played the album version of \u2018Breakout\u2019 for the first time since 2002 \u2013 check out the moment below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/foo-fighters-live-in-manchester-setlist-photos-3765719\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Foo Fighters live in Manchester: invincible and still untouchable<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the gig, which took place on October 10 at the Glion Arena in Kobe, Japan, the band played the album version of the track from their third album release, \u2018There Is Nothing Left To Lose.\u2019 The track is the second on the album and was released as the fourth single from the release.<\/p>\n<p>Frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/dave-grohl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Grohl<\/a> introduced the track saying \u201clet\u2019s do something we haven\u2019t done in a long, long time\u201d, before surprising fans with the opening bars from the song.<\/p>\n<p>Foo Fighters are currently playing gigs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-announce-2025-world-tour-dates-in-indonesia-and-japan-3863658\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indonesia, Japan<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-to-play-first-show-of-2025-at-the-singapore-f1-grand-prix-3862398\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Singapore<\/a> and Mexico this month and into November.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the moment, along with the full set list, here:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foo Fighters Played\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Enough Space\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018All My Life\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Rope\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018The Pretender\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Times Like These\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018La Dee Da\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018These Days\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Walk\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018My Hero\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Learn to Fly\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018This Is a Call\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018No Son of Mine\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018The Sky Is a Neighborhood\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Shame Shame\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Big Me\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Monkey Wrench\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Aurora\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Breakout\u2019 (album version)<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Best of You\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Exhausted\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018Everlong\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month (October 3), <a 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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foo Fighters released a new live album capturing their recent run of intimate club shows.\u00a0<\/a> The six-track record, titled \u2018Are Playing Where??? Vol. I\u2019, arrived exclusively on Bandcamp.<\/p>\n<p>It features songs recorded at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/dave-grohl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Grohl<\/a> and co\u2019s first live gigs together in over a year \u2013 which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-foo-fighters-play-a-surprise-first-gig-with-their-new-drummer-3892444\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took place last month in San Luis Obispo<\/a>, Santa Ana, Washington D.C. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-have-announced-another-intimate-pop-up-show-3894508\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Haven<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, \u2018Are Playing Where???\u2019 boasts \u201cabsolutely ripping live tracks recorded in front of dozens, possibly hundreds of lucky fans at the band\u2019s recent surprise club gigs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The tracklist for \u2018Vol. I\u2019 consists of \u2018Alone + Easy Target\u2019, \u2018Exhausted\u2019, \u2018Wattershed\u2019 and \u2018Weenie Beenie\u2019 \u2013 all of which appear on the Foos\u2019 self-titled debut album (1995), along with a live rendition of a bonus track from that era, \u2018Winnebago\u2019. There is also a version of 2011\u2019s \u2018White Limo\u2019 from the group\u2019s seventh album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-blogs\/foo-fighters-wasting-light-first-listen-778178\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Wasting Light\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can stream the album for free via Bandcamp or purchase a digital copy on a \u201cpay what you want\u201d basis. \u201cAny proceeds from this EP will go to local charities in those cities,\u201d Foo Fighters wrote in the description.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHope you check out more music while you are here. Long live rock!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s 11th and latest album,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/foo-fighters-but-here-we-are-review-3448438\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018But Here We Are\u2019<\/a>, arrived in 2023. It marked their first material since\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/search?q=the+death+of+drummer+Taylor+Hawkins+NME+news&amp;oq=the+death+of+drummer+Taylor+Hawkins+NME+news&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCwgAEEUYChg5GKABMgkIARAhGAoYoAEyCQgCECEYChigATIJCAMQIRgKGKAB0gEIMTk1N2owajeoAgCwAgA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins<\/a>\u00a0the previous year, and saw them\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-confirm-josh-freese-as-new-touring-drummer-3446145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">enlist Josh Freese as a touring sticksman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, the Foos celebrated their 30th anniversary by releasing a new track called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-mark-30th-anniversary-new-single-todays-song-dave-grohl-thanks-past-members-3875499\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Today\u2019s Song\u2019<\/a>. Earlier this year,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/josh-freese-says-hes-shocked-and-disappointed-as-foo-fighters-boot-him-from-the-band-3863046\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Freese announced that he had quit Foo Fighters<\/a>\u00a0after they \u201cdecided to go in a different direction with their drummer\u201d. The group have since hired\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-have-reportedly-found-their-new-drummer-3881831\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ilan Rubin<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-nine-inch-nails-kick-off-north-american-tour-josh-freese-back-3883692\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">essentially\u00a0swapping Nine Inch Nails for their ex-touring drummer Freese<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following his first gigs with the band, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/new-foo-fighters-drummer-ilan-rubin-speaks-out-after-first-gig-replacing-josh-freese-3892853\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rubin spoke out about how it felt to join the line-up<\/a>. \u201cAfter keeping my head down for a couple wild months and throwing myself into the material, that first show was such an incredible release of energy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foo Fighters have played the album version of \u2018Breakout\u2019 for the first time since 2002 \u2013 check out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337,6318],"class_list":{"0":"post-119515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-rock"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}