Lat month French journalist (and Queens Of The Stone Age enthusiast) Cyril Deluermoz reported Dave & Josh were recording together… but it would appear there’s more to it than that.

From a ‘05 Mojo interview with Dave:
“The next project that I’m trying to initiate involves me on drums, Josh Homme on guitar, and John Paul Jones playing bass. That’s the next album. That wouldn’t suck.”

From an April ‘09 interview with John Paul Jones
…And I’m working on some other music, which is more rock based, with a couple of other people. We hope to be everywhere this summer.
With whom?
It’s a secret, actually. I shouldn’t have even said that, you know? There are some exciting projects coming up, let’s put it that way .

Chris Cornell’s guitar tech claims to have heard it & now legendary rock photographer (and pal to Led Zeppelin) Ross Halfin has apparently acknowledged the recording sessions.  Roll on an official announcement.

WornBy have unveiled the latest t-shirts in their ‘AKA’ range.   ‘AKA’ (Also Known As) brings you classic band t-shirts with a difference - they’re based on the bands’ original names or the anonymous names they would create to keep secret gigs under wraps.

In 1999 Foo Fighters premiered new material (& new guitarist Chris Shiflett) with a gig at Los Angeles’ Troubador club under the name ‘Stacked Actors’.  WornBy now present the concert t-shirt that never was.

You can purchase the shirt HERE & what’s more, the folk at WornBy are offering visitors to FooArchive a discount.   Add one of the following codes at check out to receive a 15% discount: 
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WornBy also stock a range of Johnson Motors merch - including the Knight Kats t-shirt Dave Grohl wore in video for The Pretender.

Dave takes a few minutes to reveal just what he was buying at Amoeba Music.

http://www.amoeba.com/whats-in-my-bag/index.html#/detail/2009-03-23_dave-grohl

Paul McCartney will be joined by special guest drummer Dave Grohl at the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards. The event will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

On January 12th 1969 Led Zeppelin released their debut album, on January 14th 1969 David Eric Grohl was born… Happy 40th to them both!

Dave contributed to ‘Run With Wolves’, which will appear on The Prodigy’s forthcoming record, ‘Invaders Must Die’.  Liam Howlett told NME: “Dave emailed me, asking what I was up to and asked if he could send  some stuff.  He laid down a week’s worth of drums, we got really inspired by it. We did some more work and it all came together over the internet.”Invaders Must Die is out 2 March.

Foo Fighters have been crowned band of the year at the Classic Rock awards.  The central London ceremony also celebrated the 10th anniversary of Classic Rock magazine.

Dave accepted the award in a video-taped acceptance speech.

The full list of winners follows:

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Six-time GRAMMY winners the Foo Fighters, 14-time GRAMMY winner B.B. King, five-time GRAMMY winner John Mayer, and 50th GRAMMY nominee Taylor Swift are the first performers announced for “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night^®.” The one-hour special — which also will celebrate the grand opening of the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE — takes place live on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE, and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 9 – 10 p.m. ET/PT. Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly. Tickets to the live event will be available for sale to the public beginning Oct. 27, and proceeds will benefit the GRAMMY Museum.”The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night” will announce nominations in at least six categories, feature performances by past GRAMMY winners and nominees, and will set the stage for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 8, 2009. The special also marks the first time nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards will be announced live on primetime television. Following the one-hour live telecast, guests will experience a one-hour exclusive concert by one of the evening’s performers in celebration of the grand opening of the GRAMMY Museum. Tickets to “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night” will go on sale to the public on Mon., Oct. 27, at all Ticketmaster outlets, via phone at 213.480.3232, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Having received confirmed press reports that John McCain has been using Foo Fighters’ “My Hero” as the latest in a number of unauthorized theme songs at his campaign rallies without seeking permission from the band, its management, record label or publisher, Foo Fighters have issued the following statement:

This isn’t the first time the McCain campaign has used a song without making any attempt to get approval or permission from the artist. It’s frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property. The saddest thing about this is that ‘My Hero’ was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song. We hope that the McCain campaign will do the right thing and stop using our song – and start asking artists’ permission in general!

From today’s Independent on Sunday. (September 14th)

…Michael Eavis is taking Glasto back to its indie roots for 2009. A West Country mole tells me the Foo Fighters were spotted emerging from Eavis’s Zummerzet farmhouse recently, and I gather they have been signed to headline the Friday night…

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/matthew-bell-the-iiosi-diary-929670.html