Afghan TV Anchor Interviews Taliban Member While Surrounded by Armed Fighters (Video)

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has spoken on the band’s commercial appeal, saying that he’s not sure they’ve ever felt cool.Speaking in a new interview, Grohl talked the criticism he and the band received early on and the perception that he shouldn’t have carried on making music following the disbandment of Nirvana.“I don’t know if we’ve ever felt cool,” Grohl told Rolling Stone, discussing the idea that once a band reaches a certain level of fame they lose cool points.He went on to say that

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The New Yorker Festival will once again be a largely virtual affair this year, though a number of in-person events will also be held outdoors, at Brooklyn’s Skyline Drive-In.

Billie Eilish welcomed Foo Fighters to the stage at last night’s (September 12) MTV Video Music Awards to receive their Global Icons award.The pop star spoke at the event held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York City. She introduced them with a short spiel about the indelible mark they’ve left on rock music.“They put their heart into every single song, and leave it all on the stage every time,” Eilish said in her speech.

2021 MTV VMAs at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center. As the former drummer of Nirvana, it’s only fitting that Foo frontman Dave Grohl’s crew paid some form of tribute to Rolling Stones skinman Charlie Watts with a handwritten message on Taylor Hawkins drum kit: “Charlie R.I.P.”Watts, the rock legend who pounded out the badass bottom line on classics such as “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Gimme Shelter,” died “peacefully” at 80 in the UK on Aug.

Foo Fighters performed a medley of songs at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, where they were also were the recipients of the VMAs’ first Global Icon Award.The rockers were introduced by Billie Eilish, who said an “entire generation of music fans” had grown up with the band, and “they helped the world fall in love with rock and roll”.“They put their heart into every single song, and leave it all on the stage every time.

Foo Fighters are set to play a surprise intimate show at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C.

restaurant worker has won an £11,000 pay out after a tribunal found he was racially abused and grabbed by the throat by a head chef. Kitchen porter Vasilis Kodra took La Vita - a family-run business which has five Italian eateries in and around Glasgow - to an employment tribunal, claiming he was attacked and told “Albanians are f**king trouble” during a rammy with ex colleague Robbie Syme at the city’s Byres Road branch.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Foo Fighters, who re-opened Madison Square Garden earlier this year and have played concerts from Lollapalooza to Alaska, have announced a special homecoming show at Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club on Thursday night (Sept. 9) — a serious underplay, since the club holds just 1,200 people.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRTL-owned production and distribution giant Fremantle, which has two films in competition in Venice, has entered exclusive negotiations to buy Italy’s Lux Vide, the prominent TV production company behind, most recently, the high-end “Medici,” “Devils” and “Leonardo” skeins.Sources have confirmed to Variety a report in Italian financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore that Fremantle, which already owns two other Italian production companies — Wildside and The

Nandi Bushell has reflected on her recent live appearance with the Foo Fighters.Bushell became an internet sensation last year after posting videos of herself drumming along to songs by a number of artists, including the Foos.It culminated with Bushell taking part in a remote virtual drum-off with Foos frontman Dave Grohl last November, in which Grohl conceded defeat. Prior to that, across lockdown, the pair took part in a series of back-and-forth musical challenges issued to one another.Last

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe upcoming Venice Film Festival is set to become a focal point for discussion on the crisis underway in Afghanistan and how it is impacting filmmakers and Afghan artists in general as the Taliban take power.As previously reported by Variety, Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi, who is the first woman president of the country’s national film entity Afghan Film –– and made a recent appeal as she escaped from Kabul about the return of Taliban rule and the

then earn a spot playing alongside them. 11-year-old drumming phenom Nandi Bushell did just that when she joined Foo Fighters onstage for an epic performance of “Everlong” Thursday night and squashed her “beef” with frontman Dave Grohl. It happened!!! It was #EPIC!!! Thank you so much @foofighters!!! I had the best night ever jamming with you at @TheForum! Thank you so much Mr.

Nandi Bushell has finally met Foo Fighters in person – and performed with them live.Bushell became an internet sensation last year after posting videos of herself drumming along to songs by a number of artists, including the Foos.It culminated with Bushell taking part in a remote virtual drum-off with Foos frontman Dave Grohl last November, in which Grohl conceded defeat. Prior to that, across lockdown, the pair took part in a series of back-and-forth musical challenges issued to one

Linda Norgrove Foundation has issued a public appeal for Boris Johnson to get two of its staff members, who are sisters, out of the Taliban-controlled capital. The two women are in hiding in the city with their families and despite cross-party pressure from MPs over the past week the UK Foreign Office has not contacted them for evacuation.

Naman Ramachandran Taliban hostage drama “And Tomorrow We Will Be Dead,” by Swiss filmmaker Michael Steiner (“The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch”) will open the 17th Zurich Film Festival (Sept. 23 – Oct.

Foo Fighters will receive the Global Icon Award at the MTV VMAs 2021, it has been announced.Dave Grohl and co. were already up for three gongs at next month’s ceremony, with the visuals for their ‘Medicine At Midnight’ single ‘Shame Shame’ appearing in the Best Rock, Best Cinematography and Best Choreography categories.Tonight (August 19), the VMAs revealed on social media that the Foos will take home the Global Icon Award.

2021 MTV Video Music Awards have got another confession to make… the Foo Fighters will be the first-ever recipients of the US Global Icon Award!MTV announced the news on Thursday that the Dave Grohl-fronted rock band will accept the award when the annual awards show kicks off live from the Barclays Center in New York City on Sept. 12.«Hailing from MTV's Europe Music Awards ('EMAs'), the uber prestigious Global Icon Award celebrates an artist/band whose unparalleled career and continued impact &