According to pitchfork.com rock band Foo Fighters have announced Josh Freese is their new drummer. Freese is a session drummer who recently performed with the Offspring. Freese will be following the legacy of the Foo Fighters’s late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died last year.

The band revealed the news yesterday during the livestream of Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts, a studio session recorded at the group’s 606 studios in Northridge, California.

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During the livestream, Foo Fighters introduced their new drummer Freese after teasing other famous drummers who would replace the late Hawkins. The intro featured cameos from Chad Smith, Tommy Lee, and Danny Carey.

Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts included behind-the-scenes footage and the debut performances of songs from the Foo Fighters’s upcoming album But Here We Are, which will be released on June 2.

Foo Fighters played an eight song set during their rehearsal, which was shot in black and white. In addition to classics like “All My Life” and “Monkey Wrench,” the band played their recent singles “Rescued” and “Under You,” as well as an unreleased track called “Nothing at All,” both of which appear on But Here We Are.

Setlist:

All My Life
Rescued
No Son of mine
Under You
The Sky Is a Neighborhood
Nothing at All
Monkey Wrench
Aurora

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat