WATCH: Foo Fighters unleash epic song ‘Run’ and star as riot-inducing OAPs in the video
Foo Fighters have premiered their brand new single ‘Run’ – and it doesn’t disappoint.
A gloriously heavy five-minute rock tour-de-force that utilises the quiet/loud dynamic, 'Run' is packed with screams, crunching riffs and anthemic choruses. Nothing short of a thunderous return to the fray for the band, it’s a song that’s custom built to consume stadia around the world.
The accompanying video is directed by Dave himself and takes place in a nursing home and sees the band get transformed into OAP performers - including Dave as a heavy metal Gandalf.
Buoyed by the cacophonous rock music served up to them, the residents of the nursing home rise up against the nursing home staff and start a riot. Once they’ve overtaken the nursing home they take to the streets in scenes that wouldn’t be out of place on The Walking Dead.
Watch the video here:
‘Run’ is the band’s first new music since the free Saint Cecilia EP in November 2015, and it’s expected to be the lead track off their eagerly awaited ninth studio album.
Earlier this month, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins performed an acoustic set at the annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure charity concert, organised by Metallica’s James Hetfield and Chickenfoot’s Sammy Hagar, and surprised fans by premiering a bluesy new track.
“I figured on the way up here, I thought ‘f*** it let’s play a new song man’,” Dave told the crowd. “We’ve never played this song in front of anybody. It’s called ‘The Sky Is A Neighbourhood’.”
You can watch fan-filmed footage of the performance below.
Foo Fighters headline Glastonbury Festival on Saturday 24th June as part of their European festival tour.