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Dave Grohl on stage at Barclays Centre in New York in September. AP
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Rock band Foo Fighters arrive for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP
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Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters were scheduled to play at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix before they were forced to cancel. Here Grohl performs onstage at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February 2012. AFP
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Foo Fighters perform at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, in September 2012, on the final day of the Democratic National Convention. AFP
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Foo Fighters with their awards at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 21, 2001. AFP
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Dave Grohl performs during MTV2's 24 Hours Of Foo at the MTV Times Square Studios in June 2005. AFP
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Foo Fighters mark their induction onstage at the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony on October 30 in Ohio. AFP
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The band at the induction ceremony. Reuters
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Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this autumn by Paul McCartney. Reuters
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Foo Fighters at DIRECTV Super Saturday Night 2019 at Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia. AFP
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Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2019. AP
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Dave Grohl on stage at Barclays Centre in New York in September. AP
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Rock band Foo Fighters arrive for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP
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Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters were scheduled to play at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix before they were forced to cancel. Here Grohl performs onstage at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February 2012. AFP
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Foo Fighters perform at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, in September 2012, on the final day of the Democratic National Convention. AFP
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Foo Fighters with their awards at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 21, 2001. AFP
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Dave Grohl performs during MTV2's 24 Hours Of Foo at the MTV Times Square Studios in June 2005. AFP
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Foo Fighters mark their induction onstage at the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony on October 30 in Ohio. AFP
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The band at the induction ceremony. Reuters
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Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this autumn by Paul McCartney. Reuters
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Foo Fighters at DIRECTV Super Saturday Night 2019 at Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Georgia. AFP
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Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2019. AP
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Dave Grohl on stage at Barclays Centre in New York in September. AP
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