{"id":250497,"date":"2025-10-30T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250497\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:10:09","slug":"josh-freese-to-reunite-with-weezer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250497\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Freese to reunite with Weezer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Freese is set to reunite with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/weezer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weezer<\/a>. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<p>The drummer is set to join Weezer on their upcoming South American tour, which kicks off in November.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Instagram, Freese wrote: \u201cGetting ready to head down to South America with some old friends,\u201d adding on his story: \u201clooking forward to South America with Weezer coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freese was previously a touring drummer for Weezer from 2007 to 2012 and is currently drumming for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/nine-inch-nails\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nine Inch Nails<\/a>, after departing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/foo-fighters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foo Fighters<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Foos announced that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/josh-freese-says-hes-shocked-and-disappointed-as-foo-fighters-boot-him-from-the-band-3863046\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Freese had been let go as their drummer,<\/a>\u00a0with Freese saying he was \u201cshocked\u201d and \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the booting.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, he<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/josh-freese-says-hes-shocked-and-disappointed-as-foo-fighters-boot-him-from-the-band-3863046\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0wrote that \u201cthe Foo Fighters called me Monday night to let me know they\u2019ve decided \u2018to go in a different direction with their drummer\u2019.<\/a>\u00a0No reason was given. Regardless, I enjoyed the past two years with them, both on and off stage and I support whatever they feel is best for the band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had joined the Foos as their touring drummer in 2023 following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-has-died-3190788\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the sudden passing of Taylor Hawkins<\/a>\u00a0in March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/josh-freese-theorises-why-he-was-booted-from-foo-fighters-once-whistled-my-hero-for-a-week-solid-3863592\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jokingly shared 10 possible reasons why he was \u201cbooted\u201d from the band<\/a>, including whistling \u201c\u2018My Hero\u2019 for a week solid on tour\u201d and \u201cstarting every rehearsal with a 20 minute cowbell sound bath\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In July,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/foo-fighters-have-reportedly-found-their-new-drummer-3881831\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0it was reported that the Foo Fighters had locked in their new drummer<\/a>, in the form of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/nine-inch-nails\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nine Inch Nails<\/a>\u2018 Ilan Rubin.\u00a0Then, Nine Inch Nails confirmed Rubin\u2019s departure, sharing an image of Freese with the caption \u201cLet\u2019s fucking GO\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/josh-freese-addresses-foo-fighters-exit-it-wasnt-music-that-i-really-resonated-with-3888504\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Freese recently addressed his sacking from Foo Fighters<\/a>, explaining: \u201cLooking back, it was probably more an issue with their management.\u201d However, the drummer said the Foos\u2019 material \u201cwasn\u2019t music that I really resonated with\u201d.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-nine-inch-nails-kick-off-north-american-tour-josh-freese-back-3883692\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He rejoined Nine Inch Nails last month for their North American \u2018Peel It Back\u2019 tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Freese is set to reunite with Weezer. 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