Foo Fighters Soundside Music Festival gig canceled

The Foo Fighters have canceled a music festival days before the planned event due to controversy surrounding frontman Dave Grohl, who recently admitted to having fathered a child outside of his 21-year marriage.

The rock band said in a brief statement Thursday that it will “no longer perform at the Soundside Music Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut” this weekend as planned.

“For more information, visit the festival website,” the band said. No reason was given for the cancellation.

A representative for Foo Fighters declined to comment.

The band was scheduled to headline the Soundside Music Festival on Sunday. The festival announced on X that Jack White and Greta Van Fleet will now headline that day. “Unfortunately, Foo Fighters have announced that they will no longer be performing this weekend,” the festival said.

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Noah Kahan, Boyz II Men, Bleachers, Norah Jones and Teddy Swims are among the artists who will also perform at the Soundside Music Festival, which begins Saturday.

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The last-minute cancellation comes more than two weeks after Grohl, 55, announced in a statement on September 10 that he “recently became the father of a new daughter, born outside of my marriage.”