Grohl announced that the Foo Fighters would spend much of 2017 recording their ninth studio album. On June 1, 2017, their new single ” Run ” was released. It topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart the following month. On June 20, 2017, the band announced that their new album, Concrete and Gold , would be released in September. On August 23, 2017, ” The Sky Is a Neighborhood ” was released as the second single and topped the Mainstream Rock chart. The Line was released in promotion of the album and later as the third single in 2018. Concrete and Gold was officially released on September 15, 2017, produced by Greg Kurstin . The album is noted as deriving influence from Pink Floyd , Led Zeppelin , and the Beatles . Concrete and Gold also features Justin Timberlake on vocals for “Make It Right”, Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men on backing vocals for the song “Concrete and Gold”, and Paul McCartney on the drums for “Sunday Rain”. The band began touring in June 2017, including headlining the Glastonbury Festival 2017 . The tour in support of Concrete and Gold was extended to October 2018.
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