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Foo Fighters cancel Soundside Music Festival appearance amid Dave Grohl’s baby scandal

The Foo Fighters have broken their silence weeks after frontman Dave Grohl’s baby bombshell, announcing the band’s next move.

Dave Grohl admits cheating on wife and fathering child

The Foo Fighters cancelled their Soundside Music Festival appearance in the wake of Dave Grohl’s love child scandal.

“Foo Fighters will no longer be appearing at this weekend’s Soundside Music Festival,” the band revealed via Instagram Thursday. “Please check the festival website for more information.”

Comments were disabled on the social media upload, and the same upload was posted to the Foo Fighters’ Story.

The festival, which is scheduled to take place in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Saturday and Sunday, would have marked Grohl’s first time onstage since his bombshell revelation.

Foo Fighters have cancelled their gig scheduled for this weekend in Connecticut.
Foo Fighters have cancelled their gig scheduled for this weekend in Connecticut.

The musician, 55, told his followers earlier this month that he fathered a baby girl outside of his and wife Jordyn Blum’s marriage.

“I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her,” he wrote of the infant, whose name and mother have yet to be revealed.

“I love my wife and my children,” the rocker continued, referencing his and Blum’s three kids — Violet, 18, Harper, 15, and Ophelia, 10. “And I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness.”

While the Nirvana drummer has not divulged further details amid the scandal, his rep shut down one woman’s viral claim that she was the mother of Grohl’s fourth daughter.

The concert would have marked Grohl’s first time onstage since his bombshell baby revelation. Picture: Helle Arensbak / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP
The concert would have marked Grohl’s first time onstage since his bombshell baby revelation. Picture: Helle Arensbak / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP

Blum, likewise, has not broken her silence — but was spotted out and about without her wedding ring.

She and Grohl tied the knot in August 2003 in their Los Angeles home.

Two of his ex-girlfriends have since spoken out, with Jennifer Finch defending the Grammy winner while Kari Wuhrer was not surprised by the recent revelation.

She called Grohl a “scumbag”, alleging that he previously two-timed her with snowboarder Tina Basich.

Grohl started the Foo Fighters in 1995.

Bandmates Nate Mendell, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee and Josh Freese have not publicly addressed his infidelity.

They last performed together in August.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as Foo Fighters cancel Soundside Music Festival appearance amid Dave Grohl’s baby scandal

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