October 2, 2002 — The new Foo Fighters album, One by One (RCA Records) will hit stores October 22, 2002.

One by One is the first Foo Fighters record to feature guitarist Chris Shiflett, making the Grohl/Mendel/Hawkins/Shiflett line-up the first to survive two full Foo Fighters album/tour cycles. Or as Taylor Hawkins puts it, "This is the final line-up, the one that lasts until the band breaks up."

One by One is also one of the more lyrically cohesive Foo Fighters records, similar to 1997's The Colour & Shape. "I hate writing lyrics," Grohl admits. "Although the lyrics on this album I love more than anything I've ever done."

"This album is different…" Grohl says, "but it still has our fingerprints all over it. It still has our trademarks. So, as much as a departure as it may be, there is still a common thread, which is our sense of melody, or our sense of arrangement, the way we approach playing our instruments... And I think we're always challenging ourselves, whether we're going in a pop direction, or a complicated prog-rock direction..."

In support of the new release, the Foo Fighters will be heading abroad:

Foo Fighters European Tour:

12/11/02 - Milan, Italy - Palatucker
12/12/02 - Lyon, France - Transbordeur
12/13/02 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
12/15/02 - Paris, France - Bataclan

The Foo Fighters will return Down Under to headline the Big Day Out festival for the following dates and cities:
1/17/03 - Auckland, NZ
1/19/03 - Gold Coast, AUS
1/24/03 - Sydney, AUS
1/27/03 - Melbourne, AUS
1/31/03 - Adelaide, AUS
2/02/03 - Perth, AUS