Arcade Hearth to Substitute Foo Fighters as Headliners of Canada’s Osheaga Competition

Arcade Hearth can be changing Foo Fighters as headliners on the Osheaga Music And Arts Competition.

Osheaga is about to happen from July 29-31 in Montreal, Canada. Arcade Hearth will headline day one. Different headliners of the three-day occasion are A$AP Rocky and Dua Lipa. This version will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the indie music competition, following two cancellations in 2020 and 2021.

Foo Fighters canceled their deliberate tour and competition appearances following the demise of drummer Taylor Hawkins final month.

“When the Foo Fighters sadly needed to cancel, it was extraordinarily vital to us that we e book a band meaning one thing particular to our native music followers in addition to an artist that might attraction to an enormous fan base internationally. We’re thrilled that our native hometown heroes Arcade Hearth have been in a position to step in and fill the void. The band placed on some of the memorable headline units in Osheaga historical past in 2010, and having them again for our fifteenth anniversary can be actually particular,” defined Osheaga founder Nick Farkas.

Arcade Hearth was based in Montreal in 2001 and headlined Osheaga in 2010. The band shared the information on their Instagram account and included a video of frontman Win Butler saying they’ll be dedicating their set to Hawkins. “I thought of Taylor from the Foo Fighters a good friend,” mentioned Butler. “He was at all times so candy and so musical, and we’re gonna be dedicating our efficiency at Osheaga to him. And we are able to’t wait to see all of you, maintain one another.”

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