Dave Grohl Explains Foo Fighters Cancellations and Why the Band Will (Probably) Never Break Up

The surgery, as Grohl explained it, was to keep his arm in good shape for many more years of touring and live performances. Grohl said he honestly doesn’t know the difference between Pandora and Spotify, but understands that the strength of the live experience will never change.

"When you were 20 years old in Thunder Bay, Canada you’d love to go see live music,” Grohl said of Rapino who grew up in the Ontario province. "The excitement of seeing live music, of seeing people on stage, that will never go away. We don’t sell a tenth of the records that we sold 20 years ago, but we sell out fucking stadiums in a lot of places."

Grohl added: “One of the reasons is we’ve been touring for 20 years and we’ve never stopped. You have to establish a base and be faithful to them.”

Rapino commented on the fact that Foo Fighters have extended their base internationally which many bands have fallen short of doing early in their career.

"It’s only work if you don’t want to do it," Grohl said. "I’ve never said ‘Ugh, I have to go on stage and drink whiskey and have 30,000 people sing my songs.’ It’s pretty fucking cool."

The consistent years of recording, touring and working with the Foo Fighters have continued to pay off for the group that enjoys their career and sees no point in disbanding any time soon.

"For the first twenty years of our band it was, let’s make another record and that’s probably going to do it. Let’s get one more in there and call it a day," Grohl said. "Then it gets to the point to where I refer to it like imagine your grandparents getting a divorce. I’m sure it happens sometimes, but why? You can’t break up. Who even cares any more? Just go play shows."