Multi-platinum hard rockers FOO FIGHTERS have welcomed NINE INCH NAILS drummer Ilan Rubin to the fold according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ironically, it now seems that NINE INCH NAILS have recruited FOO FIGHTERS‘ latest drummer Josh Freese in Rubin‘s place. Freese was fired from FOO FIGHTERS this past May. At the moment, it remains unclear if Rubin will be joining FOO FIGHTERS full-time or serving as a touring member.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rubin informed NINE INCH NAILS‘ Trent Reznor he had “accepted a job with another band” last week, despite having previously committed to seeing through the band’s 2025 touring.
NINE INCH NAILS had most recently spent a considerable portion of time off the road, having played their first run of shows since 2022 this summer. Freese meanwhile last served as a member of NINE INCH NAILS from 2005 to 2008, and has been sitting behind the kit with A PERFECT CIRCLE earlier this year and his mainstay gig with THE VANDALS.