A sober Twitter post from Foo Fighters‘ official account late last night (March 1) hailed an “official band announcement” due tonight. “Stay tuned,” it read, with no hint of positive or negative implications. It could be any number of things, Sonic Highways 2 or new tour included – but fans are already worried about what it could mean for the group, whether split, hiatus, or worse.
Official band announcement tomorrow night. Stay tuned.
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 2, 2016
Last time Dave Grohl and his merry men teased an announcement, in October, they gave it a month-long countdown clock, before revealing the St Cecilia EP. This time, the message is so straightforward it seems like the news could conceivably be bad. Here are a load of people getting upset about it, even though they don’t know what the news is yet…
At first you could see Twitter getting its magnifying glass out to get a closer look.
@foofighters @BrettPratt101 … this isn't coy or playful like most of their stuff. Concerning.
— Steve Hocking (@skippersteve86) March 2, 2016
@BrettPratt101 @foofighters Dave going solo and he and Taylor not being on speaking terms due to that.
— Steve Hocking (@skippersteve86) March 2, 2016
Then came some concerned responses, on the calmer end of the spectrum.
@foofighters this puts me on edge for some reason
— Megan Norris (@Little_Norris91) March 2, 2016
There were semi-desperate, lower-case pleadings.
@foofighters don't break up please don't
— Nick (@nickpizza) March 2, 2016
@foofighters please don't split
— Edu Cabral (@EduKBrown) March 2, 2016
Then there were people who needed to take a minute to calm down.
omg can people stop talking about a foo fighters split it's making me anxious
— nic (@nictendo64) March 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/mcpablo13/status/704908483280420864
https://twitter.com/eloisalves/status/704913196650532864
https://twitter.com/leighannaconda/status/704917814612779008
https://twitter.com/jodiddley_o/status/704986423246639104
Some reactions were purely psychosomatic
i'm honestly so anxious for this foo fighters announcement i feel a bit sick
— eleanor (@elearor) March 2, 2016
Others vaguely threatening
@foofighters If u dare to split
— Sam (@futuristic_glam) March 2, 2016
Best of all, though, was Dube’s reaction
https://twitter.com/sexytompetty/status/704931817648996352
https://twitter.com/sexytompetty/status/704931875685588992
We’re rooting for you, Dube.