{"id":7880,"date":"2026-01-07T16:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/pat-smear-foo-fighters-broken-foot\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:33:18","slug":"pat-smear-foo-fighters-broken-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/pat-smear-foo-fighters-broken-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Smear To Miss Foo Fighters Shows After Breaking Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/09\/DSC09978-Edit-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Foo Fighters members Dave Grohl and Pat Smear in San Luis Obispo, Ca., on Sept. 13, 2025 (photo: Andi Taylor).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Longtime Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear will miss three of the band\u2019s upcoming shows after \u201csmashing the shit out of his left foot\u201d in \u201cthe classic tradition of rockstars having bizarre gardening accidents,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTNyWXrFEbA\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Multi-instrumentalist Jason Falkner, who has played with Beck and St. Vincent and was also a member of the beloved \u201990s power pop band Jellyfish, will fill in for Smear.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/bruno-mars-new-album\/\">Bruno Mars In A \u2018Romantic\u2019 Mood With New LP<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/robyn-new-album\/\">Robyn Readies \u2018Sexistential\u2019 For March Release<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/01\/cameron-crowe-will-say-anything\/\">Cameron Crowe Will Say Anything<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A smiling Smear, 66, is depicted in an accompanying mock tabloid cover image giving the cameraperson the finger while being wheeled away on a stretcher. \u201cThis means he\u2019ll unfortunately be missing a few shows while the multiple broken bones in his foot heal,\u201d said the band of upcoming gigs in Guanajuato, Mexico (Jan. 10), Los Angeles (Jan. 14) and Tasmania (Jan. 24). \u201cWe\u2019ll miss our beloved Pat as much as you will, but we want him fully healed and back on his feet as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The artist, whose real name is Georg Ruthenberg, was a member of pioneering L.A. punk band the Germs and later joined Nirvana as a touring member in 1993. When Dave Grohl formed Foo Fighters after Kurt Cobain\u2019s 1994 suicide, he extended an invitation to Smear, who has been a mainstay in the band despite a hiatus between 1997 and 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Smear is expected to be back in action in time for the Foos\u2019 May 8 appearance at the Welcome to Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Fla., and a summer European tour, which begins June 10 in Oslo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/10\/foo-fighters-stadium-tour-new-song\/\">North American stadium dates <\/a>will follow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/pat-breaking-news-V2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-651626\" style=\"width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/pat-breaking-news-V2.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/pat-breaking-news-V2-340x425.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/pat-breaking-news-V2-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/01\/pat-breaking-news-V2-498x623.jpeg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"><\/figure>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foo Fighters members Dave Grohl and Pat Smear in San Luis Obispo, Ca., on Sept. 13, 2025 (photo: Andi Taylor). 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