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Foo Fighters Reveal Indefinite Hiatus: 'The World Needs A Break From Us'

The band call it an "ihateus"

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Iconic rockers Foo Fighters have announced their "indefinite hiatus" this morning, revealed through drummer Taylor Hawkins in an interview with Artisan News.

Hawkins said in the interview, "We’re on ihateus right now, we’re on an indefinite ihateus... 

The news of the hiatus — called an "ihateus" by the band — is reportedly "not because we don’t love each other, or don’t want to make music together …

"We did so much in the last five or six years— we as a band could go into the studio tomorrow and have just as much fun as we ever had, but I think the world needs a break from us for a little while."

The news follows a Facebook announcement from the band that hinted big news would be revealed.

The band have been on a huge world tour of late, during which frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg. 

Check out the interview below.

Official band announcement tomorrow night. Stay tuned.

Posted by Foo Fighters on Tuesday, 1 March 2016