Foo Fighters have scored their sixth UK number 1 album with new release But Here We Are.
Dave Grohl's group have previously topped the chart with 2002's One By One, 2007's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2011's Wasting Light, 2017's Concrete and Gold and 2021's Medicine At Midnight.
Despite unanimous critical praise for their 11th studio album - Metal Hammer's Dave Everley hailed it as "a defiant, emotional roar in the face of loss" while Classic Rock noted "But Here We Are might be the Foos’ most cathartic [album], but it’s also one of their best" - the group's triumph was no foregone conclusion, given that the Los Angeles band were going head-to-head against Noel Gallagher: impressively, every studio album Gallagher has released - seven Oasis albums and three 'solo' records as Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - has reached number 1 in the UK charts.
