Eight Songs. Eight Cities. Eighth Album. HBO Canada Presents the HBO Documentary Series FOO FIGHTERS: SONIC HIGHWAYS, October 17

“This is a musical map of America.” – DaveGrohl

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TORONTO (August 21, 2014)– Leading up to the November 10worldwide release of SonicHighways, the eighth album from the 11-timeGrammy^® Award-winning Foo Fighters, HBO Canadapresents the eight-episode documentary series FOO FIGHTERS: SONICHIGHWAYS, directed by the band’s own DaveGrohl. The first episode premieres on Friday, Oct.17 at 11 p.m. ET/MT online and ondemand, and debuts on HBO Canadaat 12 midnight ET/MT, immediatelyfollowing the season finale of THE KNICK. BeginningOct.24, FOO FIGHTERS: SONIC HIGHWAYS moves to its regularFridays at 11 p.m. ET/MT timeslot on HBO Canada. Subscriberscan catch the series’ 11 p.m. debut on Oct.17 on multiple platforms, includingTMN GO and HBO Canada On Demand in EasternCanada, and onShaw Go Movie Central app,Bell TV app, Telus Optik on the go, and HBO Canada On Demand inWestern Canada.

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Each one-hour episode of FOO FIGHTERS: SONICHIGHWAYS is devoted to a different American musical landmark,chronicling its history and exploring its cultural essence through Grohl’sinterviews with the people that have defined and been shaped by each city’sunique musical identity. Episodes are set in Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles,Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle, and Washington D.C., and featureappearances from local legends who have become the musical and culturalambassadors of those cities, including Buddy Guy, JoeWalsh, DollyParton, RickNielsen, Bad Brains, ChuckD, GibbyHaynes, Allen Toussaint,and Gary Clark, Jr.,among others.  

For the album and series, Grohl and bandmates Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel,Chris Shiflett, and Pat Smear, along with producer ButchVig, recorded one song at a legendary studio in each of these cities. Allsongs feature local legends sitting in, with every lyric written in anexperimental style: Grohl postponed putting down words until the last dayof each session in order to be inspired by the experiences, interviews, andpersonalities that became part of the process. Additional artists whoparticipated in the recordings include Charlie Gabriel,NoraGuthrie, the PreservationHall Jazz Band, TromboneShorty,CarrieUnderwood, and many more.

FOO FIGHTERS: SONIC HIGHWAYSis directed by Dave Grohl forRoswell Films, a division of Roswell Records, the label that releases FooFighters’ music; written by Mark Monroe and Dave Grohl. Executive produced byDave Grohl, James A. Rota, John Ramsay. The series is produced for HBO byRoswell Films and Therapy Content, in association with Worldwide Pants.FOO FIGHTERS: SONIC HIGHWAYS is distributed internationally,outside of the U.S., by BBC Worldwide.

HBO Canada is a multiplex channel of Bell Media’s The Movie Network (EasternCanada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada).

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HBO Canada brings Canadians HBO’s current slate of signature dramatic andcomedic programs, together with new and never-before-seen programming includingcomedy series, live specials, sporting events, behind-the-scenes content andtitles from HBO’s extensive library – all in an uncut and commercial-freeenvironment. HBO Canada is offered in high definition on HBO Canada HD andprogramming is accessible on TMN GO, on demand and online where available byservice provider. For more information, please visit www.hbocanada.com. In Eastern Canada, HBOCanada is a division of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE),Canada’s largest communications company. In Western Canada, HBO Canada isoffered by Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada).

About Movie Central

Movie Central is owned by Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJR.B),a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader inspecialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television,television broadcasting, children’s book publishing and children’s animation.Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com.

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For more information:

For The Movie Network (Eastern Canada):

Nicolle Balen, 416.384.4061 or nicolle.balen@bellmedia.ca 

For Movie Central (Western Canada):

Danielle Sefton, 416.479.6094 or Danielle.sefton@corusent.com