Benefit concert
Initial sessions for the Foo Fighters' fourth studio album were inproductive, with escalating tensions and the band considering a break-up, but the band members decided to give another chance to the record after their performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April. One month later, the band rerecorded the album "One by One". Following a UK mini-tour in August - which included the T in the Park 2002, Reading and Leeds Festivals - and a Paris concert in September, the album was released on October 22, 2002, with the promotional tour starting that same day at the Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre. Following dates in North America, which included Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit concert on October 26, came a European tour from November 16 to December 19. The Foo Fighters started 2003 with the Big Day Out festival tour in Oceania. From April to July, the band had concerts in North America. V Festival in August.