Foo Fighters - 550 fans can 't be wrong

Foo Fighters played an intimate gig tonight (August 17) at the 550-capacity Concorde II venue in Brighton, covering Arcade Fire and playing a batch of songs from their forthcoming album. Tickets for the show had been snapped up in minutes.
Warmed up by a singalong DJ set from Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, the crowd chanted "Foo! Foo! Foo!" and held beer glasses aloft as Dave Grohl and his band took the stage at 5pm. Opening with a new song, Grohl, sporting a clipped beard and white T-shirt, led his band, featuring a live cellist, through a selection of new tracks and fan favourites.
During 'My Hero' Grohl invited fans to sing the chorus, shouting, "Scream it as loud as you can!", and was met with mass cheering and singing along. "I've been here since 7.30 this morning," Grohl said, donning a semi-acoustic guitar then adding, "It's not the first time I've been at a bar at 7.30 in the morning, but it's definitely the busiest bar I've been to at that time." The band then performed a new acoustic-led country-rock song, with drummer Taylor Hawkins on vocals. During the following number, the band, including a cellist/violinist introduced as "Jesse" took turns in playing solos. "This is the first time we're playing a lot of new stuff," said Grohl. "I hate to think of it as a rehearsal, but it is." When the crowd boo-ed, he said, "But it's the best rehearsal ever!" Following cheers after the statement, the band played a cover of Arcade Fire's 'Keep The Car Running', which Grohl said he had previously "butchered", referring to a performance he had made earlier in the day on Radio 1.

SETLIST

The Pretender
Cheer Up Boys, Your Make-Up is Running
My Hero
Enough Space
Times Like These
Cold Day in the Sun
Keep the Car Running
Come Alive
Everlong
Monkey Wrench
Best of You
All My Life

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FM

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A+

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mp3

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192

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12

Foo Fighters - Why does it always rain on me??

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DAB

Sound Quality

A+

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mp3

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224

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11

Foo Fighters - Here we go!

HE IS famed as the "nicest man in rock", and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl did nothing to disabuse the crowd at Earls Court of that reputation.
From the start, the bearded, shaggyhaired Grohl was puppyish in his enthusiasm. Although it grated when he repeatedly signposted the chorus to My Hero by bawling "Here we go!"
Grohl also made a speech, which might have prompted a rush for the bar had it not turned into an amusing homily to his fans. He reminisced about the band's first London gig 10 years ago and, weirdly, encouraged sexual activity after the show.
The atmosphere suddenly turned celebratory and the band responded with a huge, declamatory performance. The singles Breakout and Generator were decent enough, but it was heavier songs such as Stacked Actors that showed their real power. The green lasers fired across the venue were pretty spectacular, too.
Grohl was the headbanging star, though.
He jumped off the stage at one point and ran to the back of the venue, where he played some riffs and soaked up the applause. But he could also do tender, with a stately solo performance of Everlong.
Grohl graduated to rock frontman after playing drums in Nirvana. But it is clearly still his favoured instrument, because he got behind the kit during one song and beat the drums furiously.
He then screamed his way through the finale of All My Life, getting a riotous reaction. Indeed, for once, even Grohl appeared lost for words.

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Foo Fighters is a Grammy winning rock group formed by musician Dave Grohl in 1995.The group is named after the World War II term "foo fighter", used to refer to mysterious aerial phenomena.

The Foo Fighters have earned a strong worldwide following, and have scored a number of hit songs, including "This Is a Call", "Everlong", "Learn to Fly", "All My Life", "Times Like These", "Best of You", and "DOA". On top of their five studio albums, they have also contributed to several movie soundtracks, including the song "The One" on the 2002 Orange County soundtrack.

Grohl spent four years as the drummer for Nirvana. Unbeknownst to most of Nirvana's fanbase, Grohl had gradually written a stockpile of songs that he had largely held back from the band for fear of ruining their chemistry. (Grohl has noted in several interviews that he was well aware of the infamous drummer joke: "Q: What did the drummer say just before he got fired? / A: 'Hey, guys, let's try one of my songs!'") Instead, Grohl occasionally booked studio time to record demos, and even issued a cassette of some of those songs called Pocketwatch under the pseudonym Late! in 1992.

On June 17, 2006, the Foo Fighters performed their largest non-festival headlining concert to date at London's Hyde Park. The band was supported by Juliette and the Licks, Angels & Airwaves, Queens of the Stone Age, and Motörhead. Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister joined the band on stage to sing "Shake Your Blood" from Dave Grohl's PROBOT album. Also, as a surprise performance, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen jammed with the Foo Fighters, playing part of "We Will Rock You" as a lead into "Tie Your Mother Down".

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86:36

01  In Your Honor                       02:57  
02  All My Life                             04:23  
03  Times Like These                   04:41  
04  My Hero                                04:55  
05  Dave Speaks                          00:47  
06  Best Of You                           05:31  
07  Up In arms                             06:02  
08  Learn To Fly                          04:06  
09  The Last Song                        03:30  
10  The One                                 02:41  
11  Stacked Actors                      09:23  
12  Dave speaks                          01:32  
13  Tired Of You                         05:38  
14  Everlong                                04:21  
15  Dave Speaks                         00:52  
 16  DOA                                    04:18  
 17  Breakout                               04:54  
 18  FF returns for encore             01:37  
 19  Could Day In The Sun           03:37  
 20  Dave speaks                          02:24  
 21  Monkey Wrench                    08:18 

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