There was a Mariachi rock band and Rise Against openers, but they don’t matter.
Because there was Dave Grohl.
He feeds off the crowd’s energy and in turn, they feed off him. The place was packed.
I really don’t know how to describe it beyond him being a complete performance junky.
They sounded really good and there really were no let downs, no “going through the motions” on hits.
A good example of how they engage the crowd is their introductions (Followed by Cold Day in the Sun).
Their set was opened from all sides with 2 large video screens up high, 1 on either side. But hanging over the set on all direction articulated arms were 12 teardrop shaped video cubes with screens on all faces but top and bottom. They also each “pod” also had 3 light houses which were also individually motorized. I can’t describe it beyond that too well. It was really really cool.
Krist Novoselic (yes, bassist of Nirvana) made a guest appearance playing accordion.
During the break before the encore, after a minute or two, the screens popped up night vision video of Dave and Taylor Hawkins (drums) mock arguing about how many songs to do after the encore. Taylor appeals to the crowd and gets Dave to agree to 6. They played 7.
To open the encore, Dave played acoustically solo on the remote stage before being joined again by the band. During that time he did a lot of talking with the crowd about how he loves what he does, etc.
Epic show, what else can I say. If you get a chance, go see Foo Fighters. ‘nuf said.
All pictures here.
