Dave Grohl broke his leg
during a gig in Sweden last month, and although he managed to tough it
out like a champ and finish the show, the Foo Fighters were forced to cancel all of their upcoming tour dates in Europe, including a headlining set at Glastonbury. Fortunately, Dave Grohl made it out to the Foos’ big 20th anniversary 4th of July blowout
at Washington, D.C.’s RFK Stadium to perform for the first time since
his injury. Under doctor’s orders to keep his leg elevated and sporting a
purple cast, Grohl played the entire show ensconced in a giant
motorized throne, and after opening with “Everlong,” he told the story
of the fall and played a few clips of the incident, asking “How many of
you motherfuckers saw that on Youtube?” Apparently he first conceived of
and designed the throne while high on painkillers and declared “I’m not
missing this show for the world, you build me that throne and we’ll
play a Washington, D.C. rock concert.” And he did! The eclectic mix of
Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Heart, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, LL
Cool J featuring DJ Z-Trip, Trouble Funk, and Trombone Shorty &
Orleans Avenue all also played at the event. Watch some footage of the
Foo Fighters performance and check out the setlist below.
SETLIST
“Everlong”
“Monkey Wrench”
“Learn To Fly”
“Something From Nothing”
“The Pretender”
“Big Me”
“Congregation”
“Walk”
“I’m The One” (Van Halen cover) (snippet played during Chris Shiflett’s band introduction)
“Another One Bites The Dust” (Queen cover) (snippet played during Nate Mendel’s band introduction)
“Owner Of A Lonely Heart” (Yes cover) (snippet played during Pat Smear’s band introduction)
“Cold Day In The Sun”
“My Hero” (Acoustic)
“Times Like These” (Acoustic)
“Under Pressure” (Queen & David Bowie cover)
“All My Life”
“These Days”
“Outside”
“Breakout”
“For All the Cows”
“Alone + Easy Target”
“This Is A Call”
“Generator”
“Best Of You”
