A former Royal Air Force pilot running the length of the country for charity in a gruelling 35-day challenge has reached a Highland city.
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Foo Fighters song ever made in one sitting for charity – watch the stream below.This past Friday (June 7), Barton kept true to his promise of wanting to play along with every Foo Fighters song ever released in a single sitting to raise funds for cancer research. The feat – which he accomplished – took place across over nine hours, and saw Barton play ever album according to its order of release, and followed the album’s tracklisting as they were written.So far, Barton has raised US$7,700 and counting.
You can donate to the cause here. He dedicated the feat to his grandmother, who is currently battling cancer, and late Foos drummer Taylor Hawkins.A post shared by Greg (@gbdrummin)Barton wrote of his feat on social media: “Not only did we smash our fundraising gal, but I made it the distance and had an absolute blast along the way… This was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.
You can see my left hand completely cramp up at song 57 and I truly thought I might DNF (did not finish)… I think pure adrenaline carried me through the last three albums.”You can watch the entire nine-hour livestream below.Foo Fighters are due to tour in the UK this summer, with the run of dates including two shows at the London Stadium. Find any remaining tickets here.They’ll head out on the road in North America next month, with tickets for those concerts available here.
.A former Royal Air Force pilot running the length of the country for charity in a gruelling 35-day challenge has reached a Highland city.
Foo Fighters have performed the 1970 Black Sabbath classic ‘Paranoid’ with Geezer Butler – watch footage of the performance below.Last night (June 27), the Foos played the last show of their UK tour in Birmingham. To end their run with a bang, Dave Grohl and co.
Taylor Swift had quite an interesting guest at one of the Eras Tour shows in London. And no, we’re not talking about Prince William or Tom Cruise. It turns out the guitarist for the Foo Fighters attended the concert — just one day before lead singer Dave Grohl threw shade at the pop star!
Eras Tour in London the day before his bandmate, Dave Grohl, shaded the pop star at their own concert in the UK capital.Smear, 64, went to Swift’s show at Wembley Stadium on Friday (June 21) and appeared in a photo on actress Salma Hayek’s Instagram.Hayek, 57, snapped a selfie of herself, Smear, and fashion designer Stella McCartney at the concert.Smear doesn’t have an Instagram so Hayek tagged the Foo Fighters in the post. Nicola Coughlan, Leslie Mann, Jonathan Van Ness, and Swift’s mom Andrea Swift were in Hayek’s Instagram post as well.Fans also spotted Smear in the venue’s VIP tent near Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce at Friday’s show.The next day, the Foo Fighters performed at London Stadium where Grohl, 55, took a jab and Swift and insinuated that she doesn’t perform live.“I tell you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift,” the band’s frontman said in a clip that made its rounds on social media.“So we like to call our tour the ‘Errors Tour.’ We’ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few f – – king errors as well.
Foo Fighters‘ Dave Grohl has called out Taylor Swift during a recent show – see footage below.While performing at London Stadium on Saturday (June 22), Grohl pointed out that Swift was having her own concert down the road at Wembley. After a chorus of boos from fans, Grohl told the audience: “I tell you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift.
Dave Grohl and his band Foo Fighters had a concert at London Stadium on Saturday night as Taylor Swift performed Night 2 of the Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium.
Michaela Zee Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl appeared to take a jab at Taylor Swift at the band’s concert on Saturday night at London Stadium. After mentioning that Swift’s Eras Tour was currently taking place at London’s Wembley Stadium, Grohl said on stage, “I tell you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift.” He continued: “So we like to call our tour the ‘Errors Tour.’ We’ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few fucking errors as well. Just a couple.” Grohl then implied that Swift doesn’t perform live, telling the crowd, “That’s because we actually play live.
After knocking it out of the park with Poor Things last year, director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone are back at the box office in Kinds Of Kindness, which looks set to shake up a sluggish arthouse market with the best limited opening this year.
Seal, Gaz Coombes, Kate Nash, Soft Play and more have been announced as the special guests for Robbie Williams‘ London BST Hyde Park show.The British pop icon will take to the stage on Saturday, July 6, following previously announced headliner Andrea Bocelli who will top the bill on the Friday (July 5).The British Summer Time performance will be a UK exclusive for the singer, where he’s set to perform hits like ‘Rock DJ’, ‘Let Me Entertain You’ and ‘Angels’.Other guests that have been announced for Williams’ date include Shaun Ryder’s Black Grape, James Smith, Ellur, Davina Michelle, Ryan Gibb and Ben Kidson. You can purchase any remaining tickets here.Speaking about his headlining gig at London’s Hyde Park in a press statement, Williams shared: “It’s an honour to be back headlining BST Hyde Park alongside an incredible line-up of music talent.
Foo Fighters played the first of two sold-out shows at London Stadium last night (Thursday June 20) – once again inviting the son of late drummer Taylor Hawkins on stage to perform. Check out footage, photos, the setlist and more below.Introducing the mammoth set with a warning of, “I’m gonna kick your fucking ass tonight”, Dave Grohl led the rock giants through a three-hour career-spanning performance, loaded with tributes to their relationship to UK and the capital.As well as dedicating Taylor Hawkins’ favourite Foos song ‘Aurora’ to his family who were all present, they once again had his son Shane drum with them – as they did at their huge Wembley Stadium performance in 2022.
Foo Fighters have returned to the capital for two headline shows at the London Stadium – check out the full stage times below.Dave Grohl and co. are currently on the UK leg of their ‘Everything Or Nothing At All’ tour, which kicked off in Manchester last Thursday (June 13).
Foo Fighters have kicked off their UK tour, and surprised fans by breaking out a number of songs for the first time this tour and bringing out Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet. Find footage of the gig and the full setlist below.The dates across the country come as part of the band’s extensive ‘Everything Or Nothing At All’ tour, which has so far seen them play numerous shows at the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, and continued this week with a gig at Hampden Park in Glasgow.During the set at the Scottish national football stadium, the band broke out a huge 26-song set, which included an array of fan favourites as well as plenty of tracks from their latest album ‘But Here We Are’.It also saw frontman Dave Grohl sipping from a bottle of Buckfast, while the unofficial national anthem ‘Flower of Scotland’ was sung by the crowd.
Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl really took in the Scottish culture during his Hampden gig on Monday night as he swigged Buckfast and the crowd chanted the country's national anthem, Flower of Scotland.
The Foo Fighters will be in Scotland on Monday to perform as part of their Everything Or Nothing At All Tour.
Foo Fighters kick off their 2024 UK tour, revisit the time the band told us about the meaning and writing of their classic track ‘Everlong’. Watch the video below.Speaking to NME previously, frontman Dave Grohl said he “remembered coming up with the riff” for the song “while recording ‘Monkey Wrench’.
Foo Fighters kicked off their UK tour in Manchester on Thursday night - with a three hour epic spanning hits from across their 30 years in rock.
Foo Fighters have kicked off their UK tour in Manchester – here’s what they played.Last night (June 13), Dave Grohl and co. took over the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester to begin their summer UK stint, which saw the band reshuffle their setlist to add in a surprise or two.The biggest surprise of the night turned out to be a previously unheard song, ‘Unconditional’.
Henry Winkler isn’t just any man on the street. But he was treated like one by an RTE broadcaster who didn’t recognize the star while doing a report on a Dublin, Ireland hotel fire.
Liam Gallagher dedicated ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ to Dave Grohl during one of his shows in London this week, where the Foo Fighters frontman was spotted rocking out. Watch the clips below.Grohl attended Gallagher’s fourth and final gig at The O2 in the capital on Tuesday (June 11) as part of his current UK and Ireland ‘Definitely Maybe’ 30th anniversary tour.LG was pictured backstage with Grohl and the latter’s daughters, Violet and Harper.
The treasurer of a food bank embezzled thousands of pounds from the charity which was helping a community struggling through Covid. Mhairi Borland helped herself to £4,500 from the Lochee Community Larder which had been set up to help people through the cost-of-living crisis.