We’re not that far along in any kind of official process, but there’s always something. I remember being at a party afterwards and some journalist said to me, ‘Hey Dave would you take a picture with the guitar player of EMF?’ So I said, ‘Yeah, sure’. Foo Fighters review, Reading Festival 2019: Rick Astley cameo feels oddly old-hat . I didn’t think that it would become a lifetime of touring. I think this will be my 10th time playing.”. The rest of the band just can't believe what is happening out there. “Taking a break from it isn’t as pleasant as you’d imagine,” laughs Grohl. We have been well and truly #RickGrohled. We’ll see. I've, had enough of being on the fringes and push my way past those smaller and, frailer than me in order to get me a slice of the action. In honour of his friend, Grohl leads into a cover of Astley’s own ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ before he takes over on vocals. I remember watching the Abba tribute band Bjorn Again open for Nirvana and they started playing ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and the place went fucking bananas. I can’t believe how many people are here. They, begin strongly in front of an enormous silver lame backdrop, ably. Wind 5, Pumpkins 1. It’s just a matter of figuring out how to do it. Riding motorcycles and eating waffles. I remember walking backstage and bumping into friends from other bands who would look at me and say, What are you doing here?’ I’d say ‘We’re fucking headlining!’ and they’d say, ‘You’re actually gonna play?’ They were just surprised we showed up. “THE FUCK?” scream many a fan, as it’s none other than Rick Astley assisting with some surprisingly impressive rhythm. I wish I was on the new Queens album. Was it EMF? sheet metal until security comes to remove them. Astley heads back behind the kit for a fevered closing of Foos’ classics ‘Everlong’ and ‘Best Of You’. It's crazy, intense, murderous and I love it. We might have to do more than one fucking song!”. I have so many ‘firsts’ at Reading that all of them were baptism by fire. They put us on the side stage, which I was perfectly happy and comfortable with. You’re going to have to ask John or Josh. And it's, worked, they've made the cover of Melody Maker and the NME and, charted with both their first two records. There were people climbing the rafters, scooting up those tent poles, there were thousands of people trying to get in from outside, and it was fucking chaos. If I close my eyes, I can still picture it. We were just a force of fucking nature.”, “I just love walking out into that field and reliving all of the beautiful memories that we have from over the years. Disappointing. Get the Foo Fighters Setlist of the concert at Little John's Farm, Reading, England on August 25, 2019 from the Europe 2019 Tour and other Foo Fighters Setlists for free on setlist.fm! Whether it’s your first Reading & Leeds Festival or your 10th, bring nothing better than your best. It was another beginning for me and another one of my bands. This year Courtney pulled up in a London taxi (the city is only an hour's, drive from Reading). having to be hosed down at regular intervals. When we got there that day, I realised how big it really was.”, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain at Reading 1991. Credit: Mick Hutson/Redferns, Rather than be overwhelmed by the festival’s legacy, Nirvana delivered the first of two era-defining performances that would set the standard for all other Reading sets. On seeing a guy crowd surfing toward the stage she quips: "Make it past, the guy in the blue shirt and I'll give you a blowjob." But in between songs, her smart-assed one liners begin to lengthen into. When I feel like they’re ready, that’s when I bring them to the band. It was, by turns, a macabre, frightening and inspirational set. As more fans pile in, while others clamber on top of the social club sofas to catch a glimpse of the stage, Dave Grohl casually strides through the crowd and the room goes totally apeshit. “He said ‘Reading Festival in England’. We're hundreds and hundreds deep outside, the tent. The first performance with Nirvana was terrifying but we did it, then the second Nirvana performance was terrifying but we did it, then the first Foo Fighters performance was our biggest one ever and we did it.”, “Even just saying the name of the festival means so much more to me than just a rock show. I can honestly say that they are the best rock n’ roll band that I’ve ever been in, in my life. Well, actually, we had to. Nowadays they aren't, quite as embarrassed to play their simple, driving tunes but they still, can't quite see themselves as bona fide sausage down the trouser leg rock, stars. I would wake up every morning in this panic attack in a fit of anxiety, knowing that there was this festival that I was going to have to play in front of 35,000 people – which I had never done. A mad fever dream it may seem to us, but this is all part and parcel of the life of the nicest guy in rock n’ roll. In the meantime, the Fannies choral guitars, and Byrds-like harmonies transport the crowd to a beat heaven where Jack, and Neil are forever roaming across America. Indeed, it is, common for people to go ten out-of-it-years and not actually see a single, earnest young pop group plying their wares. You’ve got to stop’. We showed up and so many people were trying to cram into that tent that at one point the promoter came to me and asked if we would go on after Bjork on the main stage.”, “I said ‘No fucking way!’ It was really our first show there and I didn’t want us to arrive and headline the fucking main stage. We never had a bad show and they just kept getting better and better. Electrafixion are the new band formed by former Echo And The Bunnymen, singer Ian McCullough and guitarist Will Sergeant. And they're loud, even outside the tent. The rest, of the band leave her on her own wandering the stage, unsure what to do. He delivers “a sweet little love song from Foo Fighters’ first record” with a stripped-back ‘Big Me’, before the tender opening notes of ‘Times Like These’ see a strangely familiar figure make his way behind the drum kit. But they aren't the only reasons why we are packed in, front of the main stage tonight, the other acts forgotten. Sounding. “When I walked in tonight, everyone said: ‘What are you gonna do?’ I said, ‘I have no fucking clue.’ So tonight we’ll play a couple of songs. We’d only been playing for about a month. It is to his credit that his psychedelic soul manages to. ATN UK correspondent Stuart Green attended this past weekend's Reading. If his surreal warm-up at Moth Club is anything to go by then this weekend is going to be another one for all time. I’m not on the new Queens record. The band honored late Prodigy frontman Keith Flint, and discussed starting a … The Foos play another bruising, melodic slice of choice hardcore followed, by a request to take a couple of steps back so that those at the front can, escape with their lives. Sure, enough, about four songs in, after a crushing version of "This Is The, Call," Grohl stops the gig so some lemming can be dragged out of the crowd. I didn’t expect much. Amerigrunge 1, Britpop 0. Here’s a man who doesn’t like to sit still. Clearly the worse for wear, she had to be supported by, a minder as she staggered through the crowd of industry professionals, thronging the bar in the Guest Area.
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