Foo Fighters Agree to Play Virginia Gig Organised Exclusively by Fans
Dave Grohl performs with the Foo Fighters. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire
They play Richmond for the first time in 16 years, after a group of friends launched online campaign to raise money for a show that band knew nothing about.
Foo Fighters have agreed to play a concert in Virginia that was organised exclusively by a group of their fans. Won over by a successful crowdfunding campaign, Foo Fighters announced plans to play in Richmond for the first time in 16 years.
If the gig goes ahead as planned, it will be one of the Foo Fighters’ smallest shows since a string of garage concerts in 2011. Richmond’s audience of 1,400 could fit 60 times over in Wembley Arena, where the Foos played twice in 2008. Organisers admitted that if the band insisted on playing a bigger show, they wouldn’t force the issue. “We’ve sold [tickets] for a concert that doesn’t exist yet,” Goldin admitted to Billboard. “Nothing like this has ever been done before.”
This November, Foo Fighters will release their new studio album, recorded in eight different US cities.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/16/foo-fighters-virginia-gig-organised-fan-campaign
- Emily Stephens
(originally posted 16th June 2014 www.in-bloom-music.co.uk)
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