Foo Fighters, Social Distortion, Joy Formidable (and Bob Mould & Joan Jett) played MSG (pics, video & setlist)
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin
Dave Grohl & Madison Square Garden
Last night at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, Dave Grohl and the boys not only played past midnight — a rarity given the venue’s typical 11 p.m. curfew — but during the encore, they brought out Joan Jett and Husker Du leader Bob Mould for rip-roaring covers of “Bad Reputation” and Tom Petty’s “Breakdown,” respectively.
Before all that, however, the band was doing fine on its own. F-bombs were flying from Grohl’s mouth, shred-heavy solos coming from his fingers, and laps through the audience kept him running (via an extended stage that spanned the distance of general admission). It was an inspiring bit of frontman badassery — a universal truth to those in attendance at the packed arena, which has recently undergone a makeover.
The Foos’ 24-song set, which was preceded by openers Social Distortion and the Joy Formidable, kicked off around 9:30, led by “Bridge Burning” and a handful of other standouts off the band’s latest, “Wasting Light.” Grohl’s standard “it’s going to be a looooong night” line was met by hearty cheers, as was his “Guitar Hero” rant, in which Grohl urged parents to buy their kids “a real one [guitar]… they might write something like this [‘Monkey Wrench’].”..; [Billboard]
The tour continues in NJ tonight. Pictures of all the bands at the NYC show last night (11/13), with videos of both special guest moments, and the headliner’s full setlist, below….
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The Joy Formidable
Social Distortion
The Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters and Joan Jett – Bad Reputation – Madison Square Garden,NYC 11-13-2011
Foo Fighters 11.11.11 – DC – Dear Rosemary & Breakdown
Foo Fighters Concert Setlist at Madison Square Garden
New York, NY, USA on November 13, 2011
Bridge Burning
Rope
The Pretender
My Hero
Learn to Fly
White Limo
Arlandria
Breakout
Cold Day in the Sun
Stacked Actors
Walk
Monkey Wrench
Let It Die
These Days
This is a Call
In the Flesh? (Pink Floyd cover)
All My Life
Encore:
Wheels (Dave Grohl Acoustic)
Best of You (Dave Grohl Acoustic)
Times Like These (Dave Grohl solo acoustic into full band)
Dear Rosemary (with Bob Mould)
Breakdown (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers cover) (with Bob Mould)
Bad Reputation (Joan Jett cover) (with Joan Jett)
Everlong
