Watch Foo Fighters carry out ‘Statues’ for the primary time ever at Perth live performance

Foo Fighters have lastly carried out their 2007 monitor ‘Statues’ dwell for the primary time ever – watch the efficiency under.

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Whereas performing in Perth, Australia yesterday (November 29), Dave Grohl and co. performed a pair of rarities from their 2007 studio effort ‘Echoes, Silence, Persistence & Grace’: ‘Statues’ and ‘Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners’.

The band kicked off the pair of ‘Echoes, Silence, Persistence & Grace’ tunes by debuting ‘Statues’ for the primary time ever. For the acoustic efficiency, Grohl was backed by guitarist Chris Shiflett and keyboardist Rami Jaffee.

Watch Foo Fighters carry out ‘Statues’ dwell under.

Grohl then took the stage solo to play ‘Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners’ dwell for the primary time since 2018. Grohl wrote the acoustic instrumental piece for 2 miners who had been trapped within the Beaconsfield gold mine collapse in Tasmania, Australia, in 2006.

The mine collapse was particularly heartbreaking for Grohl, as one of many miners had requested that an iPod filled with Foo Fighters songs be despatched right down to them whereas they awaited rescue.

The band made their return with their eleventh studio album ‘However Right here We Are’ in June, marking their first document since the loss of life of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022. That album scored them a glowing five-star evaluate from Ali Shutler for NME.

Shutler wrote: “‘However Right here We Are’ is a gorgeous, noisy celebration of brotherhood and a stark, painful exploration of loss. It’s messy, gut-wrenching, formidable and beautiful, because the remaining members of Foo Fighters push themselves to their limits and past. Via all of it, ‘However Right here We Are’ is an simple reminder of the therapeutic, unifying energy of music.”