The Foos Play Secret London Show

Foo Fighters played a secret gig in London on Saturday – and Planet Rock was there to see it.

Their reputation for staging impromptu shows fuelled speculation last week that the band would play a tiny venue during their stay in London. The gig at Dingwalls came just 24 hours after their headline slot at the NME Big Gig at Wembley Arena. The Foo's are no stranger to the five-hundred capacity venue, having played there last in 2007.

Before beginning a set that lasted just under three ear-blistering hours, Dave Grohl asked the crowd "So you wanna hear the new f***king record?" before tearing through 'Wasting Light' in its entirety. It's early days but Planet Rock rates 'Arlandria' and 'I Should Have Known' as stand-out tracks, while the manic energy of 'White Limo' seemed to sum up the sheer intensity of the whole night. After the new stuff, there was barely time to draw breath before the opening chords of 'All My Life'. A slew of gems ensued with 'Times Like These', 'Stacked Actors' and 'Big Me' as just some of the highlights. An encore which included a jammed-out version of 'Young Man Blues' had even the hardiest of barflies craning their necks to catch a better glimpse at the action, before a momentous 'This Is A Call' closed the night's proceedings. 

Not surprisingly, the Foo's were on incredible form; Grohl makes it look so darn easy, the five of them were tighter than ever; even Pat Smear looked positively delirious to be back in the bosom of the band. If you've got tickets for their upcoming big gigs, you're in for one of the best shows of your life. But if you've seen Foo Fighters before, you probably know that already...

Bridge Burning
Rope
Dear Rosemary
White Limo
Arlandria
These Days
Back And Forth
Matter Of Time
Miss The Misery
I Should Have Known
Walk
All My Life
Generator
My Hero
up In Arms
Enough Space
Times Like These
Stacked Actors
Cold Day In The Sun
Watershed
Long Road To Ruin
Big Me
I'll Stick Around
For All The Cows
Monkey Wrench
Hey, Johnny Park!
Everlong

Encore:
Aurora
Young Man Blues
This Is A Call

Meanwhile you can now listen to the whole of last Friday's interview with the band here:

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