BaldyBeardyBloke
7th May 2008, 10:57 AM
Wondering if anyone else saw the Foo Fighters over the last two nights at the vector in Auckland.
We went last night. It was the final show of their latest world tour.
I've seen an incredible number of live bands over the years and I have to say this was a spectacular show.
They were on for over two and a half hours, can't think of a popular song they didn't play, plus a number of great album tracks too, not a singe cover, which shows the depth of material they have built up to draw from over the years.
The show featured an additional circular stage that was lowered from the rafters to the centre of the arena half way through, from which they played a 30 minute set of their slower songs for a bit of light relief from the ear splitting shouty numbers (which, to be fair, most of their fans prefer).
Whether it was a feature of the last show of the tour, or something they did every night I don't know, but they had (seriously) a solo played on the triangle at one point (hilarious) and the encore was seven or eight songs long, hence the 200 minute show.
The place was heaving, the crowd were in good voice, Dave Grohl was at his humorous best between songs and even allowing for the ginger haired freak+ next to Paula dancing like a drunken gazelle on crack it was a great night.
We saw the Foo's about two and a half years ago on our 10th wedding anniversary at London Earls Court and they were good then, but even better last night.
The support band were rubbish though. Think they were called Sky Bombers (?). They looked about 12 years old and truly lost on the enormous stage with a load of hairy (and some bald, obviously) people just staring at them, waiting for them to s*d off so the Foo Fighters could start.
All in all, I highly recommend going to see the Foo Fighters any chance you get. A genuinely awesome show. Quality entertainment.
+ Note: I don't wish to imply all ginger haired people are freaks, but it does seem that a disproportionate number of freaks are ginger haired. Merely an observation.
We went last night. It was the final show of their latest world tour.
I've seen an incredible number of live bands over the years and I have to say this was a spectacular show.
They were on for over two and a half hours, can't think of a popular song they didn't play, plus a number of great album tracks too, not a singe cover, which shows the depth of material they have built up to draw from over the years.
The show featured an additional circular stage that was lowered from the rafters to the centre of the arena half way through, from which they played a 30 minute set of their slower songs for a bit of light relief from the ear splitting shouty numbers (which, to be fair, most of their fans prefer).
Whether it was a feature of the last show of the tour, or something they did every night I don't know, but they had (seriously) a solo played on the triangle at one point (hilarious) and the encore was seven or eight songs long, hence the 200 minute show.
The place was heaving, the crowd were in good voice, Dave Grohl was at his humorous best between songs and even allowing for the ginger haired freak+ next to Paula dancing like a drunken gazelle on crack it was a great night.
We saw the Foo's about two and a half years ago on our 10th wedding anniversary at London Earls Court and they were good then, but even better last night.
The support band were rubbish though. Think they were called Sky Bombers (?). They looked about 12 years old and truly lost on the enormous stage with a load of hairy (and some bald, obviously) people just staring at them, waiting for them to s*d off so the Foo Fighters could start.
All in all, I highly recommend going to see the Foo Fighters any chance you get. A genuinely awesome show. Quality entertainment.
+ Note: I don't wish to imply all ginger haired people are freaks, but it does seem that a disproportionate number of freaks are ginger haired. Merely an observation.