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Foo Fighters Make Tiny Desk Debut With Intimate Five-Song Set

The stripped-back office performance signals a back-to-basics push before the band’s next run of festival and stadium dates.

Overview

  • The band played NPR’s Tiny Desk in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, delivering their first appearance on the office concert series with a compact five-song set.
  • The set mixed new material and classics, opening with Your Favorite Toy’s “Spit Shine,” then “Learn to Fly,” “Child Actor,” “My Hero,” and “Everlong.”
  • All six members squeezed behind the desk, and NPR said the group even taped out the workspace’s dimensions in rehearsal to plan the tight setup.
  • Dave Grohl called the visit an honor and pointed to D.C. go-go legends Trouble Funk fitting 12 players into the space as proof the room can handle a big band.
  • Next on the calendar is BottleRock Napa Valley on May 23, followed by a European tour starting June 10 in Oslo and a North American stadium run opening August 4 in Toronto.