{"id":24931,"date":"2015-06-03T05:33:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T12:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=24931"},"modified":"2015-06-03T05:33:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T12:33:05","slug":"the-foo-fighters-july-4th-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/the-foo-fighters-july-4th-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foo Fighters, July 4th 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V_YlZ1JdcVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe Foo Fighters began after the breakup of Nirvana, following the death of Kurt Kobain. Dave Grohl, the drummer of Nirvana was the band\u2019s creator. The band was an almost instant hit, and has become one of the top rock bands in existence. Their fan base includes David Letterman, who invited them to play one of his farewell shows leading to his retirement from television. To celebrate their twentieth anniversary, the band will play a concert on Independence Day at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The show will also highlight music from their latest album release from the fall of 2014, \u2018Sonic Highway\u2019. This show is the kick-off for a North American swing of a tour that also reaches many cities around the world.<br \/>\nThe album, \u2018Sonic Highway\u2019 features eight songs recorded in eight different cities across the nation, featuring a number of popular artists playing with the band. Some of these performers will be joining the Foos for the D.C. show. They are Joan Jett, Gary Clark Jr., Trombone Shorty,\u00a0 Heart, Buddy Guy, LL Cool J, featuring DJ Z-Trip, and D.C.\u2019s own Trouble Funk. This all-day affair will also include some great BBQ, a motorcycle rally and fireworks.<br \/>\nThe set list on this tour varies widely amongst the number of shows slated. Beyond the music from the latest album, there will be of course be numbers reaped from their most popular fare. The radio-friendly \u2018Learn to Fly\u2019 has been played extensively on this tour. \u2018This is a Call\u2019 tells Grohl\u2019s story of morphing from Nirvana\u2019s drummer to his lead in this band. \u2018Stacked Actors\u2019 relays his disgust for the Hollywood scene, where he lived for a year and a half before moving to Virginia. These are a small sample of the extensive catalogue of music produced by the band. Cover music played during the tour carries the flags of a variety of artists. Of these selections, a few of the favorites are \u2018Detroit Rock City\u2019 from Kiss, \u2018Stay With Me\u2019 originally sung by Rod Stewart as a member of The Faces, and \u2018Under Pressure\u2019 from a collaboration of Queen and David Bowie.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to get your tickets from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/Search?query=foo+fighters&amp;x=0&amp;y=0#6294\">Ticket Center <\/a>for an awesome price!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foo Fighters began after the breakup of Nirvana, following the death of Kurt Kobain. Dave Grohl, the drummer of Nirvana was the band\u2019s creator&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concerts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24951,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24931\/revisions\/24951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}