The Foo Fighters are back on stage. Here everything about their first performance of the 2023 tour.
The Foo Fighters played their first proper tour performance since Taylor Hawkins’ death on Wednesday (May 24). The band – with new live drummer Josh Freese – kicked off their tour at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in upstate New Hampshire. The performance was the first of 31 scheduled dates through November.
Foo Fighters: Setlist from the gig
The set contained 21 songs, including the live debut of opener “Rescued” and its follow-up, “Under You”. Other tracks from the new album, BUT HERE WE ARE, were the title track of the same name and “Nothing at All”.
Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet joined the band onstage for Shame Shame and Cold Day In The Sun. The latter is a song originally sung by Taylor Hawkins – this time by Grohl.
- “rescued”
- “Walk”
- “No Son of Mine”
- “Learn to Fly”
- “Times Like These”
- “Under You”
- “The Pretender”
- “But Here We Are”
- “breakout”
- “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”
- “My Hero”
- “This Is A Call”
- “All My Life”
- “Nothing At All”
- “Shame Shame”
- “These Days”
- “Cold Day In The Sun”
- “Monkey Wrench”
- “Best of You”
- “Aurora”
- “ever long”
The Foos also printed a limited edition poster for the show, designed by artist Jason Malmberg. It includes a tribute to Taylor Hawkins and features a hawk soaring over Kimball Castle, a ruined hilltop site overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee north of Gilford.
Photos and videos from the performance
More about the Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters recently recorded a show on May 21st at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 and streamed it freely via the Veeps platform. They introduced the new drummer Josh Freese and presented their current song “Nothing At All”. The live stream was titled “Preparing Music For Concerts” and was previously announced on the group’s Instagram profile.
Incidentally, the Foos will be performing at Rock am Ring on June 2nd and at Rock im Park on June 4th. The two dates are the only dates in Germany as part of their world tour this year.