Watch Foo Fighters perform ‘Statues’ for the first time ever at Perth concert
nme.comFoo Fighters have finally performed their 2007 track ‘Statues’ live for the first time ever – watch the performance below.While performing in Perth, Australia yesterday (November 29), Dave Grohl and co.
played a pair of rarities from their 2007 studio effort ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace’: ‘Statues’ and ‘Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners’.The band kicked off the pair of ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace’ tunes by debuting ‘Statues’ for the first time ever.
For the acoustic performance, Grohl was backed by guitarist Chris Shiflett and keyboardist Rami Jaffee.Watch Foo Fighters perform ‘Statues’ live below.Grohl then took the stage solo to play ‘Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners’ live for the first time since 2018.
Grohl wrote the acoustic instrumental piece for two miners who were trapped in the Beaconsfield gold mine collapse in Tasmania, Australia, in 2006.The mine collapse was especially heartbreaking for Grohl, as one of the miners had requested that an iPod full of Foo Fighters songs be sent down to them while they awaited rescue.
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