Foo fighters promised an acoustic tour.
Foo Fighters finally held their promise to do a huge acoustic tour.
The tour is planned to begin on July 11 in Seattle, it will not only be the band’s first acoustic tour, but also a Grohl’s reunion with former “Nirvana” and “Foo Fighters” guitarist Pat Smear.
Smear, who has just played several gigs with seminal punk band “The Germs”, is one of four additional musicians who will join the Foo Fighters on the tour. Violinist Petra Haden and keyboardist Rami Jaffee are the other guest artists, who both appear on the group’s’ album “In Your Honor”, as well as percussionist Drew Hester.
The eight-member band will perform live the songs from In Your Honor’s second, more mellow side mostly, as well as mix in stripped-down versions of the band’s favorites.
Hawkins said: “Instead of going out there and sweating my butt off every night, I’ll be playing with my brushes quietly and stuff. I think it’ll be good for us, though, as musicians to go out and explore that dynamic”.
Surfer-turned-rocker Timmy Curran will open for the Foo Fighters in July, and Pixies singer Frank Black will handle the duties in August.
Foo Fighters will headline their largest show ever on June 17 at Hyde Park in London, before launching the acoustic tour. After selling out the 70,000 tickets to the show, the band obtained the city’s permission to expand the concert grounds to accommodate 15,000 more fans.
The dates for the acoustic tour will be announced shortly, while tickets for the announced dates go on sale Friday.
Foo Fighters tour dates, according to their spokesperson:
7/11 - Seattle, WAÂ Paramount Theatre
7/13 - Berkeley, CAÂ Berkeley Community Theatre
7/17 - San Diego, CAÂ Civic Theater
8/16 - Upper Darby, PAÂ Tower Theatre
8/21 - New York, NYÂ Beacon Theatre
8/22 - Boston, MAÂ Wang Center
8/25 - Chicago, ILÂ Auditorium Theatre
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