The Foo Fighters
Sonic Highway World Tour – Aug 29th, 2015
Wrigley Field – Chicago, IL
In 2014, The Foo Fighters released an HBO special entitled “Sonic Highway”. In the documentary, which Dave Grohl called a “love letter to the history of American music”, the Foo Fighters toured the country visiting eight music-laden cities, like Nashville, Austin, LA, New Orleans, and more. In each city, they wrote and recorded a song that paid homage to the history of music in that town, and the result was their latest album, also titled Sonic Highway. It was amazing experiment that not only paid tribute to music of all kinds, but also gave insight into how The Foo Fighters write songs from very real inspiration. The first episode of the documentary, and possibly my favorite episode, talks about Chicago, and the beginning of Dave Grohl’s interest in punk music. Chicago is the place where Dave went to visit his cousin Tracy as a teenager, and ended up seeing his first live show: Naked Raygun at the Cubby Bear. This episode of the documentary also resulted in the best song on the album – a killer track called Something from Nothing.
Shortly after the documentary and the album dropped, rumors started circulating about a Foo Fighters tour. In all my years of going to concerts, The Foo Fighters have always eluded me – so my antennas were up. The first show I saw announced was a one-off performance at Wrigley Field, across the street from The Cubby Bear. What an epic chance to catch The Foo Fighters for the first time live. On October 27, 2014, nearly a year before the actual show, tickets went on sale, and my crew was ready. We had 7 people logged on trying to get tickets, and fortunately enough, two of us got through (the tickets sold out in minutes). Finally, after 15 years of listening to their music, I was going to be able to see Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters live, and in one of my favorite places in all of the country – Wrigleyville. I could not wait for this experience.