{"id":652641,"date":"2026-08-23T18:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/652641\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T18:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:43:11","slug":"watch-foo-fighters-play-rarities-with-la-philharmonic-orchestra-at-hollywood-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/652641\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Foo Fighters play rarities with LA Philharmonic Orchestra at Hollywood Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foo Fighters<\/a>\u00a0have performed a set of hits and rarities with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra \u2013 check out\u00a0footage\u00a0below.<\/p>\n

The band took to the stage at the Hollywood Bowl yesterday (August 22), backed by the full orchestra, as well as members of the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, with Gustavo Dudamel conducting.<\/p>\n

The concert was part of a series of shows celebrating Dudamel\u2019s 17-year tenure at the LA Philharmonic, and it saw Foo Fighters play 15 songs, including hits such as \u2018All My Life\u2019, \u2018The Pretender\u2019, \u2018Learn\u00a0To\u00a0Fly\u2019 and \u2018Best\u00a0Of\u00a0You\u2019.<\/p>\n

The band also dug deep to play a few rarities from their back catalogue, including the first performance of \u2018I Should Have Known\u2019 since 2012, as well as \u2018Razor\u2019 for the first time since 2006 and \u2018Home\u2019 for the first time since 2007.<\/p>\n

They dedicated \u2018Aurora\u2019 to their late drummer\u00a0Taylor Hawkins<\/a>\u00a0and ended the show with \u2018Everlong\u2019 as fireworks went off in the\u00a0Hollywood\u00a0sky.<\/p>\n

Watch footage here:<\/p>\n

Foo Fighters played:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Times Like These\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018All My Life\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018The Pretender\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Walk\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018A320\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018My Hero\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Learn\u00a0To\u00a0Fly\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018The Sky Is\u00a0A\u00a0Neighborhood\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Run\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018I Should Have Known\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Razor\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Aurora\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Best\u00a0Of\u00a0You\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Home\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2018Everlong\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Grohl had previously played with Dudamel and the orchestra at Coachella 2025<\/a>, where they played versions of \u2018The Sky Is\u00a0A\u00a0Neighborhood\u2019 and \u2018Everlong\u2019.<\/p>\n

The band\u00a0are\u00a0currently touring<\/a>\u00a0to support their 12th studio album \u2018Your Favorite Toy\u2019, which was released in April.\u00a0NME\u00a0gave it three-and-a-half stars<\/a>, writing:\u00a0\u201cFor now, at least, they have remembered that no-frills punk, played fast and loud, suits them much better than middle-of-the-road dad-rock.\u201d<\/p>\n

NME\u00a0was at one of the Anfield shows, awarding it four stars and writing<\/a>: \u201cIt all feels a little too familiar\u00a0to\u00a0the usual Foos fare, but\u00a0Radiohead<\/a>\u00a0they are not. This is what they do. Grohl asks why\u00a0oh\u00a0why the band are only playing these two Liverpool gigs in their home away from home\u00a0of\u00a0the UK this\u00a0year, but\u00a0assures us that this is\u00a0merely\u00a0 \u201ca cocktail party before the big dinner\u201d \u2013 with talk of some big plans in Blighty for 2027. For now, \u201cthis is just the first date\u201d,\u00a0so pucker up for Saturday and party on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the band released the live EP \u2018Are Playing Where??? Vol.\u00a0II\u2019,\u00a0featuring six recordings captured at intimate shows in New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n

They next head to\u00a0Rock\u00a0In\u00a0Rio<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0September 4, and\u00a0will then\u00a0open for AC\/DC for \u201cone night only\u201d in St. Louis<\/a>, before resuming their own tour \u2013 see all the dates and ticket information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grohl has described the chance to support\u00a0AC\/DC<\/a>\u00a0as \u201cliterally a dream come true\u201d, telling fans: \u201cIf you want blood\u2026you\u2019ve got it. Let there be fucking rock, St. Louis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foo Fighters\u00a0have performed a set of hits and rarities with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra \u2013 check out\u00a0footage\u00a0below.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337,6318],"class_list":["post-652641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-rock"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117146301641025891","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}