The Foo Fighters Other Voices special filmed in Dingle earlier this year has a broadcast date: Easter Monday, April 6th at 9:30pm on RTÉ2, with worldwide streaming on the RTÉ Player.
The one-hour programme captures the band’s secret show at St James’ Church in Dingle on Sunday February 22nd – an 80-capacity performance filmed ahead of the release of their new album Your Favorite Toy on April 24th. It also kicks off Other Voices’ 25th anniversary celebrations.
The show wasn’t a secret for long Rumours started circulating when the band’s equipment was spotted outside St James’ Church on the Saturday afternoon. The next day, promoters MCD confirmed an 800-cap Dublin show at The Academy on Monday February 23rd – tickets were available in person only at the 3Olympia Theatre box office.
The Dingle setlist was a career-spanning 12-song run that opened with ‘A320’ – a rarely-played cut from the 1998 Godzilla soundtrack that hadn’t been played live since 2000 – before moving through fan favourites including ‘My Hero’, ‘All My Life’, ‘Learn To Fly’, ‘Everlong’, and ‘Times Like These’, alongside new material from Your Favourite Toy.
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Other Voices founder Philip King called it “a wonderful musical gift” and “the smallest stadium gig in the world.” Dave Grohl said of the experience: “We have never done something like this before. We have played small shows to intimate audiences, but this is our first church.”
Other Voices Presents: Foo Fighters Live in St James’ Church airs at 9:30pm on Easter Monday, April 6th on RTÉ2 and streams worldwide on the RTÉ Player.
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