***OFFICIAL FOO FIGHTERS THREAD***

Who's gonna see the Foos at the 9:30 Club tomorrow night? Only 1,200 capacity, vax or negative test required!

Who's in? 

GlowGirl said:

I got tickets to the Coney Island show with @Renfield. That show announcement was a nice Friday surprise. Making new friends through the Ten Club!

FF’s and new friends are a nice combination. 

Gotta say, don't know if it was the Foos' or the 9:30 Club's process, but the Vax check for the Foo Fighters Thurs night at DC's 9:30 Club (only 1200 capacity hometown show!) was excellent. That was my 5th show since July, 3 others were outdoors (which I'm totally comfy with although still wear a mask if I can't really distance myself), and the 1 indoors (The Roots, amazing) was a theater that was only 1/2 sold and you could spread out, plus the ushers were Mask Police, super strict, so that made that feel safe too.

But the 9:30 Club was GA, obviously sold out, so you walked up and 1st had to go to vax check, where they looked at your screenshot of your card AND your i.d. at same time to match the face, name and birthday. They gave you a wristband, and only then could you go to different table to get your ticket. Then you had to go RIGHT into venue, no leaving the lane to go in or you'd have to repeat process again. No in and out once in.  So no selling your ticket and you had to have wristband and ticket to go in.  Better/tighter than any other process I've seen so far...

Somehow I found a place to stand where I could see whole stage perfectly (I'm short so that's hard) AND there was space (we were on a staircase between 1st & 2nd balcony and other than people passing by there was way more space than I expected all around me).  And most people (not everyone) but most people were great about masks.

I don't know how those on the floor did it, I went down to buy a Dee Gees t-shirt and I was like "Oh HELL no, I can't do sold out GA floor yet, vaxxed or not. Toooo crowded!"  But I did get my shirt

And the show?  I suppose it was ok.....  No, shit, I gotta give it to them, the setlist was the same songs as most shows so far on this tour (but we got Weenie Beenie as an add and the story and song were fucking GREAT!), but the ENERGY was insane, definitley in the audience but also onstage too.  I've seen the Foos many times over the years (including on the Mike Watt tour with Eddie opening on drums for Hovercraft), and this show.... yeah, this was more epic-ly epic than most Foos sets are.

The release of 18 months of tension and mania and frustration and confusion and not getting live music and JOY was TANGIBLE in the air!  probably how those at Madison Sq Garden Foos show felt, except there was the added pressure cooker of onlly 1200 people in a small cub!

Grateful. Super grateful. And hope others replicate their vax check process.

GlowGirl said:

JH6056 said:

You guys got "Charlie RIP" on the bass drum... we got a giant pic of Barry Gibb. All very "on brand" for the Foos

When I saw them at MSG in June, the photo of Barry Gibb was on the bass drum. But of course at that time Charlie Watts was still alive.

Yeah but I just saw them this past Thurs, after Charlie Watts had passed. Barry Gibb on the drum.  So I guess they switch it out as it feels right to them.