So…… Dave breaks his leg at Gothenburg and was forced to cancel a number of Sonic Highways tour dates including both nights at Wembley Stadium (London) and Murrayfield (Edinburgh).
Shortly after the announcement we started receiving messages from followers of both UK Foo Fighters and Foo Fighters saying, “are you standing in Jay?”, “are you free Jay?”, “have you had the call yet guys?”. We kinda laughed it off at the time but it was also very humbling to receive such acknowledgements and to be considered as a worthy stand-in.
Cue Tom Pugh from Given To Live (a live music related project we have been working with)…..
Tom had organised fundraisers for the Wembley shows with the support of Foo Family UK, planning to put on a number of original acts at Wembley Stadium Crystal Clubs to coincide with Foo’s performances on 19-20th June at Wembley Stadium. Tom calls up the very next morning after the Foo’s announcement and says, “I’m going to have to cancel our fundraisers……. unless you fancy headlining both nights?”. To cut the story short….. we did! And if you didn’t know, we even went to Edinburgh on 23rd June and did it again! Those performances were so special in so many ways, for one, we learnt that Foo Fighters fans who had travelled from all over the world to see Foo Fighters were now coming to see UK Foo Fighters. We were now ‘standing in’…… no pressure!
It was an honour and a privilege to do what we did! As we always say, “we hope you approve Dave and Foo Fighters?”. We are delighted to announce that collectively we raised over £10,000 for Given To Live. Tom has already been working hard to put the money to use and we look forward to hearing of more great stories from him over the coming months. Dave has already been helping too: Kayleigh meets Foo Fighters by Given To Live
So….. a massive thank you to all Foo Fighters fans who came to see us play at Wembley and Edinburgh from a very proud Jay, Arron, Alex, Jamie, Nick and Ollie (UK Foo Fighters). See you on the road and at the after parties!
Press:-
http://www.gigwise.com/news/101205/foo-fighters-cancelled-wembley-show-uk-tribute-band
http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/86287
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/06/foo-fighters-tribute-band-fills-in-for-real-foo-fighters-with-last-minute-gig-in-london/
http://loudwire.com/tribute-band-uk-foo-fighters-rock-nearby-wembley-venue-foo-fighters-cancellation/
http://www.palatinate.org.uk/?p=60214