Foo Fighters fans have registered their delight at the band’s epic headline show on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2017.
The Dave Grohl-led band finally had their shot at headlining Worthy Farm’s biggest stage tonight (June 24) after they had to pull out of doing the honours in 2015 after Grohl broke his leg on stage a week before. They were replaced at short notice by Florence + The Machine.
Grohl opened tonight’s show just after 9:45pm by honouring Florence Welch for stepping in at late notice in 2015, saying: “I’m about two years late tonight, I’m sorry. Traffic was a bitch. Let me tell you something, for all of you who were here in 2015… I’m sorry I missed you.
“But I watched that show on my laptop as I was sitting in a wheelchair with a broken leg, and it looked beautiful. And my friend Florence got to headline that year, and I’m very happy that that happened, because you know what? I thought she should have been headlining anyway.
“And as I was sitting in my wheelchair,” he continued. “Watching this show on TV, Florence played a fucking Foo Fighters song way better than we’ve ever played a Foo Fighters song. So I thought I’d come out here and start the show tonight singing that song back to Florence tonight.” The band then launched into ‘Times Like These’.
The Foo Fighters. ?? Headlining #Glastonbury2017. Right now ?https://t.co/L2Wr1TBoOy pic.twitter.com/aBGWl6b08u
— BBC (@BBC) June 24, 2017
Officially jealous of anyone and everyone at @GlastoFest right now watching Foo Fighters – so good live #Glastonbury2017 pic.twitter.com/oDWqE3Ysjs
— Mike Pattinson (@MikePattinson) June 24, 2017
Foo Fighters are one of the best bands ever, especially live
— thomas ϟ (@tomxairey) June 24, 2017
Look at the size of that crowd at the Pyramid for Foo Fighters! KG pic.twitter.com/BfZ895N1aH
— Glastonbury Live (@GlastoLive) June 24, 2017
Foo Fighters are absolutely smashing this already, worthy headliners #glastobury
— Craig Lawson (@craig182281) June 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/stephen_hill_UK/status/878719210989522944
Grohl promised that the Foos were in it for the long haul tonight: “It’s gonna be a long night… we’re gonna play until they kick us off stage. We can do that, you know we can.”
The Foo FIghters are amazing slightly jealous of the crowd #Glastobury2017
— Sabrina Sinton (@sabclare) June 24, 2017
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Among the songs played by the Foo Fighters this evening (June 24) were ‘All My Life’, ‘The Pretender’, ‘Walk’ – which was dedicated to Grohl’s surgeon – and ‘My Hero’.
My Hero singalong pic.twitter.com/i1FmnuhGai
— Mike Williams ✊ (@itsmikelike) June 24, 2017
How much fun does being in #FooFighters look? #Glastobury2017
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) June 24, 2017
Nah mate … we're all too busy watching #FooFighters https://t.co/O3OQKiskBe
— Maggie Doyle (@TheMaggieDoyle) June 24, 2017
Shoutout to the naked guy #FooFighters pic.twitter.com/jE4dj3zdqO
— David Thomas (@davidthomas143) June 24, 2017
The band rounded off their set with ‘Best Of You’, ‘Skin and Bones’, a cover of Queen and David Bowie’s ‘Under Pressure’, and, finally, ‘Everlong’.
Tears watching ever long EVER aceface rock gods @foofighters #FooFighters @GlastoFest on the tellybox LOVE
— Zoe Ball (@ZoeTheBall) June 24, 2017
TV has brought me some joy over the years but I reckon this is the best 3 hours of broadcasting I've seen #FooFighters in a different league
— Stuart Hill (@StuHill89) June 24, 2017
Go on @foofighters am loving this @GlastoFest ?
— tamzin outhwaite (@mouthwaite) June 24, 2017
Well that was bloody brilliant #FooFighters #Glastonbury2017
— Kayleigh (@kayleigh_032) June 24, 2017
I hope my neighbours like #FooFighters ?
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) June 24, 2017
Stay tuned to NME.com for the latest news, reviews and more from across Glastonbury 2017 this weekend.