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Foo Fighters play surprise first show with new drummer Ilan Rubin
The Foo Fighters returned to the stage on Saturday night for a surprise gig in California, where they played deep cuts and welcomed new drummer Ilan Rubin…
- Words:
- Emily Garner
- Photo:
- Jenn Five
After teasing that they were recently preparing to “assemble”, Foo Fighters just played a surprise comeback gig over the weekend.
Announced the night beforehand, the rock legends – with their new drummer Ilan Rubin – headed to the 900-capacity Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California on Saturday evening (September 13) for their first proper show in just over a year.
After unleashing a 25-song setlist of all the classics – as well as surprises like Have It All for the first time in a decade, Late!’s Winnebago, Alone + Easy Target for the first time since 2018, and Exhausted for the first time since 2014 – the Foos took to social media to officially welcome Ilan to their millions of followers, and enthuse, “THAT WAS FUN!!!”
Meanwhile, Ilan said: “Last night with Foo Fighters could not have been a better time. After keeping my head down for a couple wild months and throwing myself into the material, that first show was such an incredible release of energy. I’ve been taken aback by all the positivity and support, and I just wanted to say thanks! Excited for all the volume and sweat that lies ahead.”
They’ll be doing it all over again tonight (Monday, September 15) with another special, intimate gig at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. Watch this space in case there’s any more setlist surprises…
Via setlist.fm, here’s everything Foos played on Saturday:
1. All My Life
2. Rope
3. Have It All (first time since 2015)
4. Times Like These
5. Wattershed
6. Stacked Actors
7. La Dee Da
8. These Days
9. The Pretender
10. Walk
11. My Hero
12. Learn To Fly
13. Rescued
14. Aurora
15. This Is A Call
16. No Son Of Mine
17. Shame Shame
18. White Limo
19. Winnebago (Late! cover) (first time since 2014)
20. Best Of You
Encore:
21. Alone + Easy Target (first time since 2018)
22. Low
23. Monkey Wrench
24. Exhausted (first time since 2014)
25. Everlong
Read this next:
- “It’s about passion and courage and fighting for things you believe in”: The story of Foo Fighters’ In Your Honour
- The story of Foo Fighters’ Concrete And Gold: “All of the music we’ve made has left us a pretty open playing field”
- “I don’t consider it to be our proudest moment”: The story of Foo Fighters’ One By One
