An emotional moment - Dave Grohl back on drums

They only played one song from the second disc of ‘In Your Honour’ as apparently they are lining up an acoustic tour for this year. However, the song they did do got me so emotional that I was welling up with tears! This wasn’t particularly due to the song itself, although ‘Cold Day In the Sun’ is a great song, it was because Taylor Hawkins (the drummer) swaps places with Dave to sing the song. I never actually got to see Nirvana live, Hayley and I had tickets to see them 4 days after Kurt shot himself. So, to see Dave, still regarded as one of the world’s best rock drummers, back on drums again, was quite an emotional experience. Dave still does guest drumming for quite a few different bands, so he certainly hasn’t lost his touch – it was like the energy he had on the ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video.
Dave chatted away between songs, and mentioned about how last time he was in Australia he decided to ride a moped home from the ‘Big Day Out’ festival they were playing at, and got stopped for a random breath test by the police and locked up in a cell overnight!! The set itself was fantastic with loads of old fashioned speakers stacked up at either side. There were huge screens for people at the back to see what was going on – a nice touch not often thought about by many bands. Also the lighting was excellent, with amazing laser displays.
The show finished with ‘Monkey Wrench’ being the last song of the evening, and we couldn’t wipe the huge grins off our faces for hours! We got the train home and walked back to the hotel still feeling fabulous because we had seen the best concert ever!! Even Andy, who hardly listened to the Foo’s is now a devoted fan, realising that Britney and Christina are not all there is to music!!