The Foo Fighters were forced to cancel their show on Wednesday night (July 17) at Citi Field in New York City due to severe weather in the area. “We are so disappointed that we weren't able to play our full set for tonight's fantastic crowd at Citi Field,” the group wrote to X.
“But the safety of our fans, crew and everyone working at the stadium comes first, so when it was decided there was no safe way to go on with the show in this dangerous weather, we had no choice but to call it a night. ” According to fan quotes on social media and setlist.fmthe band played 13 songs from what is usually a 20+ song set, warning fans of the weather before “Learn To Fly” and then disbanded after the introduction of “Everlong”.
During the discussion of the intro to “Learn to Fly,” singer/guitarist Dave Grohl took a moment to address the crowd, telling them, “there's some lightning and such,” before promising that the band would play “as as long as we can until someone says it's not safe for you.”
In another video on X, Grohl can be heard asking the audience if the band should play “one more” song, before deciding, “okay, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna do one more. That's it. We're gonna do another one, we'll wait for it to come out… if we can go back, you know we will, right?' The band then launched into the instantly recognizable 1997 intro Color and shape anthem “Everlong” as fans cheered before Grohl was forced to call it a day.
Citi Field posted a message to X at 10:30 p.m announcing, “unfortunately due to the continued presence of lightning in the area, tonight's show has ended. Please exit the premises and have a safe night.”
In their statement, the band added: “We're grateful for every second we were able to play for you, and we can't wait to see you again — maybe as soon as Friday!” The players are set to play again at Citi Field on Friday (July 19). Their All or Nothing tour will then continue at Boston's Fenway Park on Sunday (July 21st), Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, PA on July 23rd and Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 25th.
Watch Foo Fighters' statement and watch the intro to “Everlong” below.
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