Foo Fighters + QOTSA @ Avalon Hollywood

The Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age played a surprise free concert at Avalon last night in Hollywood. The show was put on by a couple cell phone companies trying to hype a new phone.

QOTSA played a solid set. It's going to be hard for them to top the last time I saw them at the Fonda. Last night's finale of "Song for the Dead" was especially awesome.

Queens of the Stone Age setlist at Avalon 10/29/08:

1. you think i ain't worth a dollar, but i feel like a millionaire
2. 3's & 7's
3. mexicola
4. misfit love
5. burn the witch
6. turnin' on the screw
7. go with the flow
8. little sister
9. sick, sick, sick
10. song for the dead

Foo Fighters rocked. This is the first time I've seen them play a rock set. I had seen them play a couple songs at the MTV Movie Awards and an acoustic Bridge School set a couple years ago. The Foos probably have more fun on stage than any other band I can think of. The joking back and forth between Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins after Taylor's drum solo was pretty funny. Pat Smear came out and played guitar. There was a girl on violin and cello, a keyboard player and a guy on percussion, including the triangle.

Good show.

Foo Fighters at Avalon 10/29/08:

1. all my life
2. times like these
3. learn to fly
4. long road to ruin
5. let it die
6. stacked actors
7. marigold
8. my hero
9. cold day in the sun
10. everlong
11. the pretender