The Foo Fighters weeklong Late Show With David Letterman residency came to a closeFriday night with the band participating in a Letterman staple: The reading of the Top Ten list. The subject: Top Ten Things Foo Fighters Would Like To Say After Spending a Week at the Late Show. All in all, not a bad place to be quarantined, guitarist Pat Smear joked, to which Letterman replied, When you were a kid, did you get teased about Pat Smear? But the real highlight comes when Smear admits what hell miss most about the Late Show is announcer Alan Kalter.
For their final Letterman performance, which aired just 30 minutes after the Sonic Highways premiere concluded on HBO, the Foo Fighters welcomed back Cheap Trickguitarist Rick Nielsen for the Chicago-inspired Something For Nothing.As we learned on the first episode of Sonic Highways, Nielsen also appears on the album version of the single, which was recorded at producer Steve Albinis Electrical Audio studio.
Fridays prerecorded performance wraps up what was a busy week for the Foo Fighters in the lead-up to the premiere of their HBO series. On Monday, the band linked up with Zac Brownfor a cover of Black Sabbaths War Pigs.The next night, Hearts Ann and Nancy Wilson joined the Foos for Kick It Out.Wednesday brought swamp rocker Tony Joe White and his Polk Salad Annie as well as a personal web exclusive introduced by Letterman. Thatwas followed by Grohl returning to the drums and Taylor Hawkins taking lead for Cheap Tricks Stiff Competition featuring Nielsen.
On top of all that, Grohl still found time to performRolling Stones and Bob Dylantracks at photographer Danny Clinchs book release partyand then hightail it to the Windy City in time for Friday nights post-Sonic HighwaysCubby Bear gig.