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Foo Fighters @ Madison Square Garden, NYC 2/19/08

Wow, in just a week Dave's led his Foos from outside the Grammys straight into the center of Madison Square Garden. Last night was their first performance in MSG over their 13-year tenure as a band. Crazy, no? The show was sponsored by Fuse, maybe because "Fuse" sorta rhymes with "Foos." They aired the set last night and should be upping clips to their site soon. In the meantime, scouring YouTube and checking our tips, we located a triangle solo for you to watch (thanks, AfroJacks).

That dude shreds. Sort of. OK, luckily there's more than that floating around. After the jump, check out a a rip-roaring "Best Of You," a tender "Everlong," and a very shaky (camera, not sonically) "Pretender."

"Best Of You"

"Everlong"

"Long Road To Ruin"

"Marigold" & "My Hero"

"The Pretender"

As far as we can tell, Ann Marie Calhoun isn't there. Not that we could see much.

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sick vid. loved the show and the Triangle solo.
afrojacks is a cool site as well

Posted by: btabs at 02/20/08 5:04 PM | Reply
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You couldn't find anything more generic and boring to post?

Posted by: simone at 02/20/08 5:28 PM | Reply
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the drummer on Long Road to Ruin is a kid named Josh who got to play with the Foos in MSG as part of the make-a-wish foundation. THAT is freakin sweet. AND the kid was good too!

Posted by: ev at 02/20/08 5:54 PM | Reply
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NYC had the Foo's and here in LA we had Iron Maiden @ the Forum. They still kick ass but the crowd is a little scary.

Maiden Rules.

Posted by: The Dude at 02/20/08 9:43 PM | Reply
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thats my video! =D

Posted by: sharty at 02/20/08 10:40 PM | Reply
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ugh. like phish, but with more "FUCKIN'!!!"s

Posted by: spencer at 02/21/08 12:41 AM | Reply
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oh yea just so you know the reason the cameras so shaky cuz i was clapping the camera at the beginning

Posted by: sharty at 02/21/08 3:27 PM | Reply
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That's my video of Best Of You!! I got more of the show here:

http://youtube.com/user/am374

Posted by: Will at 02/21/08 3:43 PM | Reply
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Fun show, made me pretty damn nostalgic. Did anybody else watch the video for "Everlong" as soon as they got home?

I have some pics here:

http://fordhamobserver.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/foo-fighters-madison-square-garden/

Posted by: Adam at 02/21/08 9:19 PM | Reply
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awesome show, love that i can watch videos of it because i didnt bring my camera in.

Posted by: Cassie at 02/22/08 6:40 PM | Reply
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AWESOME SHOW! I have a few questions. Why were there colored bracelets on eveybody's wrists on the floor section? Does everybody wear bracelets at a rock concert in MSG? Or was it just because FUSE was filming the show?

Posted by: melissa at 03/04/08 8:29 PM | Reply
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Awesome. I have some questions, why were there colored bracelets on everybody's wrists in the floor section? Do they always put a bracelet on you whenever entering Madison Square Garden? Or was it just because FUSE was filming the show?

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