Dave Grohl took to Twitter Friday afternoon, posting several hints and pictures of himself driving up California’s Hwy 101 just hours before posting the news:
Tonight! 1/28 @foofighters w @the_bronx. 8pm Velvet Jones,Santa Barbara.One $20 ticket per person cash only. 21+ w/ID. Bam.
The last-minute, secret club show gave the Foos a chance to play their full new album before a packed house of 300 fans at a Santa Barbara club.
The set featured the full new album front front-to-back, before kicking in to a career-spanning second half.
Johnny Firecloud at Antiquiet has a full review of the evening that you'll want to check out here.
Consequence Of Sound have posted the full setlist:
Foo Fighters
Velvet Jones
Santa Barbara, CA – January 28, 2011
Bridge Burning
Rope
Dear Rosemary
White Limo
Arlandria
These Days
Back & Forth
Matter of Time
Miss the Misery
I Shoulda Know
Walk
All My Life
Times Like These
Generator
My Hero
Learn to Fly
Watershed
Up in Arms
Big Me
Enough Space
Monkeywrench
Hey JP
Everlong
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Pretender
I’ll Stick Around
This is a Call
Here’s a couple of videos from Friday’s show – one featuring a song from the forthcoming Foo album, and one Foo classic.
Foo Fighters – These Days
Velvet Jones - Santa Barbara, CA – January 28, 2011
Foo Fighters – Times Like These
Velvet Jones - Santa Barbara, CA – January 28, 2011
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