1,000 member viral video finally convinces Foo Fighters to play Italy

by Jesse Locke

October 23, 2015

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Read a statement from Dave Grohl to the 1,000 musicians who performed "Learn to Fly."

Back in December of 2014, a group of passionate Foo Fighters fans in Cesena, Italy announced their intentions to perform a 1,000 member strong cover of “Learn To Fly” as a plea for the band to visit their city. Their efforts paid off in more ways than one in July of this year with the cinematic clip tugging at heart strings and blowing up news feeds around the world. Revisit the Rockin’ 1000 below:

The time and energy invested in this spectacular stunt weren’t lost on Dave Grohl and co., as the Foos will now make the trek to Cesena for their long-awaited gig on Tuesday, November 3. Read a Facebook statement from Grohl:

I’ll never forget that day that my phone was flooded with texts from friends, all saying “Have you seen this???”, “Amazing!”, “So insane!” with an anonymous YouTube link attached. Assuming it was just another “CAT GETTING STUCK IN A PAPER BAG” video, I didn’t bite at first, but after the 10,000th message, I clicked the link and was absolutely blown away by what I saw. To see so many people put so much time, and effort, and love into making music moved me to tears. And the fact that it was a Foo Fighters song…well…it’s hard to put into words how humbled that made me feel. It is without a doubt one of the most beautiful experiences of my entire life. I walked outside, sat on the grass, turned my camera on and immediately responded (in my best broken Italian)

“Stiamo arrivando! Prometto!”

Ever since that day we have been looking forward to this incredible experience. We’re happy to finally announce that it will happen on 3 November at Carisport

We are beyond excited an honored to come play for Cesena. An experience like this comes once in a lifetime, so I’m looking forward to a once in a lifetime show.

Ci vediamo presto, Cesena!

Davide (dave)

Tags: Music, News, cesena, Foo Fighters, learn to fly

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