{"id":313253,"date":"2026-02-23T16:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/313253\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:21:12","slug":"foo-fighters-played-dingle-last-night-for-other-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/313253\/","title":{"rendered":"Foo Fighters played Dingle last night for Other Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, February 23, 2026<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFoo Fighters. Photograph Nick Bradshaw for Irish Times.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Rumours started when the band\u2019s gear was spotted in the West Kerry town on Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n

The band then announced an 800-cap Dublin gig tonight at The Academy<\/a> (along with Manchester and London shows) at two hours notice for which tickets were only available in person at 3Olympia Theatre.<\/p>\n

It turns out the Foo Fighters show was last night, Sunday, in St. James Church and was recorded for an Other Voices televised performance \u2013 the TV series schedule for series 24 of OV was announced <\/a>and kicks off this week.<\/p>\n

No official word yet from Other Voices about the appearance, but series 24 was recorded from October to December, so I\u2019d imagine this will be a Foo Fighters special broadcast, possibly to mark Other Voices\u2019 25th year after this current series.<\/p>\n

The Irish Times\u2019 Patrick Freyne was in attendance<\/a> at the Foo show in Dingle last night, writing a report from the 80 capacity Church where the band rocked out a 12-song hit-filled set that kicked off with \u2018A320\u2019 a rarely-played song from the 1998 Godzilla soundtrack and featured singalongs to \u2018My Hero\u2019 with Dave Grohl stalking the small audience, \u2018All My Life\u2019, \u2018Learn To Fly\u2019, \u2018Everlong\u2019 and more as listed.<\/p>\n

\"FooFoo Fighters. Photograph Nick Bradshaw<\/p>\n

The show was apparently the result of Foo Fighters manager calling Other Voices\u2019 Philip King to record and film the show. To which King said: \u201cYou know it only seats around 80 people?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nFoo Fighters photos from Pat Lyons from Foo Fighters fan site.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kerry Airport also put out a post about the band arriving, and Geaney\u2019s Bar was teasing it yesterday morning.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Of course, those familiar with the band\u2019s lore will know the story of Dave Grohl visiting the Ring Of Kerry in the nineties after Kurt Cobain died. The story goes that Grohl was spotted by a young hitchhiker who was wearing a Kurt t-shirt and Grohl realised he couldn\u2019t escape his past and went on to start the Foo Fighters.<\/p>\n

@bertiebrosnan<\/a> Dave Grohl talks about his visit to the Ring of Kerry, Ireland #ireland<\/a> #davegrohl<\/a> #nirvana<\/a> #kurtcobain<\/a> #ringofkerry<\/a> \u266c original sound \u2013 bertiebrosnan \u2013 bertiebrosnan \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea<\/a>
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9,\u00a0where he has been writing about music since 2005<\/a>. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent,\u00a0 Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter,\u00a0 and producer of gigs and\u00a0monthly listening parties & events<\/a>\u00a0in Dublin.<\/p>\n

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