'Foo Fighters Day' Declared Today, Sept. 17, In Richmond, Virginia To Celebrate Crowdfunded Concert

In his proclamation, Mayor Jones outlines the events that brought the Foo Fighters back to Richmond, beginning in March 2014, when "Andrew Goldin, Brig White, John McAdorey, and Lucas Krost began a social media campaign to convince the rock band, Foo Fighters, to perform in Richmond, VA." Tickets were sold for $50 for a concert on an unspecified date that the band hadn't yet agreed to, in the hopes that they would return to the city for the first time since 1998. On Sept. 3, the band finally agreed to the concert via Twitter, and suggested that it take place on Sept. 17 at Richmond's National Theater.

You can check out the original crowdfunding campaign video right here:

This concert in Richmond couldn't come at a better time for Foo Fighters. Their next album Sonic Highways is set for release on Nov. 10. A companion HBO documentary series about the recording of the album, also titled Sonic Highways, is set to premiere on Oct. 17 so coincide with the release of the album's first single.

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Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways, Dave Grohl