Foos in NYC

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Foo Fighters, NYC. 17 Jul 2024. 

On Wednesday, Allison & I rode the train up to NYC to see the Foo Fighters kick off their summer tour at Citi Field. We had high hopes for the show. In 2022, we had tickets to see the Foo Fighters, before that tour was cancelled after the untimely death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. Foo Fighters tickets have become notoriously difficult to get for shows in the DC area, so we opted for a mid-week excursion to NYC.

Allison & I had seen the Foos in concert once before, to play an epic show at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana in April 2000. On that tour their opener was Muse, and the headliner was the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but we agree the Foo Fighters stole that show. So we were really looking forward to seeing them play live again.

Unfortunately, the weather had other plans for us, as the concert was called off early due to severe thunderstorms. We think half a Foo Fighters show was still an amazing show, but it is disappointing our show was cut short after reading reviews about Friday's encore performance at Citi Field. Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth and rock legend Chrissie Hynde & the Pretenders were great openers to see for our concert.

We made the most of Thursday in NYC, taking in a visit to the Museum of Modern Art & a wonderful dinner at the Gramercy Tavern. Superiority Burger may have the best vegetarian burger and fries we have ever tried. I was also able to get some bonus street art photos during our visit, which I'll share in another post.

On Friday as airlines and others in the IT sector were hit by a global software outage, we caught Amtrak back to DC for a comfortably quick ride home.