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Foo Fighters Tip Hat to Letterman with Special Colbert Performance of Two Classics

Consequence·Spencer Kaufman·6 months ago
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Foo Fighters performed two new songs on the May 4th episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , but the band also played a couple of classics that didn’t air on the program. Now, Colbert has shared the performances of “This Is a Call” and “Everlong” as a web-only exclusive, with a nod to David Letterman.

While TV viewers got to see the Foos play “Caught in the Echo” and “Window” from their new album Your Favorite Toy last week, the studio audience was also treated to a medley of the first and last songs the band ever played on The Late Show with David Letterman , which preceded Colbert’s 11-year stint as host of the late-night program.

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Colbert introduced the two songs as follows: “Performing a medley of the first song they played on this stage on The Late Show 31 years ago, ‘This Is a Call,’ and the last one on Letterman in 2015, ‘Everlong,’ ladies and gentleman, Foo Fighters!”

Dave Grohl and company then delivered an impassioned performance, as the frontman went in full…

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