First Foo Fighters secret UK club show set for Brighton?

The first of Foo Fighters three secret UK club shows this week looks set to take place in Brighton.

Following hints in the early hours of this morning (8th September) that the band would play some small shows while in the country for Sunday’s Invictus Games closing ceremony concert, the band followed up with a tweet featuring a photo of some iconic Brighton Rock, alongside the quote, taken from Queen track ‘Brighton Rock’, “It’s so good to know there’s still a little magic in the air…I’ll weave my spell”

"It’s so good to know there’s still a little magic in the air…I’ll weave my spell" pic.twitter.com/6P7hEuwkeQ
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) September 8, 2014

The Foos are in the country to play the Invictus Games closing ceremony on Sunday (14th September). Other bands on the bill for the event include Kaiser Chiefs, Ellie Goulding, Ryan Adams, The Vamps, Rizzle Kicks, Diversity, James Blunt and the Military Wives Choirs.

With a crowd-funded US date planned on September 17th, that suggests any other UK dates would have to come this week.

On Friday (5th September) Foo Fighters started rumours by tweeting “Michael and Freddy think it would be a shame to just do one show while we’re in the UK.”

The tweet was accompanied by a photo of the band’s set up, including a bass drum featuring a photo of Michael Jackson and Freddy Mercury.

Overnight the band posted the message “Sure missed you… now, let’s do 3 club gigs this week…” alongside an image of a UK plug socket.

Foo Fighters are currently preparing for their new album ‘Sonic Highways’, set for release on November 10th via Rosewell Records.

‘Sonic Highways’ was recorded in eight different studios across North America - Chicago, Austin, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Washington DC, and New York - with each city providing a guest musician (eg. Eagles’ Joe Walsh for Los Angeles), and every song being devoted to the city of choice.

There’s also going to be nine different album covers available: one representing each of the eight cities that inspired the record, along with one final piece of artwork, suitably dubbed their ‘forever’ cover.

Update: Foo Fighters have confirmed that tickets for the first club show - presumably at Brighton’s Concorde 2 - go on sale at 4pm GMT.

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