Dave Grohl claims Foo Fighters performance was ‘kicked off’ star-studded Emmy

Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters perform at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., on Wednesday, September 16, 2015.

Dave Grohl has accused the Emmy organisers of booking Foo Fighters to play the award ceremony, and then cancelling last minute. “We were supposed to play on the Emmys and we were gonna play on the Emmys and then they kicked us off”, Grohl claimed to TMZ. When asked the reason for the cancellation, the singer said, “I can’t tell you”. Dave Grohl and company have won two Emmy Awards for their HBO series Sonic Highways.

The Foo Fighters would have been the first ever rock band to perform on the Emmy stage.

Sources say that Fox wanted half of a Sonic Highways in order for them to make room for their 1999 crossover pop hit, “Learn To Fly”.

Over the weekend in Anaheim, Foo fans received an unbelievable performance of Rush’s Tom Sawyer from the band and special guest Jon Davison of Yes.

Sonic Highways nominated for a total of four Emmys, but came up short to Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and to Going Clear, the Scientology documentary.

Foo Fighters play a show tonight (Sept. 21) in Los Angeles, and who knows what celebrities might join them? “Do your research, but they did”.

During this speech he turns his attention to the fans and asks them to help light the stadium for him before the band play “Big Me”.