Sign up for our What's On newsletter to keep your finger on the pulse of an ever-changing Manchester Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice “I want to do a song from every album we’ve ever done before we leave here tonight,” Dave Grohl pledges as he stands at the end of a runway intersecting the crowd at the Etihad. There’s plenty to pick from: it's been 24 years since Foo Fighters rose from the ashes of Nirvana and they're still electrifying venues like the Etihad with their stadium-shaking, curfew-breaking, live shows. Their latest world-conquering tour finds them on triumphant form following the success of their number one ninth album, Concrete and Gold, another masterclass in raw rock riffs and big pop hooks, featuring guest turns from Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake and The Kills' Alison Mosshart. They’ve assembled an impressive supporting cast tonight too, with The Cribs and Wolf Alice warming up the capacity crowd. They might be able to sell out stadiums more quickly than Beyonce and Jay Z but there were no separate helicopters flying the Foos in tonight - the band hopped aboard a Virgin Pendolino to Piccadilly for tonight’s show, stopping for selfies with fans in the station on the way; Grohl’s reputation as the nicest guy in rock ‘n’ roll is well earned. Few bands have been so durable and dependable as the Foos, as proven by the two-and-a-half hour barrage of hits that makes up tonight's set list. All My Life opens the show with its unmistakable, insistent riff as Grohl hurtles up and down the runway roaring: “Are you f***ing ready?” Learn to Fly and The Pretender grab the crowd by the collar as they launch headlong into a crowd-pleasing riot of a greatest hits set. It’s four songs in before they indulge in any new material with the already anthemic Sky is a Neighbourhood, teased with a three-part harmony from their backing singers. Honed over more than two decades Grohl has got working a crowd down to a fine art - a hint of a melody here, the call and response of guitar and drums there. Instrumental jams segue into slick solos including a thundering drum solo from Taylor Hawkins on Rope; it’s a joy to watch a band this tight in all senses of the word - it’s clear they still get a kick out of being on stage together after all this time. Grohl’s voice - apparently a cause for concern to fans after his last few gigs - shows little sign of the strain he subjects it to as he tears through each track, carrying the softer melodies of songs like My Hero, with the whole stadium on backing vocals, just as well as he bellows out the guttural chorus of These Days. “Apparently I’ve lost my voice so I can’t scream anymore,” he smirks after proving recent headlines irrefutably, ear-splittingly wrong with Walk - dedicated to his daughter, her face a perfect mixture of preteen embarrassment and pride as the screens cut to her sitting on a guitar case off stage. Concrete and Gold is heavy on homage - Grohl has described the album as “Motörhead’s version of Sgt Pepper” and “Slayer making Pet Sounds” - and the band wear their love for classic rock on their sleeves tonight with covers of Alice Cooper’s Under My Wheels and Queen’s Under Pressure. Especially for Manchester there’s also a bass solo snippet of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart (“like playing Sweet Home Alabama in Alabama”) followed by Van Halen’s Jump, set to John Lennon’s Imagine. Monkey Wrench turns the pitch into a mosh pit before Wheels strips things back and turns the stadium into a sea of twinkling torchlight. “When does the f***ing sun go down around here,” Grohl wonders as the set nears its close, their usual laser show rendered redundant by the midsummer night’s light. The furious shredding and screamo of new tracks like Run possess all the power and raw energy of tried and tested fan favourites like Breakout, Best of You and Times Like These. But nothing can quite rival to the roar that erupts from the stadium in response to spine-tingling encore closer Everlong, those lasers finally finding their purpose as they dance into the darkened sky. A masterclass in rock’n’roll showmanship that has fans singing all the way on to the trams, that is how you do a stadium show - and why they’re still packing them out after 24 years.<doc-sep>Foo Fighters at Manchester's Etihad Stadium: Stage Times & Support Get everything you need to know ahead of the Learn To Fly rocker's Manchester gig tonight. Foo Fighters are set to play Manchester's Etihad Stadium tonight (Tuesday 19 June). Find out everything you need to know including stage times and support acts and their likely setlist here. Support Acts: Wolf Alice Wolf Alice. Picture: Press/Laura Allard Fleischl The Cribs The Cribs. Picture: Press Stage Times: According to Manchester Evening News, you can expect the band to start at approximately 8pm and finish at around 10.45pm. Doors 4.30pm The Cribs 5.30pm Wolf Alice 6.30pm Foo Fighters 8pm - 10.45pm Setlist: While you can never second guess a band when it comes to their setlist, it's fair to assume that crowd-pleasing Grohl won't leave out any of the hits, and might even include a few covers and surprises in the form of guests. See their most recent UK setlist at The O2, London last september: 1. I'll Stick Around 2. All My Life 3. Learn to Fly 4. The Sky Is a Neighborhood 5. La Dee Da 6. The Pretender 7. These Days 8. Rope 9. Tie Your Mother Down (by Queen, featuring Dave's band intros) 10. Cold Day in the Sun 11. Congregation 12. Walk 13. Dirty Water 14. Make It Right(live debut) 15. My Hero 16. Breakout 17. Skin and Bones 18. This Is a Call 19. Run 20. White Limo 21. Arlandria 22. Times Like These 23. Sunday Rain 24. Monkey Wrench 25. Never Gonna Give You Up (with Rick Astley) 26. Best of You 27. Everlong Radio X will be celebrating the Learn To Fly rockers visiting this side of the pond once again with a whole day dedicated to the band this Sunday (24 June). All day, you'll be able to choose your favourite Foo Fighters tracks, before hearing Dave Grohl chat to Gordon Smart from 1pm. Then, for all of you who didn't manage to score tickets, from 7pm we'll be playing the full set from their Manchester’s Etihad Stadium gig.<doc-sep>Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Click here Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Thousands of concert-goers were left stuck outside tonight’s Foo Fighters gig because their tickets were rejected at the gates. Angry fans took to Twitter to say they had been locked out of the Etihad stadium. Phil Parry posted a picture of concert-goers stuck outside the venue and slammed it as a 'shambles'. The promoters SJM concerts later said: “There was an initial problem with 2000 barcodes not scanning. Unfortunately due to human error, a percentage of barcodes provided by Ticketmaster for tonight’s Foo Fighters concert at Etihad did not work. This has been corrected and all fans are now able to get into the stadium. "The problem is now resolved. Everyone is getting into the show and all gates have ran freely once the technical issue was resolved. This was not a Foo Fighters error and we sincerely apologise for any delays experienced by fans this evening, and will be contacting them directly in due course.” One fan called Susie shared an image of a large crowd of concert goers standing outside the venue and wrote: “When hundreds of us for standing at @ foofighters gig in Manchester are penned away because our tickets haven’t been sent through by @ TicketmasterUK so angry and so sad. Been queuing for hours”. Susie also asked the lead singer Dave Grohl to help them out, as did lots of other fans. (Image: @xSusieMx/Twitter) She added: “Someone ask DaveGrohl to come help us all stuck outside here at etihad and we can’t get in. So damn upset. :’( foofighters TicketmasterUK hundreds of tickets aren’t scanning. Help us!!!!!!!! !” Another fan, Georgia Jane Hulme wrote on Twitter: “Ticketmaster what a joke, hundreds of tickets not working for the foofighters - chaos. “Hundreds of people stranded outside the concert. Tickets rejected, no organisation basically telling everyone to wait until resolved. We’ve been trying the ticket since 4.” Others took to Twitter to say that thousands were stranded outside the venue. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Play now Tweeting a picture of a long queue outside the ground, Lisa @AtkinsonLj wrote: "Still no closer to getting in to see DG & FF thanks to a technical issue between the etihad and ticketmaster #FooFighters #FooFightersEtihad #Ticketmaster #technologyfail Images from outside the stadium later showed the queues had abated and fans were in the stadium for the headline act.<doc-sep>Foo Fighters fans have been left stranded at the gates after their tickets were rejected When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sign up to receive our rundown of the day'sdirect to your inbox Just hours before the Foo Fighters were due to take the stage, worried fans were pictured outside the gates after their tickets rejected at the gates. One fan, who took a picture of the huge queues of frustrated fans outside of the stadium, on Twitter said: ”When hundreds of us for standing at Foo Fighters gig in Manchester are penned away because our tickets haven't been sent through by Ticketmasterso angry and so sad. Been queuing for hours". Meanwhile Dale Lockhart tweeted: “Standing outside the Etihad because Ticketmaster UK have made a c*** up. “Over a hundred other people also standing not knowing what is going on. FooFighters.” One Twitter user named Amie, who eventually managed to get into the concert, tweeted: “Update: after over an hour wait we've finally been let in!<doc-sep>
Twenty-three years after their eponymous debut album, Foo Fighters are back in Manchester as part of their Concrete and Gold world stadium tour. It's been nearly a year since the tour kicked off, so we've got a fairly good idea of the brilliance that's to come at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 19 June. After so many years in the game, it probably helps that Dave Grohl has still got a sense of humour. The Foo Fighters frontman decided to prank fans at the Gothenburg gig, pretending to tumble off stage in the same way he famously did three years earlier in the same city. This time around it was just a stuntman - and there was no broken leg either. That original accident forced the band to cancel their Glastonbury headline slot, though they eventually returned to headline the huge festival last summer. Indeed, the Foo Fighters - who visit this Etihad Stadium next week - are determined to keep on going, carrying the unashamed baton of the big rock band - and even had a pop at their detractors last week. Grohl told British Airways’ High Life magazine: “I’ve never felt the need to chase something else. And we get cursed for it: ‘Oh God, it’s another Foo Fighters record.’ Well, yeah, I don’t wanna make a reggae record.” At almost 50 years old, Grohl still has more energy than most frontmen half his age and shows no signs of slowing. “We are like brothers,” he said. “It sounds trite but it’s true. Imagine being on a family trip for 20 years. That’s what it’s like being in the Foo Fighters.” If reports of their recent show in Hamburg are anything to go by, Manchester Foo fans are in for a treat - and one of the most value for money sets in rock. The band played for more than two-and-a-half hours, cranking out a 21-song set, including Best of You and Everlong as well as a cover of Queen’s Under Pressure. The key to longevity? “You just have to steer the ship,” says Grohl. “As time passes it goes from being a dingy to a yacht.” Support acts Wolf Alice (Image: PA) Hailing from North London, Wolf Alice are an alternative rock four-piece fronted by Ellie Rowsell. Their first studio album My Love Is Cool was released in 2015 to much critical acclaim, reaching number two in the UK's album charts. Their second album, Visions of a Life, also reached the same chart position when it was released in September last year. They have been nominated for a Mercury Prize for that debut album as well as receiving two NME awards and a Grammy nomination. The Cribs Formed in Wakefield, The Cribs are an energetic trio of brothers who always put on a wild show. They first got together in 2001, and achieved so much success that they were even joined for a few years by guitar legend Johnny Marr. They now have seven studio albums under their belt and show no signs of slowing down. Definitely not to be missed. Stage times Doors 4.30pm The Cribs 5.30pm Wolf Alice 6.30pm Foo Fighters 8pm - 10.45pm Setlist Based on the rest of their European dates, this is what we can expect to hear from the Foo Fighters on Tuesday. Run All My Life Learn to Fly The Pretender The Sky Is a Neighborhood Rope (With drum solo) Sunday Rain My Hero These Days Walk Under My Wheels (Alice Cooper cover) It's So Easy / Another One Bites the Dust / Imagine / Jump / Blitzkrieg Bop (with Band Introduction) Under Pressure (Queen cover) Monkey Wrench Wheels La Dee Da Breakout Dirty Water Times Like These Best of You Everlong