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Dave Grohl dedicates My Hero to Jack Smith at festival

Dave Grohl dedicated the Foo Fighters song My Hero to his new friend Jack during a festival set where former special counsel Jack Smith was seen in the audience.

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Dave Grohl dedicated the Foo Fighters performance of My Hero to his new friend Jack during the Power to the People Festival, Consequence reported. While Grohl did not state the full name of his dedicated friend, former special counsel Jack Smith was seen in the crowd. [1]

During the same performance, Grohl wore an Iowa Hawkeyes T-shirt, according to Consequence. The outlet reported that the shirt referenced an attempt by Senator Eric Schmitt to force Smith to commit perjury before Congress earlier in the week. Grohl also reminisced about his time campaigning for John Kerry and paid tribute to his late mother during the Foo Fighters set. [1]

David Eric Grohl is an American musician and songwriter who gained fame as the drummer for Nirvana before founding the Foo Fighters, where he serves as the lead singer and guitarist. [6]

The festival appearance follows a guest spot on October 2, when Grohl joined AC/DC to perform Highway to Hell at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as Rolling Stone, Stereogum, and Billboard reported. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the Foo Fighters served as the surprise opening act for the rescheduled final date of AC/DC's Power Up tour. [2][3][4][9]

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In short

  • Dave Grohl dedicated My Hero to his new friend Jack during a festival performance.
  • Former special counsel Jack Smith was spotted in the festival crowd.
  • Dave Grohl wore an Iowa Hawkeyes T-shirt during the performance.
  • Grohl also joined AC/DC on stage at MetLife Stadium on October 2.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Dave Grohl Dedicates “My Hero” to “New Friend Jack” at Power to the PeopleConsequence, 21h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]See AC/DC Bring Out Dave Grohl for ‘Highway to Hell’ at Power Up Tour’s Final ShowRolling Stone, 1d ago
  3. [3]Dave Grohl Joins AC/DC For “Highway To Hell” In New JerseyStereogum, 1d ago
  4. [4]AC/DC Brings Out Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl for ‘Highway to Hell’ at MetLife ShowBillboard, 1d ago
  5. [5]Dave Grohl Dedicates "My Hero" to "New Friend Jack" at Power to the PeopleConsequence of Sound, 21h ago

Background

  1. [6]Dave Grohl on Wikipedia
  2. [7]My Friend Jack on Wikipedia
  3. [8]My Hero Academia on Wikipedia
  4. [9]Dave Grohl Joins ACDC for Highway to Hell at MetLife Show FTMQ News, 1d ago
  5. [10]Jack Black and Rap Rock Stars Perform Walk This Way FTMQ News, 22h ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 10 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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