Live at Wembley Stadium (Foo Fighters video)

Live at Wembley Stadium
Video by Foo Fighters
Released	August 25, 2008 (2008-08-25) (UK)
Recorded	6th and 7th June 2008
Venue	Wembley Stadium (London, England)
Genre	Alternative rock, Hard rock
Length	118:47
Label	RCA / Roswell / BMG
Director	Nick Wickham
Producer	Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters chronology
Skin and Bones (2006) Live at Wembley Stadium (2008) Back and Forth (2011)

Live at Wembley Stadium is a live video by the

on November 18, 2008.

It was filmed during the band's two sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium on Friday June 6 and Saturday June 7, 2008. The video features a combination of footage from both nights, including the second night's collaboration with special guests John Paul Jones (bass guitar) and Jimmy Page (guitar), formerly members of Led Zeppelin.

The video was also broadcast via satellite across the

on June 24, 2008. The video was shown in high definition with 5.1 surround sound, and was the same cut as the video release.

The release has been certified 3 times platinum by the

The image on the artwork was shot by the aerial camera above the crowd on Friday 6 June.

Track listing

Some songs are taken from Friday's performance and some from Saturday's. This is identifiable in two ways. One is the underwear Grohl is wearing (Red on Friday, White on Saturday) which can be seen at points in the video, and secondly any shots containing rainfall are from Saturday, as it did not rain during Friday's performance.

1. "The Pretender" (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett)
2. "Times Like These" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett)
3. "No Way Back" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett)
4. "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett)
5. "Learn to Fly" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel)
6. "Long Road to Ruin" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett)
7. "Breakout" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel)
8. "Stacked Actors"/"Hocus Pocus" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel)/(Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer)
9. "
   Skin and Bones
   " (Grohl)
10. "Marigold" (Grohl)
11. "My Hero" (Grohl, Mendel, Pat Smear)
12. "
    Cold Day in the Sun
    " (Hawkins)
13. "Everlong" (Grohl)
14. "Monkey Wrench" (Grohl, Mendel, Smear)
15. "All My Life" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett)
16. "Rock and Roll" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
17. "Ramble On" (Page, Plant)
18. "Best of You" (Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett)

Notes

• Tracks 8, 9, 13 and 14 recorded on Friday, June 6, 2008
• Tracks 1-7, 10-12 and 15-18 recorded on Saturday, June 7, 2008
• Multiple other songs were played across both nights but were omitted from the film;
  • "But, Honestly", "DOA", and "Generator" were performed on June 6.
  • "Let It Die" was performed on June 7.
  • "This Is a Call" and "Big Me" were performed on both nights.
• "Rock And Roll" and "Ramble On" were only performed the second night.

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Music DVDs Chart[3]	2
Austrian Music DVDs Chart[4]	6
Dutch Music DVDs Chart[5]	10
German Albums Chart[6]	68
Irish Music DVDs Chart[7]	1
New Zealand Music DVDs Chart[2]	1
Swiss Music DVDs Chart[8]	8

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Finnish Music DVDs Chart[9]	3
Swedish Music DVDs Chart[10]	3

Personnel

Band members

• Dave Grohl – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, drums on "Rock and Roll"
• Nate Mendel – bass guitar
• Taylor Hawkins – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Cold Day in the Sun" and "Rock and Roll"
• Chris Shiflett – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Touring Members

• Pat Smear – guitar
• Rami Jaffee – organ, keyboards, accordion
• Jessy Greene – cello, violin, backing vocals
• Drew Hester – percussion, vibraphone

Special guests

• John Paul Jones – bass guitar on "Rock and Roll" and "Ramble On"
• Jimmy Page – guitar on "Rock and Roll" and "Ramble On"

References