{"id":59047,"date":"2026-04-08T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=59047"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:17:04","slug":"foo-fighters-st-james-church-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/foo-fighters-st-james-church-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Foo Fighters Unveil Secret St James&#8217; Church Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: #f7fafc; padding: 15px;\">\n<p><strong>Quick Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foo Fighters performed an intimate, 80-person show at St James&#8217; Church in Dingle, Ireland.<\/li>\n<li>The concert features tracks from the upcoming album Your Favourite Toy and the rare revival of the track A320.<\/li>\n<li>The performance is available to stream worldwide via the RT\u00c9 Player.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>DINGLE (Azat TV) \u2013 Foo Fighters are tonight debuting a rare, intimate performance captured at the historic St James&#8217; Church in Dingle, Ireland. The broadcast, airing this Easter Monday at 9:30pm (IST) on RT\u00c92 and the RT\u00c9 Player, provides global audiences with a front-row view of a show that until now remained one of the industry&#8217;s best-kept secrets.<\/p>\n<h2>A Stadium Sound in a Sacred Space<\/h2>\n<p>The performance, which took place last month, saw the band swap their usual stadium-sized venues for a capacity of just 80 attendees. According to Other Voices founder Philip King, the event serves as a centerpiece for the show\u2019s 25th-anniversary celebrations. King described the set as the &#8220;smallest stadium gig in the world,&#8221; noting that the band brought the same intensity to the church pews that they typically reserve for sold-out arenas.<\/p>\n<h2>New Material and Rare Revivals<\/h2>\n<p>Beyond the band&#8217;s established catalog of hits, the hour-long special features a preview of tracks from their forthcoming album, <em>Your Favourite Toy<\/em>. Lead singer Dave Grohl confirmed that the setlist was designed to bridge the gap between their stadium-rock roots and the unique acoustics of the venue. For long-time followers, the broadcast includes a performance of the deep-cut track &#8220;A320,&#8221; which had not been played live by the band since 2000.<\/p>\n<h2>The Logistics of an Intimate Secret<\/h2>\n<p>RT\u00c9 Executive Producer Justin Healy stated that the logistics of filming such a high-profile band in a confined, historic space required significant coordination. The result is an unfiltered look at the group&#8217;s ability to maintain their signature power in a venue that demanded a departure from their standard production scale. For fans unable to attend the original taping in Dingle, the RT\u00c9 Player is providing worldwide access to the full concert footage.<\/p>\n<p><em>The strategic pivot to a micro-venue setting serves as both a promotional vehicle for the band&#8217;s upcoming album and a testament to the enduring influence of the Other Voices series, which has successfully positioned itself as a primary venue for artists seeking to strip back their performance style for high-fidelity, intimate documentation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foo Fighters broadcast their intimate, 80-person Dingle performance tonight, marking a rare shift from stadiums to the historic St James&#8217; Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1480],"tags":[26223,54526],"class_list":["post-59047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-foo-fighters","tag-other-voices"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/foo-fighters-dingle-performance.jpg","_embedded":{"wp:featuredmedia":[{"id":-1,"source_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/foo-fighters-dingle-performance.jpg","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59099,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59047\/revisions\/59099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}