Dave Grohl's HBO series Sonic Highways comes to a close tonight (Dec. 5) as the band makes its final stop in New York City. It is the eighth stop the band made while recording its eighth studio effort of the same name. Grohl and co. were joined by record producer Tony Visconti and singer Kristeen Young for the last track "I Am a River," which was recorded at The Magic Shop. The band will also play a show tonight in NYC following a screening of the final episode at Irving Plaza, Blabbermouth notes.
"Seeing the finale episode, it still hasn't really sunk in," Grohl told The Pulse of Radio about the documentary series coming to an end. "People come up to me on the street all day long and say, 'I love Sonic Highways' and 'Thank you for Sonic Highways,' but I've been so busy doing other things that it's hard for me to imagine millions of people actually watching this show that started with a really crazy idea."
Tickets for the Foo Fighters show at Irving Plaza are on sale now, but can only be purchased at the venue's box office. Fans can see the band for only $20. The show starts at 10 p.m.
Grohl appeared on The Daily Show this week, telling Jon Stewart that the possibility for a second season of Sonic Highways exists. After all, Stewart noted, there are more than eight cities in the U.S.
The Foos visited Chicago, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and NYC to record songs for their new album, which dropped last month. Grohl interviewed everyone from Willie Nelson to President Barack Obama for the series. Zac Brown, Gary Clark Jr. and Joe Walsh all play on the album.
"These are songs about blood, sweat and evolution: The rapid-fire rocker 'The Feast and the Famine' reflects on the Washington, D.C., riots that followed Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, and the downbeat opener, 'Something From Nothing,' cribs from Chicago blues great Buddy Guy's story of his modest first instrument: 'A button on a string/And I heard everything,' Rolling Stone wrote.
