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FOO FIGHTERS MAKE THEIR TRIUMPHANT RETURN
TO AUSTIN TO HEADLINE THE ACL FESTIvAL AGAIN—
AND THEY COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.
by DEbORAH L. MARTIN
The Foo Fighters love music history, and there's plenty of that in Austin.
That's why they included Austin as one of the cities in their HBO
documentary series Sonic Highways, and taped an episode of Austin City
Limits, and why in October they'll return here to headline both week-
ends of the ACL Music Festival (they headlined in 2008 as well). "There's
something about Austin and its alternative culture," says frontman Dave
Grohl. "It's an oasis in the middle of the country, and its personality and
fingerprint are unlike anywhere else."
Sonic Highways, the band's eighth studio album, quickly rose to No. 1 on
Billboard's list of Top Rock Albums. The companion eight-part documen-
tary, directed by newly minted rock historian Grohl, has just garnered four
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Always electric, Foo Fighters
will rock Austin again when
they headline the ACL Music
Festival in October.
CULTURE Festivalia
48 AUSTINWAY.com
