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Foo Fighters Play Tiny Desk, Fulfilling Dave Grohl’s Longtime Wish

Dave Grohl always wanted to play NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series after seeing Trouble Funk perform. Now, Foo Fighters have brought their biggest hits to the intimate setting.

Rolling Stone·May 13, 2026·via Rolling Stone

Foo Fighters Play Tiny Desk, Fulfilling Dave Grohl’s Longtime Wish

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Dave Grohl credits seeing 12 members of Trouble Funk squeeze behind the desk as making him want to do it

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May 13, 2026

Somehow NPR’s Tiny Desk managed to accommodate all six Foo Fighters on a recent office visit, where the group played a five-song set of hits and their Your Favorite Toy single, “Spit Shine,” which they opened with. The cluttered environment seemed to have no effect on the band, which is used to playing spacious stadium stages, as frontman Dave Grohl leaned into the mic to snarl, “You know I don’t really give a damn,” before the band took over with some melodic backing vocals. When they finished, they simply smiled, and Grohl joked about how the microphone is “the hardest instrument of them all to play.”

Then before launching into “Learn to Fly,” Grohl told the office how special this gig was to him. “It’s an honor to be here,” he said. “I’ve watched so many of these Tiny Desk shows and have a bunch of favorites. I have to say, when I saw Trouble Funk squeeze into this tiny little office space here , I was like, ‘It’s not that tiny.’ … But it’s great to be here.”