Foo Fighters interrupt Sydney concert to pay tribute to Beaconsfield miner Todd Russell
Verified: 3 outlets have reported this story since Nov 11.
Dave Grohl tells Sydney crowd Russell, whose death was announced this week, was a ‘big’ hero of his A solemn moment has broken up an otherwise raucous Foo Fighters’ Australian concert as the band’s frontman made a lengthy on-stage tribute to Beaconsfield survivor Todd Russell. The US band are touring Australia for the 16th time in their 32-year history and Tuesday night’s Sydney show coincided with the news of Russell’s death at the age of 54.
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- Nov 11, 3:21 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisFoo Fighters interrupt Sydney concert to pay tribute to Beaconsfield miner Todd Russelltheguardian.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 10:07 PM UTC · +19 h
- Nov 11, 10:20 PM UTC+19 hFoo fighters pay tribute to Beaconsfield mine survivor Todd Russell during Sydney show.5au.com.au ↗
Also reported by chillifm.com.au (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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