Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins live in San Francisco in September. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Little more than a month ago we finally got a glimpse of Dave Grohl’s Sound City, his documentary about the renowned Van Nuys studio that enabled the recording of scores of rock classics. And as the year began we heard about the formation of the Sound City Players, a supergroup of stars who appear in the film (opening in limited release on Feb. 1) and on its Real to Reel soundtrack (which doesn’t drop until March 12).
The star-studded lineup instantly sold out a show slated for Jan. 18 at the Sundance Film Festival — and now they’ve added a one-off appearance at the Hollywood Palladium on Jan. 31, the same night Sound City debuts at the Cinerama Dome just a few blocks down Sunset Boulevard.
Who will perform alongside the Foo Fighters frontman? A cavalcade of names, all of whom cut sides at the studio back in the day, including Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Fear leader Lee Ving, Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk, Cheap Trick guitarist and songwriter Rick Nielsen, Robert Levon Been and Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Alain Johannes, Chris Goss and more.
Also expect to see Grohl’s current and past band mates in the mix: Taylor Hawkins, Krist Novoselic, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel and Pat Smear. And it wouldn’t shock if Paul McCartney turned up, either here or at Sundance, seeing as he contributed to the soundtrack tune “Cut Me Some Slack.” The Palladium set is likely to feature other songs from that collection as well as classics from many of the stars involved.
Tickets, $75 (or $90.90 after service fees), go on sale Wednesday, Jan. 16, at noon. Sadly, according to the movie’s screening location website, there does not seem to be any O.C. showings planned for the flick. The closest it will play is at Sundance Sunset Theaters in L.A.
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