Foo Fighters have spent the better part of 30 years filling arenas, but their first-ever NPR Tiny Desk Concert proves the songs work just as well at close range. The band opened with “Spit Shine” from their latest album ‘Your Favorite Toy’, moved through “Learn to Fly” from 1999’s ‘There Is Nothing Left to Lose’, pulled back for the introspective “Child Actor”, and closed the set with “My Hero” and “Everlong”, both from 1997’s ‘The Colour and the Shape’. Dave Grohl summed up the band’s approach simply: “If you put instruments in our hands and there are people, it’s fun to play.”


