Foo Fighters Chose Idles as Their Support Act After Band Made Them a Puzzle
Foo Fighters chose Idles as their support act after Joe Talbot and co made a puzzle with “Pick Idles” on it. The singer has revealed the unique way they successfully won over Dave Grohl‘s band and got to open for them at London’s The O2 arena in 2017. Appearing on SPIN’s ‘Lipp Service’ podcast, he said, “They had a shortlist of five to ten bands, I think.” “And apparently… they pick the bands themselves; they had the shortlist. We found out, and we thought to get ahead of the bunch, we’d make a puzzle – like a jigsaw puzzle – with a photo of our bassist on it. In his pants. It just said: ‘Pick...