Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMeta has hired the Foo Fighters to rock the metaverse.The social media giant (formerly known as Facebook) will host a free, livestreamed concert performed by Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters on Sunday, Feb.
13, immediately after the end of the Super Bowl.In addition to streaming on Facebook and Instagram, Meta will present the performance by the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers in an 180-degree virtual-reality concert in Horizon Venues, the company’s social VR app.The concert will be directed by noted music video director and filmmaker Mark Romanek.
It will feature a custom stage design, described as a “surreal convergence of physical, fantastical visual elements.” Foo Fighters are slated to perform some rarely-played tracks — including one the group has never played publicly before. (They’re keeping that a surprise for the live event.) “Foo Fighters love a challenge — from playing the biggest stages in the world to the tiniest clubs to making movies and miniseries.
We’ve pretty much done it all,” Grohl said in a statement. “But we’ve never collaborated with Mark Romanek on a conceptual set of songs (including one being played live for the first time ever) for a worldwide audience, where everyone has the best seats in the house thanks to the most badass VR tech… until now.
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