Foo Fighters kick off UK tour with debut of years-old unfinished demo ‘Unconditional’

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Foo Fighters have kicked off their UK tour in Manchester – here’s what they played.Last night (June 13), Dave Grohl and co. took over the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester to begin their summer UK stint, which saw the band reshuffle their setlist to add in a surprise or two.The biggest surprise of the night turned out to be a previously unheard song, ‘Unconditional’.

A representative of the band said to Consequence of Sound that the song was “partially written and demo’d during home studio sessions years ago — but ultimately left unfinished.”The statement continued: “The band’s rediscovery of ‘Unconditional’ happened in true spontaneous Foo Fighters fashion: The song came up in conversation during rehearsals for the UK tour, and all it took was one run-through — The decision was made instantly to share it with everyone in the same way – live.”Watch fan-shot footage of Foo Fighters performing ‘Unconditional’, live for the first time ever below.To begin their set, the band performed the trio of ‘Monkey Wrench’, ‘Learn To Fly’ and ‘No Son Of Mine’.

Other hits they played throughout the night included ‘The Pretender’, ‘Walk’, ‘My Hero’, ‘The Sky Is A Neighbourhood’ and ‘Best Of You’.Elsewhere during the show, Dave Grohl performed ‘Under You’ solo for the first time, and the band performed the duo ‘The Teacher’ and ‘Everlong’ to close out the set.‘Monkey Wrench’‘Learn To Fly’‘No Son Of Mine’‘Rescued’‘The Pretender’‘Times Like These’‘Generator’‘Stacked Actors’‘Medicine at Midnight’‘Walk’‘Statues’‘Under You’‘My Hero’‘This Is A Call’‘The Sky Is A Neighbourhood’‘Arlandia’‘These Days’‘Sabotage/Blitzkrieg Bop/Whip It/March Of The Pigs/I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail’‘All My Life’‘Unconditional’ (live debut)‘Aurora’‘Best Of You’‘The.