Live stream concerts have changed a lot since Covid began in March. Two very different shows from mega rock bands Metallica and Foo Fighters yesterday showed how much they have changed and where they can go.
At one point during the Foo Fighters live from the Roxy live stream yesterday frontman Dave Grohl joked about concerts during the beginning of the pandemic, when artists would play from their living room, like those wonderfully intimate Chris Martin at his piano gigs. Eight months later, with cases surging and no clue when live concerts will return in full, artists and the industry have definitely evolved the live stream exponentially since this began in March. Yesterday we got to see how much when two of the biggest rock bands in the world, Metallica and Foo Fighters (who share a publicist, Nasty Little Man, who cleverly called the day „Nasty Little Saturday“ to media), did very different, but effective live streams. The Foos stream was more of a traditional rock concert with the band taking the Roxy stage a little after 5 PM PST and delivering an hour of hits, from „Everlong“ and „Best Of You“ to the new „Shame Shame“ and „Times Like These.“ Besides the fact the band sounded in vintage form, even though Grohl commented at one point they didn’t see each other for six months, what made the show so effective was Grohl not trying to pretend it was a normal gig.
