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by Elliot Mitchell | Photos by WENN

Tags: Foo Fighters, Slash 

Slash talks covering Queen at Dave Grohl's birthday party

Yes, this actually happened

 

Slash covered Queen and Led Zeppelin at Dave Grohl's birthday party Photo: WENN

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Slash has revealed details of Dave Grohl's recent star-studded birthday party, explaining how he ended up covering Led Zeppelin and Queen live on stage.

Speaking to Billboard, the guitar icon said Grohl's 46th birthday at the Los Angeles forum was "one of the coolest i've witnessed in my time", before detailing what happened at the event.

After apparently being convinced to attend by Tenacious D frontman Jack Black, Slash ended up on stage at the party with Foo Fighters, covering Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song' and Queen's 'Tie Your Mother Down' to an audience which also included Alice Cooper, Kiss' Paul Stanley, Van Halen's David Lee Roth and Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister among others.

Watch fan-filmed footage of the performance below:



Slash also described the fractious relationship he has had with Grohl, thanks to what he described as "a negative thing that happened between" Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain. "It had nothing to do with me or [Dave]," Slash explained and they are now firm friends.

Full details of the Foo Fighters upcoming UK dates are below. Buy tickets here

25 May – Sunderland, UK – Sunderland Stadium of Light
27 May – Manchester, UK – Emirates Old Trafford
30 May - Dublin, Ireland - Slane Castle %
19 June – London, UK – Wembley Stadium*
20 June – London, UK – Wembley Stadium*
23 June – Edinburgh, UK – BT Murrayfield Stadium**

% With Hozier and Kaiser Chiefs 
* With Iggy Pop & Royal Blood
** With Royal Blood
 

Below: Foo Fighters' stunning birthday show in pictures

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