Dave Grohl opened up about how much he loves Ireland in a new interview on the Late Late Show this weekend.
The Nirvana star and Foo Fighters frontman spoke to Tubridy about his first trip to Ireland almost 30 years ago; “I remember the first time I came to Ireland was actually with Nirvana, I guess it was 1991, we were on tour opening up for a band called Sonic Youth.”
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“The first time we came to Ireland, I remember arriving at night, going to sleep, I think we were in Cork and I woke up and decided to walk around town before the show.
“As I was walking around, I realised that all the women looked like my mother. I immediately got on the phone and called her and said, ‘Mom you have got to come here, everybody looks like you, you have to see this’.”
He revealed that he has some Irish blood in his family too; “My family, I have a little bit of Irish heritage in my family on my mother’s side, my mother’s maiden name is Hanlon.”
Of course, the next time he came he did bring both his Mum and his sister too; “She had never been to Ireland, so the next year, Nirvana were headlining the Reading Festival, and I brought my mother and my sister over for a good week of driving around the country before we went over for the Reading Festival.”
“We just did this nice little loop down south and over to Dingle and we were staying in Bed and Breakfasts. We capped it off staying at Adare Manor, we had never stayed in a castle before, so this was really a huge moment.”
Since then the singer has had a continuing love for Ireland and has been back many times; “Of course, for years with Foo Fighters coming over we have dear friends there, we have had amazing shows there, it’s one of my favourite places in the world, it’s beautiful.”
“The thing about Ireland, when you play a show there, there is a sense of joy. It’s a really rowdy bunch, it is this collective feeling of joy.”
“When I’m on stage, I like to really connect with the audience.”
