Foo Warring parties paid tribute to one in every of rock’s largest bands with somewhat of assist from Jack Black.
After a month smash, Dave Grohl and the Foos resumed their Australia and New Zealand excursion on Saturday, January 20, at Auckland’s Mount Good Stadium. All through this time Down Beneath, the band has commemorated the overdue Bon Scott of AC/DC through protecting one in every of their extra scandalous rock songs, “Big Balls.”
In line with Rolling Stone, the Foo Warring parties generally summon their drum tech, Fiona Denims, to ship Scott’s tongue-in-cheek verses about throwing huge fancy events — aka, the titular “big balls” — however for the Saturday live performance, Denims had a unique visitor to assist them out: Jack Black. The 54-year-old singer and actor was once in New Zealand to movie the impending Minecraft film and made up our minds to lend his rock power to the efficiency.
Fan pictures of the live performance displays Black dressed in a tie-dyed blouse bearing a emerging phoenix with matching shorts, dancing alongside as Denims delivers the music’s first line. “I’m upper-upper class high society,” they sing sooner than handing the mic to Black, who provides how they’re “God’s gift to ballroom notoriety.” Denims takes again over, making a song about how they “always fill my ballroom / The event is never small / The social pages say Jack’s got / The biggest balls of all.”
Black — summoning the rock fervor he generally reserves when enjoying together with his band, Tenacious D — led the target audience in a sing-along to the refrain. It was once a rock revel in fanatics weren’t anticipating and one who despatched them house satisfied.
Grohl, 55, and Black’s friendship is going again a long time, with the previous Nirvana drummer enjoying on Tenacious D’s debut album in 2001. Grohl additionally portrayed the satan within the “Tribute” song video, a job he reprised within the band’s 2006 movie, Tenacious D in The Pick out of Future. Black has additionally seemed along the Foo Warring parties, serving to the gang quilt vintage rock songs.
Ahead of Black sang about “Big Balls,” he discovered his option to the Billboard charts thank you to a few “Peaches.” His music from the 2023 Tremendous Mario Bros. was once a viral hit because of its repetitive refrain and outrageous song video, which noticed Black embody the absurdity whilst wearing a Bowser-green swimsuit. “Peaches” additionally scored a nomination for Very best Unique Music on the 2024 Golden Globes and a Very best Music nomination on the Critics’ Selection Film Awards.
Each instances, Black misplaced to Barbie, with Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” claiming the Golden Globe, whilst Mark Ronson and Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” took house the Critics’ Selection.