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24 Hours of Foo is a live special on MTV2 hosted by the rock band Foo Fighters, which aired on June 11 and 12, 2005. It was very similar in concept to 24 Hours of Love, a live special hosted by Courtney Love that the channel tried to air in 2002.

About the broadcast

Beginning at noon ET on Saturday, June 11, 2005, the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, and Taylor Hawkins took over the MTV2 airwaves for an entire day to host a selection of music videos and live events.

The original press release from MTV Networks stated, "Together, the band will not only host MTV2, but also program and direct the channel in any way that they please with special guests, live performances, and a roster of activities that only the Foo Fighters could dream up." The release went on to claim, "Whether it is an impromptu wedding, a celebrity ping pong tournament, or simply following the guys as they venture into Times Square, MTV2 cameras will capture every moment live."^[1] IGN Music reported Dave Grohl as saying, "24 hours of Foo? Live on MTV2? It's gonna be awesome. The Foo is expecting you!"^[2]

Live performances

The highlight of the broadcast was a one-hour, full-band live performance from the Foo Fighters, which took place at midnight. Earlier that evening, the Foo Fighters played a 30-minute acoustic Unplugged performance. A live episode of Headbangers Ball was also part of the broadcast that night, hosted by Dave Grohl as he interviewed special guests SuicideGirls.

Special guests and events

The 24-hour live broadcast also included other special events, including a drum circle in Times Square (which also featured Stewart Copeland), science experiments with Cockeyed.com's Rob Cockerham, an on-air wedding, a trivia game featuring comedian David Cross, and other appearances from MTV personalities and friends, including MTV News reporter Gideon Yago, comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo, Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen, and comedian Robert Smigel as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

MTV2 VJ Jim Shearer was master of ceremonies for the event, launching the broadcast and staying with the Foo Fighters throughout all 24 hours until the end of the show. While some viewers noted that there was not a wide selection of music played during the broadcast, others believed that 24 Hours of Foo demonstrated MTV2 could still put together and air an unusually spectacular live special. Since 24 Hours of Foo, there were no other large-scale live broadcasts on MTV2 until 2007 when Human Giant 24 Aired on MTV2.

References

^ "Foo Fighters Take Over MTV2". MTV Networks. 2005. Archived from the original on 18 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-15.
^ "Foo Fighters TV". IGN Music. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-05-31. Retrieved 2006-10-15.

External links

[ap-1] "Foo Fighters Take Over MTV2". MTV Networks. 2005. Archived from the original on 18 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-10-15.

[ign-2] "Foo Fighters TV". IGN Music. 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-05-31. Retrieved 2006-10-15.

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+'''''24 Hours of Foo''''' is a live special on [[MTV2]] hosted by the [[rock music|rock]] band [[Foo Fighters]], which aired on June 11 and 12, 2005. It was very similar in concept to ''[[24 Hours of Love]]'', a live special hosted by [[Courtney Love]] that the channel tried to air in 2002.
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-The original press release from [[MTV Networks]] stated, "Together, the band will not only host MTV2, but also program and direct the channel in any way that they please with special guests, live performances, and a roster of activities that only the Foo Fighters could dream up." The release went on to claim, "Whether it is an impromptu wedding, a celebrity ping pong tournament, or simply following the guys as they venture into Times Square, MTV2 cameras will capture every moment live."<ref name=ap>{{cite web | year =2005 | url =http://www.jivemagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9526 | title =Foo Fighters Take Over MTV2 | publisher =[[MTV Networks]] | accessdate =2006-10-15}}</ref> [[IGN|IGN Music]] reported Dave Grohl as saying, "24 hours of Foo? Live on MTV2? It's gonna be awesome. The Foo is expecting you!"<ref name=ign>{{cite web | year =2005 | url =http://music.ign.com/articles/623/623037p1.html | title =Foo Fighters TV | publisher =[[IGN|IGN Music]] | accessdate =2006-10-15}}</ref>
+The original press release from [[MTV Networks]] stated, "Together, the band will not only host MTV2, but also program and direct the channel in any way that they please with special guests, live performances, and a roster of activities that only the Foo Fighters could dream up." The release went on to claim, "Whether it is an impromptu wedding, a celebrity ping pong tournament, or simply following the guys as they venture into Times Square, MTV2 cameras will capture every moment live."<ref name=ap>{{cite web | year =2005 | url =http://www.jivemagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9526 | title =Foo Fighters Take Over MTV2 | publisher =[[MTV Networks]] | accessdate =2006-10-15| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061018212823/http://www.jivemagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9526| archivedate= 18 October 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref> [[IGN|IGN Music]] reported Dave Grohl as saying, "24 hours of Foo? Live on MTV2? It's gonna be awesome. The Foo is expecting you!"<ref name=ign>{{cite web | year =2005 | url =http://music.ign.com/articles/623/623037p1.html | title =Foo Fighters TV | publisher =[[IGN|IGN Music]] | accessdate =2006-10-15 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060531133338/http://music.ign.com/articles/623/623037p1.html | archive-date =2006-05-31 | url-status =dead }}</ref>
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 ==See also==
-* [[MTV2]]
-* [[Foo Fighters]]
 * ''[[24 Hours of Love]]''
 ==References==
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v t e Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl Nate Mendel Pat Smear Chris Shiflett Rami Jaffee Josh Freese William Goldsmith Franz Stahl Taylor Hawkins
Studio albums	Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape There Is Nothing Left to Lose One by One In Your Honor Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Wasting Light Sonic Highways Concrete and Gold Medicine at Midnight But Here We Are
EPs	Five Songs and a Cover Songs from the Laundry Room Saint Cecilia Foo Files
Live albums	Skin and Bones
Compilations	Greatest Hits Medium Rare The Essential Foo Fighters
Videos	Everywhere but Home Skin and Bones Live at Wembley Stadium
Singles	"This Is a Call" "I'll Stick Around" "For All the Cows" "Big Me" "Alone + Easy Target" "Monkey Wrench" "Everlong" "My Hero" "Walking After You" "Learn to Fly" "Stacked Actors" "Generator" "Breakout" "Next Year" "The One" "All My Life" "Times Like These" "Low" "Have It All" "Best of You" "DOA" "Resolve" "No Way Back"/"Cold Day in the Sun" "Miracle" "The Pretender" "Long Road to Ruin" "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" "Let It Die" "Wheels" "Rope" "White Limo" "Walk" "Arlandria" "These Days" "Bridge Burning" "Something from Nothing" "The Feast and the Famine" "Congregation" "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness" "Outside" "Saint Cecilia" "Run" "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" "The Line" "Shame Shame" "No Son of Mine" "Waiting on a War" "Making a Fire" "Love Dies Young" "Rescued" "Under You" "The Glass"
Other songs	"Friend of a Friend" "Marigold"
Concert tours	Wasting Light Tour Sonic Highways World Tour Concrete and Gold Tour Everything or Nothing at All Tour
Associated acts	Nirvana Late! Tenacious D Sunny Day Real Estate Germs Scream Probot Killing Joke Queens of the Stone Age Viva Death Nine Inch Nails Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders The Fire Theft Jackson United Me First and the Gimme Gimmes No Use for a Name Them Crooked Vultures The Birds of Satan The Wallflowers
Films	Back and Forth Sonic Highways Studio 666
Related	Discography Songs Awards and nominations Members 24 Hours of Foo Roswell Records Hail Satin
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