The Foo Fighters founder and frontman Dave Grohl is looking good and his passion and stage presence during their set at Live Earth was infectious. Passion wouldn't be a word that I would use for some of the other acts that took to the stage before the Foo Fighters.

Technical difficulties were an issue. Bands were having problems with their sound on stage all day. Razorlight's Johnny Borrell couldn't hear anything through the monitors and when the Red Hot Chili Peppers played I thought we might get through a set without the sound drama. They sounded great and Flea was on fire, but after playing a couple songs, the Chili Peppers stopped to have what appeared to be a 'band meeting' on stage - at Live Earth in front of millions of people. At one point I could hear Anthony Kiedis say something about not being able to hear. I think after that they only had one more song to go.

Now I, as a singer, can understand sound problems on stage. I love to have a good mix in the monitors with some reverb coming back at me. But you know what? If I was playing only three songs with my band at Wembley Stadium - in front of millions (some say 2 billion) of people I think even I could handle not being able to hear and just play on like everything is okay. Especially since most acts only played two or three songs. As a viewer, I don't want the distraction of stage problems and complaining while trying to enjoy a band and their music, well then again...these things do tend to make good 'car crash TV'.

I'm sure the bands didn't want to upstage their set by complaining about the sound and even though bands should know better, the first thing the stage manager or event director should have told them before they went out on stage, was "don't mention the sound".

The reason I'm even bringing this up is because knowing that there were sound problems all day at the new Wembley Stadium, it was brilliant to see Dave Grohl just get on with things, with the passion and the attitude that all rock fans love to see - and he played like his life depended on it. The band sounded great, they were having fun and if Dave Grohl had any problems hearing there were no signs or nasty expressions coming from him. Drummer Taylor Hawkins also put on an incredible performance. Excellent set by the Foo Fighters.

Watch Foo Fighters - "Best Of You" video from Live Earth:

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August 18 V Festival, Hylands Park Chelmsford, UK
August 19 V Festival Weston Park Staffordshire, UK
August 21 T On The Fringe: Meadowbank Sports Centre (Meadowbank Stadium) Edinburgh, Scotland
August 22 Marlay Park Dublin, Ireland

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By: Jenny May - Band Weblogs

Over the weekend Biffy Clyro was one of the lucky few to support Muse at the new Wembley Stadium in London. They're now set to create quite a storm as they begin to introduce themselves and their music to more people during the busy summer festival season.

Big news for Biffy Clyro fans who may have thought the Muse gig was a big deal - which it was. It appears that was just a warm up. Biffy Clyro have announced that they will be supporting The Who at Marlay Park in Dublin, Ireland on June 29th 2007. Other big gigs for the band include the sold out Glastonbury Festival, Oxegen Festival and T in the Park as well as shows in the US and Canada.

Watch Biffy Clyro video for "Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies":

Biffy Clyro 2007 tour dates:

*Dates could be added or changed! Go to Biffy Clyro's Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

June 17 2007 Wembley Stadium (supporting Muse), London
June 23 2007 Glastonbury Festival - The Other Stage, Sommerset
June 24 2007 Southside Festival, Neuhausen
June 29 2007 Marlay Park - supporting The Who, Dublin, Eire
July 7 2007 Oxegen Festival, Kildare
July 8 2007 T in the Park, Kinross, Scotland
July 14 2007 Fflam Festival, Swansea
July 28 2007 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois
July 29 2007 Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 31 2007 Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 1 2007 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
August 3 2007 Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 4 2007 Nassau Coliseum, New York City, New York
August 5 2007 Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey
August 7 2007 Verizon Wireless Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
August 8 2007 Post Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
August 9 2007 Tweeter Center, Boston, Massachusetts
August 10 2007 Darien Lakes Field, Buffalo, New York
August 11 2007 Park Place, Toronto, Ontario
August 12 2007 Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Quebec
August 14 2007 UMB Bank Pavilion, St Louis, Missouri
August 15 2007 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Kansas City, Kansas
August 24 2007 Rock en Seine, Paris
August 25 2007 Carling Reading Festival, Reading
August 26 2007 Carling Leeds Festival, Leeds
November 6 2007 Fat Sams, Dundee, Scotland
November 7 2007 Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
November 8 2007 Barrowlands, Glasgow, Scotland
November 9 2007 Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 11 2007 Academy, Newcastle
November 12 2007 Academy, Manchester
November 13 2007 Academy, Birmingham
November 14 2007 Rock City, Nottingham
November 15 2007 Octagon, Sheffield
November 17 2007 University, Cardiff
November 18 2007 Academy, Bristol
November 20 2007 Guildhall, Southampton
November 21 2007 Brixton Academy, London
November 22 2007 UEA, Norwich

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By: Jenny May