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US Rock Star Halts Sydney Show for Emotional Salute to Late Miner
Grohl recalled the 2006 mine rescue and performed "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" after Russell’s death at 54.
- Frontman Dave Grohl halted the Foo Fighters show in Sydney on Tuesday to pay tribute to Todd Russell, with a picture of the late miner appearing on-screen as Grohl performed 'The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners'.
- Russell and co-worker Brant Webb were trapped underground in Tasmania for 14 days in 2006 after a mine collapse. The survivors famously requested a music player loaded with Foo Fighters songs while waiting for rescue.
- Grohl wrote 'The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners' for the duo. He told the audience, "Afterwards we all went to the bar and we had the beers I promised; I got so drunk, I promised that I'd put this song on the next record."
- Russell's death at age 54 coincided with the Sydney concert, occurring one week after he announced a move home to "see out his days" following an illness.
- The heartfelt moment highlighted the unique bond formed between Grohl and the miners 20 years earlier. He told the crowd, "I met a few heroes in my life, but that was a big one. I'm doing this for him tonight, Todd Russell.
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Foo Fighters' tribute to Todd Russell
The US rockers played a song they wrote for the Beaconsfield mine collapse survivors Todd Russell and Brant Webb at their Sydney show this week, following Russell's death aged 54.
·North Sydney, Australia
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Todd Russell has died at the age of 54. Twenty years after his dramatic rescue in Australia, Grohl remembered the promise he had made to him and played the song he had written for him.
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