Watch Dave Chappelle sing Radiohead's 'Creep' with Foo Fighters in Madison Square Garden's reopening concert

published 21 June 2021

The Foo Fighters did something on Sunday that feels kind of remarkable in these times: They played a big stadium show for more than 15,000 fans in New York City's Madison Square Garden, the venue's first concert and full-capacity event since March 2020. Oh, and they brought out Dave Chappelle to sing Radiohead's "Creep." (The song has a NSFW word.)

All audience members had to show they were fully vaccinated to enter the arena. The Foo Fighters, who were planning to launch a concert tour in Cincinnati on July 28, announced the MSG show last week. "We've been waiting for this day for over a year," frontman Dave Grohl said in a statement. "And Madison Square Garden is going to feel that hard." The band dedicated the show to their longtime stage manager, Andy Pollard, who died June 18.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.