Foo Fighters pulled out of Emmy Awards (Photo : Reuters)
The famous rock band Foo Fighters was supposed to perform as the last segment of the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, Sunday, but the television academy Fox removed them from the show.
Winning at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl took home two recognitions for the HBO rock series "Sonic Highways" and the band's new album with the same name on Sept. 12, Saturday, in Los Angeles.
Apparently, the "Sonic Highways" series earned four nominations and ultimately won two awards in the category of Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming and Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming.
While the "Sonic Highways" singer confirmed that they were approached by Fox, the Foo Fighters frontman said that the awards academy nixed their performance after they agreed to play a track from their album.
In an exclusive Rolling Stone interview, the famous rock singer confirmed that he did not attend the awards show. He was quoted saying, "We were supposed to play on the Emmys, and we were gonna play on the Emmys, and then they kicked us off."
Apparently, both parties have different plans for the performance. According to Digital Trends, the rock band initially planned to perform a full song from their Emmy-awarded album. However, the television academy disagreed with the band's performance proposal.
Instead, the awards academy authorities wanted the famous band to play half of their "Sonic Highways" track and half of their 1999 hit track "Learn to Fly". The said academy chose to end its offer to the rock band because of the said agreement.
When asked about his feelings toward the annual Emmys, however, the famous rock band's frontman confirmed that he does not hold against the said incident. In fact, he would consider performing again next year if his band is given the chance.
The Foo Fighters could have been the first rock band to perform at the famous annual Emmy Awards Night.
