Foo Fighters interrupt Sydney concert to pay tribute to Beaconsfield miner Todd Russell
Summary
Foo Fighters paused their Sydney concert on Tuesday to honor Todd Russell, who died at 54 after an illness. Frontman Dave Grohl recalled Russell’s survival in the 2006 Beaconsfield mine collapse and the band’s connection with him.Key Facts
- Russell and co-worker Brant Webb were trapped underground for 14 days after the Beaconsfield mine collapsed in Tasmania on Anzac Day 2006.
- The collapse killed miner Larry Knight; Russell and Webb were rescued.
- During the rescue, Russell requested an iPod loaded with Foo Fighters music.
- Grohl promised Russell and Webb tickets and beers at a Foo Fighters concert if they survived.
- Grohl later met the miners backstage at a Sydney Opera House show in 2006.
- Grohl wrote “Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners” and included it on a Foo Fighters album.
- Russell announced a week before his death that he was moving home to spend his remaining days there.
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