The stadium-sized alt-rockers sold out a decidedly smaller room on Thursday – and treated the Irving Plaza audience to songs from their scrappiest album in years and some of their biggest hits. 5/1/2026 Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters at the after party for 'Studio 666' held at TCL Chinese Theatre on February 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Christopher Polk/PMC There is an inherent spectacle and scale to a Foo Fighters show. Stadium-sized riffs, wild animations on towering screens, maybe even some fireworks. Dave Grohl getting his cardio in and ending up drenched in sweat as he bounds across the massive stage, guitar slung over shoulder, to the cheers of tens of thousands of fans. But, at their heart, the Foo Fighters are still just scrappy garage-rockers, a crew led by a teenage punk who grew up to be in the biggest band in the world – and then founded one of the biggest bands of the 21st century.…