Foo Fighters to headline NME Big Gig at Wembley

Foo Fighters (featuring NME Godlike Genius Award winner Dave Grohl) are set to headline this year's NME Awards Big Gig which takes place at Wembley Arena on Friday 25th February. Also appearing on the bill are Cee Lo Green, Band Of Horses and No Age

Following the news that Dave Grohl has been awarded the prestigious NME Godlike Genius Award, NME is excited and proud to announce that Foo Fighters will headline the NME Awards Big Gig 2011 at Wembley Arena on Friday February 25th.

Thousands of Foo fans will enjoy a triumphant set, in what will be their first arena gig of 2011. As well as the classics, fans will be treated to previously unheard material from the band's hotly anticipated new studio album.

Commenting on the Godlike Genius Award commemorated by the Foo Fighters' headline slot on this amazing evening, Dave Grohl said: "I don't think I'm godlike or a genius. It's flattering. It's a nice thing to be acknowledged for doing something you love to do... In truth I don't consider it a body of work because I don't consider it work."

Joining Foo Fighters for this unique one-night-only event will be the greatest voice in American music today, Cee Lo Green. Having set the internet alight in 2010 with 'F*** You', one of the year's most controversial and popular singles, and his critically lauded album 'Lady Killer', Cee Lo Green is sure to pull out all the stops for the NME Awards 2011 Big Gig.
Cee Lo commented: "I'm so excited man, any Cee Lo show is good, but Cee Lo and Foo Fighters, it's going to be off the hook."

Tickets for the NME Awards 2011 Big Gig go on sale exclusively from www.nme.com/tickets on Wednesday 19th January at 9am, before remaining tickets go on general sale on Friday 21st January at 9am. Ticket price is £40 (plus booking fee), which includes a free copy of a 100-page special NME Dave Grohl magazine worth £4.99.

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