HBO to stream Foo Fighters concert for free on Facebook

LOS ANGELES — HBO has inked a deal with Facebook to stream a live Foo Fighters concert for free on the social-media service on Friday, Oct. 17, as part of the premium cabler’s promo for the docuseries on the band.

The series, “Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways” debuts on Oct. 17 at 11 p.m. Eastern on HBO. Following the premiere, HBO will present “Foo Fighters Sonic Highways: Live from The Cubby Bear,” a live stream of the Foo Fighters premiere party concert from Chicago starting at midnight Eastern.

The stream will be available to U.S. users on the HBO’s Facebook page. The band members — Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear — will take the stage at Chicago’s The Cubby Bear and will play their first in-concert performance of the new single “Something from Nothing” from the band’s forthcoming album, also titled “Sonic Highways,” set for Nov. 10 release.

HBO’s eight-part docuseries with the Foo Fighters, directed by Grohl, explores an American musical landmark in each one-hour episode, chronicling the history, culture and people behind each city’s unique musical identity. The premiere episode takes place in Chicago and prominently features The Cubby Bear, a small club situated across from Wrigley Field with huge personal significance to Grohl, who saw his first punk rock show at the venue.

The cable network said it will make an archived version of the concert available on certain HBO platforms at a later date.

Information for this report was provided by Variety.com.