Dave Grohl dedicates 'My Hero' to Obama at Democratic Convention

Dave Grohl dedicated his song 'My Hero' to President Barack Obama during a gig at the Democratic National Convention.

Grohl and his band Foo Fighters appeared at the party's annual gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina before Obama accepted the party's nomination to run for a second term as president.



Grohl and his band played a special two-song acoustic set beginning with their 1998 single 'My Hero', which Grohl introduced by saying: "It's an honour to be here. I think this song makes perfect sense here tonight."

The band then completed the set with their 2011 song 'Walk". The previous night they had performed a three-hour, 35-song set at the Rock the Vote show, also in Charlotte.

Mary J Blige, James Taylor and Marc Anthony were the other artists to perform at the convention.



Foo Fighters headlined Reading Festival last month, where they claimed that the gig was "the last show for a long time".

However, since that performance they have added a number of US festival dates in September.