Saturday 25th August 2012 by Michael Baggs | Photos by Shirlaine Forrest

Tags: Foo Fighters, Leeds Festival

24 August, 2012: This year's Leeds Festival kicked off with a headline slot by one of the biggest bands on the planet - The Foo Fighters.

Dave Grohl and the band closed the first night at Leeds with a storming set, packing in all the classic hits from the band's career - and a few cover versions too. Their setlist was as follows:

White Limo
All My Life
Rope
The Pretender
My Hero
Dear Rosemary
Learn to Fly
Arlandria
Cold Day in the Sun
Generator
Walk
These Days
Monkey Wrench
Hey, Johnny Park!
This is a Call
Bridge Burning
In the Flesh? (Pink Floyd cover)
Best of You
Encore:
Times Like These
Breakout
Tie Your Mother Down (Queen cover)
Everlong

Leeds Festival continues today (25 August) with a second day of headliners including The Cure, Paramore, The Maccabees and Anti-Flag.

Eighties legends The Cure close the mainstage tonight with a 30-year career-spanning set in Bramham Park, while You Me At Six, Crystal Castles, Bombay Bicycle Club and US band Paramore also feature on the Main Stage line-up.

The Maccabees headline the NME/radio 1 Stage after a year which saw their recent album 'Given to the Wild' reach number 1 on the UK charts.