Editing David Letterman (section)

=== Friendship with Foo Fighters ===
[[File:Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring 2018-5671 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Dave Grohl]] was a frequent guest on ''The Late Show'' and performed on the program several times with [[Foo Fighters]] between 1995 and 2014]]
Letterman has had a close relationship with the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Foo Fighters]] since its appearance on his first show upon his return from heart surgery. The band appeared many times on the ''Late Show'', including a week-long stint in October 2014. While introducing the band's performance of "[[Miracle (Foo Fighters song)|Miracle]]" on the October 17, 2014, show, Letterman told the story of how a souvenir video of himself and his four-year-old son learning to ski used the song as background music, unbeknownst to Letterman until he saw it. He said: "This is the second song of theirs that will always have great, great meaning for me for the rest of my life". This was the first time the band had heard this story.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 17, 2014 |title=Foo Fighters – Miracle [Live on David Letterman] |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x284e70 |access-date=December 29, 2017 |website=dailymotion}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradley |first1=Laura |date=May 21, 2015 |title=A Brief History of David Letterman's Love for the Foo Fighters |url=https://slate.com/culture/2015/05/a-brief-history-of-david-letterman-s-love-for-the-foo-fighters.html |access-date=May 31, 2022 |website=Slate}}</ref> Worldwide Pants co-produced [[Dave Grohl]]'s ''[[Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways|Sonic Highways]]'' TV series. "Letterman was the first person to get behind this project", Grohl said.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |date=May 20, 2015 |title=Foo Fighters to Serve as Letterman's Final Musical Guest |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/foo-fighters-to-serve-as-lettermans-final-musical-guest-65487/ |access-date=May 31, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> 

During Letterman's last show, on which Foo Fighters appeared, Letterman said that Foo Fighters had been in the middle of a South American tour that they canceled to play on his comeback episode.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 21, 2015 |title=David Letterman says goodbye after 33 hilarious years |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-letterman-says-goodbye-after-33-hilarious-years/ |access-date=September 24, 2019 |publisher=CBS News}}</ref>

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