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At the school my boys attend is a family whose daughter Costello Syndrome, a rare disorder that has got to the point she is terminally ill. Every year her family go to Glastonbury. Her and her dad's favourite band are The Foo Fighters. Her mother faced with loosing her child naturally started to questioning her beliefs and became incredibly depressed. Her way of digging herself out of the hole was to start an online blog as well as becoming active in rights for terminally ill patients under the DLA and fund raising.
This year, as you'll have figured after reading the first few lines on this post Daisy (the daughter) and her family were devastated that the Foo Fighters had to pull out of what would have been their perfect gig and most likely last gig. However this paled into insignificance when they also discover that the father is near the end of his fight with terminal cancer.
Out of all out this crap came a twist of events that have thoroughly put a smile on their faces. Jo Whiley picked up on a blog discussing their disappointment at missing the Foo Fighters, following Dave's leg break and retweeted it. This was in turn noticed by the Foo Fighters who send them a VIP invitation to their Milton Keynes gig. Not only were they absolutely treat like kings but Dave spent time with them, genuinely interested and sympathetic as well as adding a bit of fun into their lives. At no point did they feel Dave was going through the motions. Something like this is easy to see as "not much to give" but considering the amount of talentless prima donnas I have come across, the joy this bought to a family living a nightmare makes him an utter legend IMO.
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It's one of the best parts about it for me. Lot's of photos were taken for them to remember it but the haven't been splashed all off Foo Fighter blogs saying "How great are we?". It seems even in a world full of media hungry celebs and publicists some people can genuine understand what is really important.
Unfortunately the family's fate is unchangeable but the journey there is all they can effect and a gesture like this has had a massively positive impact on them.
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What a gent.
As an aside, how many rock stars would make themselves look so hideous for that video? He seems to be totally ego-free.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein