1000 italians join in a Foo Fighters song

Back in December there have gathered a 1,000-person band that was being put together in an attempt to lure the Foo Fighters to play in Cesena, Italy. That performance did go off, and now a video of the epic rendition has been released on the group’s official website Rockin1000. Watch the amazing video in the player above.

The video is the brainchild of Fabio Zaffagnini, who simply wants to the Foo Fighters to perform in the Cesena, which is located in the Romagna region of Northern Italy, near the Adriatic Sea. Zaffagnini started the crowd-funding event late last year and raised over 44,000 Euros, the equivalent of over 48,000 U.S. dollars.

The epic clip is shot brilliantly and features artists from all over Italy, who descended on the Italian city of Cesena at their own expense to perform “Learn to Fly.” The clip is destined to go viral and is sure to catch the attention of the band.

At the end of the clip Zaffagnini explains, “I guess that this video is going to be seen by millions of people all over the world, but to be true it was conceived to be addressed just to five people: Chris, Pat, Nate, Taylor and Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters.” He adds, “You know, Italy is a country where dreams cannot easily come true, but it’s a land of passion and creativity. So what we did here is a huge miracle. I have been working on this f—king project for more than one year, waking up every morning thinking about how to make it real.” Zaffagini concludes by addressing the band saying, “1,000 rockers that came from all over the nation at their own expenses … for one song, your song. So our call is to ask you the Foo Fighters to come play for us in Cesena.”

The Foos have responded via Twitter, with a simple message, “Che bello, Cesena” which means, “How beautiful, Cesena!”