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Injured Dave Grohl performs from a throne in concert

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If you can't run around and rock out onstage, then what better way to perform than from a throne?

That's what Dave Grohl did Saturday night when he and the Foo Fighters played their 20th anniversary Fourth of July concert at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.

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The frontman was sidelined last month with a broken leg because of a June 12 stage jump in Sweden that resulted in him canceling the remainder of the Foos' European tour.

But on Saturday, Grohl -- purple leg cast and all -- showed up onstage seated on a thrown made of guitars and lights. He sat perched with his leg elevated throughout the show as he pounded out song after song.

"A funny thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago," Grohl, 46, told the crowd Saturday night before explaining the slip while a YouTube clip of the stage tumble played on a big video screen behind him.

July 4 marked two decades since release of the Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album.

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