BottleRock pulls plug during Foo Fighters’ finale

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs during BottleRock Napa Valley in Napa, Calif., on Sunday, May 28, 2017. Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs during BottleRock Napa Valley in Napa, Calif., on Sunday, May 28, 2017. Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle Image 1 of / 70 Caption Close BottleRock pulls plug during Foo Fighters’ finale 1 / 70 Back to Gallery

The Foo Fighters were supposed to shut down the fifth annual BottleRock Napa Valley festival Sunday night. But in the end, it was the concert organizers who pulled the plug on the multiplatinum rock band led by Dave Grohl.

Even though the group was allotted a two-hour headlining slot on the third day of the luxe festival in the heart of Napa, the band made it only midway through “Everlong,” its hit song from 1997, when it ran up against the concert’s strict 10 p.m. curfew. The promoters promptly shut down the speakers and video screens as Grohl and the band kept going to the wild cheers of the sold-out crowd.

It was a fitting end to the festival that packed in so much action over Memorial Day weekend that it often felt impossible to keep up. More than 80 eclectic artists performed during the three-day festival, including after-parties like the Foo Fighters’ private concert at the 150-capacity Blue Note Napa on Friday night. From wine tastings and gourmet food offerings, to an on-site spa and countless VIP perks — there was always more to discover, more to taste, more to do.

Grohl was racing against time from the moment the Foo Fighters took the stage shortly after 8 p.m., sensing that for their first major rock show in two years they would have trouble covering all the highlights of their two decades-plus career. They didn’t even get to their new track, “The Sky Is a Neighborhood,” which Grohl and drummer Taylor Hawkins debuted May 15 at the annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure benefit concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

“We’ve got too many f— songs,” Grohl said.

They nearly made it through all the hits, touching on fast and loose versions of hits like “Learn to Fly,” “My Hero,” and “Best of You,” alongside throwaway covers of songs such as Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust” and Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309/Jenny.”

Grohl could have been a little more efficient with his time, large chunks of which were used for random noodling and long-winded monologues, plus a “Happy Birthday” sing-along for his wife, Jordyn Blum.

“How many people have never seen the Foo Fighters before?” he asked, eliciting a huge cheer from the audience that stretched as far as the eye could see on the grounds of the Napa Expo. “That’s cool. It’s been 22 years. Couldn’t get a sitter?”

Grohl nearly screamed his voice hoarse during “Monkey Wrench” but didn’t show any sign of slowing down as the band bolted for — and past — the festival’s finish line.

The Foo Fighters aren’t the only headliners who’ve been cut off at the festival. The Cure was unplugged in 2014 because of the curfew. Surrounded by residential neighborhoods, with houses that face the main stage, the curfew was set when neighbors complained about the noise after BottleRock’s first year.

BottleRock returns May 25-27, 2018.

Aidin Vaziri is The San Francisco Chronicle’s pop music critic. E-mail: avaziri@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @MusicSF

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