Dave Grohl Recuperating After Surgery for Broken Leg

One of Northern Virginia’s favorite homegrown musicians is laid up with a broken leg.

Dave Grohl, who grew up in Northern Virginia and continues to show up now and then around town in Alexandria, Springfield and Arlington, broke his leg Friday after falling from a stage during a show at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Grohl sent a message to his fans on the band Web site; here’s a tidbit:

The funniest thing happened to me the other day in Sweden!

Two songs into our set at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, I made a mad dash to the right of the stage during MONKEY WRENCH to shred some tasty licks for the kids up front. It was a beautiful night, beautiful stadium, 52,000 screaming people….dream gig! Well….wait for it….I definitely shredded something (ZING!) Wound up feet first over the Edge (pun intended), dropping about 12 feet, dislocating my ankle and snapping my fibula like an old pair of take out chopsticks. Whoopsie daisy. Not good. Without realizing the extent of my injuries, I stood up to get back onstage and crumbled like a sack of Joe Theismanns (look it up, kiddies).

Grohl is recuperating after surgery Monday in London, the band announced on their Web site.

The band canceled a Saturday and Monday show and have now canceled shows in London, Edinburgh, Belgium and the Glastonbury Festival on June 26.

No word yet on whether the injury might impact a planned Foo Fighters 20th anniversary concert on the Fourth of July at RFK Stadium.

PHOTO: Dave Grohl finishes performing Friday night at a concert in Sweden after a fall that broke his leg. An EMT holds his ankle in place while they wait for a cast.