List of Foo Fighters concert tours
During this tour, Foo Fighters played several of their largest shows up to that point, making their debut on the festival circuit with performances at Pukkelpop, Reading and Lowlands.
[2] Foo Fighters made their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman August 14, 1995, when they performed "This Is a Call".
Foo Fighters appeared as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live for the first time on December 2, 1995, with host Anthony Edwards, and performed both "I'll Stick Around" and "For All the Cows".
Included in the set was a version of "Wattershed" that contained improvised lyrics by Grohl, delivered in the vocal style of Fred Schneider from The B-52's.
That same month Foo Fighters embarked on yet another US tour, this time with a revolving door of supporting acts, including that dog., Ween, Jawbreaker and The Amps.
Most shows featuring That Dog on the bill included member Petra Haden joining Foo Fighters on stage during "Floaty" to provide violin.
[4] "We went out and opened for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in these arenas, for the first time playing larger venues over a consistent period…" recalled Nate Mendel.
This was cut short when Hawkins suffered a drug overdose and fell into a coma for two weeks, leading the rest of the concerts of the tour to be canceled.
[4] Following a UK mini-tour in August – which included the T in the Park 2002, Reading and Leeds Festivals – [8] and a Paris concert in September, the album was released on October 22, 2002,[9] with the promotional tour starting that same day at the Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre.
Following dates in North America, which included Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit concert on October 26, came a European tour from November 16 to December 19.
[14] The acoustic tour lead to an extended band, featuring the return of Pat Smear on the guitar, plus some of the collaborators on the album: violinist Petra Haden, keyboardist Rami Jaffee, and percussionist Drew Hester.
[18] The promotional tour for Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace begun in September 2007, after some concerts in the United Kingdom during the summer,[19] and lasted until Fall 2008.
[20] The band performed shows throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, including headlining the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore on August 9.
While the back-up band compiled for the In Your Honor tour – though with Jessy Greene instead of Petra Haden on the violin – remained to perform complex songs such as "Come Alive", a few tracks had more stripped-down arrangements.
The Foo Fighters reunited on February 1, 2014, headlining the "Bud Light Hotel Amphitheatre" built alongside West Side Manhattan for Super Bowl XLVIII.
[35] In September the Foo Fighters played at the closing of the Invictus Games in London, which was preceded by three intimate gigs in English clubs,[36][37] and a crowdfunded concert in Richmond, Virginia.
[38] For the premiere of the HBO TV series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways in October, a private concert was held at the Cubby Bear Bar in Chicago.
[46] Singers Laura Mace, Samantha Sidley, and Barbara Gruska were brought in for the vocal harmonies in "The Sky is a Neighborhood", with Dave Grohl's daughter Violet also joining them on occasion.
[54] The Foo Fighters toured Australia in late November and December of 2023 and continued to New Zealand in mid-January 2024 featuring music from their 2023 album But Here We Are with a total of 9 dates and 8 cities.
