2 October 2023
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters will play their largest show yet in the metro when they headline Target Field on July 28.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. There are at least eight presales taking place, including one for Citi cardholders that starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday. For further details, see foofighters.com. Neither the venue nor the promoter announced prices.
Fellow Rock Hall inductees the Pretenders and grunge-era rockers L7 are also on the bill.
The band had booked an August 2022 stop at Huntington Bank Field that, due to a disagreement between the band and venue over COVID protocols, was then moved to U.S. Bank Stadium. But that March, drummer Taylor Hawkins died of an overdose before a show in Colombia, causing the band to cancel the tour.
Led by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters have become one of the most successful contemporary rock bands of the era. In 2021, Paul McCartney inducted the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the band’s first year of eligibility. They’ve played local venues more than a dozen times, and most recently performed a sold-out show at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center in October 2018.
In June, the group released their 11th album, “But Here We Are.” The first two singles, “Rescued” and “Under You,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard alternative and mainstream rock charts.
Grohl played the drums on the record and has since announced that journeyman drummer Josh Freese now sits in Hawkins’ seat in the band. Freese, who is also a member of the Vandals and Devo, has also played with Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson as solo acts and with the reunited Replacements among many others.
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