Foo Fighters‘ one-off show in Tasmania last month, it pans out, was just a taste of things to come.
Dave Grohl and Co. will embark on another full-blown tour of Australia and New Zealand during the next southern summer, a run that includes several regional shows.
The Foos will embark on their Take Cover tour Nov. 5, 2026 at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium, followed by dates in Townsville, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne and Adelaide. Then, a gap for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, after which a short run of shows will roll out in Christchurch, Auckland and wrap up Jan. 25, 2027 at Perth’s HBF Park.
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The tour Down Under follows the Foo Fighters’ one-off show in Launceston, for what was the biggest-ever concert presented in Tasmania.
During that sold-out show Jan. 24 at UTAS Stadium, Grohl promised on stage that the band would return before his next birthday, which falls on Jan. 14. With the announcement by Frontier Touring today, Feb. 18, which is producing to the forthcoming trek, Grohl will deliver on the promise.
Expect the rockers to roadtest new material. “We might have a whole new record of f***ing songs that we just finished the other day,” Grohl told the Launceston crowd, the first public confirmation that a follow-up to 2023’s But Here We Are is on the way.
The Foos (Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee and Ilan Rubin) will be joined by a lineup of rising acts, 16 in total, all “handpicked” by the headliners. They include Full Flower Moon Band, support at last month’s Tassie show, The Buoys, Last Quokka and others.
The nine-date run is notable for including concerts in Townsville, north Queensland, and Newcastle, a satellite city of Sydney, and for the show in Christchurch, New Zealand, where the Rock Hall-inducted band will perform at the city’s newly built, state-of-the-art One New Zealand Stadium, which is scheduled to be finished in April 2026.
To date, Foo Fighters have made 15 visits to Australia, including the whistlestop Tasmania visit. The group most recently toured in late 2023 for a national stadium run in support of But Here We Are, their eleventh studio album. On the recorded music side, they’ve shifted over 1.8 million records in Australia alone, with nine No. 1 albums.
Tickets for the ANZ tour are on sale from next Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Foo Fighters’ ‘Take Cover’ Tour of Australia & New Zealand 2026/2027:
Nov. 5, 2026 — Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (Support: Full Flower Moon Band | Mini Skirt)
Nov. 7, 2026 — Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville (Support: Full Flower Moon Band | DOWNGIRL)
Nov. 10, 2026 — Accor Stadium, Sydney (Support: The Belair Lip Bombs | TEENS)
Nov. 12, 2026 — McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle (Support: The Buoys | C.O.F.F.I.N)
Nov. 14, 2026 — Marvel Stadium, Melbourne (Support: The Belair Lip Bombs | FRENZEE)
Nov. 17, 2026 — Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (Support: Kurralta Park | Spooky Eyes)
Jan. 19, 2027 — One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch (Support: DARTZ | SEEK HELP!)
Jan. 22, 2027 — Western Springs Stadium, Auckland (Support: Dick Move | Ringlets)
Jan. 25, 2027 — HBF Park, Perth (Support: The Southern River Band | Last Quokka)
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