STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. 🚨🎸⚡
In one of those rock announcements that makes you immediately start checking flights, hotels and the remaining balance on your credit card, Foo Fighters are officially opening for AC/DC at a very special one-night-only show in St. Louis, Missouri.
Yep.
FOO FIGHTERS. Supporting AC/DC.
Someone has clearly activated the stadium-rock cheat code.
The two absolute giants will collide at The Dome at America’s Center on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, as Foo Fighters make a special detour from their own massive touring schedule to join AC/DC.
And for Dave Grohl, this isn’t simply another stadium gig.
It’s the fulfilment of a dream that started more than four decades ago.
⚡ Foo Fighters Step In For The Pretty Reckless
Foo Fighters weren’t originally supposed to be on the St. Louis bill.
The Pretty Reckless had been scheduled to support AC/DC, but Foo Fighters have now stepped in for the date, turning an already enormous concert into something bordering on ridiculous.
AC/DC described the appearance as a special one-off detour for Foo Fighters, who are currently out on their own Take Cover global stadium tour.
So let’s get this straight.
Foo Fighters — a band perfectly capable of filling massive venues themselves — are temporarily going back to being the support band.
But when the headline act is AC bloody/DC, you probably don’t argue. 😂⚡
You grab the guitars, load the van — well, probably several enormous articulated lorries these days — and get yourself to St. Louis.
🎸 Dave Grohl: “This Is Literally A Dream Come True”
The announcement carries some serious emotional weight for Dave Grohl.
Grohl has spoken about seeing AC/DC’s legendary Let There Be Rock concert film in 1980 and the enormous impact it had on his understanding of what a rock ‘n’ roll performance could be.
Now, 46 years later, he’s going to open for them.
Grohl described sharing the stage with AC/DC as:
“Literally a dream come true.”
And that’s bloody lovely, isn’t it?
Forget the stadiums, Grammys, Nirvana, Foo Fighters records and decades spent becoming one of the biggest names in modern rock.
Somewhere underneath all that is still a kid who watched AC/DC and thought:
“That’s what I want to do.”
Now he’s doing it alongside them.
Rock ‘n’ roll has a funny way of completing the circle. 🤘❤️
⚡ Two Generations Of Stadium Rock On One Bill
The sheer size of this pairing is difficult to overstate.
We’re talking about two bands with enough anthems between them to flatten a small village.
AC/DC could unleash:
Thunderstruck.
Back In Black.
Highway To Hell.
You Shook Me All Night Long.
Hells Bells.
Then before you’ve even recovered from Foo Fighters potentially smashing through:
Everlong.
The Pretender.
Best Of You.
Learn To Fly.
My Hero.
All My Life.
That’s not a support slot.
That’s an endurance test for your vocal cords.
You’ll walk into The Dome sounding perfectly normal and leave communicating exclusively through hand gestures because you’ve screamed yourself into another dimension.
Proper job. 😂🤘
🔥 Imagine Being An AC/DC Ticket Holder Right Now
This might be the biggest winner in the entire story.
Imagine buying your AC/DC ticket months ago.
You’re already excited.
You’re seeing one of the greatest rock bands ever to plug a Gibson SG into an amplifier.
Lovely stuff.
Then your phone buzzes.
“Foo Fighters are opening.”
Sorry…
WHAT?!
That’s like ordering chips and discovering someone’s accidentally put an entire Sunday roast in the bag as well.
Fans who already had tickets for St. Louis have effectively watched their concert suddenly transform into a miniature stadium-rock festival.
Not a bad little upgrade, mun.
🥁 Could Dave Grohl Join AC/DC?
Now here’s where the speculation becomes delicious.
Nothing has been announced regarding any collaboration between the bands, so let’s make that very clear.
But come on.
You’ve got Dave Grohl in the building.
You’ve got AC/DC in the building.
You’ve got tens of thousands of rock fans in the building.
You’re telling us nobody is going to look at Dave at some point and say:
“Fancy coming back out?”
👀
Grohl has never exactly been shy about jumping behind a drum kit or joining another artist on stage.
Whether anything happens remains to be seen, but you can guarantee every phone in The Dome will immediately shoot into the air if Grohl suddenly appears during AC/DC’s set.
And if he gets anywhere near the drums?
The internet might need restarting.
🎤 Foo Fighters Are Headliners Everywhere Else
What makes the whole thing even more special is Foo Fighters’ current position.
These aren’t some youngsters getting their first shot at opening an arena.
Foo Fighters are one of the biggest rock bands on Earth.
They’re currently playing their own enormous stadium dates, with bands including Queens of the Stone Age joining them as support on parts of the Take Cover run.
Then on 8 September, the Foos temporarily flip the script.
For one night they’re the opening act again.
And that tells you everything about the respect Grohl has for AC/DC.
There aren’t many bands on the planet that Foo Fighters would happily play underneath on a poster.
AC/DC are unquestionably one of them.
⚡ AC/DC Are Still Showing Everyone How It’s Done
And that’s perhaps the most beautiful part of this whole thing.
After decades of riffs, enormous tours and some of the most recognisable songs ever written, AC/DC remain such a colossal force that Foo Fighters can be announced as their support band and somehow it makes complete sense.
That’s absurd longevity.
AC/DC aren’t simply another classic-rock act touring their catalogue.
Those opening chords still hit.
That Angus Young duckwalk still sends arenas bananas.
The schoolboy uniform still appears.
The horns go up.
And somewhere, somebody who swore they weren’t drinking tonight suddenly has their fourth pint during Thunderstruck.
Rock ‘n’ roll tradition. 🍺😂
📅 AC/DC + Foo Fighters – The Important Bits
🎸 AC/DC
🔥 Special Guests: Foo Fighters
📅 Tuesday, 8 September 2026
📍 The Dome at America’s Center
🌎 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
⚡ Foo Fighters appearance: ONE NIGHT ONLY
Foo Fighters are filling in for The Pretty Reckless specifically for the St. Louis performance.
Afterwards, the Foos return to their own touring commitments, with their Take Cover run scheduled to resume on 12 September in Fargo.
So this genuinely is a one-off.
Miss it and you’ve potentially missed a little slice of rock history.
🤘 The Riff Report Verdict
Every so often a concert gets announced where the response isn’t:
“That looks decent.”
It’s:
“HOW MUCH ARE FLIGHTS?”
AC/DC with Foo Fighters opening is firmly in the second category.
You’ve got one of the most influential hard-rock bands ever created.
You’ve got one of the defining stadium-rock bands of the last 30 years.
You’ve got Dave Grohl getting the opportunity to support musicians who helped inspire him to become the performer he is today.
And you’ve got one enormous American stadium that’s about to get absolutely battered by riffs.
This isn’t merely support-act news.
It’s a celebration of generations of rock ‘n’ roll.
From AC/DC inspiring a young Dave Grohl watching Let There Be Rock…
…to Grohl eventually becoming part of Nirvana…
…to forming Foo Fighters…
…to becoming a stadium-rock icon himself…
…and finally standing on the same bill as the band who helped light that fire in the first place.
That’s the good stuff. ❤️🎸
On 8 September, St. Louis isn’t getting an opening band and a headline band.
It’s getting two headline bands on the same bloody night.
Our sympathies go out to the roof of The Dome.
It hasn’t got a chance. 😂⚡🤘
Proudly Welsh. Proudly Loud.
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