Foo Fighters are heading down under, for one night only.
Dave Grohl and Co. will make the longest of hauls when they visit Tasmania next January, for their first live show in the Apple Isle since 2015.
And no, they’re not playing the state capital, Hobart. The Foos will fill it up Jan. 24, 2026 at Launceston’s UTAS Stadium, for what will mark their first live show in Tassie’s second city, a spot with a population of fewer than 100,000.
Launceston is the hometown of Michael Chugg, the legendary Australian concert promoter who co-founded Frontier Touring with the late Michael Chugg and others, and who, in 2019, struck an exclusive joint venture with Frontier Touring and his own business, Chugg Entertainment.
Frontier Touring, part of the Mushroom Group, is producing the forthcoming Foos stadium date, extending a long and successful touring relationship. It was Frontier Touring that organized the American rockers’ 13th and most recent visit to these shores, in November and December 2023, when the Foos played to sold-out stadiums in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in celebration of their 11th studio set, But Here We Are (via RCA/Sony), their first album since the passing of drummer Taylor Hawkins.
Frontier Touring teased the visit with a social post that featured the “FF” logo on a billboard, mounted on an art deco-styled pub, with the caption, “Give me a reason, show me a sign.” The message was clear, but no one would’ve guessed a single trip to Australia’s 18th most-populated city was in the cards.
It’s not the first time the Foos have taken the journey for a single, regional date. The 15-time Grammy Award winners performed in 2022 at GMHBA Stadium (Kardinia Park) in Geelong, a satellite city of Melbourne, to help refuel a touring industry crippled by the lockdown.
Foo Fighters are much-loved in these parts, with over 1.8 million records sold in Australia, and nine No. 1s on the ARIA Albums Chart, most recently with But Here We Are.
The announcement of a date in Tasmania follows news of a special concert on Jan. 14 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, which will benefit the homeless non-profits Hope the Mission and the Los Angeles Mission.
Also this week, the Foos assumed sole possession of the fourth-most No. 1s in the 44-year history of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, leading the way with “Asking for a Friend.” The single also earns the band a 13th No. 1 and second this year on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.
The general ticket onsale for the licensed, all-ages Australia concert begins Dec. 10, earlier for Frontier members and the Telstra Plus member presale. Support on the night will be rising Brisbane rock band Full Flower Moon Band, and Launceston psych-rock trio Spooky Eyes.
