Is Foo Fighters a one-man band?

Not anymore, but Foo Fighters started that way by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, who played all the instruments and sang on the vocals on the band’s debut album.

Is Foo Fighters grunge?

Foo Fighters is an American rock band, frontman Dave Grohl helped popularize the term post-grunge by describing his band’s style as such.

What is the best selling Foo Fighters album?

The best selling Foo Fighters album to date is The Colour and the Shape from May 1997, which sold over 2.3 million copies in the US alone.

Foo Fighters Next Concert Setlist & tour dates 2026

Live Stats

Popular songs in setlists

Top 10 most played songs by Foo Fighters: Setlist highlights from the Last 40 Concerts.

New to Foo Fighters? Listen to the best songs first ()

My Hero

Learn to Fly

Everlong

All My Life

The Pretender

Times Like These

Best of You

Aurora

Walk

No Son of Mine

Setlist overview

The setlist for the next concert features live songs from the following albums:

Next Setlist

Check out and listen to the setlist of the upcoming Concert (Spotify playlist updated after every tour date):

How long is the concert?

Based on the average Setlist, Foo Fighters will perform live for about 3:07.
Here is the probable setlist inspired by recent concerts (99% probability):

Song title

Listen

Popularity

Buy

All My Life
The Pretender
Times Like These
Rope
Stacked Actors
My Hero
Learn to Fly
These Days
Walk
This Is a Call
No Son of Mine

Encore #1

Wheels
Marigold (Late! cover)
Big Me
Under You

Encore #2

La Dee Da
Run
Invincible / Seven / One Headlight / Manimal / Tap Dancing in a Minefield
Monkey Wrench
Breakout
Window
Aurora
Best of You
The Teacher

Encore #3

Exhausted
Everlong

Encore #4

Your Favorite Toy

Foo Fighters Tour Map 2026

Follow Foo Fighters on tour with our interactive Tour Map. Explore the places where the concerts will take and find out where you can catch Foo Fighters on tour near you.
19 upcoming concerts, touring across these countries with exciting setlists and live performances: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, India, New Zealand, Peru, United States, etc.

Foo Fighters Biography

Foo Fighters is an American rock band. They were formed in 1994 in Seattle, Washington. The sole founding member was lead vocalist and guitarist Dave Grohl (born on January 14, 1969 in Warren, Ohio), the former drummer of Nirvana.

Grohl joined the legendary grunge band Nirvana in 1990 as a drummer. After their frontman, Kurt Cobain tragically committed suicide, the band was dismantled. Grohl was rumored to be joining other major bands, such as Pearl Jam or Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. However, he instead started recording his own music. He played every instrument on the tracks and released them anonymously under the name “Foo Fighters”. The name is a World War II term for unidentified flying objects. He was hoping the audience would perceive it as if a whole band was playing.

His demo tape was met with interest from the music industry. It was released as a self-titled album, “Foo Fighters”, by Capitol Records in July 1995. It became a moderate hit, peaking at the #23 spot on the Billboard 200 chart.

Seeing that this project was going somewhere, Grohl decided to form an actual band around it. Since he alone couldn't play all instruments at a Foo Foghters concert, he recruited other musicians. One of the touring guitarists from his old band Nirvana, Pat Smear, joined as the second guitarist, bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith came from the recently dismantled Seattle band Sunny Day Real Estate. Grohl remained on the lead vocals and on the lead guitar. They had their first Foo Fighters concert in early 1995 in Arcata, California.

Their second studio album, the first one produced by a full band line-up, came out in May 1997 with the title “The Colour and the Shape”. It became a massive hit, selling over 2.3 million copies in the United States alone, and reaching the #10 spot on Billboard 200. Since then, the Seattle-based rock band has released 8 more albums, thus they have 10 in total. Their best selling one has remained “The Colour and the Shape” from 1997. Meanwhile, the latest new Foo Fighters album came out in February 2021, with the title “Medicine at Midnight”.

The Foo Fighters’ biggest hits to date are “Everlong” (1997), “Learn to Fly” (1999), “Best of You” (2005), and “The Pretender” (2007). Their current line-up consists of the sole founder Grohl as the lead singer and guitarist, Smear as the second guitarist and backup vocalist, Chris Shiflett as the third guitarist, Nate Mendel as the bassist, and Rami Jaffee as the keyboardist.

Foo Fighters News

8 Aug 2026
Foo Fighters surprise-release live EP "Are Playing Where??? Vol. II" on Bandcamp, featuring tracks from New York and New Jersey shows.
4 Jul 2026
Foo Fighters' Ilan Rubin faces new fraud allegations in Q Drum Co. lawsuit – Brandi Booth cross-complains of civil conspiracy, fiduciary duty breach, claims drummer manipulated records and accessed trademarks, Rubin denies allegations citing 32-year friendship with founder.
8 Jan 2026
Foo Fighters announce Pat Smear will miss several shows after breaking his foot, with Jason Falkner filling in on guitar.
17 May 2025
Foo Fighters fire drummer Josh Freese.

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