Foo Fighters's 1996 Concert History

Foo Fighters is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994. Following the suicide of Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, fellow bandmate David Grohl went on to form the Foo Fighters. What started as a one-man project quickly emerged as one of the most critically and commercially successful rock bands in recent decades. After performing consistently for nearly thirty years, the band canceled all of their 2022 shows following the death of long-time drummer Taylor Hawkins on March 25, 2022. In September 2022, two tribute shows were performed in his memory. On New Year's Eve 2022, the band announced that it would carry on, albeit in a different direction. During 2023, Foo Fighters played nearly two dozen festival shows with the "Everything or Nothing At All Tour" commencing in the fall of that year and continuing through 2024.

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 20, 1996
Phoenix Festival
Bjork / Foo Fighters / Sex Pistols / Skunk Anansie / Echobelly / Alanis Morissette / The Prodigy / Jazz Passengers feat. Debbie Harry / Kenickie / Catatonia / The Cardigans / Moloko / Terrovision
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Long Marston Airfield Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Jul 19, 1996
Phoenix Festival
Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Alanis Morissette / The Manic Street Preachers / Foo Fighters / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Cj Bolland / J PAC / Lush / G Love and Special Sauce / Bis / Babybird / Elcka
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Long Marston Airfield Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Jul 19, 1996
Jul 18, 1996 –
Jul 21, 1996
Phoenix Festival 1996
Foo Fighters / Beck / Massive Attack / The Prodigy / The Flaming Lips / Alanis Morissette / Björk / Placebo / Cypress Hill / The Cardigans / Barenaked Ladies / Coolio / David Bowie / Manic Street Preachers / Nightmares On Wax / Moloko / Skunk Anansie / Lamb / Leftfield / G. Love & Special Sauce / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Super Furry Animals / Carl Cox / Incognito / The Fall / Frank Black / US3 / Lush / Cocteau Twins / Goldie / Shed Seven / Jonathan Richman / Alabama 3 / Dodgy / Asian Dub Foundation / Sneaker Pimps / LTJ Bukem / Cj Bolland / Terrorvision / Longpigs / Echobelly / Symposium / Gene / Red Snapper / James Taylor Quartet / Bis / The Wildhearts / Courtney Pine / Ruby / Marion / Lionrock / Baby Bird / Terry Callier / Drugstore / Corduroy / Wilson / Smith And Mighty / Sex Pistols / Zion Train / Mark Thomas / Strangelove: The Depeche Mode Experience / Charlie's Angels / Fabio / Rare / Cable / Kenickie / Raw Stylus / Blameless / Joyrider / Baby Chaos / 60 Ft Dolls / Linoleum / Smaller / Pillbox / Showgirls / Animals That Swim / Mantaray / Gold Blade / Send No Flowers / The Dharmas / Monorail / Kula Shaker / Andrew Weatherall (DJ Set) / Danny Rampling / Honeycrack / The Chemical Brothers Show all bands
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Long Marston, UK
Show Duplicates for Jul 18, 1996
Jul 17, 1996
Foo Fighters / Placebo
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Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Jul 16, 1996
Neil Young / Foo Fighters / Alanis Morissette
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Théâtre Antique Vienne, France
Show Duplicate for Jul 16, 1996
Jul 13, 1996 –
Jul 14, 1996
T In The Park 1996
Radiohead / Foo Fighters / Beck / Chemical Brothers / No Doubt / The Prodigy / Alanis Morissette / Placebo / The Cardigans / Barenaked Ladies / Mazzy Star / Pulp / Manic Street Preachers / Paul Oakenfold / Lamb / Leftfield / Cast / Super Furry Animals / Teenage Fanclub / The Divine Comedy / Kula Shaker / Frank Black / The Bluetones / The Afghan Whigs / Lush / Cocteau Twins / The Wannadies / Goldie / Space / Mansun / Shakespears Sister / Black Grape / LTJ Bukem / The Jesus Lizard / Slam / Mundy / Longpigs / The Saw Doctors / Dubstar / Dave Clarke / Bis / Gorky's Zygotic Mynci / The Supernaturals / Lionrock / Drugstore / The Aloof / Nicolette / Whipping Boy / Definition of sound / Geneva / Earthling / Audioweb / Kmc / Ian McNabb / Rare / Northern Uproar / 4th dimension / Octopus / Cecil / Urusei Yatsura / Ricky Ross / Compulsion / Heavy stereo / fluffy / Honeycrack / 60 Ft Dolls / The Daisies / The Gyres / Nut / Nilon Bombers / dogstar / Crazy Gods Of Endless Noise / Suga Bullit / DJ Harri / Nowaysis Show all bands
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Strathclyde Country Park Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Jul 13, 1996
Jul 11, 1996
Foo Fighters Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Jul 06, 1996
Meshell Ndegeocello / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Radiohead / Foo Fighters / David Bowie / Moby / Rage Against The Machine / Massive Attack / Björk / The Prodigy / Alanis Morissette / Moloko / Underworld / The Presidents of The United States of Ame...
Meshell Ndegeocello / Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Radiohead / Foo Fighters / David Bowie / Moby / Rage Against The Machine / Massive Attack / Björk / The Prodigy / Alanis Morissette / Moloko / Underworld / The Presidents of The United States of America / Sepultura / Skunk Anansie / House of Pain / Fun Lovin' Criminals / Therapy? / The Afghan Whigs / Grant Lee Buffalo / Dog Eat Dog / Metal Molly Show all bands
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Werchter, Flanders, Belgium
Jul 05, 1996 –
Jul 06, 1996
Rock Torhout '96
Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Björk / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Radiohead / Rage Against The Machine / Massive Attack / Sepultura / Pulp / Alanis Morisette / Moondog Jr. / Afghan Whigs / Moloko / House of Pain / Presidents of the USA / Metal Molly / The Prodigy / David Bowie / Underworld / Therapy? / Chemical Brothers / Foo Fighters / Moby / Grant Lee Buffalo / Fun Lovin’ Criminals / Dog Eat Dog / Mazzy Star / Skunk Anansie / The Customers Show all bands
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Festivalpark Torhout Torhout, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicate for Jul 05, 1996
Jul 04, 1996
Foo Fighters
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Kristiansand, Norway
Jul 03, 1996
Foo Fighters
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Gdynia, Pomerania, Poland
Jun 15, 1996 –
Jun 16, 1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Red Hot Chili Peppers / Rage Against The Machine / Beastie Boys / The Smashing Pumpkins / The Fugees / Beck / Sonic Youth / Bjork / Skatalites / De La Soul / A Tribe Called Quest / Yoko Ono / John Lee Hooker / Foo Fighters / Biz Markie / Pavement / Cibo Matto / Richie Havens Show all bands
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Polo Field, Golden Gate Park San Francisco, California, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 15, 1996
Jun 01, 1996
HFStival 1996
Foo Fighters / No Doubt / Garbage / Everclear / Gin Blossoms / Cracker / Guided By Voices / Dishwalla / The Afghan Whigs / Lush / Gravity Kills / Jimmie's Chicken Shack / Girls Against Boys / Jawbox / Howlin' Maggie / Fred Schneider / Solution A.d. / Jewel / Goldfinger / The Presidents of The United States of America Show all bands
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RFK Stadium Washington, D.C., United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 01, 1996
May 26, 1996
Everclear / The Afghan Whigs / Korn / Cracker / Filter / No Doubt / Girls Against Boys / Foo Fighters
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Q101 FM Chicago, Illinois, United States
May 25, 1996
Jamboree 1996
Foo Fighters / Garbage / Filter / Girls Against Boys / Candlebox / Cypress Hill / Stabbing Westward / Cracker / No Doubt / Everclear / Korn / Seven Mary Three
New World Music Theater Tinley Park, Illinois, United States
May 05, 1996
Foo Fighters
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Los Angeles, California, United States
May 04, 1996
Jawbreaker / Foo Fighters / Ween
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Crawford Hall, UC Irvine (UCI) Los Angeles, California, United States
May 03, 1996
Foo Fighters
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Los Angeles, California, United States
May 02, 1996
Ween / Jawbreaker / Foo Fighters
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Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, California, United States
Apr 30, 1996
pansy division / Foo Fighters / Jawbreaker / Ween / 7 Year Bitch
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The Warfield Theatre San Francisco, California, United States

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Tibetan Freedom Concert
Jun 15 - 16, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Added by Jeremy Heath


Tibetan Freedom Concert
Jun 15 - 16, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Added by Jeremy Heath


Tibetan Freedom Concert
Jun 15 - 16, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Added by Jeremy Heath


Tibetan Freedom Concert
Jun 15 - 16, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Added by Jeremy Heath


Foo Fighters / Sonic Youth / Beastie Boys
Jan 20, 1996
 Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
  Added by Mon C


Phoenix Festival
Jul 20, 1996
 Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
  Added by Mark Sanderson
Credit: Darren Wilshaw

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Tibetan Freedom Concert on Jun 15, 1996 [310-small]

Tibetan Freedom Concert
Jun 15 - 16, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Uploaded by Jeremy Heath

Tibetan Freedom Concert on Jun 15, 1996 [311-small]

Tibetan Freedom Concert
Jun 15 - 16, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Uploaded by Jeremy Heath

Foo Fighters on Mar 25, 1996 [666-small]

Foo Fighters
Mar 25, 1996
 Kansas City, Kansas, United States
  Uploaded by Wadcorp

Foo Fighters / Sonic Youth / Beastie Boys on Jan 20, 1996 [776-small]

Foo Fighters / Sonic Youth / Beastie Boys
Jan 20, 1996
 Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
  Uploaded by Mon C

Foo Fighters / Sonic Youth / Beastie Boys on Jan 20, 1996 [777-small]

Foo Fighters / Sonic Youth / Beastie Boys
Jan 20, 1996
 Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines
  Uploaded by Mon C

Tibetan Freedom Concert on Jun 15, 1996 [404-small]

Tibetan Freedom Concert
Jun 15 - 16, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Uploaded by Primus913

Foo Fighters / Jawbreaker / Ween / Pansy Division / 7 Year Bitch on Apr 29, 1996 [447-small]

Foo Fighters / Jawbreaker / Ween / Pansy Division / 7 Year Bitch
Apr 29, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Uploaded by Russdudeman

Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 on Jun 15, 1996 [455-small]

Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Jun 15 - 16, 1996
 San Francisco, California, United States
  Uploaded by Russdudeman

Foo Fighters / The Breeders on Apr 12, 1996 [968-small]

Foo Fighters / The Breeders
Apr 12, 1996
 Tampa, Florida, United States
  Uploaded by Bigpinkbang

T In The Park 1996 on Jul 13, 1996 [547-small]

T In The Park 1996
Jul 13 - 14, 1996
 Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Wheechie

Phoenix Festival 1996 on Jul 18, 1996 [886-small]

Phoenix Festival 1996
Jul 18 - 21, 1996
 Long Marston, UK
  Uploaded by Leggz11

T In The Park 1996 on Jul 13, 1996 [729-small]

T In The Park 1996
Jul 13 - 14, 1996
 Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Uploaded by Wheechie

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


Who are the Foo Fighters?

The Foo Fighters are a post-grunge rock band formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl following the disbanding of Nirvana amid the death of frontman and lead vocalist Kurt Cobain. Prior to starting the Foo Fighters, Grohl was the drummer of Nirvana, but as a member of the Foo Fighters, he acts as lead singer, guitarist, and frontman. Over the last several decades, Grohl has led the Foo Fighters to international fame and stardom despite several shifts in the core members in the early years of the band. Not only have the Foo Fighters won over a dozen Grammys, they were also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during their first year of eligibility (2021).

When did the Foo Fighters form?

After Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, Nirvana disbanded. Former Nirvana drummer, Dave Grohl, started the Foo Fighters soon thereafter. Initially, Foo Fighters was a one-man band with Dave Grohl playing all of the instruments on his demo tape. While Grohl was unable to recruit former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic to join the Foo Fighters, he did successfully recruit Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith, and guitarist Pat Smear. They performed together for the first time on February 23, 1995 at the Jambalaya Club in Arcata, California.

Where are the Foo Fighters from?

The Foo Fighters were formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1994 with three of the four founding members living along the West Coast. Only David Grohl was an outsider to the West, being a native of Warren, Ohio.

What does “Foo Fighters” mean?

The name “Foo Fighters” comes from a World War II term for unidentified flying objects..

How did the Foo Fighters get their name?

Dave Grohl came across the term while reading books about UFO sightings before he had recruited any other members to the band. Thinking the only way to attract fellow musicians was to give the impression that a band already existed. Because he liked the name "Foo Fighters," he used it as the name of the future band.

How much do the Foo Fighters make per concert?

It is reported that the Foo Fighters make an average of $1 million per concert or show. This number, of course, can vary greatly depending on the particular venue and ticket prices. They are among the highest-earning bands in the world, and their concerts are typically very well-attended.

What should you wear to a Foo Fighters concert?

There is no strict dress code for a Foo Fighters concert, but most attendees dress comfortably in casual clothes. Many people wear t-shirts and jeans. You might see some people in band merchandise, but it is not required. Just be sure to wear something you can move and dance in! A comfortable pair of close-toed shoes is also a good idea.

Who is Dave Grohl?

Dave Grohl is a musician, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the founder and lead singer of the Foo Fighters. He was also the drummer for Nirvana, one of the most successful and influential grunge bands of all time. Grohl has won multiple Grammy Awards and is considered one of the greatest rock musicians of our generation.

Where does Dave Grohl live?

Dave Grohl lives in Encino, California, but he is originally from Warren, Ohio and has lived in a few different states, such as Virginia and Illinois. He also has a property in Oxnard, California.

How tall is Dave Grohl?

Dave Grohl is reported to be about six feet tall.

How old is Dave Grohl?

Dave Grohl is 55 years old. He was born on January 14, 1969.

How many concerts has Foo Fighters had?

Foo Fighters has had 1,659 concerts.

What genre is Foo Fighters?

Foo Fighters is most often considered to be Rock, Indie Rock, United States, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Alternative, Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Modern Rock, Post-Grunge, Grunge, and Permanent Wave.

When is the next Foo Fighters concert?

The next Foo Fighters concert is on May 01, 2024 at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, Texas, United States. The bands performing are: Foo Fighters / Nova Twins.

When was the last Foo Fighters concert?

The last Foo Fighters concert was on March 05, 2024 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., United States.

What setlist does Foo Fighters play live?

The songs that Foo Fighters performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the March 05, 2024 concert at The Anthem in Washington, D.C., United States:

  1. All My Life
  2. No Son of Mine
  3. Learn to Fly
  4. Rescued
  5. The Pretender
  6. Times Like These
  7. Nothing at All
  8. My Hero
  9. The Sky Is a Neighborhood
  10. This Is a Call
  11. Guitar Solo / Sabotage / Keyboard Solo / Blitzkrieg Bop
  12. These Days
  13. Monkey Wrench
  14. Best of You
  15. Everlong

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