FOO FIGHTERS To Open For AC/DC For One Night Only In St. Louis

FOO FIGHTERS are taking a special one-off detour from their "Take Cover" global stadium tour to fill in for their friends THE PRETTY RECKLESS as special guests of AC/DC for one night only on September 8 at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

The performance brings two generations of rock's biggest live acts together for a one-night-only event, with the FOO FIGHTERS opening for the hard rock legends' St. Louis tour stop. Tickets are on sale now at LiveNation.com.

FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl commented: "I remember it like it was yesterday… It was AC/DC's 1980 concert film 'Let There Be Rock' that truly introduced me to the raw, primal power of rock and roll performance for the first time. Sure, I had BEATLES records, I had KISS posters, I had an old, broken acoustic guitar with a few strings that I would pretend to play in front of the hallway closet mirror when no one was home, but it wasn't until that fateful night at the tender age of eleven years old that my best friend, Larry Hinkle and I went downtown to the Uptown theater in Washington D.C. and actually witnessed it on full display.

"Watching from the edge of my seat the entire time, it was like nothing I had ever experienced before. How could five human beings conjure and possess such intensity onstage with just their instruments, and do so with such swagger, such groove….and such danger? My mind was blown. Melted. Changed forever. And my heart felt like it might explode with passion and inspiration.

"From that night on, the bar was set exceptionally high. If you were a drummer and you didn't have to change your snare drum between songs from pummeling it to splinters, you weren't hitting it hard enough. If you were a guitarist and you didn't need oxygen on the side of the stage between solos, you weren't playing hard enough. If you were a frontman in a band and you weren't drenched in sweat by the end of the show, you weren't giving the audience what they deserve (All of these moments can be witnessed in this legendary film).

"It's safe to say that if it weren't for this movie, this band, and their decades of timeless anthems, I surely would have approached my life in music from a different perspective. So, if you have ever seen me beat the living shit out of a drum set, or run from side to side of a stage drenched in sweat after hours of hammering my guitar to pieces, you'll now understand why. All I have ever wanted was to someday live up to the awe inspiring fury of AC/DC, live onstage (an impossible task, by the way).

"And now, for the first time since that fateful night in 1980, my band FOO FIGHTERS will share a stage with the gentlemen who are single handedly responsible for my determination to give every audience everything I have, every night. This is literally a dream come true. So…..if you want blood….you've got it.

"Let there be fucking rock, St Louis. See you September 8th."

In a March 2021 interview with "Anders Bøtters Tiny TV", Grohl reflected on the first time he met AC/DC. He said: "I wasn't performing at the Grammys; I was presenting an award or something. I'm lucky to say that Paul McCartney is a friend, and I love him very much. As much as he's a hero of mine, he's also a very sweet man and a friend. And so he was in town too. And he called and said, 'What are you doing after the Grammys?' I said, 'I think maybe me and [FOO FIGHTERS bandmates] Pat [Smear] and Taylor [Hawkins] are just gonna have dinner.' And he said, 'Do you mind if me and Nancy [Paul's wife] come?' I'm, like, 'No. That'd be great.' So then he bumps into AC/DC in a hotel or something. And then they say, 'What are you doing after the show?' And he says, 'I'm gonna go have dinner with the FOO FIGHTERS.' And Paul said, 'Do you wanna come?' So Paul's wife calls my wife, and then my wife says, 'Hey, do you mind if AC/DC comes to dinner?' And I had never met AC/DC.

"When I was maybe — I don't know — 10 years old, I went to see that movie 'Let There Be Rock', the [AC/DC] live concert film, in a movie theater," Dave continued. "This is before I was punk rock. That was the first time I saw a performance and heard music that made me wanna fucking break something. And still to this day, I use that as reference for how I like to play a show. I wanna be like AC/DC 'Let There Be Rock'. That's a live band."

Circling back to the first time he met AC/DC, Dave concluded: "So then we had this beautiful night. And there was this jazz band. And it was one of the greatest nights of my entire life."

After Malcolm Young died in November 2017, Grohl posted a touching tribute to AC/DC's founding rhythm guitarist on social media. He wrote: "37 years ago, my friend Larry Hinkle and I went to see a midnight movie on a Friday night at the Uptown Theater in Washington D.C. It was 1980. We were 11 years old. The movie was 'Let There Be Rock'. And it changed my life.

"That film, a live AC/DC performance from Paris [in] 1979, is everything that live [rock] and roll should be. Sweaty. Loose. Loud. A relentless performance from the perfect band. It was the first time I lost control to music. The first time I wanted to be in a band. I didn't want to play my guitar anymore, I wanted to smash it.

"Thank you, Malcolm, for the songs, and the feel, and the cool, and the years of losing control to your rock and roll."

FOO FIGHTERS are currently in the midst of the North American leg of their massive "Take Cover" stadium tour and recently announced a series of South American shows to take place in early 2027.

FOO FIGHTERS' latest album, "Your Favorite Toy", came out in April via Roswell Records/RCA Records.

"Your Favorite Toy" was co-produced by FOO FIGHTERS and Oliver Roman, engineered by Oliver Roman and mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent.

"Your Favorite Toy"'s release coincided with the launch of FOO FIGHTERS' massive "Take Cover" world tour.