Rock legends Foo Fighters have announced that they have been recruited to support AC/DC for a very special, one-night-only event on their ongoing Power Up tour.
Taking a quick detour from their own global stadium run, the band will be stepping in as a replacement for AC/DC‘s longtime touring partners The Pretty Reckless for the upcoming show on September 8 at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
For frontman Dave Grohl, the exclusive opening slot is a massive full-circle moment. In a lengthy and heartfelt passage shared to the band’s social media, Grohl reflected on how AC/DC’s 1980 concert film Let There Be Rock completely changed his life when he was eleven years old, introducing him to the “raw, primal power of rock and roll performance.”
Grohl expressed his excitement for the upcoming gig:
“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.”
Following the St. Louis show, The Pretty Reckless will return to join AC/DC for the remaining scheduled dates of the Power Up tour.
