In a surprise development that rock fans in the Gateway City are already calling a dream pairing, the Foo Fighters will step in as special guests for AC/DC’s September 8 concert at The Dome at America’s Center. The Dave Grohl-led band is filling the slot originally held by The Pretty Reckless on the Australian legends’ ongoing Power Up Tour.
The announcement came Thursday from Grohl himself. The Foo Fighters, who recently wrapped the North American stadium dates of their own Take Cover Tour, will make a one-night appearance between their September 4 headline set at Rock in Rio and their September 12 show in Fargo, North Dakota.
The Pretty Reckless, led by Taylor Momsen, have served as the primary opening act for AC/DC across much of the current North American stadium run. A spokesperson for the band had not commented by Thursday evening on the reason for their absence from the St. Louis date. The group is scheduled to play a headlining show the following night in Indianapolis.
For Grohl, the booking carries deep personal meaning. In a lengthy statement posted Thursday, he recalled seeing AC/DC’s 1980 concert film Let There Be Rock as an 11-year-old at Washington, D.C.’s Uptown Theatre. The experience, he said, fundamentally shaped his approach to performing.
“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,” Grohl wrote. He described the film’s impact as setting an impossibly high bar for intensity, stamina, and commitment onstage.
“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,” he continued. “This is literally a dream come true. So…..if you want blood….you’ve got it. Let there be f–king rock, St Louis. See you September 8th.”
The timing aligns neatly with the Foo Fighters’ schedule. After closing their recent stadium run with a three-hour performance August 17 at Nationals Park in Grohl’s hometown area, the band has a brief window before resuming their own dates. The St. Louis appearance slots in as a rare one-off support slot for a group that has headlined stadiums worldwide for years.
AC/DC’s Power Up Tour, supporting their 2020 album of the same name, has drawn large crowds across North America this summer with a lineup featuring Angus Young, Brian Johnson, Stevie Young, Matt Laug, and Chris Chaney. The September 8 show at the 67,000-capacity Dome marks the band’s return to St. Louis, where they last played in 2016.
The bill now pairs two of rock’s most reliable live acts. AC/DC remain one of the genre’s most consistent stadium draws more than 50 years after their formation, while the Foo Fighters have spent three decades delivering high-energy, career-spanning sets that routinely run well past two hours.
Tickets for the September 8 concert remain available through official channels. For St. Louis rock fans, the late substitution transforms an already major event into something rarer: a chance to see Grohl and company share a bill with the band that first inspired him to pick up the drums.
