Foo Fighters announce 3 new shows in 2023, including concert in Birmingham
Foo Fighters are coming to Birmingham this summer, playing on their first tour since last year’s tribute concerts honoring the band’s late drummer, Taylor Hawkins.
Foo Fighters are set to perform on June 16 at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham, a 10,500-seat venue at 1000 Amphitheater Road. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 3, at 10 a.m. CT via Ticketmaster/Live Nation, priced at $59.50, $79.50, $99.50 and $129.50, plus service charges.
Various pre-sales started on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 11 a.m. CT, and end on Thursday, March 2, at 10 p.m. CT, according to the Live Nation ticket listing.
Promoter Red Mountain Entertainment announced the show here on Tuesday, along with Live Nation and the band’s publicist. The Pelham concert is one of 15 shows confirmed by the band for 2023. (See the full list of tour dates here.)
Two other shows announced on Tuesday are scheduled for May 24, in Gilford, N.H., at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion; and June 14 in Rogers, Ark., at the Walmart AMP.
“Further making good on their New Year’s Eve promise that they’d see you all soon, Foo Fighters have announced three new headline shows,” the press release says. “The newly confirmed dates … add to a 2023 touring regimen of festivals including Bonnaroo, Boston Calling, Harley-Davidson Homecoming and more.”
There’s no word yet on who’ll be at the drum kit for Foo Fighters, and a publicist for the band declined to comment.
Hawkins, the longtime drummer for Foo Fighters, died in March 2022 at age 50. The musician, who was overseas with the band, had an assortment of opioids in his system, according to Colombian authorities. At the time, Foo Fighters were readying for a headlining set at Lollapalooza Brazil.
Foo Fighters performed two shows in September 2022 — the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts — at London’s Wembley Stadium and The Kia Forum in Los Angeles. The all-star events featured band members Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee, along with artists such as Pink, Gene Simmons, John Paul Jones, Nancy Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Nile Rodgers, Chrissie Hynde, Lars Ulrich, Travis Barker and Sebastian Bach.
“As one of the most respected and beloved figures in modern music, Taylor’s monolithic talent and magnetic personality endeared him to millions of fans, peers, friends and fellow musical legends the world over,” Foo Fighters said at the time, via a press release. “Millions mourned his untimely passing on March 25, with passionate and sincere tributes coming from fans as well as musicians Taylor idolized. The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts will unite several of those artists, the Hawkins family and of course his Foo Fighters brothers in celebration of Taylor’s memory and his legacy as a global rock icon — his bandmates and his inspirations playing the songs that he fell in love with, and the ones he brought to life.”
The tribute concerts were livestreamed on various platforms, including Paramount+ and Pluto TV, and proceeds benefited the charities Music Support and MusiCares, chosen by the Hawkins family.
In December 2022, Foo Fighters promised to be back on tour this year, via a statement on social media. “Without Taylor, we know that we’re going to be a different band going forward.,” Foo Fighters said. Here’s the full statement:
“As we say goodbye to the most difficult and tragic year that our band has ever known, we are reminded of how thankful we are for the people that we love and cherish most, and for the loved ones who are no longer with us.
“Foo Fighters were formed 27 years ago to represent the healing power of music and a continuation of life, and for the past 27 years, our fans have built a worldwide community, a devoted support system that has helped us all get through the darkest of times together. “A place to share our joy and our pain, our hopes and fears, and to join a chorus of life together through music. Without Taylor, we never would have become the band that we were – and without Taylor, we know that we’re going to be a different band going forward.
“We also know that you, the fans meant as much to Taylor as he meant to you, and we know that when we see you again — and we will soon — he’ll be there in spirit with all of us every night.”