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When Foo Fighters takes the signifier successful Bengaluru and Mumbai successful January 2027, it volition people the archetypal clip the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-inducted, 15-time GRAMMY Award-winning set has ever performed successful India.
For a set that has spent much than 3 decades circling the globe, the lack has ever felt surprising. Since forming successful 1995, the Foo Fighters has toured extensively crossed North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. They person played markets specified arsenic Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and South Korea implicit the years, but India remained 1 of the fewer large territories they had yet to visit.
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters | Photo Credit: Joseph Okpako
That yet changes adjacent twelvemonth erstwhile Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee and Ilan Rubin bring their celebrated unrecorded amusement to Bengaluru LIVE connected January 29 and Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Racecourse connected January 31. Produced by BookMyShow Live, the concerts are being positioned arsenic full-day stone events, featuring a supporting lineup that includes The Pretty Reckless and Die Spitz successful some cities, alongside Pinkshift and Alain Johannes successful Bengaluru, and Mali and Still In Therapy successful Mumbai.
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The announcement comes astatine a clip erstwhile India’s unrecorded euphony ecosystem has undergone a melodramatic transformation. Once viewed arsenic an unpredictable marketplace for planetary tours, the state has go an progressively important halt connected the planetary performance circuit. In caller years, audiences person turned retired successful ample numbers for artistes including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Green Day, Guns N’ Roses, Maroon 5 and Post Malone, signalling some the standard and maturity of the market.
Yet Foo Fighters occupies a chiseled spot successful stone music. Emerging from the aftermath of Nirvana, Grohl’s task evolved into 1 of the defining bands of the past 30 years, producing a catalogue of songs that proceed to resonate crossed generations. Tracks specified arsenic ‘Everlong’, ‘My Hero’, ‘Learn to Fly’, ‘Times Like These’, ‘All My Life’, ‘Best of You’, and ‘The Pretender’ person go staples of modern stone vigor and unrecorded euphony culture.
Dave Grohl and Pat Smear of The Foo Fighters perform | Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur
The India dates travel the merchandise of Your Favorite Toy, the band’s twelfth workplace album, which has been described arsenic a instrumentality to the band’s guitar-driven roots. Fans tin expect a career-spanning setlist, mixing newer worldly with the songs that helped found Foo Fighters arsenic 1 of rock’s past large arena bands.
“After 31 years arsenic a band, we can’t hold to yet play for our fans successful India,” Dave Grohl said successful a statement. “It’s taken a fewer years but we committedness it’ll beryllium worthy the wait.”
General on-sale of tickets goes unrecorded astatine 12pm connected Tuesday, June 16, connected BookMyShow
