Take Cover Tour

Take Cover Tour

World tour by Foo Fighters
Promotional poster
Location	Europe North America Oceania South America
Associated album	Your Favorite Toy
Start date	January 10, 2026 (2026-01-10)
End date	March 3, 2027 (2027-03-03)
No. of shows	53
Supporting acts	Full Flower Moon Band Spooky Eyes Frankie and the Witch Fingers Royel Otis Otoboke Beaver Inhaler Die Spitz Idles Fat Dog Queens of the Stone Age Mannequin Pussy Gouge Away Mini Skirt Downgirl The Belair Lip Bombs TEENS The Buoys C.O.F.F.I.N FRENZEE Kurralta Park Dartz Seek Help! Dick Move Ringlets The Southern River Band Last Quokka The Pretty Reckless Die Spitz Alain Johannes Pinkshift Still in Therapy Mali Niña Lobo Gamepad Usted Señalemelo Pacifica Adelaida Aurora Voraz Cometa a la Deriva Lucy Perez Karen Dió Deb and The Mentals
Foo Fighters concert chronology

The Take Cover Tour is a concert tour by the American rock band Foo Fighters. The tour was announced on October 23, 2025, with only North America tour dates at first. More tour dates in Europe, Oceania and South America were announced later.

The tour started on January 10, 2026, in León, Mexico and is set to conclude on March 3, 2027, in Lima, Perú.

This is the band's first tour with new drummer Ilan Rubin, following the departure of Josh Freese.

Background

Foo Fighters after the performance with touring member Jason Falkner in London, 2026

The band teased that there is a major tour coming on September 16, 2025, stating "Stay tuned", and "There's more to come". The tour was officially announced one month later on October 23, 2025, with twelve stadium tour dates in United States and Canada spanning through August and September 2026. Three more festival shows in the United States were later announced, and are set to take place in May and September 2026. Another headlining arena show in Bridgeport, Connecticut was announced on March 16, 2026.

The European leg of the tour was announced on November 10, 2025, with nine stadium shows and three festival dates in June and July 2026. One more festival date at the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands was announced two weeks later on November 24, 2025.

The band performed a special benefit concert in Inglewood, United States at the Kia Forum on January 14, 2026. All proceeds from the show were donated to Hope The Mission and Los Angeles Mission organizations. On December 3, 2025, they announced another one-off show in Launceston, Australia at the UTAS Stadium, which took place on January 24, 2026.

In January 2026, it was announced that Pat Smear would be absent for the beginning of the tour after suffering an injury. Guitarist Jason Falkner would take his place.

On February 18, 2026, the band announced a full Australian and New Zealand tour with two legs, one in November 2026 and one in January 2027. The following day the band released new single "Your Favorite Toy" and announced the release of their new album with the same name as the single, which will come out on April 24, 2026. Later that week a series of three intimate shows across Ireland and England was announced, that took place later that month.

On February 26, 2026, it was announced, that the band will be headlining the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil on September 4, 2026. Later, on August 14, 2026, the band announced two solo stadium shows in the country, in the cities of Belo Horizonte and São Paulo.

On April 29, 2026, the band announced on social media two pop up shows in Manhattan, New York at Irving Plaza on April 30, and in Sayreville, New Jersey at Starland Ballroom on May 2, 2026. Tickets were only available from the venue box office.

Set list

The following set list is taken from the concert held on April 28, 2026, in Bridgeport. It does not represent all concerts.

1. "All My Life"
2. "Caught in the Echo"
3. "Times Like These"
4. "The Pretender"
5. "Of All People"
6. "Stacked Actors"
7. "These Days"
8. "Walk"
9. "My Hero"
10. "Learn to Fly"
11. "Your Favorite Toy"
12. "This Is a Call"
13. "No Son of Mine"
14. "The Sky Is a Neighborhood"
15. "Shame Shame"
16. "White Limo"
17. "Spit Shine"
18. "Rescued"
19. "Under You"
20. "Aurora"
21. "Monkey Wrench"
22. "Hey, Johnny Park!"
23. "Big Me"
24. "Best of You"

Encore

25. "A320"
26. "Child Actor"
27. "Unconditional"
28. "Exhausted"
29. "Everlong"

Tour dates

List of 2026 concerts

Date (2026)	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
January 10	León	Mexico	Velaria de la Feria	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
January 14	Inglewood	United States	Kia Forum		—	—
January 24	Launceston	Australia	UTAS Stadium	Full Flower Moon Band Spooky Eyes	24,100 / 24,100	$3,000,000
February 23	Dublin	Ireland	The Academy	—N/a	—	—
February 25	London	England	Shepherd's Bush Empire		—	—
February 27	Manchester		O2 Ritz		—	—
April 28	Bridgeport	United States	Total Mortgage Arena	Frankie and the Witch Fingers	—	—
April 30	New York		Irving Plaza	—N/a	—	—
May 2	Sayreville		Starland Ballroom		—	—
May 8	Daytona Beach		Daytona International Speedway		—N/a	—N/a
May 23	Napa		Napa Valley Expo
June 10	Oslo	Norway	Unity Arena	Royel Otis Otoboke Beaver	—	—
June 12	Stockholm	Sweden	Nationalarenan		—	—
June 15	Warsaw	Poland	Stadion Narodowy		—	—
June 17	Munich	Germany	Allianz Arena	Inhaler Otoboke Beaver	—	—
June 19	Paris	France	Paris La Défense Arena		—	—
June 21	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Megaland	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
June 25	Liverpool	England	Anfield	Inhaler Otoboke Beaver	—	—
June 27				Royel Otis Die Spitz
July 1	Berlin	Germany	Olympiastadion	Idles Fat Dog	—	—
July 3	Vienna	Austria	Ernst Happel Stadion		—	—
July 5	Milan	Italy	Ippodromo La Maura	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
July 8	Madrid	Spain	Valdebebas
July 10	Lisbon	Portugal	Passeio Marítimo de Algés
August 4	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Stadium	Queens of the Stone Age Mannequin Pussy	—	—
August 6	Detroit	United States	Ford Field		—	—
August 8	Chicago		Soldier Field		—	—
August 10	Cleveland		Huntington Bank Field		—	—
August 13	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field		—	—
August 15	Nashville		Nissan Stadium		—	—
August 17	Washington, D.C.		Nationals Park		—	—
September 4	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Barra Olympic Park	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
September 12	Fargo	United States	Fargodome	Mannequin Pussy	—	—
September 15	Regina	Canada	Mosaic Stadium	Queens of the Stone Age Mannequin Pussy	—	—
September 17	Edmonton		Commonwealth Stadium		—	—
September 20	Vancouver		BC Place	Queens of the Stone Age Gouge Away	—	—
September 24	Louisville	United States	Kentucky Exposition Center	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
September 26	Paradise		Allegiant Stadium	Queens of the Stone Age Gouge Away	—	—
November 5	Brisbane	Australia	Suncorp Stadium	Full Flower Moon Band Mini Skirt	—	—
November 7	Townsville		Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Full Flower Moon Band Downgirl	—	—
November 10	Sydney		Accor Stadium	The Belair Lip Bombs TEENS	—	—
November 12	Newcastle		McDonald Jones Stadium	The Buoys C.O.F.F.I.N	—	—
November 14	Melbourne		Marvel Stadium	The Belair Lip Bombs FRENZEE	—	—
November 17	Adelaide		Coopers Stadium	Kurralta Park Spooky Eyes	—	—

List of 2027 concerts

Date (2027)	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
January 19	Christchurch	New Zealand	One New Zealand Stadium	Dartz Seek Help!	—	—
January 22	Auckland		Western Springs Stadium	Dick Move Ringlets	—	—
January 25	Perth	Australia	HBF Park	The Southern River Band Last Quokka	—	—
January 29	Bengaluru	India	Bengaluru LIVE	The Pretty Reckless Die Spitz Alain Johannes Pinkshift	—	—
January 31	Mumbai		Mahalaxmi Racecourse	The Pretty Reckless Die Spitz Still in Therapy Mali	—	—
February 18	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	Arena MRV	Karen Dió Deb and The Mentals	—	—
February 20	São Paulo		Estádio MorumBIS		—	—
February 23	Montevideo	Uruguay	Estadio Centenario	Niña Lobo Gamepad	—	—
February 25	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio River Plate	Usted Señalemelo Pacifica	—	—
February 28	Santiago	Chile	Parque Deportivo Estadio Nacional	Adelaida Aurora Voraz	—	—
March 3	Lima	Perú	Estadio Universidad San Marcos	Cometa a la Deriva Lucy Perez	—	—
Total					24,100	$3,000,000

Personnel

Foo Fighters

• Dave Grohl – lead vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, drums
• Pat Smear – guitar
• Chris Shiflett – guitar, backing vocals
• Nate Mendel – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Rami Jaffee – keyboards, theremin
• Ilan Rubin – drums, backing vocals, guitar

Touring musicians

• Jason Falkner – guitar (substitute for Pat Smear on early shows)