Who Is Opening for Foo Fighters on the Take Cover Tour 2026?

Updated August 24, 2026 with the newly added AC/DC guest slot in St. Louis, the fall festival stops, and the Mohegan Sun arena show.

The Foo Fighters are heading out on a 12-date North American stadium run this summer and fall as part of the Take Cover Tour 2026. The support bill reads like a who's who of modern rock: Queens of the Stone Age on nearly every date, plus Mannequin Pussy and Gouge Away rotating in as additional openers. Here's everything you need to know about who's playing when.

The Take Cover Tour Openers

Three bands are splitting support duties across the tour, but Queens of the Stone Age are the clear co-headlining force on this run.

Queens of the Stone Age: Direct Support (11 of 12 dates)

Josh Homme and company are on every date except the September 12 stop in Fargo. That makes this essentially a Foo Fighters / QOTSA co-bill for the bulk of the tour, a pairing that goes back decades to Dave Grohl's drumming stint on Songs for the Deaf. If you're buying a ticket to any of these stadium shows, odds are strong you're getting both bands.

Mannequin Pussy: Select Dates

The Philadelphia hardcore punk band joins the bill for four dates: Toronto (August 4), Fargo (September 12), Regina (September 15), and Edmonton (September 17). In Fargo, they're the sole support act and the only opener on the bill, making that show the most unique date on the tour.

Gouge Away: Select Dates

The Fort Lauderdale post-hardcore group rounds out the lineup on at least two dates: Vancouver (September 20) and Las Vegas (September 26). Both are late-tour shows on the Western Canada/Nevada swing.

Full Tour Dates and Lineups

Date	City	Venue	Openers
August 4	Toronto, ON	Rogers Stadium	Queens of the Stone Age, Mannequin Pussy
August 6	Detroit, MI	Ford Field	Queens of the Stone Age
August 8	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	Queens of the Stone Age
August 10	Cleveland, OH	Huntington Bank Field	Queens of the Stone Age
August 13	Philadelphia, PA	Lincoln Financial Field	Queens of the Stone Age
August 15	Nashville, TN	Nissan Stadium	Queens of the Stone Age
August 17	Washington, DC	Nationals Park	Queens of the Stone Age
September 12	Fargo, ND	Fargodome	Mannequin Pussy
September 15	Regina, SK	Mosaic Stadium	Queens of the Stone Age, Mannequin Pussy
September 17	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium	Queens of the Stone Age, Mannequin Pussy
September 20	Vancouver, BC	BC Place	Queens of the Stone Age, Gouge Away
September 26	Las Vegas, NV	Allegiant Stadium	Queens of the Stone Age, Gouge Away
October 4	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun Arena	Support TBA

The Special Dates: AC/DC, Festivals, and Mohegan Sun

A handful of fall appearances sit outside the standard headline run:

• September 4, Rock in Rio (Rio de Janeiro): the band headlines the festival's World Stage.
• September 8, St. Louis: in a late-August surprise, Foo Fighters were announced as the OPENER for AC/DC at The Dome at America's Center, replacing The Pretty Reckless for that stop only. Foo Fighters opening for anyone is rare enough to make this one of the most talked-about rock tickets of the fall.
• September 24, Bourbon & Beyond (Louisville): Thursday headline slot, sharing the day's bill with Queens of the Stone Age, Gary Clark Jr., Joan Jett, and Cheap Trick.
• October 3, Power to the People festival (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD): Tom Morello's activist festival, with a lineup that includes Dave Matthews, Bruce Springsteen as a special guest, Joan Baez, and Cypress Hill.
• October 4, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT): part of the casino's 30th birthday celebration, and by far the smallest room on the tour. No support act has been announced.

The band has also announced a South American stadium tour for 2027, with the broader Take Cover run continuing into Oceania in November (Brisbane, Townsville, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, and Adelaide).

A New Era: Ilan Rubin on Drums

The Take Cover Tour marks the first Foo Fighters tour with drummer Ilan Rubin behind the kit. Rubin, best known for his decade-plus run with Nine Inch Nails, steps into one of the most watched drum seats in rock. The band's drumming history has always been central to their identity, and with Dave Grohl himself being one of rock's most celebrated drummers, this is a transition fans will be paying close attention to.

What Makes This Tour Stand Out

The QOTSA pairing is a big deal. Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age share deep history. Dave Grohl played drums on QOTSA's landmark 2002 album Songs for the Deaf, and the bands have traded members and stages for over two decades. Seeing them together on a stadium bill is the kind of rock double-header that doesn't come around often.

The support acts are pulling from punk and hardcore. Mannequin Pussy and Gouge Away aren't safe, radio-friendly openers. They're loud, physical bands that make sense for a Foo Fighters crowd that still values raw energy. Both acts are getting a massive platform on these stadium dates.

Fargo is the outlier. Every other headline date features Queens of the Stone Age. Fargo on September 12 is the only show where Mannequin Pussy is the sole support. If you're specifically going for QOTSA, double-check your date.

The Bigger Picture

The Take Cover Tour's North American stadium dates are part of a larger global run that included European, Australian, and Mexican legs earlier in 2026. General on-sale for North American dates was October 31, 2025, but tickets are still available across most dates through secondary markets and official channels.

Check the Foo Fighters page on TourWax for direct ticket links and updated show information.

Get tickets: Buy Foo Fighters tickets on Ticketmaster or compare prices on SeatGeek. Full dates and venue details are on the Foo Fighters page on TourWax.

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