WHAT WENT DOWN
Dave Grohl sat behind the kit for Sepultura’s “Kaiowas” at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 29, closing out the North American leg of the band’s farewell tour *†. The Foo Fighters frontman has called Sepultura’s *Roots* one of the albums that saved his life and used it as the sonic benchmark for every Foo Fighters record for a decade *.
THE DETAILS
- Grohl joined Sepultura on stage at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 29, 2026, playing drums on “Kaiowas” from their 1996 album *Roots* *†.
- The show was the final North American date on Sepultura’s Celebrating Life Through Death farewell tour, with support from Exodus, Biohazard, and Tribal Gaze *.
- Grohl told *Mojo* in 2017 that *Roots* was “sonically the most powerful album I had ever heard” and that it “became the gauge for every studio album Foo Fighters did for ten years” *.
- Only two musicians from the *Roots* recording remain in Sepultura’s current lineup: guitarist Andreas Kisser and bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr., now joined by vocalist Derrick Green and drummer Greyson Nekrutman *.
- Sepultura’s European farewell tour begins June 1, with their final show scheduled for November 7, 2026 at Mercado Livre Arena Pacaembu in São Paulo, Brazil †.
THE TAKE
Grohl showing up to play a deep cut from an album he’s publicly worshipped for nearly three decades is the kind of full-circle moment that only happens when respect runs both directions. Sepultura wraps a 40-year career with 14 gold records and a drummer who once blew up a $50,000 speaker system testing their mix *†.