Foo Fighters Team With LA Philharmonic at Hollywood Bowl for Rare Orchestra Collab

WHAT WENT DOWN

Foo Fighters paused the "Take Cover" tour for one night at the Hollywood Bowl to play a 15-song set with Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Youth Orchestra Los Angeles ^*†. They used the occasion to pull out songs they had not played in over a decade ^*†.

THE DETAILS

• Saturday, August 22 at the Hollywood Bowl, part of the "Celebrating Gustavo" run honoring Dudamel ^*.
• Dudamel conducted a full orchestra and choir behind the band across the set ^†.
• "Times Like These" opened with just Dave Grohl and Rami Jaffee before the band joined; "Everlong" closed it ^*†.
• "I Should Have Known" returned for the first time since 2012, "Razor" since 2006, and "Home" for only its ninth time ever ^*†.
• "Aurora" was dedicated to Taylor Hawkins ^*.
• Dudamel leaves the LA Phil after 17 years for the New York Philharmonic ^*†. "A Concert For Venezuela" closed the run on August 23, benefiting people affected by earthquakes there ^*.

THE TAKE

An orchestra gives a band a reason to open the vault, and Foo Fighters treated it that way rather than dressing up the hits. Grohl had already tested this pairing with Dudamel at Coachella 2025 on "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" and "Everlong" ^*†.