Sonic Highways World Tour

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Sonic Highways World Tour
World tour by Foo Fighters
Sonic Highways World Tour.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Sonic Highways
Start dateDecember 10, 2014 (2014-12-10)
End dateNovember 13, 2015 (2015-11-13)
Legs10
No. of shows
  • 43 in North America
  • 18 in Europe
  • 8 in Oceania
  • 7 in South America
  • 2 in South Africa
  • 2 in Asia
  • 80 in total
Foo Fighters concert chronology

Sonic Highways World Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Foo Fighters, in support of their eighth studio album Sonic Highways . It began on December 10, 2014, in Cape Town, South Africa and continued through South America, Oceania, North America, Europe and Asia. The tour abruptly ended after the November 2015 Paris attacks which included the slaughter of fans and crew at a concert by fellow U.S. rock band Eagles of Death Metal. [1] [2] The band were playing in Bologna on the night of the attacks and had been due in Paris after leaving Italy.

Contents

Background

The tour marked Foo Fighters' first concerts ever in South Africa, Colombia and South Korea. On most concerts there was a B-stage, where first acoustic songs were played before the band launched into cover versions. [3] One exception was Slane Castle in Ireland, where rainy conditions prevented the usage of said stage. [4]

During the concert in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 12, 2015, the lead vocalist of the band, Dave Grohl, fell off the stage early in the set and fractured his leg, but the rest of the band decided to continue performing while Dave was attended to backstage by on-site medical staff, with the drummer Taylor Hawkins doing double-duty as lead vocalist. He returned to the stage just fifteen minutes later to finish the set in a chair and kept playing until the end of the concert. [5] However, the remainder dates of the European leg was cancelled due to Dave's leg fracture. This cost the band as much as $10 million in lost fees and travel expenses not offset by box office revenue. [6]

Many artists joined the band on stage during the tour, including Perry Farrell, Stevie Nicks, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith, Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk, members from Zac Brown Band, Bad Brains, HAIM, Jewel, among others. After the cancellation of their Glastonbury's headlining concert, Dave said that he intended to ask Paul McCartney and Kanye West to join the band during the performance. [7]

Opening acts

Songs performed

Complete
Non-complete (played during jams, intros and band introductions)

Might be incomplete.

Covers

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, attendance, and gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
Africa [8]
December 10, 2014 Cape Town South Africa Cape Town Stadium 26,392 / 36,367$1,517,770
December 13, 2014 Johannesburg FNB Stadium 46,585 / 59,873$2,641,690
South America
January 15, 2015 Santiago Chile Pista Atletica Estadio Nacional 20,939 / 24,918$1,280,750
January 18, 2015 La Plata Argentina Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 32,241 / 37,888$2,388,040
January 21, 2015 Porto Alegre BrazilEstacionamento FIERGS31,471 / 31,471$2,868,020
January 23, 2015 São Paulo Estádio do Morumbi 66,958 / 66,958$5,210,300
January 25, 2015 Rio de Janeiro Maracanã Stadium 47,992 / 55,265$3,604,000
January 28, 2015 Belo Horizonte Esplanada do Mineirão 17,014 / 24,000$1,268,100
January 31, 2015 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín 36,883 / 41,683$3,165,344
Oceania
February 18, 2015 Christchurch New Zealand AMI Stadium 27,000 [9] —
February 21, 2015 Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 35,000 [9] —
February 24, 2015 Brisbane Australia Suncorp Stadium 39,448 / 40,000$4,015,380
February 26, 2015Sydney ANZ Stadium 51,131 / 55,000$4,960,000
February 28, 2015 Melbourne Docklands Stadium 56,981 / 56,981$5,479,510
March 2, 2015 Hobart Derwent Entertainment Centre 6,505 / 6,505$659,878
March 4, 2015 Adelaide Hindmarsh Stadium 21,605 / 23,000$2,269,560
March 8, 2015 Perth Nib Stadium 31,101 / 31,262$3,174,630
North America
May 15, 2015 [a] Gulf Shores United StatesThe Hangout40,000 [10] —
Europe [11]
May 24, 2015 Norwich England Earlham Park 50,000
May 25, 2015 Sunderland Stadium of Light 40,000 [12]
May 27, 2015 Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground 50,000 [13]
May 30, 2015 Slane Ireland Slane Castle 59,858 / 60,000$4,908,548
June 3, 2015 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena 11,429 / 11,429$738,172
June 5, 2015 [b] Nuremberg Zeppelinfeld 75,000 / 75,000$12,862,772
June 7, 2015 [c] Mendig Flugplatz Mendig90,000 / 90,000—
June 10, 2015 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena 22,000 [14] —
June 12, 2015 Gothenburg Sweden Ullevi 52,000—
North America
July 4, 2015 [d] Washington, D.C.United States RFK Memorial Stadium 48,000 [15] —
July 6, 2015 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center ——
July 8, 2015 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre ——
July 9, 2015
July 11, 2015 [e] Quebec Plains of Abraham ——
July 13, 2015 Camden United States Susquehanna Bank Center ——
July 15, 2015New York City Citi Field 67,525 / 82,392$4,611,456
July 16, 2015
July 18, 2015 Boston Fenway Park 68,205 / 68,205$4,242,491
July 19, 2015
Asia
July 24, 2015 [f] Niigata Japan Naeba Ski Resort ——
July 25, 2015 [g] Ansan South Korea Daebu Sea Breeze Theme Park ——
North America
August 12, 2015 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place ——
August 13, 2015 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome ——
August 14, 2015 [h] Walla Walla United States Whitman College Athletic Fields ——
August 16, 2015 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre ——
August 17, 2015
August 19, 2015 Maryland Heights Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre ——
August 21, 2015 Kansas City Sprint Center ——
August 22, 2015 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 13,744 / 13,744$911,920
August 24, 2015 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre ——
August 25, 2015 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion ——
August 27, 2015 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center ——
August 29, 2015Chicago Wrigley Field 40,788 / 40,788$2,501,510
Europe
September 5, 2015 Milton Keynes England National Bowl ——
September 6, 2015
September 8, 2015 Edinburgh Scotland Murrayfield Stadium ——
North America
September 11, 2015 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena ——
September 12, 2015 George United States The Gorge ——
September 14, 2015 Portland Moda Center ——
September 16, 2015 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre ——
September 18, 2015 Anaheim Honda Center ——
September 19, 2015
September 21, 2015 Inglewood The Forum 26,443 / 26,443 [16] $1,553,685
September 22, 2015
September 24, 2015 Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphitheatre ——
September 25, 2015 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion ——
September 27, 2015 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater ——
September 29, 2015 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena ——
September 30, 2015 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena ——
October 2, 2015 [i] Austin Zilker Park ——
October 4, 2015 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Park ——
October 5, 2015 Nashville Bridgestone Arena ——
October 7, 2015 Memphis FedExForum ——
October 9, 2015 [j] AustinZilker Park——
October 17, 2015AnaheimHonda Center——
October 18, 2015 [k] Castaic Castaic Lake ——
Europe
November 3, 2015 Cesena Italy Carisport ——
November 5, 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome ——
November 6, 2015 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena ——
November 8, 2015 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena 13,811 / 13,811$880,562
November 9, 2015 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Kraków ——
November 11, 2015 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 15,800 / 15,800—
November 13, 2015 Bologna Italy Unipol Arena ——
Total774,319/ 832,386$68,860,141

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
DateCityCountryVenueReason
June 14, 2015 [l] Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland Park Dave Grohl's injury, following his falling off the stage at the concert in Sweden (June 12, 2015) [6]
June 16, 2015 St. Gallen Switzerland AFG Arena
June 19, 2015LondonEngland Wembley Stadium
June 20, 2015
June 23, 2015 Edinburgh Scotland Murrayfield Stadium
June 25, 2015 [m] Werchter Belgium Werchterpark
June 26, 2015 [n] Pilton England Worthy Farm
November 14, 2015 Turin Italy Palaolimpico November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks
November 16, 2015ParisFrance Bercy Arena
November 17, 2015 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
November 19, 2015 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi

Notes

  1. ↑ The concert on May 15, 2015 at The Hangout in Gulf Shores is part of the Hangout Music Festival.
  2. ↑ The concert on June 5, 2015 at Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg is part of the Rock im Park.
  3. ↑ The concert on June 7, 2015 at Flugplatz Mendig in Mendig is part of the Rock am Ring.
  4. ↑ The concert on July 4, 2015 at RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. is part of the Foo Fighters' 20th Anniversary Blowout.
  5. ↑ The concert on July 11, 2015 at Plains of Abraham in Quebec is part of the Festival d'été de Québec. This concert was stopped after 4 songs due to thunderstorm.
  6. ↑ The concert on July 24, 2015 at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata is part of the Fuji Rock Festival.
  7. ↑ The concert on July 25, 2015 at Daebu Sea Breeze Theme Park in Ansan is part of the Jisan Valley Rock Festival.
  8. ↑ The concert on August 14, 2015 at Whitman College Athletic Fields in Walla Walla is part of the Gentleman of the Road Stopover.
  9. ↑ The concert on October 2, 2015 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas is part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
  10. ↑ The concert on October 9, 2015 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas is part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
  11. ↑ The concert on October 18, 2015 at Castaic Lake in Castaic, California is part of the Love Ride.
  12. ↑ The concert on June 14, 2015 at Megaland Park in Landgraaf would have been part of the Pinkpop Festival.
  13. ↑ The concert on June 25, 2015 at Werchterpark in Werchter would have been part of the Rock Werchter.
  14. ↑ The concert on June 26, 2015 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset would have been part of the Glastonbury Festival.

Personnel

Foo Fighters
Additional musicians

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