Foo Fighters celebrated Dave Grohl‘s birthday with some famous friends earlier this week, playing a Los Angeles gig to raise money for charity.
The gig took place on Wednesday night (January 14), at the Kia Forum. At the show, the rock giants played to 18,000 fans, and used the occasion to celebrate the birthday of the frontman, which happened to be on the same day.
The venue was noticeably smaller than the arenas the band have been playing recently, but it comes as a one-off as they held the event in an attempt to raise money and awareness for the Hope United charity. That non-profit works to provide shelter, meals and medical support for those without homes in Los Angeles.
According to Live Nation, the gig means that there were nearly 100,000 more meals distributed to those facing homelessness across the county.
At the gig, things kicked off with a rendition of ‘My Hero’, which was dedicated to guitarist Pat Smear, who announced recently that he would be sitting out of some upcoming gigs having broken his foot. Standing in for him is guitarist Jason Falkner.
From there, they broke into renditions of classics like ‘All My Life’, ‘Times Like These’, ‘The Pretender’, and ‘Learn To Fly’, as well as lesser-known tracks like ‘La Dee Da’ and ‘Aurora’.
At one point in the show, a cake was brought out for the singer, who turned 57, and the crowd sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to him. Among the famous faces who showed up for the gig were Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Beck, Muse’s Matt Bellamy, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme, and Garbage’s Butch Vig.
Check out more footage and the full setlist below.
Beck, Josh Homme, Chad Smith, John McEnroe, and Alison Mosshart were all in attendance for Foo Fighters’ concert at the Kia Forum celebrating Dave Grohl’s birthday. pic.twitter.com/ZM6RCrRJ6d
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Foo Fighters’ setlist was:
‘My Hero’ (dedicated to Pat Smear)
‘All My Life’
‘Times Like These’
‘The Pretender’
‘La Dee Da’
‘These Days’
‘Walk’
‘Stacked Actors’
‘Learn to Fly’
‘Run’
‘This Is a Call’
‘No Son of Mine’
‘Under You’ (dedicated to Taylor Hawkins)
‘Aurora’
‘White Limo’
‘Arlandria’
‘Monkey Wrench’
‘Hey, Johnny Park!’
‘Best of You’
Encore:
‘Exhausted’
‘Everlong’
The slot in LA comes after Foo Fighters kicked off their first show of the year in Mexico just a few days before, playing at the Velaria de la Feria in León on Saturday January 10.
That gig marked the opening night of the band’s ‘Take Cover’ 2026 tour dates.
Grohl and co. will play in Australia later this month, before making their way over to the UK and Europe this summer as well. Those dates include two shows at Liverpool FC’s Anfield Stadium on June 25 and 27. There are also festival slots at Mad Cool, Pinkpop and more lined-up.
All new shows are on the heels of the band saying they were “about to take flight” into their next era – releasing both the standalone single ‘Today’s Song’, and ‘Asking For A Friend’.
