THE SHOW

Foo Fighters with Queens of the Stone Age

THE VENUE

Soldier Field, Chicago

THE DATE

August 8, 2026

THE SETLISTS

Queens of the Stone Age: “No One Knows,” “Go with the Flow,” “Little Sister,” and the closing “Song for the Dead,” and more.

Foo Fighters: “All My Life,” “The Pretender,” “Times Like These,” “My Hero,” “Learn to Fly,” “These Days,” “Walk,” “No Son of Mine” (with a little bit of Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades”), “Wheels,” “Marigold,” “Big Me,” “Under You,” “La Dee Dah,” “Monkey Wrench,” “Caught in the Echo,” “Best of You,” “The Teacher,” “Exhausted,” “Everlong,” and more.

THE BANDS

Queens of the Stone Age: Michael Shuman, bass; Josh Homme, guitar and vocals; Troy Van Leeuwen, guitar; Dean Fertita, guitar and keyboards; Jon Theodore, drums.

Foo Fighters: Nate Mendel, bass; Dave Grohl, guitar and vocals; Pat Smear, guitar; Chris Shiflett, guitar; Rami Jaffee, keyboards; Ilan Rubin, drums.

THE MUSIC

Foo Fighters and QOTSA make a perfect pairing for a stadium tour, and the bands share some history: Dave Grohl played drums on QOTSA’s 2002 Songs for the Deaf album and was a member of Them Crooked Vultures with QOTSA’s Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones.

Shuman, intense but never overplaying, has been with QOTSA since 2007. His aggressive, fuzz-heavy bass lines, which he played on a Fender Custom Shop Jazz, laid a serious foundation for the band’s 11-song set. His Fender amps (a Super Bassman head with a 1×15 and a second Super Bassman with an 8×10) helped him stay deep in the pocket with former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore, has been with QOTSA since 2013. 

Mendel, on his signature Fender Precision, was casual but just as focused, laying it down for every song except “Under You,” which Grohl performed solo. His Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups and Ashdown CTM-300 head/CL-810 8×10 rig roared all across Soldier Field. During a mid-set medley, when the Foo Fighters nodded to each member’s musical roots, Mendel took center stage to play “Seven” by his old band Sunny Day Real Estate.

The Foo Fighters’ three-hour set, which included deep cuts, acoustic jams, and big hits, ended with an encore and the customary Foos fireworks.

THE VIBE

Breezy, 72-degree weather made it easy for over 61,000 fans — Foo Fighters’ biggest Chicago crowd ever — to enjoy this epic experience. Watching high-energy Shuman and laid-back Mendel was a treat. Thirty-two years into their career, Dave Grohl and company can still turn a stadium into a rock palace; pairing them with Queens of the Stone Age, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary, made this show one for the history books.