Foo Fighters plays surprise concert with new drummer

Foo Fighters played their first 2025 concert, which was a surprise show announced only one day before, which happened last September 13 in a 900-capacity venue in San Luis Obispo, California. Besides being their first live performance in one year, it also marked the debut of Ilan Rubin, their new drummer.

Dave Grohl announced him at the show, saying: “Everybody else has said it. I finally get the opportunity to say, ladies and gentleman, will you please welcome, the most badass motherfucker, Ilan Rubin, is playing in the Foo Fighters. It’s official”.

Rubin was a member of Nine Inch Nails and curiously, Foo Fighters’ previous drummer Josh Freese, replaced him in NIN right after being fired.

Foo Fighters surprise concert videos and setlist

1. All My Life
2. Rope
3. Have It All (first time since 2015)
4. Times Like These
5. Wattershed
6. Stacked Actors
7. La Dee Da
8. These Days
9. The Pretender
10. Walk
11. My Hero
12. Learn to Fly
13. Rescued
14. Aurora
15. This Is a Call
16. No Son of Mine (with Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” interpolation)
17. Shame Shame
18. White Limo
19. Winnebago (Late! cover) (first time since 2014)
20. Best of You
21. Alone + Easy Target (first time since 2018)
22. Low
23. Monkey Wrench
24. Exhausted (first time since 2014)
25. Everlong

The band’s most recent album is “But Here We Are”, released in 2023. One of the reasons why the Foo Fighters were inactive were due to Dave Grohl’s personal issues. He revealed last year he would become a father again but from an out of marriage relationship.