# The band Dave Grohl couldn’t stand touring with: “They didn’t give us a guest list”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-band-dave-grohl-couldnt-stand-touring-with-they-didnt-give-us-a-guest-list/
- Published: 2026-10-24T19:35:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:24:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/band-dave-grohl-couldnt-stand-touring-with/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Grohl said Foo Fighters were treated as second-class support.
- They had to buy tickets for guests at $64 each.
- The band used a trailer instead of a dressing room.

## Summary

Dave Grohl said the Foo Fighters were treated like second-class citizens while supporting the Rolling Stones on a 1997 stadium tour. His account highlights the sharp divide between an opening act and a headliner, even when the support band is building a profile of its own.

The Foo Fighters had released *The Colour and the Shape* that year, which reached number three in Britain and included “Monkey Wrench” and “Everlong”. Grohl said the Stones’ touring operation gave the band no guest-list places, offered 100 tickets for them to buy at $64 each, and put them in a trailer rather than a venue dressing room. The article notes that the treatment may have come from the tour’s wider organisation rather than the Stones themselves.

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