Why does Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl consider performing in Brazil one of the band’s biggest stages?
His answer reflects not only the enormous audience size but also his thoughts on the moments when live music makes people sing together.
We look at his current perspective, focusing on remarks and song selections ahead of the Rock in Rio performance on September 4.
3-Line Summary
1. Dave Grohl spoke highly of performing in Brazil
2. The Rock in Rio stage on September 4 was announced
3. The performance remarks should be distinguished from the outcome
“The Biggest Shows” Meant the Audience’s Energy
This keyword was observed in the Brazilian search market, but that does not mean it refers to the place where the event occurred or the location of the media outlet. However, the reports provided directly cover the Rock in Rio stage held in Brazil and Dave Grohl’s remarks.
According to reports from G1 and Rolling Stone Brasil, Grohl called Foo Fighters’ performances in Brazil “our biggest shows.” Referring to Brazil’s energy and the atmosphere created by large audiences, he emphasized music’s power to connect people. Rather than simply boasting about the scale of the performance with figures, the remark can be understood as referring to the live experience created jointly by the audience and the band.
The audience mentioned in the reports could reach up to 10 million people. Grohl described the sight of many people gathering in one place, singing, and reacting as part of music’s beauty. It is important to distinguish that his assessment of Brazil shows being special reflected expectations and impressions expressed ahead of the performance, not the result of a show that had already ended.
Foo Fighters were reported to be scheduled to headline the Palco Mundo stage at Rock in Rio on September 4. Rolling Stone Brasil also reported plans for later performances in Belo Horizonte and São Paulo, but those were schedules known at the time. What matters more to readers is that Grohl describes Brazil not simply as an overseas date, but as a place where the band’s live identity becomes especially clear.
The Live Standards in ‘All My Life’ and ‘Everlong’
Terra reported that Grohl answered questions from the festival’s official Instagram and named ‘Best of You’ as the song he would like to dedicate to Brazilian fans. When asked which song he hoped an audience of 10 million people would sing together, he answered, “all of them.” Rather than imagining one particular hit, he was envisioning the entire set continuing as a singalong.
The song he chose as his favorite to perform live was ‘All My Life’. It was introduced as the first single from the 2002 album 《One by One》, and according to reports, it is connected to the period when Foo Fighters moved forward again after a difficult time. Of the 14 performances in Brazil, the song reportedly opened three and was the first encore song four times. It was not performed at Rock in Rio in 2001 because it had not yet been released.
As the Foo Fighters song symbolizing Rock in Rio, he named ‘Everlong’. Grohl explained that although it is a romantic song, it also gives the entire audience the feeling of singing together in a large chorus. The three songs he named are different answers, but their common thread is clear. A song fans listen to and a song fans sing together become the same experience in a live setting.
From Nirvana’s Drummer to Foo Fighters’ Leader
G1 reported that Grohl left school at 17, played drums in the punk-rock band Scream, and joined Nirvana four years later. He was Nirvana’s drummer from 1990 to 1994. According to the report, Nirvana sold more than 1500 million albums during this period.
After the death of Kurt Cobain, the vocalist and his friend, in 1994, he said he had considered quitting music. In the end, however, he endured the loss through music and formed Foo Fighters in 1995. G1 introduced Foo Fighters as having released 31 albums over 12 years and received 15 Grammy Awards.
Grohl also mentioned losing his mother and Taylor Hawkins, then Foo Fighters’ drummer, in 2022. He said that bringing emotions out and expressing them had always been his way of using music. Alongside reports that his eldest daughter, Violet Grohl, released her first album in 2026, it was also reported that he said he had known she would become a musician since she was four.
What stands out most in these remarks is the relationships sustained through music, rather than his past career. For Grohl, the Brazilian stage is both a venue where many people gather and a place where the audience’s voice becomes part of the song. What the September 4 performance will look like and how it will be remembered can only be known afterward, but the scene he anticipated is already clear.
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