Foo Fighters have officially completed their new album, frontman Dave Grohl announced during a rare concert in Tasmania, signaling a new creative chapter for the band and hinting at a return to Australia before the end of 2026.
After more than two years of touring, Foo Fighters have moved into a new phase—complete with new music. During a rare one-off concert in Tasmania over the weekend, frontman Dave Grohl confirmed that the band has finished recording a brand-new album, delivering the news directly to fans from the stage.
“We might have a whole new record of f–king songs that we just finished the other day,” Grohl told the crowd late in the band’s marathon set, offering the first public confirmation that a follow-up to 2023’s *But Here We Are* is officially complete.
The nearly three-hour show took place at UTAS Stadium in Launceston and marked Foo Fighters’ only Australian date during the current run. It was also their first performance in Tasmania in more than a decade, making the announcement feel especially momentous for fans in attendance.
Grohl didn’t stop at album news. He also hinted that the band’s return to Australia may come sooner than expected.
“This won’t be the last time you see us,” he told the crowd. “We’ll be back here sooner than you think… and it’s before my next birthday.” Grohl turned 57 on January 14, suggesting Foo Fighters could return to Australian stages before the end of 2026, though no official tour dates have been announced.
An Emotional Night With Deep Local Meaning
Beyond the album confirmation, the Launceston show stood out as one of the most emotionally charged performances of the band’s career. Midway through the set, Grohl welcomed Brant Webb onstage, one of the miners trapped underground during the 2006 Beaconsfield mine collapse in northern Tasmania. Webb introduced “Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners,” a song Grohl wrote in response to the rescue effort after Webb and fellow miner Todd Russell survived 14 days trapped nearly a kilometer below ground.
The song, which appears on Foo Fighters’ 2007 album *Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace*, is rarely performed live. Its inclusion in Launceston, introduced by Webb himself just miles from the mine site, transformed the stadium show into a moment of shared remembrance. The audience response was reverent, underscoring how deeply the story still resonates in Tasmania two decades later.
The Tasmania performance was also one of Foo Fighters’ most high-profile Australian appearances since the death of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022. *But Here We Are*, the band’s 11th studio album, was widely viewed as a tribute to Hawkins and Grohl’s late mother, and it debuted at No. 1 in Australia upon release.
With a new album now complete and Grohl openly teasing future plans, Foo Fighters appear to be entering a new creative chapter, one that builds on both personal loss and renewed momentum. For fans, the message was clear: new music is ready, and the road ahead is already taking shape.
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