Some moments in live rock feel like the universe finally paying a debt. At MetLife Stadium on October 2, 2026, Dave Grohl — former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman — walked onstage with AC/DC to play “Highway to Hell.” The crowd, already wrung out from a full evening of hard rock, roared when he appeared, according to NME. This was a one-song guest appearance decades in the making, and it landed on the final night of AC/DC’s Power Up tour.
How a Nor’easter Put Foo Fighters on That Stage
A rescheduled concert and a storm that nobody planned for accidentally set up one of the year’s most memorable live moments.
None of this happens without a weather system. AC/DC’s original New Jersey date was scheduled for September 25, then postponed after dangerous conditions from a nor’easter forced a delay. Foo Fighters stepped in as openers for the rescheduled October 2 date — the second time they’d filled that support role on the Power Up tour, having previously opened for AC/DC in St. Louis on September 8, replacing The Pretty Reckless on both occasions, according to Stereogum.
The storm that derailed one concert quietly set up something better.
Key facts from the night:
- Venue and date: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, October 2, 2026
- Song performed: “Highway to Hell” (AC/DC, 1979)
- Grohl’s role: guitar and backing vocals
- How it happened: Brian Johnson introduced Grohl as “a very good friend” before inviting him onstage, per Louder Sound
- Tour context: the final date of AC/DC’s 2026 tour, supporting the band’s 2020 album Power Up
Rock’s Lineage, Passed on in Real Time
Two generations of hard rock shared a stage, and the moment meant exactly as much as it looked like it did.
Earlier in the evening, during Foo Fighters’ opening set, Grohl told the crowd about watching Let There Be Rock — AC/DC’s concert film — at age 11. He described the experience as influential in his musical life, according to Stereogum. Hours later, he was standing onstage with the band from that film. That’s not a cameo. That’s a full-circle moment closing across several decades.
To be clear: this was a one-song guest spot. No source reviewed reports that Grohl has joined AC/DC as a member. Still, the appearance did something records and interviews rarely manage — it showed rock’s generational lineage playing out live, in real time, at stadium scale.
AC/DC represents foundational hard rock. Grohl — who carried that influence through Nirvana’s Nevermind and decades of Foo Fighters records — embodies what emerged after. Think of it as the receipts finally showing up in person.
The best nights of live music don’t feel planned. They feel inevitable. Whatever brought that nor’easter to New Jersey, it handed rock fans a moment worth remembering long after the setlist fades.
