Foo Fighters have stepped into Stevie Nicks‘ headlining spot on October 22nd at the Shaky Knees Festival at Atlanta’s Central Park. Nicks has backed out of all five of her upcoming festival appearances due to the Delta covid variant.
The festival posted a message to fans on social media, saying: “We are thrilled to announce the addition of the legendary Foo Fighters in our Friday night headlining slot, and we’re not done there! Please also welcome Garbage, the Collection, and Glove to this year’s Shaky Knees lineup.”
UPDATED: Foo Fighters 2021 tour dates (subject to change):
August 17, 19 – Achorage, AK – The Dena’ina Center
August 21 – Fairbanks, AK – Carlson Center
August 26 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
September 3 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
September 5 – Napa, CA – BottleRock Napa Valley
October 10 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
October 22 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival at Central Park
November 10 – Mexico City, Mexico – Foro Sol
November 12, 13 – Monterrey, Mexico – Tecate Pal Norte
SIDE NOTES
- Out now is Foo Fighters‘ Bee Gees covers collection, titled, Hail Satin. The vinyl collection features one side billed to the Dee Gees, covering five Bee Gees and Andy Gibb classics, with the flip side containing five live tracks from the band’s latest album, the chart-topping, Medicine At Midnight.
- Foo Fighters will enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 30th at 8 p.m. ET at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio.
CHECK IT OUT: Foo Fighters with Stevie Nicks and Haim on September 21st, 2015 performing “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”: