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The Foo Fighters are friendly folk. And they're always making nice with other bands. This year alone they released a two-disc album that featured cameos from Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Norah Jones. (No, they're not related to each other. At least I don't think they are.) Then they launched a fittingly huge-ass tour for their huge-ass album where they shared the stages with peppy Canadian bands like the Constantines and Sloan. And now, after jumping from the States to Japan and then from Canada back to Europe, they have announced through a press release that they will be heading back to our shores to get buddy-buddy with fellow alt-rock survivors Weezer. Wait! That's not it. I told you, they are friendly folk-- this fall tour will also include a number of dates with British bands, namely the Kaiser Chiefs and Oasis. See? They're sharing the stage with Oasis once; I told you-- friendly. Dave Grohl and co. will also headline the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans on October 30 before taking their show across the seas. These are celebrities that will have legitimate reasons for citing "exhaustion" when they check into a hospital at the end of this tour.

Party like it's 1995:

08-16 Portugal - Paredad de Coura
08-19 Salzburg, Austria - Frequency Festival
08-20 Erfurt, Germany - Highfield Festival
08-21 Biddinghuizen, Holland - Lowlands
08-26 Paris, France - Rock En Seine
08-27 Reading, England - Carling Weekend Reading
08-28 Leeds, England - Carling Weekend Leeds
09-08 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnet Arena *
09-10 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Office Depot Center *
09-11 Tampa, FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum *
09-13 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *
09-14 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center *
09-15 Dallas, TX - Smirnoff Music Center *
09-27 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena * #
09-28 Phoenix, AZ - America West Arena * #
09-30 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center *
10-02 Minneapolis, MN - Xcel Arena * #
10-03 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena * #
10-30 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Festival *
11-25 Wellington, New Zealand - Entertainment Centre
11-26 Auckland, New Zealand - Supertop
11-28 Brisbane, Australia - Entertainment Centre #
12-01 Sydney, Australia - SuperDome #
12-04 Perth, Australia - Rock It Festival
12-06 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena #
12-10 Cardiff, Wales - Cardiff Millenium Stadium %
12-11 Birmingham, England - NEC
12-12 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC
12-14 Manchester, England - MEN Arena
12-17 London, England - Earl's Court

A number of American cities have been confirmed sans date and venue, but seeing as there seems to be a bit of a gap in the schedule between the beginning of October and the end, maybe you can hope for some possibilities there. So, as we've stated with other bands in the past when this no-venue/no-date situation arises, just camp out in front of your local corporate-sponsored arena and hope for the best.

The lost cities of the moment:

Champaign, IL
Grand Rapids, MI
Detroit, MI
Cleveland, OH
Columbus, OH
Baltimore, MD
Worcester, MA
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Fresno, CA
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR

* with Weezer
# with Kaiser Chiefs
% with Oasis