Foo Fighters Announce Brisbane Show at Suncorp Stadium for November 5
Foo Fighters are heading back to Suncorp Stadium, and Brisbane fans have been counting down since the tour was locked in back in February. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band plays Milton on Thursday, November 5, as part of their Take Cover Tour, their first stadium run through Australia in years. With the show now three months out, ticket demand is picking up again and locals are starting to lock in plans around it.
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What’s Actually Happening
Dave Grohl and the band confirmed the Australian and New Zealand leg of the Take Cover Tour on February 18, and Brisbane landed the opening date. The stadium run also hits Townsville, Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne and Adelaide across November, before the band heads to Christchurch, Auckland and Perth in January 2027. Brisbane gets first crack at it, which means whatever setlist or stage surprises come out of this show will be the ones everyone’s talking about before the rest of the tour even starts.
Foo Fighters have sold more than 1.8 million records in Australia and hold nine number one albums here, more than any other act in the country’s chart history. That’s the kind of pull that fills a 52,500 seat stadium on a Thursday night.
Who’s Opening
The band picked their own support acts for this one. Full Flower Moon Band, out of Brisbane, and Mini Skirt, from Byron Bay, both join the bill. Getting handpicked by Grohl himself is a solid break for two acts building a following in the same scene the headliners came up through decades ago, and it’s worth showing up early if you want to catch them properly instead of walking in during the last song.
Dates, Times and Venue Details
Doors and the general run of the night follow typical Suncorp Stadium scheduling, with the show landing on Thursday, November 5, and listings showing a start time in the 5:30 to 7pm window depending on the ticketing platform. Suncorp Stadium sits at 40 Castlemaine Street, Milton, a short walk or train ride from the CBD.
The event is licensed and rated for all ages, recommended for patrons five and up, though anyone 14 or under needs to be with an adult the whole night. General admission standing is pitched at 15 and over, mostly because sightlines get tough for smaller kids once the crowd’s on its feet.
Getting There Without the Headache
Milton train station sits right next to the stadium and is genuinely the easiest way in and out. Roads around the venue close to general traffic on show nights, and parking near the ground fills fast, so anyone driving should plan on a walk from further out or a rideshare pickup well away from the main gates. If you’ve been to a big game at Suncorp before, treat this the same way. Get there earlier than you think you need to.
Tickets and Pricing
Tickets went through AXS as the exclusive ticketing partner, with presales running through Telstra and Frontier Touring members back in late February before general sale opened on February 25. Most tickets are still available now through AXS directly, though prices vary by seating tier and demand.
For anyone who missed the original on sale, a limited number of AXS Premium tickets get released periodically in the lead up to the show, capped at a face value of $624.75. Standard general admission and reserved seating sit well below that. There’s a strict limit of eight tickets per customer for general sale and four during presale windows, so don’t expect to grab a huge group booking in one go.
Where to Buy Safely
Stick to AXS as the official channel. Resale sites like Viagogo and Tixel do list tickets, and Tixel in particular positions itself as a safer resale marketplace with fraud protection built in, but paying above face value on any secondary platform is a risk worth going in with eyes open. If a deal looks too good this close to a sold out stadium show, it probably is.
Why This Show Matters for Brisbane
Brisbane doesn’t always get first billing on stadium tours through this part of the world, so opening the Australian leg says something about how the city’s live music scene has grown. It also lands right in the middle of a genuinely packed few months for the city, sitting just weeks after Brisbane Festival wraps up and ahead of a busy NRL finals stretch at the same venue.
For a band that’s been playing arenas and stadiums since the mid 90s, this tour also comes loaded with meaning. Foo Fighters have weathered lineup changes and personal loss that would have ended most bands, and every stadium show at this point in their career carries a bit of that history with it. Long time fans know the sets tend to run past two hours, mixing deep cuts with the stadium singalongs everyone came for.
If you’re planning your night around this one, book accommodation near Milton or the CBD sooner rather than later. Hotel rates around Suncorp tend to climb the closer you get to a big touring act, and November is already shaping up as one of Brisbane’s busier months on the events calendar.
