Dave Grohl took a jab at Taylor Swift by saying that her band doesn’t perform live at their concerts.
The rocker made these comments during the Foo Fighters’ sold-out show at the London Stadium on Saturday, June 22. At the same time, Swift was performing 15 miles away at Wembley Stadium. Grohl said:
“I tell you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift. So we like to call our tour the ‘Errors Tour.’ We’ve had more than a few eras and more than a few f*cking errors as well. Just a couple. That’s because we actually play live. What? Just saying! You guys like raw, live rock’n’roll music, right? You came to the right f*cking place.”
Then, Swift hit back at Grohl. Swift told the following to the audience the next night at her third Wembley show:
“Every one of my band members, every single one of our crew, my band, who’s gonna be playing live for you for 3.5 hours tonight, they deserve this so much. And so does every one of my fellow performers. And you just gave that to us so generously, we will never forget it.”
How Did Taylor Save Dave Once?
Swift and Grohl have a bit of history. In 2022, Grohl shared that Swift saved him from embarrassment at a party by Paul McCartney when he was stoned. When McCartney asked Grohl to play a song, Dave panicked because he couldn’t play the piano. Swift then stepped in and offered to play a song instead. The frontman recalled on the Late Late Show with James Corden:
“Paul got up and started playing this song on the piano, and it was a new song. It was amazing just to sit in his living room and watch him play the piano. He finished and everyone turned to me and said, ‘Alright Dave, play a song!’ I can’t play piano and I was a little out of sorts at that point. All of the guitars are left-handed and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, what do I do? What do I do?’ and at that point, Taylor Swift stands up and goes, ‘I’ll do a song.’ So she saved my a**.”
Foo Fighters will perform at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on June 25. Swift will start a three-night show at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on June 28.