Foo Fighters ready to rock SA

SOUTH Africa may be one of the first regions to hear the 11-time Grammy winning Foo Fighters' new album, when they play in Johannesburg and Cape Town for two nights in December.

Promoters Big Concerts also dropped a surprise, announcing that Dave Grohl and co would be supported by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, and local band the BLK JKs, when they play at the Cape Town Stadium on December 10, and the FNB Stadium on December 13.

This will be the Foo Fighters' first time in the country after 19 years in the business.

Billboard.com reported that although the band did not play any of the new material at the weekend's Firefly Music Festival in Delaware, US, Grohl teased that they already have "eight f****** bad-ass songs" in the bag. "We'll give 'em to you at some point," he said.

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday via the Big Concerts website and Computicket, and range from R395 to R960 for the Cape Town show, and R350 to R1085 for Johannesburg. - Andile Ndlovu