Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear attended Taylor Swift’s tour before bandmate Dave Grohl’s shade
Plot twist.
Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear attended Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in London one day before his bandmate Dave Grohl shaded the pop star at their own concert in the UK capital.
Smear, 64, went to Swift’s show at Wembley Stadium on Friday, June 21, and appeared in a photo on actress Salma Hayek’s Instagram.
Hayek, 57, snapped a selfie of herself, Smear, and fashion designer Stella McCartney at the concert.
Smear doesn’t have an Instagram, so Hayek tagged the Foo Fighters in the post.
Nicola Coughlan, Leslie Mann, Jonathan Van Ness, and Swift’s mom Andrea Swift were in Hayek’s Instagram post as well.
Fans also spotted Smear in the venue’s VIP tent near Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, at Friday’s show.
The next day, the Foo Fighters performed at London Stadium where Grohl, 55, took a jab at Swift’ ‘s Eras Tour and insinuated that she doesn’t perform live.
“I tell you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift,” the band’s frontman said in a clip that made its rounds on social media.
“So we like to call our tour the ‘Errors Tour.’ We’ve had more than a few eras, and more than a few f – – king errors as well. Just a couple,” he continued. “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 – – king place.”
When Swift later took the stage for another show at Wembley Stadium, she appeared to clap back at Grohl’s remarks as she praised her band.
“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,” the “Cruel Summer” singer said in a video from the concert.
“And so does every one of my fellow performers,” she added. “And you just gave that to us so generously, we will never forget it.”
Smear has been a member of the Foo Fighters since the band formed in 1994. He left the group in 1997 and then rejoined as a touring guitarist in 2005 before becoming a full-time member again in 2010.
The Foo Fighters — whose current members include Grohl, Smear, lead guitarist Chris Shiflett, bass guitarist Nate Mendel, drummer Josh Freese, and keyboardist Rami Jaffee — are on their Everything or Nothing at All Tour to support their 11th studio album, “But Here We Are.”
The tour began on May 1 in Dallas, Texas, and will end on Aug. 18 in Seattle, Washington.
Swift, meanwhile, has been headlining her history-making tour since March 2023. It has become the highest-grossing tour of all time after surpassing $1 billion in revenue.
The Eras Tour even had a theatrical run in the fall, when Swift released a concert film in October 2023 that grossed an additional $261.6 million worldwide.
She recently confirmed that the tour will end in December.
