Throughout 2025, Foo Fighters have released multiple singles, but for the moment, the band has not announced a new album – though such a reveal may be coming soon. In the past few months, the group has delivered both “Today’s Song” and “Asking for a Friend,” and both have become hugely popular in the United States, especially on rock radio, where the Dave Grohl–led outfit is a fixture.
Only a month into its time on the Billboard charts, “Asking for a Friend” rises to No. 1 on yet another tally, and as it does, Foo Fighters break out of a tie with one of the most successful rock acts in radio history and move up again on an important all-time ranking.
Foo Fighters Score a New No. 1 Song
“Asking for a Friend” improves its standing on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart by just one space this week. The cut steps up from No. 2 to No. 1, reaching the peak position in its fifth frame on the tally, which ranks the songs that rack up the largest number of audience impressions on radio stations that focus on the harder side of the genre, which is sometimes referred to as mainstream rock.
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Foo Fighters Chart a Fifteenth No. 1 Smash
As “Asking for a Friend” hits the top spot, Foo Fighters earn a fifteenth career No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. The group claims the fourth-most of all time, an honor the musicians held before the current single soared to the top spot, but now the band owns that title outright and has no more need to share it.
Foo Fighters Break a Tie with Metallica and Make History
Last frame, when “Asking for a Friend” settled into the runner-up spot on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, Foo Fighters were tied with Metallica for the fourth-most leaders on the ranking. At the time, both band owned 14 winners, but now Foo Fighters have pulled ahead, and Metallica dips to fifth place on this all-time roster.
Who Claims the Most No. 1 Hits on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart?
Shinedown continues to lead the charge as the only name with 20 No. 1 hits (or more) in the history of the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. The group is up to a total of 21 chart-toppers. Three Days Grace comes next with 19, and Five Finger Death Punch is sandwiched between that act and Foo Fighters with 17 rulers.
All Foo Fighters Songs to Reach No. 1
Here is a list of all the Foo Fighters songs that have reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart:
- “Something from Nothing”
- “Rescued”
- “Shame Shame”
- “The Pretender”
- “Rope”
- “The Sky Is a Neighborhood”
- “Run”
- “Walk”
- “Best of You”
- “Congregation”
- “Waiting on a War”
- “Asking for a Friend”
- “The Glass”
- “Under You”
- “Making a Fire”
Which Foo Fighters No. 1 Hit Led the Chart for the Most Time?
Among all of the Foo Fighters leaders on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, one easily stands out as the longest-running ruler. “Something from Nothing” led the charge for 13 weeks beginning in November 2014. That is twice as long as the group’s second-longest winners. “Rescued,” “Shame Shame,” and “The Pretender” are all tied for that distinction, with half a dozen turns in the uppermost spot apiece.
Foo Fighters Dominate a Pair of Billboard Charts
Last week, “Asking for a Friend” climbed to the penthouse on a different related tally, the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart. The single holds in that spot for a second turn.
The cut is also steady on both the Alternative Airplay and Hot Hard Rock Songs charts, keeping at Nos. 5 and 10, respectively. “Asking for a Friend” barely hangs on when it comes to the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs list, the most competitive in the genre. Foo Fighters dip to second-to-last place, No. 49, after “Asking for a Friend” peaked at No. 26.
Foo Fighters Claim Two No. 1 Songs in America
Foo Fighters appear at No. 1 on two Billboard charts with different songs this week. As “Asking for a Friend” leads a pair of radio rosters, “Everlong,” one of the most famous tunes in the outfit’s catalog, is a non-mover atop the Hard Rock Streaming Songs ranking. The band’s only leader on that list has now run the show for 82 nonconsecutive stints, making it one of the most successful No. 1s on any Billboard tally.
Tasmania Pays $430,000 for Foo Fighters to Play a Single Gig
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Tasmania’s government is paying around $430,000 for Foo Fighters to play a single stadium show next month for a special anniversary.
On Wednesday, December 3, celebrated American rock band Foo Fighters announced it would play Tasmania’s York Park Stadium in Launceston on Saturday, January 24. Notably, it is the only Aussie show the band has announced—and Tasmania’s government is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for it.
But the band isn’t doing it to make money, says Stadiums Tasmania boss James Avery. The show will be played during the 20th anniversary of the Beaconsfield mine collapse, which trapped two men—Brant Webb and Todd Russell—underground for two weeks.
Among their requested supplies for the ordeal, the men asked for iPods loaded with Foo Fighters songs. After their rescue, Webb and Russell also met with the band on several occasions.
Notably, the show was announced the same day that Tasmania’s upper house is voting on an order to approve the Hobart Stadium at Macquarie Point. Avery says that while the stadium and the mine disaster anniversary are relevant to the deal struck with the band, they were not actually central factors.
“The band is not undertaking this to make money,” said Avery, adding that he believes this is an excellent deal for Tasmania. “They have a history of and really have a focus on playing in regions and locations that don’t get large-scale events like this,” he explained. “They’re a different breed in that sense.”
According to Avery, the Tasmanian government and the Launceston City Council are paying AUD $650,000 (USD ~$430,000) for Foo Fighters to play next month. Of that, $500,000 is coming from the state, while $150,000 is coming from the council. It might even cost an additional “couple hundred thousand dollars” to put on the event, but Avery says they’ll cross that bridge when they come to it and will then make that info available publicly.
The deal also came about only the past two months after discussions with national concert promoters, which Avery said were becoming more frequent amid continued excitement for the Hobart Stadium proposal. The show will have a capacity of about 24,000, while about 40,000 will be able to fit in the Hobart Stadum in “concert mode.”
Avery stressed that while the Foo Fighters show is not designed to promote the Hobart Stadium proposal, “the two certainly aren’t divorced.”
Tickets to the show are expected to be priced in a “very competitive” tiered structure ranging from under $100 to around $200 for front-row seats.
