Dave Grohl Takes Commuter Train to Surprise Foo Fighters Set at Glastonbury Festival

Dave Grohl in May 2021.Photo:VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Dave Grohlis happy to roll as well as rock! Grohl was spotted riding the commuter train on Friday, June 23 as it headed south towards rural Somerset in the southwest of England where the festival takes place every summer. “You never know who is going to churn up on board our trains!” Later that day the Foo Fighters played an hour-long set beginning with “All My Life” and hits including “Pretender” and “Learn to Fly.

Dave Grohl Thanks Foo Fighters Fans for Feeling Their 'Emotions' at First Shows Since Taylor Hawkins' Death

Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins.Photo: Richard Dobson/Newspix/Getty On Tuesday, frontmanDave Grohlshared ahandwritten note thanking fansfor supporting Foo Fighters and feeling their “emotions” at the band’s first shows since drummerHawkins died at age 50 in March 2022. Aside from a couple of tribute shows to the late musician last year, Foo Fighters hadn’t performed as a unit since the tragedy until recently. The band kicked off a string of shows in late May and currently has tour dates scheduled through January 2024.

Dave Grohl Welcomes Daughter Ophelia Saint

Kevin Mazur/WireImage There’s a new little Foo Fighter in the world: Dave Grohl is a father again! The rocker and wifeJordyn Blumrecently welcomed their third child, his rep confirms to PEOPLE. She joins big sistersViolet Maye, 8, andHarper Willow, 5. Grohl, 45, and Blum, 38, revealed they were expecting at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in April, when the dad-to-be posed with his hand on Blum’s bump.

Dave Grohl's Daughter Violet, 16, Joins Dad on Stage to Sing for 'Hanukkah Sessions': Watch

Photo: Foo Fighters/YouTube (2) It runs in the family! For the fourth night of Hanukkah,Dave Grohl’s 16-year-old daughter Violet joined him and bandmate producer Greg Kurstin on stage at this year’s “The Hanukkah Sessions,” as they shared a touching performance ofJanis Ian’s 1975 track “At Seventeen.” Violet took on guitar and vocal duties as she sat center stage, with her dad sitting behind the kit the whole way through. The teen is no stranger to performing alongside her music icon of a father, as the two previously covered X’s 1980 anthem “Nausea” in his 2021 documentaryWhat Drives Us.

Dave Grohl's Daughter Violet, 17, Sings Onstage at Glastonbury with Foo Fighters: 'That's My Girl'

Dave and Violet Grohl perform at Glastonbury on June 23, 2023.Photo:Harry Durrant/GettyDave Grohlis sharing the stage with his daughterViolet!At the 2023 Glastonbury Festival on Friday, the Foo Fighters frontman, 54, introduced his oldest child at the event’s Pyramid Stage, before performing a track from his band’s latest album,But Here We Are.“My favorite singer in the world," Grohl said, as Violet, 17, appeared onstage. “This is a song I wrote for my mother, Violet’s grandmother.