Now firmly established as one of America’s premier stadium-rock bands, Dave Grohl and company are touring in support of their latest album, Sonic Highways, which critics have placed somewhere between a failed experiment and a risk worth taking—maybe. It matters not, though, because the Foos’ catalog is so deep and loud and crunchy that any show is bound to be epic.

Aug. 22, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, 651-726-8240, xcelenergycenter.com