Foo Fighters to Open Washington, D.C.'s Shiny New Venue The Anthem

The owners of Washington, D.C.'s beloved 9:30 Club are opening a new concert hall, and they've tapped Foo Fighters to christen it. The Anthem, which holds between 2,500 and 6,000 concertgoers, will open on Oct. 12, Virginia native Dave Grohl standing front and center. It'll be housed at the Wharf, a new multibillion development featuring a cobblestone promenade set on the capital's southwestern waterfront, opening this fall.

“There was no Plan B,” venue co-owner Seth Hurwitz tells Billboard. “It was always just the Foos. I texted Dave some photos of the venue after we started building it and asked him ‘Who else should open it?’ He said ‘Nobody.’ That was the end of it.”