Foo Fighters will tape 'Austin City Limits' in October for Season 49

We have premiere dates for the first half of "Austin City Limits" Season 49, and they include a still-to-be-taped episode with rock superstars Foo Fighters.

Here's what to know about the first half of the season:

Season 49 kicks off with a history-making episode

The season premieres Oct. 7 with Rodrigo y Gabriela featuring the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Statesman music writer Deborah Sengupta Stith was at the taping on July 7. From her review:

The guitar artistry of Rodrigo Y Gabriela defies comprehension. Their music expands the mind, explodes it and then, with intricate finger patterns that weave magic and mystery, reconstructs it. In the process, they shift everything you thought you knew about what a guitarist can be.

The Mexico City natives closed out the North American leg of their current tour with an “Austin City Limits” taping on Friday night. Joined by an ensemble of over 30 players from the Austin Symphony Orchestra, they led a rapt audience on an exhilarating thrill ride of astounding instrumental prowess.

The performance was “history in the making,” executive producer Terry Likona told the crowd at the top of the show. It was ASO’s first appearance on the storied television show, which has been bringing the sound of Austin to the world for 49 years.

About the Foo Fighters: When is that taping and how can I attend?

This will be the Foos third taping. The first, in 2008 (premiering in 2009), was at "ACL's" original Austin PBS Studio 6A, and the second in 2014 at ACL Live. The band was scheduled to tape their third appearance in April 2022, but that was canceled after the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. The 2014 taping (the episode premiered in 2015) was an epic three hours that included special guests Gary Clark Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan.

The Foo Fighters are headlining both Saturdays of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, which is Oct. 6-8 and 13-15. They will tape "Austin City Limits" on Thursday, Oct. 12.

Public ticket giveaways for the tapings, held at ACL Live, will be announced via the program's website and social media accounts about a week before each taping.

From 2016: Foo Fighters: Five reflections from Dave Grohl about visits to Austin

What are the premiere dates for the rest of the first half of Season 49?

Here are the dates for the first half of Season 49. The back half of the season, which includes seven more episodes, will be announced in January.

Oct. 7: Rodrigo y Gabriela featuring the Austin Symphony Orchestra

Oct. 14: Jenny Lewis / MUNA

Oct. 21: Lil Yachty / Sudan Archives

Oct. 28: Margo Price / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

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Nov. 4: Jorge Drexler

Nov. 11: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Nov. 18: Foo Fighters

Next year is 'Austin City Limits' 50th anniversary

"Austin City Limits" is the longest-running music program in television history. The show has received a National Medal of the Arts and the show's original studio, Austin PBS Studio 6A on the University of Texas campus, is an official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark. Season 50 will premiere next fall, with tapings still to be announced.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Foo Fighters to tape Austin City Limits while here for ACL Fest