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BE SWEET TO ME TOUR
October 25th, 2026 by Amaris Becker
Violet Grohl plays the Constellation Room at the Observatory in Santa Ana this Thursday, the fifth stop on her Be Sweet to Me tour. It is sold out, and so are Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and Phoenix – but! – her Friday show in Los Angeles at The Regent Theater still has tickets available.
As Dave Grohl’s eldest daughter, she has never once denied it or the privileges that comes with it. That is what I respect about her. She has said plainly that doors have opened for her because of her last name, and that it is not something she is trying to hide or apologize for. The easier move would have been deflection, or a stage name while still quietly benefiting from the connections. She took the legacy in stride, and I think the work is stronger for it.
Violet was just 12 when she sang Adele’s “When We Were Young” with her father at a benefit in Oakland in 2018. She sang “Heart-Shaped Box” with the remaining members of Nirvana at the Hollywood Palladium in 2020. She performed at the Taylor Hawkins tribute shows in 2022, and in 2023 she was onstage with Foo Fighters at Glastonbury.
In January 2025, at the FireAid benefit at the Kia Forum, Nirvana reunited and she joined them on lead vocals for “All Apologies.” By the time her own album arrived, she had been performing publicly for years.
Grohl’s album “Be Sweet to Me,” was released in May and with eleven tracks, it clocks in at just under 32 minutes.
It arrived in pieces: “Thum” and “Applefish” debuted together in December 2025 as her first solo release, almost a teaser for “595” in March, followed by “Cool Buzz” in April.
Underneath the guitars there is a cinematic quality to the whole record. “Applefish” is a song I could absolutely see playing while someone bleeds out into a creek, and “Bug in the Cake” belongs in a coming-of-age movie.
“Pool of My Dreams” and “The Last Day I Love You” are my personal favorites from the album.
Violet Grohl is carrying a last name with so much rock legacy behind and making it her own in Orange County. There is no bad spot in a room that holds 250 people and The Constellation Room may genuinely be the last small venue she performs in.
In a couple of years, having been there at her debut tour and a sold-out stage with nothing but standing room, is going to be a brag.
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