Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl rock at the Gorge

I mean really, what’s a broken bone in the life of a true rock star?

The Foo Fighters almost had to scrap its summer tour after front man Dave Grohl fell from the stage in Sweden, snapping a bone in his leg and dislocating his ankle in June.

Rather than reschedule the group’s massive tour behind its new album, “Sonic Highways” — a tour which, for the first time, found the alt-rock band playing actual baseball stadiums — Grohl dreamt up a “Game of Thrones”-styled throne, emblazoned with the bands logo and twirling lights.

And so the group soldiered on, with its energetic lead singer confined to a chair, his foot safely propped up.

Now, the band plans to make a stop at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Gorge Amphitheatre. Assuming his healing hasn’t accelerated, fans will get to see Grohl perched on that throne, ripping through the band’s long list of hits, including “My Hero,” “Everlong” and “Best of You.”

Tickets are $45 to $75 at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.

Closer to home, Def Leppard will play the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn at 7 p.m. Sept. 16, with opening acts Styx and Tesla.

Def Leppard’s high-octane brand of rock made the English group one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, with hits like “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” “Photograph” and “Rock of Ages” elevating the band above many of its hair-metal peers.

The group has slowed its output of new material in the past decade. Its last album, “Songs from the Sparkle Lounge,” saw release in 2008. That said, the band has apparently wrapped up work on another batch of new songs, which may see release later this year.

Fans might get to hear some of that new material, along with all the old hits, during the band’s stop in Auburn.

Tickets are $29.50 to $112 at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.

Ben Folds, meanwhile, is hitting Seattle for a show with yMusic just days after releasing his latest album.

He plays the Moore Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14.

Folds, who rose to fame in the 1990s as the frontman for the alt-pop group Ben Folds Five, has proven to be one of his generations more prolific songwriters, something he made clear on his new album, “So There.”

That disc features eight heavily orchestrated songs with yMusic, which Folds calls “chamber rock,” along with his own 25-minute “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,” recorded with the Nashville Symphony.

Time will tell if Folds decides to focus his entire Seattle set on all that new material, or if he dips into his back catalogue of pop hits, which include “Brick,” “Song for the Dumped” and “Landed.”

Tickets are $32.50 to $62.50 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.

Mark Knopfler will close out the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery’s summer concert season with a pair of sold-out shows at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 and Sept. 12.

Knopfler first made his name as the front man for rock band Dire Straits. After that group called it quits, he embarked on his own successful solo career, melding his British guitar rock with more countrified influences.

He’s touring now behind his March album “Tracker,” which hit No. 14 on the Billboard 200.

Tickets are sold-out but can be found at a mark-up at stubhub.com.

The electro-pop duo Empire of the Sun also is heading to the Northwest, playing Marymoor Park at 6 p.m. Sept. 15.

The glam-friendly Australian group first made a dent in the U.S. charts with its single “Walking on a Dream.” Winning over audiences with its outro-style, the band began cultivating a larger following, which helped propel its 2013 album, “Ice on the Dune,” to No. 20 on the Billboard 200.

The band supposedly is at work on a new album, although its most recent new material, the single “Welcome to My Life,” found the band partnering with Absolut Vodka for a commercial this past May.

Tickets are $35 at showboxonline.com or 888-929-7849.

And finally, Blonde Redhead will hit the Neptune Theatre at 8 p.m. Sept. 15.

The art-rock act out of New York has been creeping around the musical fringes since the 1990s, winning it comparisons to Sonic Youth. Its most recent album, “Barragan,” saw release in 2014.

Tickets are $20 at stgpresents.org or 877-784-4849.