The Foo Fighters have been busy this summer bringing the awesome to each and every stage along their ongoing North American tour.
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Band members danced on the bed of the truck, holding up signs that read “You got rick roll’d again” and “Keep it clean” alongside a hunky unidentified man wearing a purple tshirt and speedos to loud cheers. The Foos struck back, driving past and drowning out the demonstrators with a blast of Astley’s hit Never Gonna Give You Up, to the delight of onlookers.
The Foo Fighters decided to have some fun in response to protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church who had targeted the band’s concert at the Sprint Center in Kansas City Friday. As Billboard.com explained, “The song’s video has been used as an Internet meme in which people fool others into watching Astley’s clip since 2007, when the phrase “Rickrolling” was born”.
“God bless America! It takes all kinds”.
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Following his successful documentary series, Sonic Highways, Dave Grohl says he’s gotten offers to direct movies and commercials. It’s what I do all day long. They gatecrashed a Westboro protest in 2011.
