WATCH: Foo Fighters perform ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ with Rick Astley
A truly special moment
Foo Fighters were joined by a very special guest at their show at Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo on Sunday (20th August).
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Dave, Nate, Pat, Taylor, Chris and Rami were nearing the end of their Marine Stage headline set when they invited Magic Radio's Rick Astley on stage.
To huge cheers from the crowd, Dave said: “Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome our new best friend, Rick Astley... This is f---ing crazy. I just met him two minutes ago.”
Getting into the rock and roll spirit, Rick Astley then shouted: “Come on you mother---ers!”
The band started playing the opening segments of Nirvana’s anthem ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ before the track slowly morphed into Rick's classic ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.
Astley then proceeded to belt the 1987 number one track in its entirety with Foo Fighters providing the musical muscle.
When Astley reached the line “I just want to tell you how I’m feeling”, he shouted to the crowd: “I’m feeling f---ing marvellous!”
Watch the performance here (Warning: there is some swearing from the beginning)
Since the performance tonight, both Foo Fighters and Rick Astley have been sharing the love on social media.
First up, Rick shared a clip of the performance and called the it “one of the best nights of my life”, while Dave Grohl uploaded a selfie of himself and Rick Astley
Rick's no stranger to an unexpected collaboration; earlier this year we pitted him against Ed Sheeran in a game of Giant Jenga! Watch their game below…