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Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Foo Fighters ‘Rick Roll’ The Westboro Baptist Church

by Paul Cashmere on August 23, 2015

in News

Foo Fighters interrupted a protest by radical hate group Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri “rick rolling” a demonstration by the homophobic cult.

To “Rick Roll’ is to blast the Rick Astley hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ through the speakers, loud enough to drown out the protesters and it worked.

The band arrived on a pick-up truck outside the Westboro Baptist Church protesters with signs reading ‘You’ve been Rock Roll’d” and ‘Keep It Clean’.

Foo Fighters were performing in Kansas City on Friday night.

Foo Fighters, Kansas City, August 21, 2015

Everlong (from The Colour and The Shape, 1997)
Money Wrench 
(from The Colour and The Shape, 1997)
Learn To Fly (from There Is Nothing Left To Lose, 1999)
Something From Nothing (from Sonic Highways, 2014)
The Pretender (from Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2007)
Big Me (from Foo Fighters, 1995)
Congregation (from Sonic Highways, 2014)
Walk 
(from Wasting Light, 2011)
I’m The One (Van Halen cover)
Frankenstein (The Edgar Winter Group cover)
Another One Bites The Dust (Queen cover)
School’s Out (Alice Cooper cover)
Cold Day In The Sun (No Way Back b-side, 2006)
Skin and Bones (from Skin and Bones, 2006)
My Hero (from The Colour and The Shape, 1997)
Outside (from Sonic Highways, 2014)
Breakout (from There Is Nothing Left To Lose, 1999)
All My Life (from One By One, 2002)
Times Like These (from One By One, 2002)
Under Pressure (Queen + David Bowie cover)
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love (Van Halen cover)
Breakdown (Tom Petty cover)
Happy Birthday (for tour manager Gus)
This Is The Call 
(from Foo Fighters, 1995)
These Days 

(from Wasting Light, 2011)
Best Of You (from In Your Honor, 2005)

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