The Foo Fighters, who were headlining Tokyo’s Summer Sonic festival, brought a meme to life on Sunday with Rick Astley
The Foo Fighters, who were headlining Tokyo’s Summer Sonic festival, brought a meme to life on Sunday when they invited 80’s pop icon Rick Astley onstage to sing a grunge version of his “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
“We just learned this today. Ladies and gentleman, would you please welcome our new best friend, Rick Astley, ” Foo Fighter’s frontman Dave Grohl told the audience before the British pop-star appeared on stage. ” This is f**king crazy. I just met him two minutes ago” Grohl said.
“Come on you motherf—kers” yelled Astley a s the band began to play the instrumental version of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.
