Foo Fighters star Dave Grohl invites Sydney fan backstage after wild Mentos stunt

At a Foo Fighters concert in Sydney, Dave Grohl challenged a fan holding Mentos to eat the whole packet during “Big Me”, rather than throw them at him. The fan, Thomas, accepted, and Grohl rewarded him with a beer, a place in the pit and an invitation backstage, turning the moment into a crowd-pleasing part of the show.

Grohl explained that Mentos had been thrown at him at performances of “Big Me”, whose video was filmed in Sydney in 1996. He joked that Thomas might get sick after eating the sweets and drinking a Coors Light. The concert also included Grohl’s tribute to Todd Russell, one of the Beaconsfield miners who died after a battle with leukaemia; Russell and Brant Webb had once asked for Foo Fighters songs while trapped underground.