Foo Fighters won the Internet over the weekend.
The group turned
the tables on Westboro Baptist Church members protesting outside the Sprint
Center in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday before the Foos' concert.
Lead singer Dave
Grohl and the gang showed up in a pickup and "rickrolled" the
protestors in person by blasting the Rick Astley '80s hit "Never Gonna
Give You Up" from the speakers while holding signs that said "You got
Rick roll'd (again)" and "Keep it clean."
The Topeka, Kansas, church is known for protesting funerals and
other notable events, its members holding signs with inflammatory inscriptions
such as "God hates fags."
The Foo
Fighters' actions were met with cheers online, with many applauding the group
for turning the tables on the protesters.
It's not the first
time the group has counterprotested the church. Grohl serenaded them in 2011
outside the same venue.
This time around,
it seemed like Westboro had a sense of humor about the incident. A Twitter
account linked to the church posted, "Did @FooFighters just #rickroll us?
Oh well!"
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