80s pop star Rick Astley joined the Foo Fighters on stage at Reading Festival for a rock rendition of ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, inspiring Dave Grohl to profess his love for the star, saying “he’s got balls the size of the fucking London Eye” on stage.

Dave Grohl is no stranger to performing with Rick Astley, in the duo often referred to as RickGrohl’d by fans. They’ve performed many a time together, and each time is just as confusingly mesmerising as the last.

During their headline slot at Reading Festival, Foo Fighters brought out Astley to perform a rock rendition of his 80s hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ – right after teasing that they might play a Nirvana track. Essentially, the crowd got rick-rolled. 

“I thought tonight we’ll do something special for you that pays tribute to a song that brings us way back in time. It’s maybe the reason why I’m here tonight headlining main stage. If you know it you can bounce around to it.”

Watch the pair perform ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ together below:

However, it didn’t end there.

“You know what? I’m gonna sing this one to Rick Astley,” Dave Grohl declared as he played the opening chords to ‘Big Me’. “Let me tell you something. You know all your fucking badass rock and roll heroes that you’ve got? Those gunslinging, badass, rock and roll mother fuckers? They seem like the toughest people in the world. I’m not kidding, Rick Astley has bigger balls than those mother fuckers.”

He continued: “Rick Astley’s got balls the size of the fucking London Eye, and I’m not kidding right now. That’s why I love him, because of those big balls on Rick Astley. So I’m gonna sing a little love song to Rick right now.”

Earlier in the set, Foo Fighters told the crowd that they should start a petition to get Oasis back together.

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