During the Foo Fighters' show in Sydney, Dave Grohl recalled how a viral music video led to a years-long habit of fans hurling candy at him.
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Grohl explained the backstory of the "Big Me" music video, which was filmed in Sydney. The music video, a spoof of the popular Mentos commercials in the 1990s, shows a fake "Frootos" advertisement.
Grohl said fans never forgot the one-off joke and began tossing Mentos candy on stage at subsequent concerts.
"I didn't eat those candies, because after we made this video, people threw those f-king things in my face every night. Every time we played this song," he told the massive crowd in Sydney.
Among the crowd of 60,000 people, Grohl spotted an attendee with a fresh pack of Mentos and warned him not to toss the breath mints on stage.
"Don't you f-king dare. I'm telling you, don't be that guy!" Grohl exclaimed while pointing his finger at the fan.
Dave Grohl Issues Concert Attendee an Unusual Challenge
The Foo Fighters frontman offered the concertgoer an alternative to throwing them on stage.
"How about this? I'm going to play this song and I want to watch you eat that whole f-king pack of Mentos while I'm playing this goddamn song. Keep the camera on this motherf-ker! If you can finish that whole pack before we're done playing this song ... I'll chug a beer with you."
The concertgoer was apparently up for the challenge. While broadcast on the big screen, the fan downed the pack by the end of the performance. He was handed a beer after completing Grohl's bizarre challenge.
Grohl later invited the fan to join the band backstage, expressing concern about how the beer and Mentos will mix.
"You know who's gonna go throw up in my f-king dressing room right now," Grohl told the crowd. "I'm gonna go back to my dressing room and find Thomas in a pile of puke.
"He just f-king ate a whole pack of Mentos and then chugged a f-king Coors Light. It's like, Wait, hold on, isn't that that thing if you put those in a Pepsi? Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not even kidding. This might be the funnest show we've ever played in this f-king city. For real."
The Foo Fighters are currently on the Australia leg of their Take Cover Tour.
