Dave Grohl Gets Fan to Eat a Roll of Mentos and Chug a Beer at Foo Fighters Show: Watch

Foo Fighters famously parodied a Mentos commercial with their “Big Me” music video in 1996, and the band’s been paying for it ever since — getting affectionately pelted with the chewy mints while playing shows. At the Foos’ gig in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday night, Dave Grohl finally had enough. The Foo Fighters frontman told the crowd the story of filming the music video in Sydney, and having fans throw Mentos at his face every night. He then spotted a fan with a whole roll of Mentos in his hand, and exclaimed, “Don’t you fucking dare. I’m telling you, don’t be that guy!” He then challenged the fan, whose name was Thomas, to eat the whole pack of Mentos while the band performed “Big Me,” saying he’d chug a beer with him if he did so. Thomas quickly obliged, downing the whole roll of Mentos within a few seconds. The camera filmed Thomas as he painfully chewed through all the Mentos. Grohl then had a beer passed to Thomas, who promptly drank it — creating a potential internal explosion, given what happens when you mix Mentos with a carbonated beverage. Grohl then remarked, “You know who’s gonna go throw up in my fucking dressing room right now. I’m gonna go back to my dressing room and find Thomas in a pile of puke. He just fucking ate a whole pack of Mentos and then chugged a fucking Coors Light.” The Foo Fighters frontman added, “It’s like, wait, hold on, isn’t that that thing if you put those in a Pepsi? That’s fucked up. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m not even kidding. This might be the funnest show we’ve ever played in this fucking city. For real.” Watch it all go down in the video below, courtesy of news.com.au. Foo Fighters have a handful of November dates left in Australia, but will return Down Under for shows in Australia and New Zealand in January, followed by a couple concerts in India. The band will also play Los Angeles’ KROQ Acoustic Christmas on December 12th (tickets here), and a Super Bowl-related gig with Mumford & Sons in L.A. on February 13th.