It left him and the custom-made throne he's been using because of his broken leg trapped under cover. Grohl continued to play and sing but was forced to call a halt to proceedings while the curtain was slowly removed.

He said to the crowd: "Sometimes it's the f***ed up things that make you remember the show for the rest of your life." The band then started the track from scratch.

The group recently kept their promise to play in Cesena, Italy after 1000 fans staged a mass performance of Learn To Fly to temp the band to their town.