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Guests at a laid-back backyard gathering in Los Angeles were taken by surprise when they discovered the person serving coleslaw was none other than rock legend Dave Grohl.
The Foo Fighters’ lead singer and former Nirvana drummer was seen joyfully manning the grill and mingling with attendees during a surprise appearance at a friend’s backyard concert. The unexpected moment was captured in a viral social media video shared last week.
“It was incredibly fun, and Dave was so nice,” one partygoer shared with The Sun. “He joked around with us while we were getting food. It was genuinely one of the most surreal experiences I’ve ever had.”
The event, hosted at a friend’s home known for intimate backyard concerts, had been a long time coming.
“My friend has been trying to organize this for a few years,” the attendee explained. “It all came together in the last couple of weeks.”
Footage from the party, which has been viewed 586K times on TikTok, showed the 17-time Grammy Awards winner help pass out the barbecue dish into a bowl for partygoers.
“It was SO good,” the guest raved.
Fans might be surprised, but Grohl’s love of barbecue is almost as legendary as his music.
The rocker, who counts icons like Paul McCartney and Jimmy Page among his pals, has long been obsessed with grilling and smoking meat.
He’s cooked huge meals for charity, including feeding people at Hope the Mission shelters in Los Angeles and serving firefighters battling California wildfires.
Grohl said his barbecue obsession dates back to the early ’90s when Nirvana first started making serious money. He bought a beach house in North Carolina and quickly became hooked on pulled pork.
“I would get a pint and eat it until it ran out,” he told Bon Appetit in 2019. “Then I would get another pint until it ran out — just pulled pork on a white bun with slaw, and that was it.
“I realized, Oh, this is barbecue: so simple, but sublime and complex.”
The backyard appearance also comes after a turbulent year for the rocker’s personal life.
In 2024, Grohl shocked fans when he admitted he had fathered a baby with another woman outside his marriage to Jordyn Blum. The child’s mother was later revealed by The Post to be rock ‘n’ roll fan Jennifer Young.
Despite the scandal, Grohl and Blum — who share three daughters — have patched things up and given giving their marriage another shot.
Meanwhile, the frontman is back doing what he does best: playing loud and living large.
The Foo Fighters are currently tearing across the globe on their “Take Cover Tour,” which kicked off in January and is set to run through early 2027.
But if you’re lucky?
You might just find the rock legend at the grill — handing you a plate of BBQ and a side of slaw.