Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl forced to stop Birmingham concert after 'problem in crowd'

The Foo Fighters were forced to halt their Birmingham gig as chaos erupted in the crowd.

Legendary frontman Dave Grohl warned the crowd "you don't want" what would happen if the disruption continued. The band was wrapping up their UK tour at Villa Park Stadium on June 27 when the incident occurred.

Grohl had to pause the concert due to a "problem in the crowd" that prevented the band from continuing their performance. The show, part of their Everything or Nothing At All Tour, was stopped to ensure the safety of a fan after an issue was spotted among the massive Villa Park audience.

From the start, the Foos had the crowd in a state of wild excitement, with the entire standing area of the arena packed with fans. Early into the set, Grohl noticed a disturbance in the crowd and halted the music, threatening to play Stairway to Heaven until the unclear issue was resolved.

The Foo Fighters halted their gig at Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham

"Is he up yet? Because if he's not up, we're going to start playing Stairway to Heaven," Grohl warned. "And no one wants to hear me play Stairway to Heaven.", reports Birmingham Live. True to his word, Grohl began playing the Led Zeppelin classic, joined by the crowd, until the problem was sorted out. The singer revealed that he often resorts to playing Stairway during crowd disturbances, although this time he only got a few minutes into the song before the issue was resolved.

It comes after Dave appeared to make a dig at pop sensation Taylor Swift during their London gig. 55-year-old Dave and his bandmates have previously played Wembley Stadium on numerous occasions, referred to Taylor playing on the same night on the other side of the capital. As some boos could be heard from the audience, Dave warned: "You don't want the f****g Swifties on your a**."

He continued: "Anyway when we f****g played Wembley I remember our manager said, 'Do you want to play Wembley?' And I was like, 'Yeah that would be f****g great but I don't really know if we can because I don't know who is going to show up and then you motherf****s came and gave us the biggest shows we'd ever played in our lives."

Later in the night, he added: "We were joking about the Taylor Swift tour earlier. I know that she's on her 'Eras' tour. I'm telling you man, you don't want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift. So we like to call our tour the Errors Tour. We've had more than a few Errors and more than a few f****g Eras as well." The Foo Fighters frontman clarified: "Just a couple...that's because we actually play live. What?'

As the crowd burst into huge cheers, he added: "Just saying. You guys like raw live rock 'n' roll music right? You came to the right f***ing place!"

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