Don’t get us wrong, we totally respect Foo Fighters.

And we respect Dave Grohl the man even more.

It goes without saying that he's a total legend - drumming in Nirvana, getting over Kurt's suicide, beating the odds to rule the world with another band, yada yada yada.

The Foos aren’t the biggest ‘alternative’ band on the planet for nothing y’know: they’re the slickest, most well-oiled RAAAAWK machine on planet rock. They’ve a peerless back catalogue of stadium torch songs – the likes of which are blasted out tonight like the anthems they are tonight. 'Monkey Wrench'. 'My Hero'. 'Learn To Fly'. 'All My Life'. They even do an Arcade Fire cover – of 'Keep The Car Running' - to prove their impeccable indie taste.

Tens of thousands of fists pump the air. Every word is bellowed back at the band. Everywhere we look people are grinning ear to ear.

But! And there is a but. We're just wondering if anyone else is even slightly irritated by all the 'Mr Nice Guy' stuff. Running on and hugging each member of Snow Patrol, on reflection, is akin to donating both of your kidneys to a serial killer in our book. At past stadium gigs we've heard Dave offer to buy everyone in the crowd a beer. Tonight he even wheels his mum Virginia Hammond Grohl (who, strangely, doesn't look much older than Dave) out to tell her "I owe it all to you" and encourages the crowd to cheer the old dear.

It's like this: as this week's NME Radar stars The Courteeners' singer Liam told us before: “all the best people in the world are cynical”.

So maybe it's just our cynicism that stops us totally enjoying a Foos festival set. Whatever, it's business as usual tonight for Dave and the boys.

And, we guess, on the whole, that's more than enough. For most people.

Best Song: 'Stacked Actors'

Best Moment: When Dave wheels out his dear old ma.

Foo Fighters played:

'Everlong'
'Monkey Wrench'
'Breakout'
'Cheer Up Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)'
'My Hero'
'Times Like These'
'Up In Arms'
'Learn To Fly'
'Stacked Actors'
'DOA'
'This Is A Call'
'Best Of You'
'The Pretender'
'Keep The Car Running'
'All My Life'