Saturday night saw the Foo Fighters return to the Saturday Night Live studio for what was Dave Grohl’s 14th appearance as a musical guest, during which time they decided to get into the festive spirit by performing one of the best Christmas performances you’ll see all year.

Following their initial performance of ‘The Sky Is A Neighbourhood’ in the Alec Baldwin-hosted episode, Foo Fighters soon returned to the stage to play again, but this time they had a little something up their sleeves.

The group’s second performance opened with a lone Dave Grohl playing a solo version of the group’s classic hit ‘Everlong’. Soon enough, Grohl was joined by the rest of the band (who were all wearing seasonally appropriate Christmas sweaters) and backup singers for a performance of Darlene Love’s ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’, and an instrumental cover of the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s ‘Linus And Lucy’ (yep, that’s the tune from A Charlie Brown Christmas, in case you were wondering).

With fake snow falling from the sky, and the entire stage set up like a fever dream for The Grinch, the band’s performance was met with rapturous applause from the crowd (and the Twittersphere), all of whom seemed stunned by what they had just witnessed.

With the band set to take a brief break for the holidays, they’re set to return for a New Year’s Eve performance in Las Vegas before they play their first shows for the new year in none other than little old Australia with tour mates Weezer.

It’s definitely set to be one of the biggest tours of the year, so if you’ve been putting off buying tickets to the group’s Concrete And Gold tour, now’s the time to get your Christmas shopping done (or just buy a gift for yourself, we don’t judge).

Check out the Foo Fighters’ Christmas Medley:

Foo Fighters Concrete & Gold World Tour 2018

Plus special guests Weezer

Saturday, January 20th, 2018
nib Stadium, Perth (All Ages)
(With Cosmic Kahuna)
Tickets from Ticketmaster | Ph: 136 100

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
Coopers Stadium, Adelaide (All Ages)
(With Amyl And The Sniffers)
Tickets from Ticketek | Ph: 132 849

Thursday, January 25th, 2018
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (All Ages)
(With DZ Deathrays)
Tickets from Ticketek | Ph: 132 849

Saturday, January 27th, 2018
ANZ Stadium, Sydney (All Ages)
(With The Preatures)
Tickets from Ticketek | Ph: 132 849

Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (All Ages)
(With Clowns)
Tickets from Ticketmaster | Ph: 136 100

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