Throughout their 20 years in the business, the Foo Fighters have built up a reputation as a band to watch live.

And at the Emirates Cricket Ground in Old Trafford, they proved that is exactly what they do best.

From the start of their packed set the band’s energy did not falter once and every song was met with delight from the crowd.

Always the showman, Dave Grohl entertained his epic audience with quips about the dodgy Manchester weather and the fact that Sunderland was a louder audience - proving that despite his past band experience, he was born to be a frontman.

The setlist was indeed written for a true fan - from older offerings such as Everlong, Learn to Fly and All My Life to more up to date anthems like The Pretender and Congregation, which he dedicated to Taylor Swift in a slightly tongue in cheek way.

Brilliantly they threw in some fantastic covers including AC/DC’s Let There Be Rock and Queen and David Bowie’s Under Pressure, along with an intimate acoustic interlude of Skin and Bones and My Hero. Grohl also made an eight year old boy’s night by inviting him onto the stage to sing with him.

Although there has been criticism about the loudness of the two and a half hour set, they barely played past their 10.30pm curfew with Grohl and the boys instead simply coming on half an hour earlier than scheduled.

It's hard to believe that the Foo Fighters might not have been if it wasn't born out of the ashes of a not-to-be-named Seattle grunge band - but they played like they were always meant to be.