Foo Fighters at Ericsson Stadium Supertop

Much loved - The Foo Fighters played a sell-out concert on Saturday.

Dave Grohl works hard and he loves his job. Who wouldn't when 13,000 fans - a jam-packed sell-out at the Supertop - are screaming back at you?

The Foos have been on a world tour since June when they released their latest album, In Your Honour, and near the end of the show, Grohl tells the Auckland crowd we are the rowdiest crowd they've had.

"I thought the Yanks were loud. But you guys. Stop cheering, you're too loud," he smiles.

This just inspires the thousands to yell and scream even louder.

The Supertop hasn't hosted a bunch of rabid and devoted rock fans like this since, well, Metallica in the late 90s.

Since forming in 1995 - after the demise of Nirvana with the death of Kurt Cobain - the Foos have written a lot of hit songs. Most get played tonight, including the rousing highlight, Everlong, the gorgeous My Hero, and Monkey Wrench as the finale is predictable, but perfect.

It's a shame they don't launch straight into Everlong, opting instead for a crowd sing-along. But when every single one of these 13,000 screaming nutters knows the words, the effect is huge.

A few songs in, Grohl has to calm things down. He asks the crowd to chill out for a second and tells them to pick people up if they fall down.

"And when you've picked them up, give them a big fat hickey," he yells.

He's quite a goofy kind of guy, that Dave Grohl. He is dressed in black, and with his shaggy, yet boofy, hair and woolly beard, he could be mistaken for one of the Gibb brothers from the Bee Gees.

But if you needed proof this is Grohl's band, it is here for all to see. His presence is huge. He charges round the stage like a teenager playing a tennis racket in his bedroom, and it is Grohl, as well as drummer Taylor Hawkins, who are the life and soul of this show.

The other two, especially bass player Nate Mendel, just stand there like a pair of bored old gits.

And tonight, there's a special treat - Grohl plays the drums. It's a pretty laid-back performance accompanying the Hawkins-penned Cold Day In the Sun off In Your Honour's acoustic disc. But hey, it's Dave Grohl playing drums.

The two-hour-long set does start sounding a little samey and uniform at times. But when it's 10 years' worth of big, stadium-rock anthems, one after the other, who cares? The masses love it and so does Grohl.

"I [expletive] love it," he says."

See you next time.