FROM the show’s last minute announcement to the censor-baiting name they performed under, Foo Fighters’ return to Brighton was always going to be about one thing – having some fun.

And so it proved with a set packed with both band and fan favourites covering an almost 20-year career.

The deafening roar which met perennially youthful frontman Dave Grohl as he walked onstage was undoubtedly the loudest Concorde 2 has heard in its long history.

The crowd - whose jumping shook the floor - was here to party, and the band fed off that vibe across an energetic two-hour set.

From the opening Enough Space much of the set leaned towards rarely performed tracks from the band’s self-titled 1995 debut and breakthrough 1997 follow-up The Colour And The Shape.

But in its entirety the setlist was a reminder that Grohl’s songwriting skills have never deserted him across seven albums.

From I’ll Stick Around to recent album Wasting Light’s Rope, every longplayer has contained at least one killer classic and most got an airing – although there was no space for Monkey Wrench, Breakout, Times Like These or Best Of You.

The intense heat, which by the third song left Grohl looking like he’d taken part in the Ice Bucket Challenge, didn’t slow the five-piece down. The only lull in proceedings came with the bluesy swagger of Tom Petty’s Break Down which could have come from a different band and demonstrated their range.

Despite Foo Fighters being used to playing enormodomes, the audience in the 800-capacity venue wasn’t deafened –the three-guitar-led sound was always powerful but by no means painful.

Mid set, as he finished a souped-up Learn To Fly, Grohl announced to the band and the audience from that point on every song the band played would be a little different from anything they had done before.

And so second guitarist Pat Smear was given his most extended solo in the history of the band, drummer Taylor Hawkins showed off his inner Axl Rose with his own lead vocal, and Grohl even pulled Jay, the frontman from tribute band the UK Foo Fighters, out of the crowd to sing the hard-rocking White Limo – to stunning results.

Should anyone have forgotten how lucky they were to be witnessing Grohl’s masterclass in showmanship close up, the blinds were lifted off the windows for encore All My Life allowing the ticketless crowds gathered outside the venue the chance to glimpse the band on stage.

It’s a show which should never be forgotten in Concorde 2 or Brighton’s history.