Dave Grohl stops Foo Fighters Sydney show for heartfelt salute to Beaconsfield miner Todd Russell

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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl recalled his special bond with the Beaconsfield miners, 20 years on from their horrific ordeal trapped in a mine.

The Foo Fighters have dedicated an emotional tribute to Beaconsfield miner Todd Russell during one of their sold-out Australian concerts.

The US juggernauts are touring Australia for the 16th time in their 32-year history and their November 10 Sydney show at Accor Stadium coincided with the news of Russell’s death, at the age of 54.

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Frontman Dave Grohl recalled their get-together 20 years earlier as a picture of Russell appeared on-screen, before performing a moving rendition of ‘Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners’.

The song was written specifically for Russell and fellow miner Brant Webb, who were trapped underground in northern Tasmania for 14 days in 2006.

The pair famously requested an iPod loaded with Foo Fighters music while waiting to be rescued, cementing a unique bond between the band and the miners.

While the duo were trapped, Grohl sent a message to say he had two tickets and two beers waiting for them for any Foo Fighters show when they got out of the mine.

He kept his promise and met the pair backstage at the Sydney Opera House show later in 2006.

Grohl wrote the duo a song the night before, called Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners.

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