Fans Fight Fake Foos

While we've never been terribly fond of the skulking impersonators that occasionally surface in the realm of rock 'n' roll -- you know, the guys who try to win friends and scam free meals at the Cheesesteak Factory by claiming to be the bassist in Foghat -- we have plenty of sympathy for innocent victims of mistaken identity. Take the members of Brit-punk combo the FF's, who narrowly escaped major physical trauma after a rampaging mob of hooligans attacked them with all manner of airborne missiles. Their crime? Not being the Foo Fighters.

The band, you see, was playing a teeny side stage at England's Reading Festival on Sunday when a game of audience telephone got out of hand, leading to the rampant rumor that Dave Grohl and company would be performing a "secret" gig. They were hit with everything from bottles to mud to shoes -- which makes us wonder how much worse it could've been if the festival was packed with over-eager fans of Fannie Flagg.

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