Dave Grohl said the following after the announcement: “How the f*ck have we never played at The BRIT Awards before!?!?!"

“We’ve had a tonne of firsts over in the UK – from our first festival (Reading ’95) to our first headlining arena tour (2002) to our first stadium tour (2008) – you guys have always been so good to us. Why not add 2018 Brit awards to the list??!?!? Let’s make some noise.”

UK posh-boy comedian, Jack Whitehall, will host the awards which will be broadcast live on ITV.