Foo Fighters deliver emotional tribute to late drummer Taylor Hawkins
The Foo Fighters have delivered an emotional tribute to the band’s late drummer, Taylor Hawkins, at a fundraiser concert in London.
The American rock band were joined by a series of music icons to honour Hawkins, who died of a drug overdose at age 50 in March 2022 while on tour with the band in Colombia.
An emotional performance came from Hawkins’ 16-year-old son Shane, who took to his father’s drum kit to perform the Foo Fighters song My Hero in honour of his dad.
As well as the tear-jerking performance from the young musician, frontman Dave Grohl also had the crowd in pieces with a stripped back version of the song Times Like These.
Playing with no instrumental backing, Grohl broke down in tears as he performed the 2002 track in honour of his friend, with the crowd cheering him on in support.
Grohl then launched into an emphatic performance as the band played their hits The Pretender and Everlong.
A stone would be moved to tears by Dave Grohl breaking down, then being urged on by the roar of the crowd, at the start of Times Like These during the #TaylorHawkins tribute concert. pic.twitter.com/LLBTuRimi0
— Kevin (@caoimhinof) September 3, 2022
The performance also featured Guns N' Roses drummer Josh Freese, Blink-182's Travis Barker, Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor.
The Beatles' Paul McCartney, AC/DC's Brian Johnson, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and Nile Rogers also joined the impressive lineup of musical stars.
The performance was held at London's Wembley Stadium, with the proceeds going towards charities Music Support and MusiCares.
A second tribute concert is scheduled for Los Angeles at the end of September.
The announcement of Taylor’s untimely death came just hours before the band was due to take the stage at a music festival in Bogota.
He is survived by his wife Alice, and children Shane, Anabelle and Everleigh.
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