The Pretenders were joined by Dave Grohl at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in London on Saturday. “If there’s one band Taylor and I shared a musical love for, it’s this band that we spent many a night singing and dancing along with,” Grohl said while founding Pretenders Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambers took the stage. But Grohl didn’t […]
Them Crooked Vultures staged a reunion to honor late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins at his tribute concert in London. The supergroup – featuring Foos leader Dave Grohl alongside Queens of the Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes – delivered a three-song set at Wembley Stadium, marking their first performance since 2010. […]
AC/DC singer Brian Johnson and Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich teamed up with Foo Fighters at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London. The rough-and-ready performance took place more than midway through the Wembley Stadium concert. Taking the stage before it began, Dave Grohl warned the crowd: “We’re not even fucking close – I hope you wore comfortable shoes! Please welcome to the stage […]
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush performed at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London, delivering a tight three-song set that felt equal parts like an homage to the fallen drummer as well as their own, the late Neil Peart, who died in January 2020. “Now if there’s one band that I always associated Taylor […]
Paul McCartney and Chrissie Hynde took the stage during the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London, joining Foo Fighters during their closing set to perform two Beatles classics. Dave Grohl was coy, first introducing Hynde, “who I happen to think is the baddest motherfucker in the world. But she brought a friend with her tonight. So would everybody […]
It’s not clear when Midnight mastermind Athenar sleeps, but I’m guessing the answer is “never.” Dude already put out a Midnight record called Let There Be Witchery earlier this year, and now he’s got a new early Motörhead worship band called Whitespade. Predictably it rocks hard as hell and should be listened to at paint-peeling […]
Foo Fighters delivered a powerful set of songs to close out the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London on Saturday night (Sept. 3). The group had served as house band for much of the event, playing alongside such legendary guests as AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, the Police’s Stewart Copeland and Queen‘s Roger Taylor […]
Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx appeared in a video at the Taylor Hawkins tribute show, and he recalled ‘crazy phone calls’ with the late Foo Fighters drummer. “We’d talk about our favorite bands, things that pissed us off.” He said Taylor would call him during ‘rough times’ and tell him, ‘You’re a badass.’ “We talked […]
Demon Hunter is streaming their new single “Master” now that their coming record Exile got pushed back to October 28. “Master” is the fifth single we’ve gotten off Exile and much like the previous four, it’s pretty damn good! All five singles have done a great job in terms of catchiness and overall variety, assuring […]
Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor honored Taylor Hawkins at a tribute concert for the late drummer in London. The second to last scheduled performance of the Wembley Stadium extravaganza opened with film footage of Hawkins’ well-known love for Queen and drummer Taylor in particular. It led directly into the actual performance, with an on-screen Taylor […]