Foo Fighters hosted an assembly of rock’s biggest stars Saturday night (Sept. 3) during the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in London. While the event was much more of a celebration of life than a mournful affair, emotions naturally ran high. That’s to be expected given the circumstances. In March, Hawkins’ tragic death sent shockwaves through […]
The three-year legal battle over Nirvana’s Nevermind album cover is effectively over, with its fourth court presentation having been dismissed. Spencer Elden, who’s pictured as a baby on the sleeve, had tried to sue the band, photographer Kirk Weddle and several record labels, accusing them of “child pornography” since he’s naked in the image. His […]
“Tonight we’ve gathered with family and his closest friends, his musical heroes and greatest inspirations to bring you a gigantic fucking night for a gigantic fucking person,” Dave Grohl said at London’s Wembley Stadium, kicking off a brave and emotional public wake for Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. Over the following six hours, 50 songs […]
The Beatles documentary series Get Back won five Emmy Awards at a ceremony in Los Angeles last night (Sept. 3). Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were named with director Peter Jackson as recipients of the Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series award, alongside fellow producers Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Clare Olssen and Jonathan Clyde. Jackson also […]
Liam Gallagher was the first musical artist to perform at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London. The former Oasis frontman opened the show at Wembley convincingly with a two-song set, accompanied by the surviving members of the Foo Fighters. Gallagher hit the stage after Dave Grohl and his bandmates walked on silently to a long […]
Wolfgang Van Halen busted out a pair of Van Halen tunes in a high-energy tribute to Taylor Hawkins at the late Foo Fighters drummer’s memorial concert in London. The emotional moment came during a set performed by members of Hawkins’ side-project bands, Chevy Metal and the Coattail Riders. “It should come as no surprise that Taylor was […]
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 […]