At Pearl Jam’s show in Ottawa, Eddie Vedder talked about the Taylor Hawkins tribute show and what kind of person Taylor was and how wonderful it was to see Taylor’s son play drums at the tribute with the Foo Fighters. He also mentions Gord Downie. Steven87 posted on the Ten Club board, “Wow, fantastic show! […]
Earlier this summer, guitarist Nita Strauss took hiatus from Alice Cooper‘s band to join pop star Demi Lovato‘s backing band, saying that her departure from Cooper‘s group isn’t necessarily definitive and that she hopes one day to return. Still, Strauss has caught some flack from fans confused by the switch and some accused her of […]
“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 […]
Alice In Chains is gearing up for the 30th anniversary of their classic album Dirt on September 29. The band recently announced a massive vinyl box set to accompany the anniversary, and is now posting some behind-the-scenes footage and rarities from the era as well! First up is a bunch of footage from the “Them […]
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 first Taylor Hawkins tribute show happened on September 3 in London at Wembley Stadium. The show included a handful of incredible guests (including an unexpected Them Crooked Vultures reunion), and you can stream the entire thing in full above! The next Hawkins tribute show will take place on September 27 in Los Angeles, CA […]
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. […]