Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert Lineup Additions

UPDATE 3 Aug. 17: There’s some large identify additions which have been added to the upcoming Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert events. For the Sept. 3 Wembley Stadium present, new additions embody Travis Barker (Blink-182), Martin Chambers (The Pretenders), Josh Freese, Violet Grohl, Justin Hawkins (The Darkness), Shane Hawkins, James Gang, Brian Johnson (AC/DC), Kesha, Luke Spiller (The Struts) and Lars Ulrich (Metallica).

In the meantime, the Sept. 27 present at Los Angeles’ Kia Discussion board has Sebastian Bach, Travis Barker, Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Josh Freese, Violet Grohl, Shane Hawkins, James Gang, Mark King (Degree 42) and Lars Ulrich (Metallica) all becoming a member of the invoice. The total lineups might be seen within the admat beneath.

Plus, reside streaming choices for the Wembley Stadium present have all been revealed and that data might be discovered here.

UPDATE 2 June 17: Foo Fighters have added much more expertise for each the London and Los Angeles Taylor Hawkins tribute exhibits. In London, new additions embody Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, P!nk, Nandi Bushell, Nile Rodgers, Greg Kurstin and LeAnn Rimes. In accordance with NME, the Los Angeles version simply added Novoselic, Jones, P!nk, Kurstin and Rimes together with Alain Johannes and Nancy Wilson.

UPDATE: The lineup for the Los Angeles version of the Foo Fighters and Hawkins Household Current Taylor Hawkins Tribute Live performance has now been revealed as effectively. Extra particulars towards the underside of this put up.

It is on! Foo Fighters have revealed a fairly spectacular visitor listing for the primary of their Taylor Hawkins tribute exhibits going down at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 3.

The lineup consists of (in alphabetical order) Chris Chaney, Stewart Copeland, Liam Gallagher, Omar Hakim, Joshua Homme, Chrissie Hynde, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Brian Might, Mark Ronson, Supergrass, Roger Taylor, Rufus Taylor and Wolfgang Van Halen, together with members of Hawkins different band Chevy Metallic and a particular look by comic Dave Chappelle. And there is a promise of “many extra to be introduced.”

Tickets for the present will go on sale this Friday (June 17) at 9AM native time, and the profit charities within the U.Ok. shall be chosen by the Hawkins household and revealed shortly.

Upon the announcement of the present, Liam Gallagher, a longtime buddy of Hawkins, acknowledged by way of Twitter, “It’s an absolute honour to be invited to kick out the jams for Taylor Hawkins received’t allow you to down brother.” Each Gallagher and tribute present participant Wolfgang Van Halen have been among the many initial acts paying musical tribute to Hawkins onstage of their respective excursions. Gallagher had devoted the Oasis traditional “Dwell Perpetually” to Hawkins throughout a present in London, whereas Van Halen coated Foo Fighters “My Hero” along with his band Mammoth WVH throughout a live performance in Boston. “He was a hero to me, a hero to us [pointing to his band], and a hero to numerous individuals, so we really feel that is vital,” stated Van Halen previous to performing the music.

Two acts that Hawkins completely liked are making their presence felt on the tribute present as Queen‘s Brian May and Roger Taylor and Rush‘s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson shall be a part of the occasion. Upon Hawkins’ passing, Brian Might had shared his frustration over Taylor’s loss of life, wishing he may negotiate with loss of life to carry the musician again. Hawkins famously carried out the Queen music “Any individual to Love” at his ultimate present. In the meantime, Queen bandmate Roger Taylor dedicated his Officer of the Order of the British Empire honor to Hawkins, stating what an in depth household buddy he was and commenting on the impression that Hawkins had on his son, The Darkness drummer Rufus Taylor, who can also be a part of the upcoming tribute present.

Hawkins additionally famously inducted Rush into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame with fellow presenter Dave Grohl. In an interview with House of Strombo, Lee spoke of how heartbreaking it was to study of Hawkins loss of life, including, “That basically broke my coronary heart.” Lee and Lifeson shall be a part of the tribute present as effectively.

One other large get for this present is Stewart Copeland, The Police drummer who served as one in all Hawkins’ earliest influences. “My brother handed me a replica of ‘Zenyatta Mondatta,’” Hawkins stated in 2019 BBC Interview. “This was 1982. He goes, ‘If you wish to be good, it’s important to play it like this man.’ My two first main inspirations — most likely the 2 guys that formed plenty of what I do after I play drums in a rock band — are Roger Taylor and Stewart Copeland.”

Copeland instructed Rolling Stone of Hawkins, “Taylor was an incredible hold, and there’s an enormous gap the place plenty of laughs used to reside,” Copeland stated. “After we weren’t goofing off with one another, we have been on the cellphone speaking crackpot theories, get-rich-quick schemes, and simply normal hold bulls***. He was simply indefatigably cheerful. He was emotional as effectively, however that simply gave spice to his cheerfulness.”

Upon asserting the Hawkins tribute exhibits, the drummer’s spouse Alison issued her first public statement since his loss of life thanking followers for his or her “outpouring of affection” for the musician, whereas additionally including of the group, “We take into account each band member and the prolonged Foo Fighters group our household.”

She went on so as to add, “In celebration of his life, it’s now as much as all of us who liked him most to honor Taylor’s legacy and the music he gave us.”

Along with the London present, a second U.S. tribute present date is scheduled for Sept. 27 on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles. There has additionally been discuss of further dates, however nothing introduced as of but.

UPDATE: As acknowledged, the Los Angeles tribute present lineup has now been introduced. Foo Fighters shall be joined onstage on the Kia Discussion board on Sept. 27 by Chris Chaney, Stewart Copeland, Miley Cyrus, Omar Hakim, Joshua Homme, Joan Jett, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Brian Might, Mark Ronson, Alanis Morissette, Gene Simmons, Nikki Sixx, Chad Smith, Luke Spiller, Roger Taylor, Rufus Taylor, Jon Theodore, Wolfgang Van Halen, Brad Wilk and Pat Wilson together with a particular look by Chevy Metallic, with “extra to be introduced.”

On this invoice, the addition of Morissette is notable as Hawkins was a part of her band previous to becoming a member of Foo Fighters. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (June 17) at 9AM native time.