Two memorial gigs will be performed in memory of the late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who passed away on March 25 at the age of 50. The shows will be performed by Foo Fighters as well as members of Hawkins’s family.
Together with the Hawkins Family, Foo Fighters In September, the band will celebrate his life and legacy with a concert titled “Present Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert” which will take place in both London and Los Angeles. Find out all we know about the shows so far, including how you can watch the episodes and how much we know about them.
When Can We Expect To See These Taylor Hawkins Memorial Performances?
Wembley Stadium in London will play host to the Foo Fighters and the Hawkins Family Present Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert on September 3 while the Kia Forum in Los Angeles will host the event on September 27. Both concerts will take place on September Saturday.
Taylor Hawkins Memorial Tickets Still Available?
In June, tickets were made available for both events but they quickly sold out. However, the final tickets were just made available this week and you can purchase them right here.
Who’s playing London’s Taylor Hawkins Tribute?
The full list of acts for the Wembley Stadium show is as follows:
- Travis Barker (Blink-182)
- Nandi Bushell
- Martin Chambers (The Pretenders)
- Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction)
- Chevy Metal
- Stewart Copeland (The Police)
- Josh Freese
- Liam Gallagher
- Violet Grohl
- Omar Hakim
- Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
- Shane Hawkins
- Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age)
- Chrissie Hynde
- James Gang
- Alain Johannes
- Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
- John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
- Kesha
- Greg Kurstin
- Geddy Lee (Rush)
- Alex Lifeson (Rush)
- Brian May (Queen)
- Krist Novoselic (Nirvana)
- Nile Rodgers
- Mark Ronson
- Luke Spiller (The Struts)
- Supergrass
- Roger Taylor (Queen)
- Rufus Taylor (The Darkness)
- Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
- Wolfgang Van Halen
- Plus a special guest appearance from Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock
Who’s On The LA Taylor Hawkins Tribute Bill?
The full list of acts for the Los Angeles show is as follows:
- Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
- Travis Barker (Blink-182)
- Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
- Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction)
- Chevy Metal
- Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
- Stewart Copeland (The Police)
- Miley Cyrus
- Joe Elliott (Def Leppard)
- Josh Freese
- Violet Grohl
- Omar Hakim
- Shane Hawkins
- Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age)
- James Gang
- Joan Jett
- Alain Johannes
- John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
- Mark King
- Greg Kurstin
- Geddy Lee (Rush)
- Alex Lifeson (Rush)
- Brian May (Queen)
- Alanis Morisette
- Krist Novoselic (Nirvana)
- Pink
- Leanne Rimes
- Mark Ronson
- Gene Simmons (KISS)
- Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue_
- Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Luke Spiller (The Struts)
- Roger Taylor (Queen)
- Rufus Taylor (The Darkness)
- Jon Theodore (Queens Of The Stone Age)
- Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
- Wolfgang Van Halen
- Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine)
- Nancy Wilson (Heart)
- Patrick Wilson (Weezer)
Where Can I View Taylor Hawkins Tributes?
In collaboration with Paramount, Foo Fighters and the Hawkins family will live stream the London portion of the tribute events on September 3 at 4:30 p.m. local time (BST). Follow these steps to watch:
- The live broadcast from London will be shown on Paramount+ in the United States but the show will be recorded and made accessible on demand in other countries.
- Live coverage of the show will be broadcast on the MTV YouTube channels throughout the world.
- In addition, Pluto TV will be streaming the show abroad and beginning the week of September 5th viewers will be able to watch the show whenever they want to via video-on-demand.
- MTV will also air a one-hour special across its channels around the world beginning on Sunday, September 4th followed by an extended two-hour special that will air internationally later in the month. Both of these specials will air somewhere during the month of September.
Foo Fighters Discuss Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts
“Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear and Rami Jaffee will come together with the Hawkins family to celebrate the life, music and love of their husband, father, brother and bandmate with The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts,” read the message that came from the band. “The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts” is the name of the series of concerts that will be held in tribute to Hawkins.
“As one of the most revered and well-liked characters in contemporary music, Taylor’s towering talent and captivating personality endeared him to millions of fans, peers, friends and fellow musical giants all over the world. On March 25, his untimely death was mourned by millions of people with emotional and honest condolences pouring from fans as well as performers whom Taylor idolised.
In addition, they stated as follows: “The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts will unite several of those artists, the Hawkins family, and of course his Foo Fighters brothers in celebration of Taylor’s memory and his legacy as a global rock icon—his bandmates and his inspirations playing the songs that he fell in love with and the ones that he brought to life.”
Hawkins’ family will be at the show and his wife Alison released a statement. She tweeted, “Thank you to the whole Foo Fighters community and Taylor’s fans for your outpouring of affection. Your kindness has helped my family and me through our grief.
“As Taylor’s wife and on behalf of our children, I want to tell you how much he cared about “knocking your socks off.” Eeverytime Taylor was honoured to be in the Foo Fighters and cherished his dream job for 25 years. We consider the band and team family.”Taylor’s lovable nature and passion of music will live on via his collaborations and songs.”We must honour Taylor’s legacy and music in celebration of his life.”Thanks for your support. We love you all because Taylor did.”
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