taylor hawkins
16:19 Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Foo Fighters recently announced two tribute shows to the late and great Taylor Hawkins on September 3 at London's Wembley Stadium and on September 27 at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles. The shows will feature Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and Rami Jaffee coming together with the Hawkins family to celebrate the life and music of Taylor Hawkins, who tragically passed away earlier this year. The show's lineup has now added the following musicians to the following shows:
Wembley Stadium
- Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
- Oasis's Liam Gallagher
- Queen's Roger Taylor and Brian May
- The Police's Stewart Copeland
- Jane's Addiction's Chris Chaney
- Queens Of The Stone Age's Joshua Homme
- Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde
- Dave Chappelle
- Mammoth WVH's Wolfgang Van Halen
- Omar Hakim
- Members of Hawkins' cover band Chevy Metal
The Kia Forum
- Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
- Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx
- Miley Cyrus
- Queens Of The Stone Age's Joshua Homme
- Queen's Brian May
- Joan Jett
- Mark Ronson
- Alanis Morissette
- Kiss' Gene Simmons
- Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith
- Mammoth WVH's Wolfgang Van Halen
All ticketing and sales dates will also be available via Foo Fighters' website here. Foo Fighters originally canceled all their tour dates in the wake of Hawkins' death, as well as their appearance at the GRAMMY award show happening this Sunday, April 3. These two shows will be their first public appearances as a band since the tragedy.
Hawkins impressive résumé over the years included drumming for Foo Fighters from 1997 to present day, as well as forming his own bands like Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders and NHC featuring Jane's Addiction members Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney. Hawkins also drummed on Coheed & Cambria's 2006 album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two, and his own solo EP Kota in 2016.
