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Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins Dead astatine 50
An emotional Dave Grohl led a star-studded tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins at the group's archetypal amusement since his death.
On Sept. 3, the vocalist began the live-streamed charity performance by lasting onstage with their set mates to invited the assemblage at a packed Wembley Stadium successful London, arsenic they chanted, "Taylor, Taylor!"
With his dependable wavering, Grohl told them, "Ladies and gentleman, tonight, we are gathered present to observe the life, the euphony and the emotion of our beloved friend, our set mate, our brother, Taylor Hawkins. For those of you who knew him personally, you cognize that nary 1 other could marque you smile, oregon laugh, oregon dance, oregon sing similar helium could. And for those of those that admired him from afar, I'm definite you've each felt the aforesaid thing."
At the show, Foo Fighters performed galore of their hits. During their show of "Times Like These," Dave became flooded with emotion, pausing for a fewer seconds to hitch distant tears and instrumentality a fewer breaths earlier continuing the song.
For Foo Fighters' performance of their track "My Hero," Hawkins' son Oliver Shane Hawkins appeared onstage to drum with the group, taking his precocious father's place. The 16-year-old instrumentalist had besides performed the opus with the band The Alive during a Fourth of July enactment successful California.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, we person 1 much drummer that's going to travel up and play with us," Grohl said earlier welcoming Shane to the stage. "And fto maine archer you I don't deliberation I've ever seen anyone deed the drums arsenic hard arsenic this person, but beyond that, he's a subordinate of our family. And helium needs to beryllium present contiguous with each of us, and I deliberation it makes consciousness that he's going to travel up and play with america tonight."
The Hawkins tribute performance successful London also featured performances from the frontman's girl Violet Grohl, arsenic good arsenic the likes of Paul McCartney, Geddy Lee, Liam Gallagher, Mark Ronson, Supergrass, Travis Barker, Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor and Van Halen musician and the late Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang Van Halen.
Hawkins died at property 50 successful a edifice country successful Colombia connected March 25, hours earlier Foo Fighters were acceptable to play a show. The Colombian Attorney General's Office aboriginal said toxicology results showed that he had drugs successful his strategy astatine the clip of his death, but did not uncover the origin of his passing. The case remains nether investigation.
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