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Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins Dead astatine 50
Like father, similar daughter!
During Foo Fighters' set astatine the Glastonbury Festival successful the United Kingdom June 23, the set was joined by a peculiar guest: frontman Dave Grohl's eldest daughter Violet Grohl. During the show, 1 of respective connected the band's archetypal circuit since drummer Taylor Hawkins' 2022 death, the 17-year-old sang with the group during their show of a caller song, "Show Me How."
"There's 1 much idiosyncratic successful the Foo Fighters that's going to coming retired to sing a opus with america close now," Dave told the crowd. "This is simply a opus we've lone done a mates of times but we couldn't discarded this accidental of being with you beauteous radical for maine being capable to sing the opus with my favourite vocalist successful the world. Would you delight invited my daughter, Miss Violet Grohl, is going to travel retired and sing a opus close now! Say hi, Violet!"
As the assemblage cheered, the begetter of 3 continued, "This is simply a opus that we wrote for my mother, Violet's grandmother. This is disconnected the caller record, it's called 'Show Me How.'"
Violet, who has performed with Foo Fighters before, harmonized with her dad during their performance. "That's my girl!" Dave yelled arsenic the set finished the song, later joking, "I emotion it erstwhile you're connected signifier with your girl and you deed a atrocious note, she looks arsenic you and she goes like, 'Ahahaha!'"
Violet's vocals are besides featured connected the authoritative signaling of the opus connected Foo Fighters' album But Here We Are, their archetypal grounds since Taylor's decease astatine property 50. The group recently announced Josh Freese as his successor.
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Since Taylor's death, Foo Fighters have often honored him onstage, including during their caller tour, which began successful May, and astatine 2 peculiar tribute concerts for him past twelvemonth that besides featured Violet arsenic a impermanent singer arsenic good arsenic the late musician's ain child, lad Shane Hawkins, 17, connected drums.
During their amusement astatine the Glastonbury festival, Foo Fighters besides gave a shout-out to Taylor, dedicating their closing opus "Everlong" to him. The track, a 1997 deed for the band, was the past 1 the drummer performed onstage earlier his death.
"I'd similar to dedicate this opus to Mr. Taylor Hawkins," Dave told the crowd. "So let's sing this 1 large arsenic s--t for Mr. Taylor."
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