The Foo Fighters along with the Hawkins family present The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts. Two global events celebrating the memory and music of a rock legend.
The concerts will be on September 3 at Wembley Stadium, in England and September 27 at The Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
Foo Fighters Full Announcement About Taylor Hawkins Tribute
Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and Rami Jaffee will join the Hawkins family in celebrating the life, music and love of their husband, father, brother and bandmate with The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts.
As one of the most respected and beloved figures in modern music, Taylor’s monolithic talent and magnetic personality have endeared him to millions of fans, peers, friends and musical legends around the world. Millions mourned her untimely death on March 25, with passionate and heartfelt tributes coming from fans and musicians Taylor idolized.
The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts will bring together several of those artists, the Hawkins family and of course his Foo Fighters brothers to celebrate the memory of Taylor and his legacy as a global rock icon – his bandmates and their inspirations playing the songs he fell in love with, and the ones he brought to life. Lineups for each show will be announced shortly.
Taylor Hawkins joined the Foo Fighters in 1997, first appearing with the band on tour in support of their second album The Color & The Shape.
He made his Foo Fighters recorded debut with 1999’s There Is Nothing Left To Lose, playing on all subsequent FF albums, including One By One, In Your Honor (the first FF album to feature him taking over lead vocal duties on his song “Cold Day In The Sun”), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Wasting Light, Sonic Highways, Concrete & Gold (also featuring him as lead singer on “Sunday Rain”), and Medicine at Midnight.
As a member of the Foo Fighters, Taylor was a winner of 15 GRAMMY Awards and a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He lived and loved music to an insatiable degree, with Foo Fighters as well as his many solo and side projects and collaborations.
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