Shane Hawkins, Taylor Hawkins’ teenage son, plays the drums alongside the FooFighters for an emotional performance of “My Hero” as part of a 6-hour tribute to the band’s late drummer. ❤️ More highlights from the concert in Los Angeles:
, which supports musicians in the U.S. and U.K. — started at 7 p.m. and ended just after 1 a.m., with the crowd barely thinning during over its six hours. Several of those who had been at both the London and L.A. tributes were reporting a somewhat lighter and much more rock-centric vibe than the tear-soaked performance earlier this month in the UK.
While there were certainly tears in the crowd and onstage at various points throughout the evening, the atmosphere was indeed one of palpable love for and celebration of a singular life and artist and the music and people that brought him joy. There are few greater demonstrations of love and respect than simply showing up for somebody, and last night many of the all time greats showed up for Taylor.
The bill was like something from rock fan fiction — an amalgamation of many of Hawkins’ favorite bands — with the litany of guests turning out to play Foo Fighters’ greatest hits and deep cuts alike.
Coming onstage sporting a psychedelic cat t-shirt and a salt and pepper beard, Jack Black told a story of coming to the Forum for Dave Grohl’s 45th birthday concert in 2015. “Taylor just f—ing tore it apart,” Black recalled, “and I snuck backstage before the show started and I poked my head into Taylor’s dressing room and he was just f—ing practicing hard as hell, and it was a beautiful thing to see. He was serious. No f—ing around. He really meant it, and it was important to him.
Miley Cyrus and Def Leppard perform at the Taylor Hawkins tribute show in Los Angeles on September 27, 2022.At about 20 minutes after midnight, Chapelle came onstage to inexplicably and gloriously sing Radiohead’s “Creep.” “Rest in peace Taylor Hawkins, we love you,” Chapelle said before dropping the mic and exiting the stage. “You didn’t see that one coming, did you,” Dave Grohl commented.
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