Roger Taylor‘s son Rufus – Taylor Hawkins’ godson and drummer for The Darkness – also stepped in as a temporary sticksman for the Foos. were joined by a revolving cast of guest drummers, including Travis Barker, Nandi Bushell and Taylor Hawkins’ 16-year-old son Shane. The surviving members of Foo Fighters closed the six-hour show with an emotional greatest hits set. In a heartfelt opening speech, Grohl promised that the event would be “a gigantic fucking night for a gigantic fucking person”.Įlsewhere at the gig, Them Crooked Vultures – the supergroup comprising Grohl, Led Zeppelin‘s John Paul Jones, and Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme and Alain Johannes – reunited for their first live appearance in 12 years. The Taylor Hawkins tribute concert also featured performances from the likes of Queen, Liam Gallagher, Supergrass, Rush and Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet. “If Brian tells you to do something, you fucking do it!” /QXJFajur1L “Brian Johnson is an absolute legend and Dave was right, I couldn’t turn it down.” Hawkins later posted a longer statement in which he recalled being invited to join Johnson onstage at the last minute: “The stage manager scrambled to prepare a microphone for me, but I didn’t know which one I was supposed to take and I ended up having to steal Brian’s, which looked a bit awkward. He added: “Everybody involved would trade it in to have Taylor back, but & The Hawkins Family created something beautiful in his honour.” You can see that post above. I watched Shane Hawkins’ from the bleachers with tears in my eyes & missed out on the bow, but was a privilege to be part of this show.Įverybody involved would trade it in to have Taylor back, but & The Hawkins Family created something beautiful in his honour. I thought he did an AMAZING job and I’m always happy to help out when needed. Haha I wouldn’t say that □ To be honest, I feel like BJ just wanted to drag me up for a laugh and to give his voice a few seconds to recover in time for the rest of the track. Sharing a series of images from the event, Hawkins said it was “a privilege to be part of this show”. I thought he did an AMAZING job and I’m always happy to help out when needed.” He continued: “To be honest, I feel like BJ just wanted to drag me up for a laugh and to give his voice a few seconds to recover in time for the rest of the track. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.Wolfgang Van Halen, who’d shared the stage with Hawkins, Grohl and Josh Freese earlier the the show, replied: “You’re goddamn right! And you killed it.” Hawkins wrote back: “Haha I wouldn’t say that ).” Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Whether or not those ideas come to be, others theorized that Grohl could record drums on Foo Fighters albums himself while the band gets another drummer to perform on tour with them. Dave goes Phil Collins style and sings while drumming on tour, leaving Chris and Pat to handle all guitars.” Others thought a rotating cast of drummers could work. Omar and Josh Freese were great too but Rufus is so closely connected to the band and Taylor already, he’s like part of the Foos family.”Īnother user wrote, “I don’t really believe this will happen, but just for the sake of throwing it out there. One commenter wrote, “There were lots of great drummers at both tribute gigs but Rufus stood out as a natural successor even with those other great drummers there. He’s the son of Queen’s Roger Taylor who is currently a member of The Darkness and also plays drums at Queen + Adam Lambert concerts. Some others suggested Rufus Taylor, who also performed at the tribute shows. He also played with Foo Fighters for both of the Hawkins tribute concerts. The drummer who it seems was mentioned most in the responses was Josh Freese, who one commenter called “the ultimate rock session drummer.” Indeed, he has a ton of experience: Freese is currently a member of Devo and The Vandals, and he previously had stints performing with Guns N’ Roses, A Perfect Circle, Puddle Of Mudd, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, Sublime With Rome, Paramore, and Sting, among many others. Naturally, this has led fans to wonder: Who is going to be the next Foo Fighters drummer?Īfter the band’s message, some fans discussed this in a thread on Reddit’s r/foofighters subreddit. At the end of 2022, Foo Fighters shared a message that appears to indicate they plan to continue as a band after the death of Taylor Hawkins, writing, “Without Taylor, we never would have become the band that we were - and without Taylor, we know that we’re going to be a very different band going forward.”
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