Artists Added To Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show; Plus Livestream Plans Announced
The Foo Fighters are holding two star-studded tributes to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins next month, and now even more artists have been added to the bills.
New additions to “The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert” on the September 3rd at Wembley Stadium in London include Taylor’s son Shane Hawkins, Travis Barker, Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet Grohl, Justin Hawkins, James Gang, Brian Johnson, Martin Chambers, Josh Freese, Kesha and Luke Spiller.
New additions to the September 27th show at Los Angeles’ Kia Arena also include Taylor’s son Shane, Barker, Ulrich, James Gang and Violet Grohl, along with Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, Geezer Butler, Josh Freese, and Mark King.
- And there’s good news for those who can’t make it, or couldn’t score tickets to the shows. The full Wembley concert will be available to stream on Paramount+. Live coverage will begin airing in the U.S. at 11:30 am ET, and will also be available on-demand. In addition, CBS will air highlights on September 3rd at 10 pm ET, while MTV will air the one-hour special globally, followed by a two-hour compilation that will air later in September.
Check out the full lineups below:
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Dave Grohl Joins Beck At Benefit Show
In one of his first public appearances since the death of Taylor Hawkins in March, Dave Grohl joined Beck at the Largo theater in Los Angeles to sing the guitar riff of the Seals and Croft classic “Summer Breeze.” The Foo Fighter frontman walked out while Beck performed the song with Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D, producer Greg Kurstin, and actor-musician John C. Reilley.
The performance was part of a benefit show organized by Judd Apatow for Victims First, an organization that helps victims and communities after mass casualty crimes. It’s part of a series of benefits Apatow is organizing at the Largo, which has a capacity of 280.
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Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 contemplated suicide while battling cancer, but his wife snapped him out of it.
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Coldplay & Natalie Imbruglia Pay Tribute To Olivia Newton-John
Coldplay is the latest artist to pay tribute to Olivia Newton-John, who passed away earlier this month.
The band played London’s Wembley Stadium this week when Chris Martin brought out singer Natalie Imbruglia to join him on Olivia/John Travolta's classic “Grease” duet “Summer Nights.”
Coldplay and Imbruglia also teamed up for another song, performing Natalie’s hit track “Torn.” Check out fan-shot footage of “Summer Nights” to the right.
- In other Coldplay news…the band just dropped the video for the “Music of the Spheres” song “Humankind,” which takes fans on a journey through the streets of Mexico City, ending up at the Coldplay show at Foro Sol stadium. Check it out to the right.
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On Tuesday, a man fell from a balcony at the Motley Crue show in Indianapolis. He was rushed to the hospital, but there was no word on his condition.
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"Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls has passed a billion streams on Spotify.
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You can now purchase an official Post Malone beer pong set.
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