Brian May reveals Taylor Hawkins' widow Alison requested their wedding song at LA tribute show

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A slew of musical luminaries came together in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening to pay tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, with Queen's Brian May revealing a heartfelt request that was made.The Los Angeles show - held at the Kia Forum - was actually the second tribute, with the first held in London, where May performed Queen's 1975 hit Love Of My Life.The 75-year-old guitarist revealed on stage at the event that he wasn't originally planning on playing the song that night, until he got a message from Taylor's widow, Alison Hawkins.

Request: A slew of musical luminaries came together in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening to pay tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, with Queen's Brian May revealing a heartfelt request that was made Message: The 75-year-old guitarist revealed on stage at the event that he wasn't originally planning on playing the song that night, until he got a message from Taylor's widow, Alison HawkinsWhen May took the stage at the Kia Forum, he revealed why he decided to play this song to the audience.'I wasn’t going to sing this song tonight because we all decided this was a party, and this was a time to celebrate, right?

Then something happened,' May revealed. 'I sang this song in Wembley (where the U.K. tribute was held) when we did this a couple weeks ago and it’s a song written by a young man called Freddie Mercury,' May continued.

On stage: When May took the stage at the Kia Forum, he revealed why he decided to play this song to the audience'And I wasn’t going to do it, but then I got a message from Alison Hawkins,' he said of Taylor's widow. 'And she said, "Brian, I want you to do this song.