Taylor Hawkins: Last News

The Foo Fighters will be in Scotland on Monday to perform as part of their Everything Or Nothing At All Tour.

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has revealed that he was “petrified” about performing at the tribute concerts for the late Taylor Hawkins.Hawkins, who bears no relation to Taylor, was part of the lineup of the 2022 tribute shows in London and Los Angeles, following the Foo Fighters‘ drummer’s death at age 50.Now, he’s shared that performing at the colossal gigs initially seemed to be a daunting task. In a new interview with Rolling Stone UK, the frontman shared: “When Taylor died, it was devastating for us because he was Rufus (Taylor, drummer)’s godfather.“We were on the road in Canada and it was an awful moment, so we did our best to support Rufus through that time.“But I’d known Taylor too and we’d joked about having the same surname, and there was even a guy who claimed to be the missing family link between us.“I got the call from Dave Grohl and I was kind of petrified in a way, because he meant so much to me and there was so much at stake.

Rush‘s Alex Lifeson has revealed that numerous drummers pitched auditions just minutes after Neil Peart’s death – find out more below.The legendary drummer died in January 2020 after living with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma for three-and-a-half years. He was 67 years old.

Nandi Bushell has shared her first single with her new band Blu Reflection, titled ‘The Only One’.The 14-year-old made her name performing drum covers that would go viral. She began playing the drums when she was five, and shot to viral fame in 2020 at just ten years old, for her online drum battles with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl – with Grohl even admitting defeat in November of that year.She would go on to perform ‘Learn To Fly’ at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert, following his death aged 50 in 2022, playing with a pair of drumsticks that he gifted her.

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has spoken about the prospect of the band ever playing live again.The band last performed together for a farewell tour in 2015 playing 35 headline shows across North America, having formed over four decades prior. Drummer Neil Peart died from brain cancer in early 2020, aged 67.In 2022, Lifeson and bassist Geddy Lee reunited in public to perform as part of the tribute shows in Los Angeles and London for late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.Despite that show, Lifeson has now said in a new interview with Classic Rock, that he is now satisfied where Rush left there tour in 2015 and ruled out any chance of the band getting back together.“The energy was fantastic around that show, I know, and some days I wake up wanting to go out and tour again and some days I don’t,” Lifeson explained.

Nandi Bushell has shared her take on Karen Carpenter‘s iconic performance of ‘Dancing in The Street’. Check it out below.Carpenter famously performed the hit, taking on both drums and lead vocals, in front of a studio audience on Your All American College Show in 1968.

Dave Grohl‘s daughter Violet is reportedly working on her debut album.Per The Hollywood Reporter, 18-year-old Violet is “incredibly committed” to “growing as an artist” and making music, per an anonymous source. She is also reportedly making the most of the studio time that she was gifted by her father as a birthday present.Violet’s album isn’t something that’s come out of nowhere.

Yes vocalist Jon Davison has addressed the accusations made in a lawsuit by former bandmate Riz Story, calling them “blatant lies.”Story sued the band last week claiming the prog-rock legends stole parts of his song ‘Reunion’ from his 2014 film A Winter Rose for their own track ‘Dare To Know’.Story alleged that the melody was first conceived of when he and Davison were in a band with late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins back in the ’90s. He also claimed they were founding members of a band called Anyone.While Davison has confirmed that they were in a band with Hawkins, they were not founding members of Anyone.

Nandi Bushell has performed her cover of Foo Fighters‘ ‘Learn To Fly’ with drumsticks given to her by the late Taylor Hawkins – watch it down below.Bushell originally performed ‘Learn To Fly’ at the drummer’s tribute concert, following his death aged 50 in 2022.Now, 14-year-old Bushell has reprised her cover the Foo Fighters classic – with drumsticks given to her by Hawkins himself at their 2021 meeting. Hawkins gifted the drumsticks to Bushell at the Foo Fighters’ LA show, where she joined them for a performance of ‘Everlong’.In her new cover for Drumeo, Bushell reflected on that fateful performance, calling Hawkins “amazing”.

The Struts frontman Luke Spiller has revealed that he once made a James Bond song with late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.The latest instalment of the spy film franchise, No Time To Die, featured a theme tune of the same name by Billie Eilish. It was written by the singer alongside her brother and collaborator Finneas, and boasted contributions from Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr.Eilish and Finneas won their first Oscar for the track, as well as picking up a Golden Globe and a Grammy.

Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins played “a big part” in Jane’s Addiction getting back together, according to the band’s longtime music tech.The band recently reunited with their original line-up – comprising Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins and Eric Avery – and played a run of UK and European shows together earlier this year before embarking on a North American tour in August.This summer also saw the alt-rockers release their first new music in 34 years with ‘Imminent Redemption’.However, the newly reformed group made headlines earlier this month after apparent tensions came to a head when Farrell shoved Navarro mid-performance during a show in Boston, ending the set abruptly.Jane’s Addiction subsequently cancelled their remaining dates and confirmed a hiatus, citing the frontman’s “mental health difficulties”.Now, in a new podcast episode of Rare Form Radio, Dan Cleary – the band’s guitar and bass tech of 17 years – spoke to host Todd Newman – who has been close friends with Navarro for 30 years – about the incident and recent tensions in the band.Early on in their conversation, he opened up about the band’s rocky return on the road, before revealing: “Taylor Hawkins was a big part of getting this thing back together again.“Obviously, before he passed away, it was his kind of dream to see these guys do this one more time the right way.”After the drummer’s death, Farrell posted a moving video tribute to Hawkins, in which he called the musician his “best friend”.Farrell performed with Foo Fighters at their final show on March 20, joining Hawkins and co.

Ever since Dave Grohl had another confession to make on Tuesday, announcing he had been cheating on his wife and sired a secret love child, we have had questions!

with his wife, Jordyn Blum, years before he put a ring on it. The Foo Fighters frontman, 55, ghosted Blum after a few dates until his late bandmate Taylor Hawkins’ 2001 overdose convinced him to settle down. Hawkins tragically died more than 20 years later after fatally overdosing in 2022 at 50.It’s the latest unearthed revelation following Grohl’s brutal admission that he cheated on Blum and has welcomed a daughter with another woman.

his spouse Jordyn Blum as his “future ex-wife” long before he admitted to having an affair and fathering a child “outside” of their marriage. In fact, the Foo Fighters frontman, 55, gave Blum, 48, the dubious moniker on the night they met at Los Angeles’ Sunset Marquis whiskey bar in 2001.The former Nirvana drummer was at the watering hole with his late bandmate Taylor Hawkins when a woman flirting with the latter introduced her friend, Blum, to Grohl.

Dave Grohl has shared that he has become a father outside of his marriage with his wife Jordan Blum – but is “doing everything I can to regain the trust” of his family.The Foo Fighters frontman took to his official Instagram account today (Tuesday September 10) to reveal the news that he has become the father of a new baby girl with someone outside of his wedlock. He and Blum share three daughters – Violet, Harper and Ophelia.“I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage.

NHC – his band with the late Taylor Hawkins and Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney – have a finished album that’s awaiting release.In September 2021, the supergroup made their debut with two singles, ‘Feed The Cruel’ and ‘Better Move On’. The trio released two more singles in November that year, ‘Devil You Know’ and ‘Lazy Eye’, before releasing the ‘Intakes & Outtakes’ EP in February 2022.Hawkins would unfortunately die the following month, leaving the fate of NHC up in the air.

Foo Fighters drummer and close friend Taylor Hawkins.The legendary drummer passed away at the age of 50 in March 2022. Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room hours before the Foos were scheduled to play a festival in Bogotá, Colombia.

William Earl administrator Foo Fighters opened their Friday night encore at Citi Field in Queens with the penultimate track from their most recent album, the 10-minute plus “The Teacher.” The song is a bit of an outlier for the group, with frontman Dave Grohl favoring a Gibson double neck for the proggy journey. While the song is dedicated to both his late mother (a teacher) and late former Foos drummer Taylor Hawkins, the title could easily apply to Grohl’s current approach to live shows: A rock ‘n’ roll professor sharing everything he knows about the craft in one blowout three-hour class.

Beck was joined by an orchestra to perform his 2002 track ‘Paper Tiger’ on Jimmy Kimmel last night. Check it out below.In this cinematic version, the track — which comes from his 2002 album ‘Sea Change’ — takes on a new, melodramatic atmosphere.

Foo Fighters have performed the 1970 Black Sabbath classic ‘Paranoid’ with Geezer Butler – watch footage of the performance below.Last night (June 27), the Foos played the last show of their UK tour in Birmingham. To end their run with a bang, Dave Grohl and co.

Foo Fighters played the first of two sold-out shows at London Stadium last night (Thursday June 20) – once again inviting the son of late drummer Taylor Hawkins on stage to perform. Check out footage, photos, the setlist and more below.Introducing the mammoth set with a warning of, “I’m gonna kick your fucking ass tonight”, Dave Grohl led the rock giants through a three-hour career-spanning performance, loaded with tributes to their relationship to UK and the capital.As well as dedicating Taylor Hawkins’ favourite Foos song ‘Aurora’ to his family who were all present, they once again had his son Shane drum with them – as they did at their huge Wembley Stadium performance in 2022.

Foo Fighters have returned to the capital for two headline shows at the London Stadium – check out the full stage times below.Dave Grohl and co. are currently on the UK leg of their ‘Everything Or Nothing At All’ tour, which kicked off in Manchester last Thursday (June 13).