Watch Hayley Williams and Ken Andrews perform Failure and Björk covers at LA benefit show

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Hayley Williams has teamed up to perform with Failure frontman Ken Andrews at the recent G*ve A F*ck benefit concert in Los Angeles – check out fan-shot footage below.Last month, a slew of musicians were announced to perform for the G*ve A F*ck concert in Los Angeles on February 5 at the Hollywood Palladium to raise funds that would go towards organisations aiding in the recovery of LA following the devastating wildfires in January.At the concert, Hayley Williams performed two acoustic songs: a cover of Failure’s ‘Daylight’ and Björk‘s ‘All Is Full of Love’.

To make the performances even more special, she was joined by her longtime musical hero and Failure frontman Ken Andrews.Together, the two first performed Failure’s 1996 classic ‘Daylight’ to raucous applause.

For the song, both of them played acoustic guitar and sang. Prior to the performance, the Paramore frontwoman said: “I want to introduce you to someone really special and super important to me, actually.

This is Ken Andrews from a band called Failure. Failure was me and Zac [Farro] and Taylor [York]’s favourite band. Failure was the band that made me really want to be in a band and play guitar.”“When I was thinking of what to do at this show, I was very nervous at the prospect at what to do alone.