Watch Johnny Marr dedicate ‘There Is A Light…’ to Taylor Hawkins, Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters
nme.comJohnny Marr dedicated his performance of ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ at this year’s BBC 6 Music Festival to Taylor Hawkins.The Foo Fighters drummer died on March 25 at the age of 50.
He was found in his hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia, hours before the band were were set to headline a festival in the city as part of a South American tour.Marr played The Smiths classic at Cardiff’s Great Hall on Sunday (April 3). “This is a song that we’d like to dedicate to our friend Dave Grohl,” he said, introducing the track.“Lots of love going out to you guys and all the Foos family.
We miss you Taylor, we won’t ever forget you. God bless you. This is from all of us.”Elsewhere, during his set, Marr played The Smiths’ ‘Panic’ and ‘This Charming Man’, plus a cover of Depeche Mode‘s ‘I Feel You’.
He returned for an encore to play ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’ and ‘How Soon Is Now?’.The Grammys memorialised Hawkins with a special tribute at the Las Vegas ceremony last night (April 3).“This was the moment in the show when I was supposed to be introducing the Foo Fighters,” host Trevor Noah explained during the ceremony. “We would have been celebrating with them as they won three Grammy awards earlier today.“But they are, of course, not here due to the passing of their legendary drummer Taylor Hawkins.
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