The first of two events to honor the late Foo Fighters drummer will see a number of his peers, friends and music legends unite in celebration of Taylor’s memory and his legacy as a global rock icon, with his bandmates and his inspirations playing the songs that he fell in love with, and the ones he brought to life.
Among the artists involved are Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor; Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush; Liam Gallagher; Brian Johnson of AC/DC; Stewart Copeland of The Police; John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Krist Novoselic of Nirvana; Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, and Wolfgang Van Halen.
Hawkins passed away in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia on March 25 at the age of 50 while the Foo Fighters were playing a series of shows in South America.
A second tribute event will take place on September 27 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
UPDATE: hennemusic was carrying the live feed via MTV, who, unfortunately, took the video offline just hours after the event ended.
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