Yesterday (September 27th) saw the second of two tribute shows to late Foo Fighters drummer/vocalist Taylor Hawkins take place. Following the extravaganza celebrating the beloved 50-year-old musician’s life in London, England earlier this month, Foo Fighters and a cavalcade of their friends once again returned to the stage, this time for a show at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA.
As with the previous tribute show, the roster for this latest concert ran deep and offered many special performances. The special guests advertised in advance to take part in tonight’s set included:
- Sebastian Bach
- Travis Barker (Blink-182, etc.)
- Tommy Brenneck (Menahan Street Band, Budos Band)
- Geezer Butler (ex-Black Sabbath)
- Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)
- Danny Carey (Tool, etc.)
- Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders)
- Chevy Metal
- Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
- Stewart Copeland (ex-The Police)
- Miley Cyrus
- Jon “Juano” Davison (Yes)
- Elliot Easton (The Cars)
- Joe Elliot (Def Leppard)
- Josh Freese (The Vandals, Devo, etc.)
- Violet Grohl
- Omar Hakim
- Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
- Shane Hawkins
- Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age)
- James Gang
- Joan Jett
- Alain Johannes
- John Paul Jones (ex-Led Zeppelin, Them Crooked Vultures)
- Kesha
- Mark King (Level 42)
- Greg Kurstin
- Geddy Lee (ex-Rush)
- Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe)
- Alex Lifeson (ex-Rush)
- Brian May (Queen)
- Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
- Alanis Morissette
- Krist Novoselic (ex-Nirvana, etc.)
- P!nk
- Mark Ronson
- Rick Savage (Def Leppard)
- Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
- Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Luke Spiller (The Struts)
- Roger Taylor (Queen)
- Rufus Taylor (The Darkness/Queen)
- Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
- Jon Theodore (Queens Of The Stone Age)
- Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
- Wolfgang Van Halen
- Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine)
- Nancy Wilson (Heart, etc.)
- Pat Wilson (Weezer)
- Nate Wood (Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders, etc.)
- Andrew Wyatt
The setlist for the lengthy event, according to those in attendance, ran as follows:
Violet Grohl & Alain Johannes:
“Hallelujah” (Leonard Cohen cover)
Joan Jett & Foo Fighters:
“Cherry Bomb” (The Runaways cover)
“Bad Reputation” (Joan Jett And The Blackhearts cover)
Chevy Metal:
“Riff Raff” (AC/DC cover)
“Owner Of A Lonely Heart” (Yes cover) (feat. Jon Davison)
“Heroes” (David Bowie cover) (feat. Kesha)
Justin Hawkins, Josh Freese & The Coattail Riders:
“Range Rover Bitch” (Taylor Hawkins cover)
“It’s Over” (Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders cover)
“Something About You” (Level 42 cover) (feat. Mark King)
“I Believe In A Thing Called Love” (The Darkness cover)
James Gang:
“Walk Away”
“The Bomber: Closet Queen / Bolero / Cast Your Fate To The Wind”
“Funk #49”
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt & Dave Grohl:
“Right Down The Line” (Gerry Rafferty cover)
Them Crooked Vultures (Josh Homme, John Paul Jones & Dave Grohl):
“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (Elton John cover)
“Dead End Friends”
“Long Slow Goodbye” (Queens Of The Stone Age cover)
Wolfgang Van Halen, Justin Hawkins, Josh Freese & Dave Grohl:
“Panama” (Van Halen cover)
“Hot For Teacher” (Van Halen cover)
Def Leppard‘s Joe Elliot, Phil Collen and Rick Savage with Foo Fighters:
“Rock Of Ages” (Def Leppard cover)
“Photograph” (Def Leppard cover) (feat. Miley Cyrus)
Mötley Crüe‘s Tommy Lee & Nikki Sixx with Derek Day & Foo Fighters:
“Live Wire” (Mötley Crüe cover)
“Home Sweet Home” (Mötley Crüe cover)
Josh Homme, Elliot Easton & Foo Fighters:
“Shake It Up” (The Cars cover)
“Just What I Needed” (The Cars cover)
P!nk, Nancy Wilson & Foo Fighters:
“Barracuda” (Heart cover)
Stewart Copeland & Foo Fighters:
“Next To You” (The Police cover)
“Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” (The Police cover) (feat. Jon Davison)
Alanis Morissette, Chad Smith, Chris Chaney & Foo Fighters:
“You Oughta Know” (Alanis Morissette cover)
Sebastian Bach, Geezer Butler & Foo Fighters:
“Supernaut” (Black Sabbath cover)
“Paranoid” (Black Sabbath cover)
Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson (introduced by Jack Black):
“2112 Part I: Overture” (Rush cover) (feat. Dave Grohl)
“Working Man” (Rush cover) (feat. Chad Smith)
“YYZ” (Rush cover) (feat. Danny Carey)
Taylor Momsen, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl & Pat Smear:
“The Day I Tried To Live” (Soundgarden cover)
“Black Hole Sun” (Soundgarden cover)
Brian May, Roger Taylor, Rufus Taylor & Foo Fighters:
“We Will Rock You” (Queen cover)
“I’m In Love With My Car” (Queen cover)
“Under Pressure” (feat. Justin Hawkins)
“Somebody To Love” (feat. P!nk)
“Love Of My Life”
Foo Fighters:
“All My Life” (feat. Josh Freese)
“The Pretender” (feat. P!nk & Jon Theodore)
“Walk” (feat. Travis Barker)
“Low” (feat. Matt Cameron)
“This Is A Call” (feat. Brad Wilk)
“The Sky Is A Neighborhood” (feat. Pat Wilson)
“Creep” (Radiohead cover) (feat. Dave Chappelle on vocals) (Pat Wilson on drums)
“Run” (feat. Omar Hakim)
“Best Of You” (feat. Rufus Taylor)
“My Hero” (Shane Hawkins)
“I’ll Stick Around” (Shane Hawkins)
“Everlong” (feat. Chad Smith)
This second show was not officially livestreamed across the internet, but fan-filmed footage from the night has begun to surface online. See below for what’s emerged as of press time. As was the case with the first tribute show, proceeds from tickets and merchandise sales from yesterday’s show will benefit MusiCares and Music Support. Those organizations were personally selected by the Hawkins family.
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