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Foo Fighters Announce Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts with Special Performers

Longtime Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins died on March 25, 2022, and the tragic news prompted the band to cancel its 2022 tour. Now Hawkins’ family and his band members Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, and Rami Jaffee have announced “Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts” that will honor the legendary drummer. The shows will take place on September 3, 2022 at London’s Wembley Stadium and on September 27 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.

According to the press release by Foo Fighters, the first show will feature the surviving lineup along with special guests Chris Chaney, Liam Gallagher, Stewart Copeland, Omar Hakim, Chrissie Hynde, Joshua Homme, Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson. Also slated to perform are Brian May, Supergrass, Mark Ronson, Roger Taylor, Wolfgang Van Halen, and Rufus Taylor, along with Chevy Metal, Hawkin’s old cover band. Additional guests have also been announced including Dave Chappelle.

The September 27, 2022 concert will see some lineup changes and includes other big names like Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, Alanis Morissette, Nikki Sixx, Gene Simmons, Chad Smith, Brad Wilk, Pat Wilson, Luke Spiller, and Jon Theodore.

Tickets for both the tribute concerts have gone on sale and will benefit the charities that Taylor Hawkins supported.

In 2021, rock fans will get to watch the iconic Foo Fighters live in concert. The band has announced to hit the road for what will be among the most highly-anticipated tours of the year. Grab your Foo Fighters tickets and catch them performing live.

Birth from Nirvana’s Ashes

When the legendary grunge band, Nirvana disbanded in 1994, its drummer David Grohl began to receive offers from various groups to join them. He declined those offers and went to the studio to record fifteen tracks. He completed almost an entire album in just five days and handed them out in the form of cassettes.

The demo tape caught the attention of various labels and Grohl then decided to form a band. The Foo Fighters released their debut self-titled album on July 4, 1995 and it turned out to be a huge hit. The record sold more than a million copies in the US and earned platinum certification in the country. The album was also certified platinum in Canada.

The Foo Fighters then hit the studio once again and came out with “The Colour and the Shape” two years later. The record cracked the top ten in the US and went platinum in the country. The album was also certified platinum in Canada as well as the UK.

One Success Story After Another

The Foo Fighters’ next two albums, “There Is Nothing Left to Lose” and “One by One” were released in 1999 and 2002 respectively. Both albums sold well over one million copies in the US and got certified platinum in the country. Then came “In Your Honor” in 2005 and it climbed to the second position on the charts in the US, and like all previous Foo Fighters albums, it also sold over a million copies to earn platinum certification in the US.

The Foo Fighters have come out with five album since “In Your Honor.” “Medicine at Midnight” is their most recent album release and it came out on February 5, 2021. The record peaked at the top spot on the US Top Rock Albums chart. It also climbed to the third position on the US Billboard 200. The album also received a lot of critical applause. It received four and a half stars out of five from AllMusic and four stars from both Rolling Stone and NME.

Foo Fighters 2021 Tour Dates

The Foo Fighters have finally announced a full tour schedule for 2021 and rock fans are excited to see them performing live. This will be their first tour since before COVID-19 pandemic because of which they had to cancel their 25^th anniversary celebrations. The 2021 tour is scheduled to kick-off proceedings on July 28, 2021 with a concert in Cincinnati at The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park.

Before that, however, they are also scheduled to headline a concert at the legendary Madison Square Garden on June 20, 2021. The Foo Fighters will be the first band to play there since the arrival of COVID-19. If you want to see the rockers rock your city, then book your Foo Fighters tickets now because they might not last for long.

Foo Fighters are Grohl at the lead vocal and rhythm guitars with Nate Mendel as the bassist Pat Smear as the second guitarist Taylor Hawkins at the drums and Chris Shiflett at the lead guitar. The band’s second album The Colour and the Shape (1996) was more or less a Dave Grohl effort. He re-recorded, re-mastered and re-engineered the album after the first round of recording. Unsatisfied with the feel of sound, he recreated everything from scratch. And viola, the result were hit feature singles like Monkey Wrench. This album vividly reflected Pink Floyd, Queen’s and Cobain’s inspiration on Gohl’s take on grunge. Monkey Wrench and two other singles Everlong and My Hero presented his dimension in post grunge, and were received positive reviews from audiences and critics.

There is Nothing Left To loose Foo Fighters third album was all about settling a permanent line-up. The album resulted in the prestigious Grammy win for the Best Rock Album and a very popular Billboard Top 100 Hit single Learn to Fly. The video for the song also managed to bag a Grammy for the Best Video. One by One (2002) became Grohl’s second effort to create a commercially successful album. In order to produce this album, Grohl made the band rerecord the entire album. Leaks of the first records have claimed to be priceless demos for Foo Fighter’s fans and following. However, the official released of the All My Life got great acclaim when it won the second Grammy for the album in the category of the Best Hard Rock Performance. Other featured this from this album include; Times Like These, Low and Have It All.

Foo Fighter’s recorded and released In Your Honor (2005) was released followed by an extensive line up of tour. These tours lead to the band’s first live CD Skin and Bones (2006 ). Hungry for the live sound of Foo Fighter’s the fans made this release one of the highest demanded band releases. Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace (2007) became the album with the most critical and general acclaim. It won two Grammy Awards from amongst five category nominations: The Best Rock Album and Best Hard Rock Performance for feature release single, The Pretender. This remarkable album was followed by the Greatest Hit release in 2008. Foo Fighters alternated been recording and touring moods to cater to the fan demands and satisfy their musical instincts. Wasting Lights (2011) made it to the stands with the release of Rope and impressively carved a niche. Foo Fighters is genuinely on of the few commercially successful alternative rock bands with positive critical reviews, great outreach and ever increasing fanfare. The band also  lend their music with Waiting After You  for the X-Files, A320 for Godzilla, Dear Lover for Scream 2 and Have a Cigar for Mission Impossible II.

Touring for Foo Fighters has always been fun, yet it has carried it harder and quiet sides. The band initiated touring to take their live offering to alternative listeners in 1995. While touring for the second album their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance with Queen,VH1 Rock Honors, Hyde park and  O2 Arena concerts in London  featuring collaboration with Pink Floyd mesmerized audiences with Tie Your mother Down and Have a Cigar respectively. The Frooze and Acoustic Shows in 2005-2006 brought Foo Fighters into pure raw and unplugged mode. The Frooze featured collaborations with Queens of Stone and Motorhead amongst other. Foo Fighters tour gained great fame and the followed by the rather mellow Acoustic Tour that presented Foo Fighters , in their first most awaited unplugged performance.

The Foo Fighters are famous for their live shows and bring a unique energy to their performances that make their fans go wild. They are now out on their Sonic Highways 2015 Tour which is scheduled to take them all over the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. The group is currently on its European leg of the tour where it will play till June 26th before returning to North America for the next three months. The tour will then move to Europe once again when they head back there on Nov 5th and will play their last show in Barcelona on November 19th. Foo Fighters Tickets are in in-depth insight to their live and acoustic discography, so foo fight and seize the day!

Foo Fighters fans are in for a treat as the band has announced a surprise show in Chicago. They will be performing at the Metro following the Lollapalooza festival.