Lionel Richie performed his greatest hits — with Dave Grohl on guitar — before accepting his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Saturday night. After being introduced by Lenny Kravitz, the Commodores musician and American Idol judge opened the medley with “Hello” on piano, immediately taking control …
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Miley Cyrus teamed up with Foo Fighters and Def Leppard at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in Los Angeles, performing a rendition of Def Leppard’s 1983 hit “Photograph.” Beforehand, Def Leppard was joined by the Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Weezer drummer Pat Wilson and Foos guitarists Pat Smear and …
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Dave Chappelle gave his best Thom Yorke impression at the Taylor Hawkins tribute show in Los Angeles last night. The comedian appeared on stage at the Kia Forum late in the show to cover Radiohead‘s classic “Creep” with the Foo Fighters. During the mediocre rendition, Chappelle urged the crowd to …
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Them Crooked Vultures — the supergroup of Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones — reunited onstage for the first time in over 12 years Saturday as part of the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert at London’s Wembley Stadium. The surprise reunion took place following a video tribute …
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Beck managed to assemble one of the most remarkable impromptu supergroups of all time during a special benefit concert hosted by Judd Apatow in Los Angeles Tuesday night, Aug. 16. The show at the famed L.A. venue Largo raised money for Victims First and was set to just feature a …
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Joe Walsh’s James Gang will reunite for “one last ride” with help from Dave Grohl at the all-star, Ohio-themed VetsAid 2022 concert. Nine Inch Nails, the Breeders, and the Black Keys are also set to perform at the show, set for Nov. 13 at Columbus’ Nationwide Arena. The James Gang …
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Paul McCartney continued the celebration of his recent 80th birthday onstage at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, U.K, Saturday night, bringing out both Bruce Springsteen and Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl as guests over the course of a 38-song set. It was Grohl’s first public performance since the March 25 death …
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As a young drummer, Taylor Hawkins worshipped the Police. “My brother handed me a copy of Zenyatta Mondatta,” Hawkins told the BBC in 2019. “This was 1982. He goes, ‘If you want to be good, you have to play it like this guy.’ My two first major inspirations — probably …
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Dave Grohl got in touch with his demonic side for “March of the Insane,” a thrashy new death-metal song attributed to the fictional band Dream Widow. The track, which surfaced on Foo Fighters‘ YouTube page, claims to come “from their never released self-titled album.” Although the exact musicians who play …
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Around three years ago, a film-marketer friend of Dave Grohl’s was in a meeting with a “huge movie studio.” When Grohl’s name came up, the studio floated the outlandish idea of a Foo Fighters horror movie. Grohl’s initial reply? “I said, ‘That’s the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard in …
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