Supergrass pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins at Wembley: “Perpetually fucking younger”
Supergrass helped pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins at in the present day’s (September 3) particular memorial live performance at Wembley Stadium.
The British band are one among quite a few iconic acts participating within the gig tonight, together with Liam Gallagher, Mark Ronson, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Supergrass, Queen’s Brian Might and Roger Taylor, The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, Blink-182’s Travis Barker, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Kesha, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and extra.
Earlier than Supergrass took to the stage, an previous video performed from their time on tour with Foo Fighters again within the ‘90s by which they mirrored on Hawkins’ assist. “Taylor’s at all times been a little bit of a fan of the band and he was facet of stage watching us, and I simply form of beckoned him to come back and play ‘Caught By The Fuzz’ on the finish, and he performed it at about 500 mph,” drummer Danny Goffey stated within the clip.
After the video completed taking part in, actor Jason Sudeikis shared his personal reflections of seeing Supergrass assist Foo Fighters. “So Taylor didn’t simply make music, he was additionally an enormous fan,” he stated. “One in every of his favorite bands was Supergrass – he believed that their self-titled album was one of many all-time finest.
“The primary time I bought to see the Foo Fighters was me and my associates Billy and Corey driving right down to St Louis, Missouri in 1997. It was additionally the primary time I bought to see Taylor Hawkins play the drums reside. Their opening act on that tour was Supergrass, and as luck would have it, I fell in love with Supergrass as nicely. Taylor was such an enormous fan of theirs that, one evening, he jumped up on stage and helped them shut out the present with a model of ‘Caught By The Fuzz’.”
The Oxford trio then took to the stage to play three songs – ‘Richard III’, ‘Alright’ and ‘Caught By The Fuzz’. “Oh boy, Wembley, that is insane,” frontman Gaz Coombes stated. “It’s lovely. We’re gonna play just a few songs for you that we all know have been Taylor’s favourites. We hope you take pleasure in.” Earlier than ‘Alright’, he added: “Taylor Hawkins, ceaselessly fucking younger.” Watch footage of the second above, from the -1.32.29 mark.
The Taylor Hawkins tribute live performance is obtainable to livestream on MTV’s YouTube channel globally and Paramount+ within the US. A second tribute present will happen at Los Angeles’ Kia Discussion board on September 27.
Grohl and Hawkins’ Foo Fighter bandmates opened the live performance in the present day with an emotional speech that paid tribute to their late drummer. “For these of you who knew him personally, that nobody else might make you smile, or snigger, or dance, or sing like he might,” the frontman stated.
Comic Dave Chappelle additionally recalled spending time with the rock star and his son in New York. “I’ve seen Taylor be a rock star many nights however it was my first time seeing him be a dad, and what a cool fucking dad,” he stated. “Taylor Hawkins is a legend of a person, he’s a legend of a musician and he’s a legend of a father.”
Liam Gallagher kicked off the reside music in the present day, performing two Oasis songs with the assistance of the surviving members of Foo Fighters, whereas Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith shared a heartwarming story about Hawkins in a particular video message. Grohl’s 16-year-old daughter Violet additionally took to the stage to cowl two Jeff Buckley songs on the present, and supergroup Them Crooked Vultures reunited for the primary time in 12 years.
Hawkins, who drummed with Foo Fighters from 1997 alongside performing in bands like Chevy Steel and Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders, died in March 2022. He was 50 years previous.