Watch Joan Jett and Travis Barker be a part of Foo Fighters at Taylor Hawkins tribute live performance

Joan Jett made an early look at in the present day’s (September 27) Taylor Hawkins tribute live performance in Los Angeles, becoming a member of the surviving members of Foo Fighters – with Blink-182’s Travis Barker sitting in for Hawkins on drums – to carry out two of her greatest hits from the ‘80s.

The one-off supergroup delivered renditions of ‘Cherry Bomb’ (from 1984’s ‘Wonderful Outcomes of a Misspent Youth’) and ‘Dangerous Status’ (from Jett’s self-titled 1980 album, reissued a 12 months later as ‘Dangerous Status’). The latter was a very particular inclusion, on condition that Jett and the Foos have teamed up a number of instances all through the years to carry out it collectively.

One notable team-up, in 2011, noticed Jett be a part of the Foos to carry out ‘Dangerous Status’ on Late Night With David Letterman. Footage of tonight’s efficiency is but to emerge – not like the live performance held in London earlier this month, LA’s is just not being live-streamed – however within the meantime, you possibly can see crowd-shot footage of the group enjoying ‘Cherry Bomb’ beneath:

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Again in Might, Jett shared her reminiscences of Hawkins in an interview with NME. She remembered the late drummer as “a fuckin’ fantastic man”, including: “[He] would gentle up a room. Kick-ass drummer.” She additionally recalled in how she and her band, The Blackhearts, first met the Foos “round 2010”, the place they “all actually hit it off”.

On the subject of their joint Letterman efficiency, she stated: “Simply little issues like that, they included me in. It was very, form of, familial. We’re all sittin’ backstage, runnin’ by way of songs. I can see [Taylor] now on his drum pad, whacking away. He’s a beautiful man.”

The interview got here after Jett delivered a touching ode to Hawkins on-stage in March, paying tribute to “one of many best drummers of our time” at a present simply hours after his demise on March 25.

Tonight’s tribute gig started at 7pm at LA’s Kia Discussion board, with Jett’s brief set following an acoustic efficiency of ‘Hallelujah’ by Dave Grohl’s daughter, Violet, that includes Alain Johannes. Up to now, different acts to carry out have included Chevy Metallic, The Darkness (that includes Rufus Taylor, son of Queen’s Roger Taylor and Hawkins’ godson, on drums), Kesha and Mark Ronson.

The gig may even see Alanis Morissette and Miley Cyrus each performing, plus members of Queen and Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers, Nirvana‘s Krist Novoselic, former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, Pink and Nandi Bushell.