EX28 - Foo Fighters Times Like These and Wheels - Celebrating Taylor this weekend in London

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A star-studded line-up, including Paul McCartney and Liam Gallagher, joined the Foo Fighters for an emotional tribute to the band's drummer Taylor Hawkins at a concert in London on Saturday night.

Hawkins, 50, died in March in Bogotá, Colombia, hours before the Foo Fighters were set to take the stage at the Festival Estereo Picnic. The band immediately canceled its remaining tour dates.

Saturday's concert was the first time the band had performed together since Hawkins' death.

According to the UK's PA Media news agency, a tearful Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl told the crowd at London's Wembley Stadium: "Taylor loved to jam and record with anybody and everybody. He loved to play music every day. And there aren't too many people that he's never jammed with. So this collection of friends and family and musicians, this is all brought together by him and we're all connected here today by that one guy."

The theme of family was ever-present throughout the show. Sixteen-year-old Oliver Shane Hawkins joined his father's band for a powerful rendition of Foo Fighters song "My Hero."

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have one more drummer that's going to come up and play with us," Grohl said as he welcomed Hawkins' son to the stage. "And let me tell you I don't think I've ever seen anyone hit the drums as hard as this person, but beyond that, he's a member of our family. And he needs to be here tonight with all of us, and I think it makes sense that he's going to come up and play with us tonight."

Some of music's biggest names turned out to honor Hawkins including Queen's Roger Taylor and Brian May, Rush, AC/DC singer Brian Johnson and Nile Rodgers. The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde, pop star Kesha, Eurovision sensation Sam Ryder and The Darkness front man Justin Hawkins also joined the celebration.

In this episode I share two songs that I have added to my playlist from the Foo's -

Foo Fighters - Times like these (Acoustic)

Foo Fighters - Wheels (Official HD Video)

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