Throughout the first Taylor Hawkins tribute live performance, Dave Grohl’s daughter, Violet, joined the Foo Fighters for a candy efficiency of two Jeff Buckley songs.
If there have been any dry eyes left at Wembley Stadium by the point Violet Grohl took the stage, there actually weren’t any after Dave Grohl’s daughter carried out. Violet, 16, was one of many featured performers on the first Taylor Hawkins Tribute Live performance, happening on the hallowed London venue. In a lineup that featured Stewart Copeland, Liam Gallagher, Chrissie Hynde, Joshua Homme, Geddy Lee Kesha, Nile Rodgers, John Paul Jones, Brian Could, Lars Ulrich, and Kesha, it was the teenage Grohl who stole the highlight along with her touching renditions of two Jeff Buckley songs.
Violet Grohl – Grace – #JeffBuckley
Tribute to #TaylorHawkins@wembleystadium#FooFighters
Waouh ! pic.twitter.com/O7f0CVQhai— Leleina Pierce (@LeleinaPierce) September 3, 2022
Earlier than the ingenue took the stage, Dave paid tribute to his late band mate Taylor, calling him a “musicologist” who “knew extra about music” than anybody Dave had ever met, per NME. “He continually turned me onto albums I’d by no means heard earlier than,” Dave defined. “One in every of them was Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’, which is a traditional album. So tonight, seeing as we’re honoring the music that Taylor beloved, we’re gonna play a few songs from Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’.”
After introducing the band made up of himself, Alain Johannes, Jason Falkner and Chris Chaney, Dave welcomed Violet to the mic, deeming her “the one individual I do know who can really sing a Jeff Buckley music,” in accordance with the outlet. Violet then wowed the group along with her renditions of Jeff’s songs “Final Goodbye” and “Grace”.
Within the months since Taylor’s passing, Dave, 53, has stored a low profile. The band canceled all exhibits for the foreseeable future and Dave’s solely main public look was alongside shut buddy Paul McCartney at Glastonbury. Dave joined Sir Paul, 80, for a efficiency of The Beatles’ “I Noticed Her Standing There” and Wings’ “Band On The Run.” Dave got here again out to hitch Bruce Springsteen and Paul in a efficiency of “Glory Days” and the Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man,” in addition to “The Finish” (per Kerrang.)
First introduced in June, this primary tribute present befell practically six months after Taylor was discovered useless in his lodge room in Bogotá, Colombia. A particular reason behind dying has but to be revealed to the general public. “The Foo Fighters household is devastated by the tragic and premature lack of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the band introduced in a press release posted on-line. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will reside on with all of us ceaselessly. Our hearts exit to his spouse, youngsters, and household, and we ask that their privateness be handled with the utmost respect on this unimaginably tough time.”
“As Taylor’s spouse, and on behalf of our youngsters, I need to share how a lot you meant to him and the way devoted he was to ‘knocking your socks off’ throughout each efficiency,” Taylor’s widow, Alison Hawkins, wrote in her first assertion following the lack of her husband and father to her three youngsters. “Taylor was honored to be part of the Foo Fighters and valued his dream position within the band each minute of his 25 years with them. We thought-about each band member and the prolonged Foo Fighters group our household.”
A second tribute present is ready for Sept. 27 on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles. The lineup for the second tribute present options lots of the performers from the Wembley lineup, together with Sebastian Bach, Miley Cyrus, Geezer Butler, Joan Jett, Pink, Mark Ronson, Gene Simmons, Chad Smith, and Nancy Wilson.