Travis Barker celebrated his good friend, Taylor Hawkins, on the tribute present for the late Foo Fighters drummer with an lively and emotional efficiency.
The primary star-studded Taylor HawkinsTribute Present befell at Wembley Stadium on Saturday (Sept. 3), and Travis Barkerwas one of many many who got here out to rejoice the life and legacy of the Foo Fighters drummer. Travis, 46, celebrated Taylor, who handed away in March at age 50, by taking part in “The Pretender” with Dave Grohl and the band dwell. Travis gave an lively efficiency as he performed straight behind Dave, carrying only a beanie and a necklace. The Blink 182 icon danced alongside as Dave sang early on within the tune, clearly moved by the second and the music.
Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Foo Fighters carry out ‘The Pretender’, dwell at Wembley Stadium#taylorhawkinstributepic.twitter.com/YOjYmpJ9BD
— Rock Sound (@rocksound) September 3, 2022
Travis gave followers just a few behind-the-scenes seems through his Instagram Story within the days main as much as the live performance. On Sept. 1, Travis posted a photograph of his dressing room at Wembley Stadium. He additionally shared a photograph of his drum set throughout rehearsals. His spouse, Kourtney Kardashian, additionally posted to her (and the official POOSH) Instagram the adventures she had with Travis forward of this celebration of Hawkins’ life.
The sunshine of our lives! 🖤 @kourtneykardashpic.twitter.com/HhANjj1hKL
— PlanetKourt ✨ (@planetKourt) September 3, 2022
Taylor’s loss of life hit Travis exhausting. “I don’t have the phrases,” he wrote on Mar. 26, captioning a black-and-white photograph of Taylor stress-free backstage. “Unhappy to jot down this or to by no means see you once more. I’ll always remember Laguna Seashore days once I was a trash man taking part in in a punk rock band, and also you have been taking part in with Alanis [Morrisette]. You’d come watch me play in dive bars and be like, ‘child you’re a star.’ And I assumed you have been loopy, however you gave me a lot hope and dedication.”
“Years later we toured along with [Blink-182] and Foo’s in Australia,” continued Barker, “and I've the most effective recollections of smoking cigarettes within the restroom of flights we have been on collectively and watching your set each night time. To say I’ll miss you my good friend isn’t sufficient. Until the subsequent time we speak drums and smoke within the boys room … Relaxation In Peace.”
In April, Travis celebrated his good friend and their bond by getting a tattoo. “HAWK eternally,” he captioned a gallery of him hitting up the Shamrock Social Membership in Hollywood with Kourtney and his good friend/photographer, Daniel Rojas. Travis had Mark Mahoney, an artist dubbed the “excessive priest of Hollywood tattoo artists,” ink a hovering hawk on his leg. It was a stupendous tribute to a pricey good friend.
Travis is without doubt one of the featured performers of the London present, which additionally included Stewart Copeland, Liam Gallagher, Omar Hakim, Josh Homme, Chrissie Hynde, Brian Johnson, John Paul Jones, KESHA, Geddy Lee, Brian Might, Krist Novoselic, Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Lars Ulrich, and Dave Grohl’s daughter, Violet Grohl. Travis can even take part within the Sep. 27 present at The Discussion board in Los Angeles. That lineup options appearances from acts like Sebastian Bach, Geezer Butler, Miley Cyrus, John Paul Jones, Greg Kurstin, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Brian Might, Alanis Morissette, Krist Novoselic, P!NK, LeAnn Rimes, Mark Ronson, Gene Simmons and extra.