Photo by Stephen Bloch

Last night, Sept. 27, Foo Fighters and a bounty of guests, collaborators and friends celebrated the life of the late drummer, Taylor Hawkins, at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. The event marked the second and final Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert following a six-hour performance in London earlier this month on Sept. 3.

The performance, which tracked in at over 50 songs, began with an acoustic performance of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” by Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet along with Alain Johannes. Foo Fighters then took to the stage with Travis Barker and Joan Jett and got the spirit rocking with a cover of The Runaway’s “Cherry Bomb,” followed by Jett’s “Bad Reputation.”

Stars continued to roll out through the evening to perform once-in-a-lifetime songs in Hawkins’ honor: Kesha joined Chevy Metal for David Bowie’s “Heros,” Miley Cyrus joined Foo Fighters and Def Leppard for “Photograph,” Justin Hawkins and the late Foo Fighters drummer’s side project The Coattail Riders performed a four-song set, Mötley Crüe, Foo Fighters and Derek Day shared the stage, Them Crooked Vultures reunited for three songs performing “Long Slow Goodbye,” “Dead End Friends,” and Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” and Stewart Copeland and Foo Fighters covered The Police’s “Next To You.”

The highlights didn’t stop there: Taylor Momsen, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear performed the eternal Soundgarden song “Black Hole Sun,” Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Danny Carey shared some choice RUSH selects, Alanis Morissette, Foo Fighters and Chad Smith rallied the crowd with “You Outta Know,” and P!nk joined forces with Foofighters and Queen to perform one of the most true-to-form tributes of the night: “Somebody To Love,” a song Hawkins covered for years and famously just days before his passing at Lollapalooza 2022 Argentina. P!nk also sang with Nancy Wilson on “Barracuda” before joining Foo Fighters on “The Pretender” for the main set’s finale.

The closing run saw sit-ins from Rufus Taylor, Oliver Shane Hawkins – who once again played “My Hero” in honor of his father, along with “I’ll Stick Around” –, Omar Hakim, Chad Smith, Patrick Wilson and more. Another notable moment included a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” with Dave Chapelle, a call back to one of the most cherished and earliest shows after the pandemic, when they performed to a sold-out, fully vaccinated crowd at Madison Square Garden.

See the full setlist with guests and video highlights from the evening below.

 
 
 
 
 
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Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Los Angeles
Sept. 27, 2022
Violet Grohl with Alain Johannes – ‘Hallelujah’ (Leonard Cohen cover)
Joan Jett and Foo Fighters with Travis Barker – ‘Cherry Bomb’ (The Runaways cover)
Joan Jett and Foo Fighters with Travis Barker – ‘Bad Reputation’
Chevy Metal – ‘Riff Raff’ (AC/DC cover)
Chevy Metal with Jon Davison – ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart’ (Yes cover)
Chevy Metal with Kesha – ‘Heroes’ (David Bowie cover)
Justin Hawkins, Josh Freese and The Coattail Riders – ‘Range Rover Bitch’ (Taylor Hawkins cover)
Justin Hawkins, Josh Freese and The Coattail Riders – ‘It’s Over’ (Taylor Hawkins and The Coattail Riders cover)
Justin Hawkins, Josh Freese and The Coattail Riders with Mark King – ‘Something About You’ (Level 42 cover)
Justin Hawkins, Josh Freese and The Coattail Riders with Rufus Taylor – ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ (The Darkness cover)
James Gang – ‘Walk Away’
James Gang – ‘The Bomber: Closet Queen / Bolero / Cast Your Fate To The Wind’
James Gang with Dave Grohl – ‘Funk #49’
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt and Dave Grohl – ‘Right Down The Line’ (Gerry Rafferty cover)
Them Crooked Vultures – ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ (Elton John cover)
Them Crooked Vultures – ‘Dead End Friends’
Them Crooked Vultures – ‘Long Slow Goodbye’ (Queens Of The Stone Age cover)
Wolfgang Van Halen, Justin Hawkins, Josh Freese and Dave Grohl – ‘Panama’ (Van Halen cover)
Wolfgang Van Halen, Justin Hawkins, Josh Freese and Dave Grohl – ‘Hot For Teacher’ (Van Halen cover)
Def Leppard, Foo Fighters and Patrick Wilson – ‘Rock Of Ages’
Def Leppard, Foo Fighters and Patrick Wilson with Miley Cyrus – ‘Photograph’
Mötley Crüe and Foo Fighters with Derek Day – ‘Live Wire’
Mötley Crüe and Foo Fighters with Derek Day – ‘Home Sweet Home’
Josh Homme, Foo Fighters and Elliot Easton – ‘Shake It Up’ (The Cars cover)
Josh Homme, Foo Fighters and Elliot Easton – ‘Just What I Needed’ (The Cars cover)
P!nk, Foo Fighters and Nancy Wilson with Jon Theodore – ‘Barracuda’ (Heart cover)
Stewart Copeland and Foo Fighters – ‘Next To You’ (The Police cover)
Stewart Copeland and Foo Fighters with Jon Theodore – ‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’ (The Police cover)
Alanis Morissette and Foo Fighters with Chad Smith – ‘You Oughta Know’
Sebastian Bach, Geezer Butler, Lars Ulrich and Foo Fighters – ‘Supernaut’ (Black Sabbath cover)
Sebastian Bach, Geezer Butler, Lars Ulrich and Foo Fighters – ‘Paranoid’ (Black Sabbath cover)
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson with Dave Grohl – ‘2112 Part I: Overture’ (Rush cover)
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson with Chad Smith – ‘Working Man’ (Rush cover)
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson with Danny Carey – ‘YYZ’ (Rush cover)
Taylor Momsen, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear – ‘The Day I Tried To Live’ (Soundgarden cover)
Taylor Momsen, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear – ‘Black Hole Sun” (Soundgarden cover)
Queen and Foo Fighters with Justin Hawkins – ‘We Will Rock You’
Queen and Foo Fighters – ‘I’m In Love With My Car’
Queen and Foo Fighters with Justin Hawkins – ‘Under Pressure’
Queen and Foo Fighters with P!nk – ‘Somebody To Love’
Foo Fighters with Josh Freese – ‘All My Life’
Foo Fighters with Jon Theodore and P!nk – ‘The Pretender’
Foo Fighters with Travis Barker – ‘Walk’
Foo Fighters with Matt Cameron – ‘Low’
Foo Fighters with Brad Wilk – ‘This Is A Call’
Foo Fighters with Patrick Wilson – ‘The Sky Is A Neighborhood’
Foo Fighters with Dave Chappelle and Patrick Wilson – ‘Creep’ (Radiohead cover)
Foo Fighters with Omar Hakim – ‘Run’
Foo Fighters with Rufus Taylor – ‘Best Of You’
Foo Fighters with Oliver Shane Hawkins – ‘My Hero’
Foo Fighters with Oliver Shane Hawkins – ‘I’ll Stick Around’
Foo Fighters with Chad Smith – ‘Everlong’