Dave Grohl he is a very strong person. As a drummer, he buried a singer (Kurt Cobain Nirvana) and as a singer he buried a drummer (Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters). In a night of very strong emotions, honesty, union, happiness and tears, Foo Fighters did what rock knows best, helping us in moments of catharsis.
The musicians who accompanied the more than 7 hours of show of the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert they also brought with them many stories of drama, pain, loss. Never on a stage had we seen such a clear example of what life itself is. Yin and yang. Light and darkness. Sing and cry. To hug you. Feel.
Here I leave you 15 moments that I will never forget of a very human night.
1. The singer of The Darkness is a genius
You always thought that his falsetto voices annoyed you the most and you know it. You also underestimated him for sure as a histrionic star who pissed you off. Watch videos of how he did it at Wembley with the “Hot For Teacher” by Van Halen or “Under Pressure” by Queen and surely you will give justin hawkin another chance as a rock star. sing everything.
2. Taylor’s son should be the new Hawkins
It was one of the times when we shed the most tears. Dave announced that he needed a drummer to take the stage (it was a drum night!) and introduced Taylor’s son, Shane Hawkin. they played “My hero” all together and the 16-year-old boy made it clear who his father was. It hits him hard. Very difficult. So much so that many of us think he should be Foo’s new drummer.
3. Brian Johnson is back, bitches
It was total hysteria. When he started with “Back in Black, I Hit the Bag” the stadium collapsed. It’s so good to listen to the themes of AC DC play again in the big stadiums! The feeling was clear. Brian is spectacular and there should be a tour of the band for 2023 yes or yes.
4. Dave Grohl plays it all
The same played bass with Wolf Van Halen in “Hot For Teacher” or with the suitors in “Brass In Pocket” this battery in “Last Goodbye” with Jeff Buckley or his Them Crooked Vultures with John Paul Jones and Josh Homme. It was still God.
5. Alain Johannes and Josh Freese know how to stay in the shadows
If it is necessary to speak of musicians, it is necessary to underline the figure of Alain and Josh. Alain represented the Spanish-speaking side at Wembley with his Chilean origin. Always in the shadows, he is a brilliant composer and guitarist closely linked to the team stone age queens. And Josh, what can I say. Will it be the new Foo drummer?
6.Joe Walsh taught us how good an electric guitar sounds
For the occasion, he met the James Gang with a Joe Walsh to the top The one from the Eagles came out when he mounted a medley with the “Bolero” or played the classic “Go away”. Old rockers never die.
7.Batteries are more important than you think
It was obviously a battery night. Just look at the names. Stewart Copeland from The Police, Roger Taylor from Queen, Travis Barker from Blink-182 (hey, he’s a great drummer), Omar Hakim (Weather Report), Rufus Taylor (The Darkness), Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Danny Goffey (Supergrass), Shane Hawkins (16!), Nandi Bushell (12!) and of course, Dave himself.
8. This is the closest thing to Rush.
If there was a drummer missing besides Taylor himself, it was “The Professor” Neil Pear. Grohl and Omar Hakim did what they could when Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson They played 3 Rush songs. It was already dark and the Canadians reminded us of the importance of their music for rock.
9. Slash doesn’t take off his glasses even to say hello.
appeared Duff McKagan and Slash onscreen in a video filmed in their rehearsal rooms to pay a heartfelt tribute to Taylor. And as expected, Slash hasn’t taken off his sunglasses! Other on-screen tributes have come from Elton John, Chad Smith, Billie Eilish or Stevie Nicks. How many friends has Taylor made!
10. The Queen Still Reigns
They were the ones who played the most songs and what a great moment. They started with “We will Rock You” with the head of Spacers, Luke Spiller, burn the masses. Brian May ended the acoustic set with the song by Freddie “Love of My Love”who also lost his life 30 years ago. “I know Freddie would be very happy to end our set with this Taylor tribute song”.
He had us all singing together, with mobile phones lighting up the 90,000 souls of Wembley. It was very moving. 3 decades ago, Brian himself headlined the Wembley tribute concert to Freddie, and tonight he was the guest. The queen will always reign.
11. Lars Ulrich is still a businessman.
It was really cool to see him behind the decks playing AC/DC with Brian Johnson and Dave Grohl. It looked like a dream! But it was a little weird when he said goodbye and said to everyone: “Thank you for supporting Metallica”. Ummmm, I don’t think I remember another musician who took the opportunity to do a commercial. But is he Lars Ulrichdon’t lose one.
12. Taylor’s son should be the new Hawkins. But Roger’s, Roger Taylor. What a mess.
No one doubted their resemblance. Son of the Queen’s Drummer, rufus taylorwho played with Darkness, played drums on several songs during the Foo Fighters set. And sometimes he looked like Taylor himself (Hawkins!) himself. He even had his tattoo on his arm. Average weird.
13. Sir Paul McCartney is Sir Paul McCartney.
Pinch himself After everything we had seen up to that moment on stage and he appears Paul McCartney to sing “Oh Honey” and “Helter Skelter”. Logic. Paul himself suffered in his flesh the loss of a bandmate. A loss that shocked the world.
14. Liam Gallagher doubled up
Everyone wondered why he had left so soon. The event was opened by the ex of Oasis with the Foo Fighters playing the “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”. He rushed out of Wembley to Malaga, where a few hours later he played the same song at Cala Mijas. It’s professionalism.
15. There is life. a lot of life
It was the last thought. Life is beautiful and rock helps us in the hardest times. Reflection for all. The young people who took the stage tonight (Nandi Bushell, Violet Grohl, Shane Hawkins, Wolf Van Halen, Kesha singing “Children Of The Revolution”…), and everyone at Wembley knows it. As Asfalto sang:Teach your kids to love rock.”
By Nako Martinez
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