Taylor Hawkins’ Son Oliver, 16, Plays Drums As He Pays Tribute To Late Dad At Memorial Concert

Taylor Hawkins’ teen lad Shane stepped into his precocious father’s shoes to execute a rendition of the Foo Fighters’ classical opus “My Hero” astatine his father’s tribute concert Saturday (September 3) successful London. Taking implicit the drums, the 16-year-old prodigy played with passionateness alongside Dave Grohl during a nighttime filled with all-star artists remembering the precocious Taylor, who tragically passed away astatine the property of 50 successful March.

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“Ladies and gentlemen, we person 1 much drummer that’s going to travel up and play with us, and fto maine archer you I don’t deliberation I’ve ever seen anyone deed the drums arsenic hard arsenic this person, but beyond that, he’s a subordinate of our family.” Dave said arsenic helium introduced Shane to the stage. “And helium needs to beryllium present contiguous with each of us, and I deliberation it makes consciousness that he’s going to travel up and play with america tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, would you delight invited Mr. Shane Hawkins connected the drums.”

Before Shane played his bosom retired with his evidently inherited philharmonic talents, the tribute performance saw a cavalcade of philharmonic icons transverse the signifier to grant Taylor. Paul McCartney performed his first-ever unrecorded show of the Beatles’ “Oh! Darling,” AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich jammed retired with the Foo Fighters, Kesha took implicit the mic astatine 1 constituent and Liam Gallagher lent his talents to 2 Oasis‘ songs, according to Rolling Stone.

Taylor Hawkins’ lad Shane played drums successful the tribute performance for his precocious father. (CBS/YouTube)

And Shane wasn’t the lone teen household subordinate to articulation successful the solemnisation of life. Dave’s daughter Violet stole the spotlight erstwhile she performed her touching renditions of 2 Jeff Buckley songs. Dave welcomed Violet to the mic, deeming her “the lone idiosyncratic I cognize who tin really sing a Jeff Buckley song.” Violet past wowed the assemblage with Jeff’s songs “Last Goodbye” and “Grace”.

Foo Fighters and different lineup of A-list endowment volition instrumentality to the signifier successful September astatine the Los Angeles’ Forum for a 2nd tribute concert. Proceeds from some shows volition payment Music Support and MusiCares