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RHCP’s Chad Smith shares heartwarming Taylor Hawkins story at tribute concert
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith has paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins during the tribute concert that is taking place at Wembley Stadium today (September 3). The special gig is being held in honour of the late drummer, with appearances from Liam Gallagher, Mark Ronson, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Supergrass, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, Blink-182’s Travis Barker, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Kesha, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and more. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show In a video message between performances, Smith shared a...
Watch Liam Gallagher perform with surviving members of Foo Fighters
Liam Gallagher kicked off the music at today’s (September 3) Taylor Hawkins tribute concert with the help of the surviving members of Foo Fighters. The former Oasis frontman is part of a star-studded line-up at the gig, which is taking place at Wembley Stadium now. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show Gallagher was the first act to take to the stage at the venue and kicked off the night of live music with two classic Oasis songs – ‘Rock’n’Roll Star’ and ‘Live Forever’. For both performances, he was backed by...
Dave Chappelle recalls spending time with Taylor Hawkins and his son: “A legend of a man”
Dave Chappelle recalled spending time with Taylor Hawkins and his son Shane at today’s (September 3) tribute concert to the late drummer. Liam Gallagher, Mark Ronson, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Supergrass, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, Blink-182’s Travis Barker, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Kesha, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and more are due to perform at the special gig. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show After Gallagher performed ‘Rock’n’Roll Star’ and ‘Live Forever’ for the first music of the day, Chappelle took to the stage to...
Dave Grohl pays tribute to Taylor Hawkins to open London tribute gig: “A gigantic fucking night for a gigantic fucking person”
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters opened today’s (September 3) Taylor Hawkins tribute concert at London’s Wembley Stadium with an emotional speech. The gig will feature a host of music’s biggest stars, including Liam Gallagher, Mark Ronson, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Supergrass, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, Blink-182’s Travis Barker, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Kesha, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and more. READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the show Grohl took to the mic as the show kicked off at 4:30pm, joined by his Foo Fighters bandmates, who...
A$AP Rocky teams up with Playboi Carti for woozy new single ‘OUR DE$TINY’
A$AP Rocky has released a vibey new song titled ‘OUR DE$TINY’, on which he collaborated with Playboi Carti. READ MORE: Open’er Festival 2022 day one: A$AP Rocky and Måneskin light up the main stage Without being announced in advance, the song was posted to Rocky’s Instagram overnight, as well as the Twitter account for his creative agency AWGE. At the time of writing, those are the only places it’s available to hear in any official capacity, with no available details on a potential streaming release. Running just over two minutes long, the song itself shines with a twinkly, atmospheric...
Harry Styles shares ‘Late Night Talking’ live video from ‘One Night Only In New York’
Harry Styles has shared a new clip from his recent concert film, One Night Only In New York, performing the ‘Harry’s House’ highlight ‘Late Night Talking’. READ MORE: The five most wholesome moments from Harry Styles’ One Night Only In London show It’s the second clip he’s released from the film, which is only available to watch in its entirety on Apple Music (the first was his performance of ‘As It Was’, which you can see here). The show saw Styles perform all 13 songs from ‘Harry’s House’ in successive order, coming as somewhat of a launch party for...
Scottish singer signs record deal after viral ‘Complex’ TikTok hit
Scottish singer-songwriter Katie Gregson-MacLeod has signed to Columbia Records, after amassing 100,000 views on her 45-second TikTok clip. Watch the video of the heart-felt track, ‘Complex’ below. READ MORE: Labels pushing artists to make TikToks: you’re spoiling the fun (and that’s not even the worst of it) After posting ‘Complex’ to the app with the caption “here’s my saviour complex” on August 5, the singer woke up the next day to comments from Gracie Abrams, Lennon Stella, and Maisie Peters. Now, four weeks later, she’s officially making a record. “I posted 45 seconds of the new song after writing...
Courteneers sell-out upcoming ‘St. Jude’ anniversary show at Manchester’s Heaton Park
Courteeners have sold-out their massive homecoming gig at Manchester’s Heaton Park. READ MORE: Courteeners: “The band is my life. When it’s not going great, my life’s not going great” After going on sale this morning (September 2) the band’s gig in support of the 15th anniversary of their debut ‘St. Jude’, sold-out in less than eight hours. The show will take place June 9, 2023. On Tuesday (August 30) the band shared details of the 15th-anniversary reissue of their debut album, which will feature the original album plus b-sides, non-album singles and demos. The expanded version of ‘St. Jude’...
Eliza Rose becomes first female DJ to top the Official Singles Chart in 20 years
Eliza Rose has become the first female DJ to top the Official Singles Chart in more than 20 years with her dance hit ‘B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)’. READ MORE: Eliza Rose: the DJ behind this summer’s most empowering dance anthem The last female DJ to top the Official Singles Chart was Sonique with the single ‘It Feels So Good’ in 2002. The club anthem entered the UK Singles Chart three weeks ago and jumped to the top today overtaking Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’, David Guetta’s ‘What Love Can Do’, and Central Cee’s ‘Doja’. “I just got Number One...Recent Posts
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