Foo Fighters (photo: Danny Clinch)
The first of two tribute concerts honoring the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins will stream across multiple platforms next month. Set for Saturday, September 3 at Wembley Stadium in London, the concert will livestream on Paramount+ in the U.S., MTV‘s YouTube channel globally and Pluto TV internationally. The full show will be available to stream on demand via Paramount+ as of September 3, with Pluto TV and MTV Video On Demand beginning the week of September 5. There will also be a two-hour London special airing globally via MTV Entertainment.
The London concert has also added multiple musicians to its lineup, including Hawkins’ fellow drummers Travis Barker, Lars Ulrich, and Josh Freese, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, Kesha, Brian Johnson of AC/DC and Dave Grohl‘s daughter Violet.
The second tribute concert is set for September 27 in Los Angeles and has added Barker, Ulrich and Freese, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, Def Leppard‘s Joe Elliott and Phil Collen, and more to its lineup.
Both concerts will be headlined by the surviving members of Foo Fighters, along with an all-star lineup of artists.
Tickets and merchandise sales from both shows will benefit charities chosen by the Hawkins family: Music Support and MusiCares.
For complete details on the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts, visit www.foofighters.com.
