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5:00 p.m. – Foo Fighters play “one of Taylor Hawkins favorite Foo Fighters songs,” “Auoroa.”
4:50 p.m. – Paul McCartney plays another Beatles favorite, “Helter Skelter,” with Foo Fighters. This is the 47th song of the evening, by the way, and Dave Grohl has been on stage for most of them.
What a fucking concert 🤩 Only rock legends gathered on stage 🤘🔥#taylorhawkinstribute#FooFighters #PaulMcCartney pic.twitter.com/MLynZCtZy7
— Chazza_Charlotte 🎶🍷⚡️🇫🇷 (@charlotte_abst) September 3, 2022
4:45 p.m. – Paul McCartney is in the building! The former Beatle makes a surprise appearance alongside Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde to perform a duet version of “Oh, Darling!” Omar Hakim is on drums.
4:30 p.m. – The Darkness’ Rufus Taylor, who is the spitting image of Taylor Hawkins, is up next. He’s backing Foo Fighters on “These Days” and a particularly powerful rendition of “Best of You.”
4:25 p.m. – “The world’s coolest drummer,” Nandi Bushell, is now behind the kit as Foo Fighters perform “Learn to Fly.”
NANDI ROCKS!!! And killing that most excellent jacket to pair with her amazing talent @Nandi_Bushell @foofighters #TaylorHawkins #taylorhawkinstribute #TaylorHawkinsWembley #FooFighters pic.twitter.com/7ahyzMdJ3M
— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) September 3, 2022
4:15 p.m. – It’s not Travis Barker’s time to play drums with Foo Fighters. “He forgot his shirt,” jokes Dave Grohl before they kick into “The Pretender.” Barker also joins Foo Fighters for “Monkey Wrench.”
4:05 p.m. – Josh Freese is the first drummer up to perform with Foo Fighters, sitting in for both “Times Like These” and “All My Life.”
4:00 p.m. – Following an incredible video montage, Foo Fighters are back on stage. Through tears, Dave Grohl opens the band’s headlining set with “Times Like These.” He repeatedly wipes tears from his eyes and is eventually forced to pause the performance to compose himself. It’s definitely the heaviest moment of the night so for.
Dave Grohl breaks down mid way through Times Like These – I’m bawling my eyes out too #taylorhawkinstribute pic.twitter.com/V7JkLc0ZtF
— Benjamin Wright (@benwrightjourno) September 3, 2022
