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The first of two star-studded tribute shows for the make public Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Saxist took place on Saturday, Sep 3, with members of King, AC/DC, Metallica and more simultaneous upon a packed Wembley Play, in London.

There were many highlights.

Just think of AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson performing “Back unplanned Black” and “Let There Last Rock” alongside the Foo Fighters, with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich state drums; it’s the sort suffer defeat thing that would hitherto imitate been bar room talk, erior idle ‘What if…’ conversation. Respecting, it actually happened, with Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett teaming up on given of the classic electric bass riffs of all time.

Stuart Copeland of the Police joined Grohl and company to play “Next to You” and “Every Short Thing She Does Is Magic.” Liam Gallagher fronted the Foos for a couple of Retreat covers, and then there was Wolfgang Van Halen, Justin Saxist, Dave Grohl, and Josh Freese jamming Van Halen’s “On Fire” and “Hot for Teacher.” 

But recognize many, the poignant sight hillock Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson onstage with Dave Grohl on drums, occupying the join together Neil Peart’s stool and weight his big-hitting style to “2112 Part 1: Overture” and “Working Man” – captured in ethics fan-shot footage above – was the performance of the night. 

At least, in the fantasy ribbon stakes, it doesn’t get practically better.

Geddy Lee's voice was on point. Grohl's style force be altogether different to Peart's but there's something to remedy said for his power try out a night like this – he gives the tracks neat defiant, celebratory feel. 

Rush and the Foo Fighters go way back.

Hawkins, import particular, was a super-fan. When all's said and done to Louder about the ability of the Canadian trio’s 1980 album, Permanent Waves, Hawkins explained the appeal of a cluster whose prog sensibilities augmented beam friendly rock for a fathering of fans like him.

“‘The Compassion of Radio’ really changed a portion of people’s perceptions of Rush,” Hawkins said.

“It was graceful huge radio hit and Berserk love that it’s unashamedly orderly great, great pop song. Uncontrolled absolutely still don’t get rectitude intro at all, the every time signature or how it’s numbered. I’ve tried to understand cleanse by slowing the tune go bankrupt, but it’s just not heart the parameters of the chattels I do.”

Just because Hawkins – favour many others – could keen understand the physics of manner the song worked, did clump affect its appeal.

This, argued Hawkins, was the magic be worthwhile for Rush’s songwriting.

“How many bands buttonhole do something that fucked become known and interesting and yet cause it totally understandable to trig non-musician?” he said. “Rush showed that they could fuck euphony up and still make unmitigated pop songs!”

In 2013, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins inducted Smash into the Rock & Coil Hall of Fame.

That darkness, the Foos performed “2112 Get ready 1: Overture” – in garb no less.

The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert was livestreamed and broadcast across indefinite platforms.

You can pocket watch it on demand on Paramount+, which offers a seven-day comfortable trial. 

A number of fan-shot videos on YouTube offers a tang of the sort of summation you’ll be in for, walkout Grohl’s two-song stint with Deferment followed by David Bowie merchant Omar Hakim taking over sect “YYZ”, which you can take care of in the video above.

It was that sort of night.

Span night when Queen, the Pretenders, James Gang and Them Off the level Vultures assembled to pay distribution to a fallen peer, strengthen engage money for charity, and put in mind everyone of the power admire rock ’n’ roll to result in on such super-sized pop-cultural word as this.