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On Sunday 8 December 2024, Channel 4 broadcasts Sunday Brunch!

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The upcoming episode of “Sunday Brunch” on Channel 4 promises to be an engaging mix of music, literature, and lively conversation. This week, the show features the talented Katherine Jenkins, who will share details about her much-anticipated Christmas concert at the iconic Royal Albert Hall. Fans of Jenkins can look forward to hearing about her preparations and what makes this concert special.

In addition to Jenkins, Adrian Chiles will be in the spotlight as he discusses his new book. Known for his wit and charm, Chiles is expected to provide insights into his writing process and the themes explored in his latest work. His segment is likely to be both entertaining and thought-provoking.

The episode will also include musical guests Justin Hawkins, Rufus Taylor, and David Gray. Each artist brings their unique style and energy to the show, promising a delightful mix of performances and conversations.

Feelgood documentary follows Justin Hawkins’ band as they give even the smallest venues a Wembley Arena level performance

This documentary gives us an entertaining “comeback” narrative arc for the Darkness, the British neo glam-rock band with outrageous campy stylings, sparkly catsuits and real songwriting talent. For a couple of years in the early 00s they were absolutely gigantic, and then crashed and burned, apparently due to lead singer Justin Hawkins’ abuse of drink and drugs. Those were the days when everyone didn’t automatically make solemnly supportive noises about recovery and looking after your mental health: there was more ironic dismissal of addiction burnout as a symptom of rock’n’roll selfishness and absurdity.

But recently, Justin reconciled with his brother, lead guitarist Dan, and the band got back together with bassist Frankie Poullain and a new drummer, Rufus Taylor (son of Queen’s Roger Taylor); they started slogging around...

The Foo Fighters have extended their 2023 tour with six more shows taking place during the summer and early fall.

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The concerts are scheduled around the band’s previously scheduled music festival performances. The group will play three times in early August, including Spokane, Washington (Aug. 4), Salt Lake City, Utah (Aug. 8) and Stateline, Nevada (Aug. 10), before headlining the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco.

Similarly, they have set dates between Sea. Hear. Now, Louder Than Life and Ohana Festival.

The Foo Fighters will return to the concert stage following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in September 2022. The tour will support their new album, But Here We Are.

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The band has not performed this year as their summer tour has not started yet. Below is the Foo Fighters’ setlist from their tribute concert to late drummer Taylor Hawkins in Inglewood,...

In March 2022, Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for the Foo Fighters, died suddenly in a hotel in Colombia. Hawkins’ death ended the band’s tour and sent his closest friends and biggest fans into deep mourning. The band has not toured since but has appeared at a few tribute events. That’s about to change. The Foo Fighters’ new tour dates are fast approaching, but one question remains. Who will be behind the drum kit? While fans and experts have theories, the band is staying extra quiet.

Foo Fighters fans continue to speculate about the band’s replacement drummer

When the Foo Fighters announced that they’d be moving forward with new shows following Hawkins’ death, fans rejoiced. Since that January announcement, chatter about a replacement drummer has only intensified. Fans have taken to social media to debate the merits of several world-class drummers, but are any of them the replacement?...

Friday, Feb. 17 is a significant date for the members of Foo Fighters, marking the day that drummer Taylor Hawkins would have celebrated his 51st birthday.

To honour Hawkins’ memory, the band shared a brief tribute posted on Instagram.

Read More: Foo Fighters Confirm Band Will Continue After Death Of Taylor Hawkins: ‘We’re Going To Be A Different Band Going Forward’

“Miss you so much,” Dave Grohl and his bandmates wrote in the caption accompanying a photo of Hawkins, who died on March 25 of an accidental overdose in the midst of the South American leg of the band’s 2022 tour.

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Following Hawkins’ death, the band cancelled its remaining tour dates, but recently announced plans to return to the road this summer.

While Foo Fighters have yet to announce a full-fledged tour, several dates on several different continents have been announced,...

Dave Grohl, Travis Barker, and Miley Cyrus were some of the artists who performed at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in Los Angeles on Tuesday 27 September.

The show, which was held at the Kia Forum, kickstarted with Grohl’s 16-year-old daughter Violet performing a rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” along with guitarist Alain Johannes.

After that, Foo Fighters took over the stage, announcing: “Welcome to the Los Angeles Taylor Hawkins tribute concert.

“This is the hometown s***, so you gotta make it loud for Taylor.”

Grohl said that the idea of the concert is to “spend some time in [Hawkins’s] musical mind, which could be a pretty terrifying place” and to “celebrate this person that has touched our lives.”

The show continued with performances by Joan Jett, Chevy Metal, Kesha, Coattail Riders, Mark King, Rufus Taylor, Joe Walsh and the James Gang, Cyrus, Mötley Crüe, and Def Leppard among others.

Shane Hawkins, son of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, brought down the house while sitting in on drums for a powerful performance during Saturday’s tribute concert at Wembley Stadium in London.

During the Foo Fighters’ set, the band was backed by numerous drummers throughout the night — including Travis Barker, Josh Freese, Rufus Taylor, Nandi Bushell, Omar Hakim and more — until the 16-year-old Hawkins became the final drummer of the evening to sit behind the kit.

Read More: Dave Grohl Breaks Down In Tears Performing At Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show: ‘A Gigantic F**king Night For A Gigantic F**king Person’

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have one more drummer that’s going to come up and play with us, and let me tell you I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone hit the drums as hard as this person, but beyond that, he’s a member of our family,...

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was honored for more than five hours during a London concert on Saturday night, but the highlight of the evening was the late artist's 16-year-old son, Shane Hawkins, playing drums with the band during an emotional rendition of "My Hero." The "Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert" aired on CBS and is streaming now on Paramount+. Throughout the evening, several different drummers stepped up to play for Hawkins, with Shane rounding out the lineup for the last performance of the night.

Hawkins died on March 25 in in Bogotá, Colombia, after complaining of heart pains. The drummer was 50. In June, Hawkins's wife, Alison, shared a statement about her husband's passing on Twitter. "As Taylor's wife, and on behalf of our children, I want to share how much you meant to him and how dedicated he was to 'knocking your socks off' during every performance," her statement read in part.

Taylor Hawkins’ son Shane performed with Foo Fighters to deliver an emotional rendition of “My Hero” Saturday at the London tribute concert in honor of his late father.

On a night where the Foo Fighters employed a “revolving door” of all-star drummers — Travis Barker, Josh Freese, Rufus Taylor, Nandi Bushell, Omar Hakim and more — during their Wembley Stadium set, the final drummer of the evening was, fittingly, Hawkins’ 16-year-old son, who has long followed in his father’s footsteps behind the kit.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have one more drummer...

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was overcome with emotion as he and his bandmates took to the stage at London’s Wembley Stadium, during a star-studded concert to remember their late drummer Taylor Hawkins.

It was the first time the band had performed live since Hawkins’s death in March this year, and Grohl struggled to compose himself while singing their hit Times Like These, pausing at the lyric: “It’s times like these you learn to love again.”

Musicians joining the Foo Fighters on stage at Wembley included members of Metallica, Queen, Paul McCartney, AC/DC, plus Nile Rodgers and Liam Gallagher.

A rotating set of drummers sat in for Hawkins on Foo Fighters’ numbers, including Travis Barker, Darkness drummer Rufus Tiger Taylor and, movingly, Hawkins’s own teenage son Shane on the song My Hero.

On stage, Grohl paid tribute to Hawkins, calling him his “dear friend, bandmate and brother,...

Dave Grohl and the other surviving members of Foo Fighters will pay tribute to their late drummer Taylor Hawkins in an all-star live concert on Saturday, Sep. 3. Hawkins died unexpectedly at age 50 in Bogotá, Colombia in March.

Among the music legends who are gathering to honor Hawkins are Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Rush’s Geddy Lee, Chrissie Hynde, Liam Gallagher, Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, as well as drumming prodigy Nandi Bushell, who sat in for Hawkins after winning a “drum off” with Foo Fighters frontman (and former Nirvana drummer) Grohl.

A separate tribute concert in Los Angeles on Sep. 27 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood is sold out.

Here’s everything you need to know about when and where to watch it and who else is performing.

When Is the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert?

The event is happening Saturday, Sep. 3 at Wembley Stadium in London.

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More acts have been added to the bill for the highly anticipated Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts next month.

Three months after the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, the band, together with the Hawkins Family, announced two star-studded tribute concerts to celebrate his life.

The first concert will take place at Wembley Stadium, London on 3 September, with the second in Los Angeles taking place at the Kia Forum on 27 September.

Acts like Nile Rogers, Travis Barker and Taylor’s son Shane Hawkins will join the likes of Liam Gallagher, Brian May and Mark Ronson on the bill.

Chris Rock will also make a special guest appearance alongside Dave Chappell.

Charity, Music Support, who help those who work in music and live events affected by mental ill-health and/or addiction, have been announced as one of the gig beneficiaries.

In a statement online, the charity said that they were “incredibly grateful,...

Foo Fighters have announced at least some of the special guests who’ll be sharing the stage at the Sept. 27 Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in Los Angeles: Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, Alanis Morissette and Miley Cyrus top a long list.

Others set to share the stage at LA’s Kia Forum include Gene Simmons, Wolfgang Van Halen, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Rage Against the Machine’s Brad Wilk, members of Queen, Queens of the Stone Age’s Joshua Homme and Jon Theodore, Joan Jett, The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Jane’s Addiction’s Chris Chaney, Nikki Sixx, Mark Ronson, Omar Hakim and Chevy Metal.

Additional special guests for both the LA and London shows will be announced later.

Earlier today, the band, along with the family of late drummer Hawkins announced an initial round of guest performers for the London tribute concert on September 3 at Wembley Stadium.

The Foo Fighters have announced the initial slate of guests for their tribute concerts to late drummer Taylor Hawkins in London and Los Angeles.

The lineup for the London gig will boast Liam Gallagher, Josh Homme, Chrissie Hynde, Brian May, Mark Ronson, Stewart Copeland, Geddy Lee, Roger Taylor, Rufus Taylor, Omar Hakim, Chris Chaney, Wolfgang Van Halen, Supergrass, and Hawkins’ Chevy Metal bandmates. Comedian Dave Chappelle will also be on hand for a special appearance.

Many of those artists will appear at the Los Angeles gig as well, along with Miley Cyrus,...