A few months ago, after taking some time to mourn the passing of Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters announced a pair of tribute concerts for the late drummer set for Sept. 3 at London’s Wembley Stadium and Sept. 27 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. The Foo Fighters made the announcement via social media. “For our dear friend, our bad*ss bandmate, our beloved brother…Foo Fighters and The Hawkins family bring you the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts.”
Newly announced artists who will appear at the events include Travis Barker (Blink 182), Martin Chambers, Stewart Copeland (The Police), Josh Freese, Violet Grohl, Justin Hawkins (The Darkness), James Gang, Kesha, Luke Spiller (The Struts), Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and AC/DC’s Brian Johnson. Taylor Hawkins’s son, Shane, who performed Foo Fighters “My Hero” as a tribute to his late father at a block party in July, is also set to appear.
Over the weekend, The Daily Mail also reported that the guitar used by Dave Grohl in the 1997 hit video, “Monkey Wrench,” is expected to fetch as much as $35,500 at auction. The Gretsch White Falcon guitar was also used widely for recording sessions on the band’s second studio album “The Colour And The Shape,” released that year.
The guitar was originally owned by the band’s rhythm guitarist Pat Smear, who was a member of Foo Fighters between 1994 and 1997. Smear bought the guitar in 1996. The guitar is being sold with a Polaroid picture of Pat Smear holding it and three colour photographs of musician Tim Armstrong, from the punk rock band Rancid, actress Drew Barrymore and film director David Markey playing the guitar.
Auctioneer Luke Hobbs said: “This a very exciting guitar as it’s one of the few owned by Foo Fighters, arguably the biggest current rock band on Earth, ever to come to public auction. I’m expecting interest from around the world. The fact that it features so prominently in the band’s iconic Monkey Wrench video makes it all the more attractive to collectors and fans.”
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