Nirvana and Led Zeppelin members, P!NK and more added to Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts

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Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, pop star P!NK, comedian Chris Rock and more to honour late Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins

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Dave Grohl's former Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, pop star P!NK, Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson, Chic's Nile Rodgers, 12-year-old drum prodigy Nandi Bushell and more have been added to the bill for the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts, set to take place in September.

Novoselic, Jones, Bushell, Rodgers, Foo Fighters' producer Greg Kurstin and former Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator Alain Johannes will join Foo Fighters, Liam Gallagher, ex-Rush duo Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor, Supergrass and more at the London tribute event, which is now also set to feature an appearance by US comedian Chris Rock.

Tickets are on-sale right now for the London show, which will take place at Wembley Stadium on September 3. 

In LA, P!NK, LeAnn Rimes,  John Paul Jones, Alain Johannes, Nancy Wilson, Krist Novoselic and Greg Kurstin have been added to the September 27 show at the Kia Forum. That concert will also feature exclusive appearances from Kiss star Gene Simmons, Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx, pop superstar Miley Cyrus, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Rage Against The Machine drummer Brad Wilk, Joan Jett, Alanis Morissette and The Struts frontman Luke Spiller.

Tickets for the LA show go on sale at 9am Los Angeles time today, June 17.

Proceeds from the ticket sales from both shows will benefit charities in the US and UK as chosen by Taylor Hawkins' family.

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Paul Brannigan
Paul Brannigan
Contributing Editor, Louder

A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal.