"Thank you for waiting three hours to come play drums with us." Watch Taylor Hawkins' son Shane guest with Foo Fighters at their London Stadium show

Foo Fighters with Shane Hawkins
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Foo Fighters were joined onstage at London Stadium last night, June 20, by a very special guest, Taylor Hawkins' son Shane. 

Hawkins joined Dave Grohl's band during the encore section of the show at the home of West Ham United F.C. to play I'll Stick Around, the second single from the American band's self-titled 1995 debut album.

Dave Grohl greeted Hawkins with the words "Hi Shane, thank you for waiting three hours to come play drums with us", before the band launched into the song, which the drummer wrote about his formerly fractious relationship with Courtney Love. Earlier in the evening Grohl had dedicated a performance of Aurora, from the band's There Is Nothing Left To Lose album, to the Hawkins family.

This was not the first time that Shane Hawkins, whose father tragically passed away on March 25, 2022 during a Foo Fighters' South American tour, has played onstage with the band.

In September '22 the young drummer performed My Hero with Foo Fighters at the Wembley Stadium edition of the all-star Tribute Concert honouring his father, and later joined the band at the US staging of the concert, to perform I'll Stick Around and My Hero at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. 

Hawkins' appearances at the shows subsequently earned him the 'Performance Of The Year' award at the annual Drumeo Awards.

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Watch Hawkins play with Foo Fighters in London below:

Shane Hawkins! The Foo Fighters with I'll stick around, London stadium Stratford 20/06/2024 - YouTube Shane Hawkins! The Foo Fighters with I'll stick around, London stadium Stratford 20/06/2024 - YouTube
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Foo Fighters will play London Stadium once again tomorrow night, June 22, before rounding off their UK stadium tour with a show at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on June 25.

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.

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