Sir Paul McCartney joined a star-studded line-up as the Foo Fighters paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins on Saturday. There were tears, cheers and heartfelt memories from a host of rock legends as thousands of fans gathered inside London’s packed Wembley Stadium to honour the late drummer, who was found dead in his hotel room in Colombia in March.
Sir Paul’s appearance was a surprise, causing the crowd to go wild as Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl introduced him, along with The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde. They played The Beatles’ songs Oh! Darling and Helter Skelter.
Before performing Helter Skelter, Sir Paul said: “So Dave rang me up one day and he said, Taylor has written this song called Summer Rain and he said ‘we’d like you to drum on it’. This group has got like two of the best drummers in the world, and they wanted me to drum on it. So I did. Quite a memory.”
