Foo Fighters and the family of the band’s late drummer, Taylor Hawkins, have announced two tribute concerts in Hawkins’ honor, according to Variety. The concerts are set to take place in London at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 3, and at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Hawkins, the longtime drummer of Foo Fighters, died on March 25 while the band were on tour in South America.

A statement from the Hawkins family posted on social media and signed by Taylor Hawkins’ wife Alison, reads, “In celebration of his life, it is now up to all of us who loved him most to honor Taylor’s legacy and the music he gave us.”

Foo Fighters’ statement reads in part, “As one of the most respected and beloved figures in modern music, Taylor’s monolithic talent and magnetic personality endeared him to millions of fans, peers, friends and fellow musical legends the world over,” and continues to say that several artists Hawkins greatly respected, without naming anyone specifically just yet, will also take part in the tribute concerts. Along similar lines, there was no mention of who will play drums for the band during the concerts.

Wembley Stadium is a 90,000 capacity stadium in north-west London, opened in 2007 on the same site as its same-named predecessor, which had operated from 1923 to 2000. Both the former and the new Wembley have played host to innumerable concerts and soccer matches of great historical importance and even legendary status. The Kia Forum in Los Angeles is located in Inglewood, Calif., and has a capacity of 17,500; it opened in 1967 to great architectural and engineering fanfare, and it has been the home to NBA and NHL teams, as well as to basketball games during the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games. 

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