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Musician Taylor Hawkins appears at One Love Malibu in Calabasas, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2018. Foo Fighters will honor the rock band's late drummer Taylor Hawkins with a pair of tribute concerts in September — one in London and the other in Los Angeles. Amy Harris/Amy Harris/Invision/AP hide caption

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Jon Batiste (center) performs at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022. Batiste was nominated in 11 categories and took home five prizes, including album of the year. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption

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Jon Batiste accepts the Grammy for album of the year at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, presented Sunday, April 3 in Las Vegas. Batiste was the night's biggest winner by the numbers, with five awards including the night's final honor. Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption

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Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters performs at the Innings Festival at Tempe Beach Park on Feb. 26 in Tempe, Ariz. The band's longtime drummer has died, the band announced late Friday. Amy Harris/Invision/AP hide caption

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The Beatles on Mount Doom (or a still from Peter Jackson's Get Back, a documentary constructed from footage shot during the making of the band's last studio albums and final performance). Linda McCartney/Apple Corps Ltd. hide caption

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Dave Grohl performs onstage during the taping of the 2021 "Vax Live" fundraising concert at the in Inglewood, Calif. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Dave Grohl retraces his life-affirming path from Nirvana to Foo Fighters

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Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, seen here in the "Vax Live" fundraising concert held in May, performs at Madison Square Garden in June. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Electronic artist Flume performs at Lollapalooza in 2016. The festival is set to return at full capacity this summer. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Samsung hide caption

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Foo Fighters Headline Lollapalooza As Chicago Summer Festival Season Opens Up

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Hayley Williams. Her surprise new solo album, Flowers for Vases – descanos, is on our list of the best new albums out on Feb. 5. Lindsey Byrnes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The Top 10 Albums Out On Feb. 5

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The Foo Fighters celebrate their 25th anniversary with a cheery, upbeat sound on their 10th record entitled Medicine at Midnight. Danny Clinch/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Dave Grohl Talks Foo Fighters' New Saturday-Night Party Album, 'Medicine At Midnight'

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Dave Grohl, center, with The Foo Fighters Brantley Gutierrez hide caption

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Guest DJ Dave Grohl

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Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. as part of the birthday celebration for Big Tony of Trouble Funk. Kyle Gustafson/Washington Post/Getty images hide caption

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Dave Grohl gives the keynote speech at SXSW 2013. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption

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Dave Grohl's SXSW 2013 Keynote Speech

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