Watch Johnny Marr dedicate “There Is A Light…” to Taylor Hawkins

Johnny Marr committed his functionality of “There Is A Gentle That By no means Goes Out” at this year’s BBC 6 Tunes Pageant to Taylor Hawkins.

The Foo Fighters drummer died on March 25 at the age of 50. He was observed in his resort space in Bogotá, Colombia, hrs prior to the band have been were set to headline a festival in the metropolis as aspect of a South American tour.

Marr performed The Smiths classic at Cardiff’s Good Corridor on Sunday (April 3). “This is a song that we’d like to devote to our mate Dave Grohl,” he claimed, introducing the keep track of.

“Lots of adore likely out to you men and all the Foos family. We skip you Taylor, we will not at any time fail to remember you. God bless you. This is from all of us.”

Somewhere else, all through his set, Marr played The Smiths’ “Panic” and “This Charming Man”, in addition a protect of Depeche Mode’s “I Truly feel You”. He returned for an encore to participate in “Bigmouth Strikes Again” and “How Soon Is Now?”.

The Grammys memorialised Hawkins with a unique tribute at the Las Vegas ceremony Sunday evening (April 3).

“This was the instant in the demonstrate when I was meant to be introducing the Foo Fighters,” host Trevor Noah defined during the ceremony. “We would have been celebrating with them as they received three Grammy awards previously currently.

“But they are, of class, not below owing to the passing of their famous drummer Taylor Hawkins. Our feelings go out to Taylor’s family, his buddies, the Foo Fighter family and all of their supporters all around the entire world. We’d like to take a moment now to keep in mind Taylor.”

In other news, Johnny Marr and Modest Mouse uncovered last thirty day period that they had commenced working on new songs jointly, which would be their very first since Marr’s stint in the band from 2006-2008.