![]() Tickets for this year’s VetsAid will go on sale (with prices starting at $59.99) on Aug. To date, the organization has raised funds with the help of performances from Keith Urban, Zac Brown, Gary Clark Jr., Don Henley, James Taylor, Chris Stapleton, Haim, Sheryl Crow, the Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top, Brad Paisley and Jason Isbell. Those events will include performances from the late drummer’s friends and influences: Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, Mark Ronson, the Police’s Stewart Copeland, Wolfgang Van Halen, Jane’s Addiction’s Chris Chaney, veteran jazz/rock drummer Omar Hakim, Queen touring member Rufus Taylor and Hawkins’ cover band Chevy Metal will play at both shows.Įstablished in 2017 by Walsh, VetsAid aims to raise funds for veterans’ groups across the country. The Foos and the Hawkins family recently announced two tribute shows which are set to take place in London on Sept. Hawkins unexpectedly died at age 50 during one of the band’s stops in Bogota, Colombia earlier this year. Other original members, who were also Kent State students, included Tom Kriss (bass), Ronnie Silverman (guitar), Phil Giallombardo (keyboards) and Greg. Grohl has slowly been re-entering the stage since the tragic death of his bandmate, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. I believe in Ohio and look forward to celebrating our musical legacy while honoring our veterans with VetsAid 2022.” Now it is a great privilege and humbling opportunity for me to share the stage once again with my original James Gang buddies and with this absolutely incredible group of Ohio rock legends like Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails, the Black Keys, the Breeders and Dave Grohl. “Picking up my first guitar as a kid in Columbus set me on a musical journey to Kent State, Cleveland and then the world. “It all started in Ohio,” Walsh wrote in a statement.
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