Miley Cyrus, Taylor Hawkins.Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty; Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage
Miley Cyrusrevealed the touching inspiration behind her recent performance at a tribute concert for thelate Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.
In apost to TwitterThursday, the “Midnight Sky” singer-songwriter shared a voicemail from Hawkins, which heard the rocker encourage Cyrus — his one-time neighbor — to perform a cover of Def Leppard’s “Photograph.”
Cyrus, 29, fulfilled his request during a tribute concert to the rocker at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Tuesday, as she sang “Photograph” alongside Def Leppard andFoo Fighters. “A personal request from the legend himself,” she tweeted alongside the voicemail.
She wrote in a follow-up tweet, “I miss Taylor so much like everybody else. It was such an honor to celebrate him last night and perform w@DefLeppard[…] So lucky to have known him not just as a superstar but to have spent time watching him just be a dad and a husband!”
Alongside a video from the performance, Cyrus concluded in a third tweet, “Last night was the most special way to remember the MOST special person!@foofightersforever.”
Def Leppard, Pat Wilson and Miley Cyrus.Timothy Norris
In addition to Cyrus, Def Leppard and Foo Fighters, the tribute concert also featured performances from Joan Jett, Travis Barker, Queen, Kesha, Pink, Alanis Morissette and several other musicians.
During Queen’s set, Brian May brought outHawkins' wife AlisonanddaughtersAnnabelle and Everleigh for an acoustic version of “Love of My Life,” which Alison specifically asked him to play — it was her wedding song with Hawkins.
Dave Grohl.Timothy Norris
Elsewhere in the jam-packed concert,Hawkins' son Shane, 16, joined Foo Fighters for “My Hero” on drums — just as he did during the first tribute concert at London’s Wembley Stadium. He also played “I’ll Stick Around” before sharing a long hug with Grohl onstage.
“One thing I noticed recently about Taylor as I was calling all of these people to ask them to come play the show, each one of them said, ‘Man, I talked to Taylor like, every day,'” Grohl told the crowd. “And I realized I had just talked to 50 people who talked to Taylor every f—ing day. Taylor made sure that he always reached out and stayed close to the people he was friends with, and we have more of those people here with us right now.”
source: people.com
