Quick Takes: Taylor Hawkins Tribute Lineup, David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar

• Tomorrow night’s (September 27th) Taylor Hawkins tribute concert at L.A.’s Kia Forum is boasting a lineup that can stand proudly next to the Wembley Stadium show, which saluted the late-Foo Fighters drummer earlier this month.

According to Theprp.com, the full lineup to Tuesday night’s show will be:

Sebastian Bach
Travis Barker (Blink-182)
Tommy Brenneck (Menahan Street Band, Budos Band)
Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)
Danny Carey (Tool)
Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders)
Chevy Metal
Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
Stewart Copeland (The Police)
Miley Cyrus
Jon “Juano” Davison (Yes)
Elliot Easton (The Cars)
Joe Elliot (Def Leppard)
Josh Freese (The Vandals, Devo)
Violet Grohl
Omar Hakim
Justin Hawkins (The Darkness)
Shane Hawkins
Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age)
James Gang
Joan Jett
Alain Johannes
John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin, Them Crooked Vultures)
Kesha
Mark King (Level 42)
Greg Kurstin
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe)
Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Brian May (Queen)
Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
Alanis Morissette
Krist Novoselic (Nirvana)
P!nk
Mark Ronson
Rick Savage (Def Leppard)
Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Luke Spiller (The Struts)
Roger Taylor (Queen)
Rufus Taylor (The Darkness/Queen)
Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
Jon Theodore (Queens Of The Stone Age)
Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
Wolfgang Van Halen
Brad Wilk (Rage Against The Machine)
Nancy Wilson (Heart)
Pat Wilson (Weezer)
Nate Wood (Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders)
Andrew Wyatt

• Following up on his recent re-recordings of “Panama” and “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love,” David Lee Roth has issued a newly recorded live-in-studio take of Van Halen‘s “Dance The Night Away.” Like the other re-recordings, the new track was cut as part of a 14-song session back in May at L.A.’s Henson Studios.
  • It’s unclear if all the songs are all early-Van Halen retreads or whether any new material was also committed to tape.
• During a new chat with Rolling Stone, Sammy Hagar shed light on his personal politics and how he votes in each election: “I do not get involved in politics. When the right is right, I’m on that side. When the left is right, I’m on that side. The one thing I don’t like is f***in’ evil, greedy criminals that f***this country over and f*** the land over. We have to take care of the air we breathe and the water we drink. That’s who I vote for.”
• Regarding former-President Donald Trump, Hagar said: “He’s an a**hole. I don’t like the fact that he was down on Mexicans because I think the Mexican people are some of the greatest people on the planet. I live in Mexico. And those are God-loving, family-oriented, hard-working people. Without them, we can’t do s***t in America. . . I liked that Trump wanted to clean up politics, but I’m not sure what his motives were. He’s just so arrogant.”
  • On the topic of President Joe Biden, Hagar stated, “I don’t think he’s done very well. I think we need a younger, stronger mind. Biden does know politics because he’s been in there so long, and he’s got a lot of people around him, but I don’t like this administration. I didn’t like the last one either though.” (Rolling Stone)