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11 THINGS THAT MADE THE TAYLOR HAWKING TRIBLUTE SHOWS AMAZING

Well in hindsight, of course they weren’t going to let him go quietly. Such was the shock of Taylor Hawkins’s tragic death at the end of March that everyone’s immediate reaction was on the same disbelieving page: hushed reverence at the passing of one of rock’s much-loved characters, stunned words of admiration for someone no one could get used to talking about in the past tense.

But Foo Fighters knew that’s not how they could leave it and, after a period of mourning, they rallied to stage two of the most glorious send-offs ever witnessed in

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