Rock and a good cause: These are the organizations that will support the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts

It looks awesome, but we still can’t believe that Taylor Hawkins is no longer with usespecially after the great concert that was thrown together with the Foo Fighters at the Foro Sol in CDMX (HERE We leave you the review of that show). It was on March 25, just before he went on stage at the Estéreo Picnic festival in Colombia, when the world sadly learned of the drummer’s death at age 50.

Since then, the music industry has remembered Taylor with messages about how important he was for a lot of artists and thanks for the influence he had on many young people who wanted to play drums thanks to him. Nevertheless, They will hardly pay tribute to him as he deserves, with a couple of concerts where pure great musicians will gather to celebrate the life and work of this enormous bataco.

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The music industry will pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins with a benefit concert that will help some organizations

Some weeks ago, The Foo Fighters announced that this September 3 and 27 they will hold two concerts at Wembley Stadium in London and the KIA Forum in Los Angeles, respectively, where they will pay tribute to Taylor Hawkins. But in addition to their bandmates, they will also have special guests such as Liam Gallagher, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, John Paul Jones, Brian Johnson, Krist Novoselic, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush, Nile Rodgers Alanis Morissette and many more.

However, the most important thing was that with this news, they also revealed that the profits obtained from the sale of tickets for both shows, will be completely donated to a couple of organizations in order to support musicians in difficult situations. Y here we tell you what are those causes that you will support with this enormous and well-deserved tribute to Taylor.

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Music Support

The first of these organizations to benefit from Taylor Hawkins concerts is Music Supportwhich was founded in 2016. Since then, they are dedicated to offer help to those working in all aspects of the UK music industry and at live events have been affected by mental illness and/or addictions. How do they support them? Well, by giving them a series of basic services provided by musical partners and volunteers.

As if this wasn’t enough, also they have a telephone helpline where they offer mental health first aid as well as addiction awareness and recoverycrisis support and even they have some backstage security centers at festivals and live concerts.

Recording Academy Musicares

Last but not least we have Recording Academy Musicaresthe second organization to receive proceeds from the Taylor Hawkins tribute shows. This is a foundation that aims to help the men and women behind the music industry (both musicians and engineers, producers, etc.) Well, as they themselves say “music gives a lot to the world” And in some way, they seek to repay them for all the work they have done over the years.

MusiCares provides a safety net of health and wellness services to the music community in three key areas. The first of these is general health.where they offer financial assistance during medical crises, dental screenings, hearing clinics and voice health workshops, as well as help with low-cost health insurance.

The second area is mental healthwhere they give advice, psychiatric care, hospital treatment and even have courses to lead a life in sobriety. To finish, in the human services part they also lend a hand to members of the music industry with support for basic expenses such as rent, utilities, a car payment, and programs that address career development, legal matters, and services for older adults.

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