Dave Grohl Returns To The Stage For The First Time With Paul McCartney At Glastonbury

"I swear, I would never miss being right here with you, right now,"

Dave Grohl has made his first appearance on stage since the death of Foo Fighters' drummer and musical legend Taylor Hawkins.

He did it on one of the biggest stages in the world, alongside Paul McCartney on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival in the UK. they performed a girtty, rock version of McCartney's I Saw Her Standing There.

"This guy flew in specially to do this, we love you," McCartney said.

"I swear, I would never miss being right here with you, right now," Grohl replied.

McCartney also brought out Bruce Springsteen to perform Glory Days and I Wanna Be Your Man for one of the biggest and most anticipated festival performance in years. After fans waited at the front of the stage for almost 12 hours, it was one of Glastonbury's biggest crowds since 2014s Dolly Parton set.

He opened with The Beatles' classic Can't Buy Me Love. "Oh, man it's so good to be here. We were supposed to be doing this three years ago,"

"But here we are. We've got some old songs for you, we've got some new song and we've got some in-betweeners... and I got a feeling we're going to have a great time."

The Foo Fighters recently announced tribute shows to Hawkins in LA and London, featuring massive line ups including, Liam Gallagher, Joshua Homme, Chrissie Hynde, Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor, Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, Supergrass, and Mark Ronson on the London Bill.

In Los Angeles, the line up includes Foo Fighters, Miley Cyrus, Joshua Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Joan Jett, Brian May of Queen, Mark Ronson, Alanis Morissette, and more.

Tickets for the shows go on sale on the 17th of June, with all info via the band's website HERE.