The Struts
The Struts Open Up About Taylor Hawkins Tributes and New Music on ‘Lipps Service’
This week on SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps spoke with Lipps Service alumni The Struts’ Luke Spiller and Adam Slack. The podcast follows Spiller’s recent appearance alongside Queen at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert on Sept. 3. In a lengthy conversation, the bandmates discussed their recent tour of Japan, their latest release, “Fallin’ With Me,” and some inside stories about their friendship. They also touched on the current state of rock music and what it takes to market a rock band in a TikTok-ified industry. Spiller dives into what he was most anticipating singing with Queen at both shows (on Sept. 3 and Sept. 27) as well as upcoming music and touring by the Struts. This episode marks Spiller and Slack’s third appearance on Lipps Service. On the last episode, Lip...
The Struts’ Luke Spiller Will Perform With Members of Queen at Taylor Hawkins Tributes
The Struts lead singer Luke Spiller will perform “a couple of Queen songs with Queen” at the upcoming Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts in London and Los Angeles, the artist told SPIN‘s Lipps Service podcast for an episode debuting Sept. 5. “I owe so much of where I am right now to him, from getting the opportunity to open up for the Foos … even coming to L.A., and sort of laying roots down here, which, again, was life-changing, and probably something that I wouldn’t have done if he hadn’t encouraged it,” Spiller said of Hawkins, who died suddenly in Bogota, Colombia, in March. “So I owe him a great amount, and I kind of still do, with these shows that are coming up. I still kind of find it a bit ludicrous that I’m even considered to be on that bill, considering the lineup,” he continued. “I...
