See Dave Grohl's Daughter Violet, 18, Sing as Nirvana Reunites for First Time in 5 Years, with Dad on Drums

Mar. 15, 2025

Dave Grohl and daughter Violet Grohl performing during the FireAid benefit concert for California Fire Relief on Jan. 30, 2025.Photo:Scott Dudelson/Getty

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Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet is following in her dad’s footsteps!

The event marked the first time the band’s surviving members had reunited since 2020, when Novoselic, 59, Smear, 65, and Grohl performed together at the Hollywood Palladium in L.A. for the HEAVEN Benefit Concert.

Dave Grohl and Violet Grohl at FireAid Benefit Concert at The Kia Forum on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood.Scott Dudelson/Getty

PerNME, they had also previously performed together at Grohl’s Foo Fighters’ Cal Jam festival in 2018.

Thursday’s relief concert featured a lineup of stars who took turns to step in for the late Nirvana lead vocalist,Kurt Cobain, whodied at the ageof 27 in 1994.

The temporary band leads included Kim Gordon, St. Vincent, Joan Jett and Grohl’s 18-year-old daughter Violet, whom he shares with wifeJordyn Blum.

Novoselic presented the group’s last song of the evening, introducingVioletonto the stage before the band performed their classic 1993 hit “All Apologies.”

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In a videoshared on X, the young artist was captured closing her eyes as she sang over the live instrumentals.

No stranger to performing with her dad, Violet sangonstage at Glastonbury 2023with Grohl’s Foo Fighters band.

Violet Grohl onstage with Nirvana band during the FireAid Benefit Concert on January 30, 2025.Scott Dudelson/Getty

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Introducing his eldest child at the event’s Pyramid Stage, Grohl said, “My favorite singer in the world," as Violet, then 17, appeared onstage.

“This is a song I wrote for my mother, Violet’s grandmother. This is ‘Show Me How,’ ” he continued.

The musician — who alsoshares daughtersHarper Willow, 15, and Ophelia Saint, 10, with Blum, 48, and recentlywelcomed a fourth child outside of his marriage— then yelled “That’s my girl!” as the pair finished the song. “I love it when you’re on stage with your daughter and you hit a bad note,” he also joked.

Violet had also previously performed the song during the Foo Fighters set in Alabama in June 2023.

Other stars who performed at the concert to help L.A. recover following theseries of wildfires, includedPink,Katy Perry,Lady GagaandDr. Dre.

source: people.com