Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters performs on the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. The Foo Fighters have canceled upcoming present dates following the demise of drummer Taylor Hawkins. Chris Pizzello, Related Press
Following the demise of drummer Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters have introduced the cancellation of all of the band’s upcoming tour dates — together with a cease at USANA Amphitheatre on Aug. 8.
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 29, 2022
“We’re sorry for and share within the disappointment that we received’t be seeing each other as deliberate,” the band shared in a assertion on social media. “As a substitute, let’s take this time to grieve, to heal, to drag our family members shut, and to understand all of the music and recollections we’ve made collectively.”
The band, which is at present up for 3 Grammys, was additionally scheduled to carry out on the awards ceremony on April 3, NPR reported. The standing of that efficiency has not formally been introduced.
Foo Fighters have been nominated for greatest rock efficiency, greatest rock tune and greatest rock album, Individuals journal reported.
Taylor Hawkins’ demise — a ‘tragic and premature loss’
Hawkins, who had been with Foo Fighters since 1997, died on March 25 in Bogota, Colombia, the place the band was scheduled to play.
Though an official reason for demise hasn’t been launched, a preliminary toxicology report revealed there have been 10 kinds of substances in Hawkins’ physique, together with opioids, marijuana and anti-depressants, NPR reported.
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 26, 2022
In an announcement to followers, Foo Fighters known as Hawkins’ demise at 50 a “tragic and premature loss.”
“His musical spirit and infectious laughter will reside on with all of us eternally,” the band wrote.
Artists from Lenny Kravitz to Mick Jagger to Miley Cyrus to Questlove have paid tribute to the legendary drummer.
Hawkins joined Foo Fighters three years after Dave Grohl shaped the band, and beforehand instructed CNN’s Anderson Cooper that it took him some time to regulate and discover his place contemplating Grohl’s historical past because the drummer for Nirvana.
A rock and roll brother has gone dwelling too quickly. My deepest condolences to his household, Dave Grohl, and the @FooFighters. Taylor performed from the center with energy and pleasure. Could he Relaxation In Peace. #TaylorHawkinspic.twitter.com/YcDrEfUzpF
— Lenny Kravitz (@LennyKravitz) March 26, 2022
“When you may have a drummer like Taylor Hawkins in your band, I don’t essentially miss being the drummer — as a result of I've the best drummer on the earth,” Grohl instructed CNN in 2014.
Simply final 12 months, Hawkins was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame together with his fellow band members, based on USA Right this moment.
Funeral plans for Hawkins haven't but been launched, based on CNN.
Foo Fighters in Utah
Foo Fighters had been scheduled to carry out at USANA Amphitheatre on Aug. 8, the Deseret Information reported. All upcoming tour dates have now been canceled.
The West Valley Metropolis venue shared a tribute to Hawkins on Fb.
“We misplaced one in all rock music’s biggest drummers,” the venue shared. “Our hearts exit to his household, the band, and followers world wide as all of us mourn this heartbreaking loss.”
The band has performed in Utah quite a few instances, together with an brisk 2017 present at Vivint Area in Salt Lake Metropolis.
“The Foos delivered an epic efficiency of greater than 2-and-half-hours of music spanning their total catalog along with cowl songs, dry-witted/entertaining banter, and prolonged jam periods on a few of their largest hits,” wrote Pat Reavy for the Deseret Information.
Reavy additionally had excessive reward particularly for Hawkins.
“Tremendous drummer Taylor Hawkins was a present all by himself as he stored tempo on his giant drum package that he jokingly described as Dream Theatre threw up on the stage (the package additionally raised excessive into air with smoke coming from the underside, ala 1978 Kiss).
“The Foo Fighters aren't any strangers to excessive reward for his or her reside performances,” Reavy concluded. “Tuesday’s present proved why that reward is nicely deserved.”