Rock band Foo Fighters introduced Tuesday it could cancel all upcoming reveals following the demise of drummer Taylor Hawkins on Friday whereas the band had been in Bogotá, Colombia getting ready to carry out at Competition Estereo Picnic.
“It's with nice unhappiness that Foo Fighters affirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in gentle of the staggering lack of our brother Taylor Hawkins,” the band mentioned in an announcement posted on its social media websites. “We’re sorry for and share within the disappointment that we received’t be seeing each other as deliberate. 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. With love, Foo Fighters.”
Hawkins, a Laguna Seashore native, was 50 years outdated. He leaves behind a spouse, Alison, and their three youngsters. No official reason behind demise has been introduced, nonetheless, a preliminary toxicology report did discover 10 substances in Hawkins’s system via a urine toxicology check together with THC, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids, in line with Colombia’s Lawyer Basic’s Workplace, which launched the findings on March 27.
Hawkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame together with Foo Fighters by Paul McCartney final 12 months. The band additionally obtained three Grammy nominations for its album, “Drugs at Midnight,” which was launched in the course of the pandemic, and had been additionally set to carry out on the sixty fourth Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday. Hawkins additionally starred as himself within the band’s horror-comedy, “Studio 666,” which was launched in theaters in February.
Although drumming for Foo Fighters was his main gig, he had a number of facet initiatives together with a rock cowl band, Chevy Steel, the Birds of Devil, Coattail Riders and he put out a solo EP, “Okay.O.T.A.” in 2016.
He was additionally a part of the newly shaped supergroup, NHC, which additionally options Jane’s Habit guitarist Dave Navarro and Jane’s Habit bassist Chris Chaney, the latter of which Hawkins additionally performed with in Alanis Morissette’s band previous to becoming a member of Foo Fighters in 1997.