The Foo Fighters are canceling tour dates as the band mourns the sudden dying of drummer Taylor Hawkins.
Hawkins, 50, died Friday night time in a lodge in Bogotá, Colombia, earlier than the band’s efficiency on the Festival Estéreo Picnic. That present was canceled.
The Foo Fighters formally introduced an early finish of tour Tuesday, following what was described as the “staggering loss” of Hawkins.
“We’re sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won’t be seeing one another as planned,” the band stated. “Instead, let’s take this time to grieve, to heal, to pull our loved ones close, and to appreciate all the music and memories we’ve made together.”
Hawkins was a humble, beloved member of the group who held a robust friendship with Foo Fighters founder Dave Grohl. In Grohl’s memoir he spoke of an on the spot reference to Hawkins.
“I’m not afraid to say that our likelihood assembly was a sort of love at first sight, igniting a musical ‘twin flame’ that also burns to this present day,” Grohl said.
An official cause of death is still being investigated, but an early toxicology report found that Hawkins had multiple substances in body at the time of his death, including benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants, and THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana.
A Spanish-language press release said that a call to the emergency response center asked for assistance to the hotel for reports of “a affected person with chest pains.”
Hawkins is survived by his wife and their three children.
Diana Dasrath contributed.