Foo Fighters cancel all tour dates after death of Taylor Hawkins

The drummer died at 50 during the South American leg of the band's tour

US band Foo Fighters perform at the Glastonbury Festival in 2017. The band's drummer, Taylor Hawkins, died on Friday aged 50. EPA

Logistics workers light candles on the stage of the Estereo Picnic festival during a tribute paid to Hawkins, who died in Bogota, Colombia. Reuters

Police officers in front of the hotel where Hawkins died on March 25, 2022. AFP

Foo Fighters fans outside the Casa Medina hotel. Reuters

Fans react to the tributes for Taylor Hawkins. Reuters

Fans express their emotions after news of Hawkins' death. Reuters

People light candles in front the hotel where Hawkins died. AFP

People mourn the death of Hawkins. EPA

Fans gather in front of a hotel where Hawkins died. AFP

Fans place lights in front of the hotel where Hawkins died. AP

Colombian investigators leaves the hotel where Hawkins was found dead. AP

Foo Fighters have cancelled all upcoming concert dates following the death of the band’s drummer, Taylor Hawkins.

The rockers had been scheduled to play at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday as well as spring dates at the Beale Street Music Festival; the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; Columbia, Maryland; Raleigh, North Carolina; Daytona Beach, Florida; Charlotte, North Carolina; the Boston Calling Music Festival; and summer dates in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and the UK.

“It is with great sadness that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in light of the staggering loss of our brother,” the band said on Tuesday.

Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins performing with lead singer Dave Grohl at the Lollapalooza 2022 music festival in Santiago on March 18, 2022. Hawkins died a week later on March 25. AFP

Hawkins died on Friday, March 25, 2022, during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50.

“We’re sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won’t be seeing one another as planned,” the band said. “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 Alanis Morissette’s touring drummer when he joined Foo Fighters in 1997. He played on the band’s biggest albums, including One by One and In Your Honor, and on hit singles like Best of You.

In lead singer David Grohl’s 2021 book The Storyteller, he called Hawkins his “brother from another mother, my best friend, a man for whom I would take a bullet.”