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Taylor Hawkins, Drummer of the Foo Fighters, Has Died, the Band Announced

Taylor Hawkins, the drummer who for more than two decades helped the band make it to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died, the Foo Fighters announced Friday.

Bwetunge Ivan by Bwetunge Ivan
April 13, 2025
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who for more than two decades helped the band make it to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died, the band announced on Friday. He passed away hours before the group was set to play in Colombia.

KAMPALA | NOW THEN DIGITAL  — The golden-locked drummer Taylor Hawkins, who played the drums for the Foo Fighters for more than two decades on their way to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died, the band announced Friday, just before they were scheduled to perform in Colombia.

“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever,” the band said on Twitter. 

“Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginable difficult time.”

On Friday, the band was scheduled to perform in Bogotá for the Festival Estereo Picnic, followed by Lollapalooza Brasil on Sunday, according to its website.

Friday’s performance was canceled just as fans were gathering at 11 p.m., according to Romeo Reyes, who told CNN he traveled from El Salvador to Bogotá to attend the festival.

“We were getting into position when they announced that the Foo Fighters would not be performing, but they didn’t say why. About 10 minutes later, the news broke that Taylor had died,” Reyes said.

“No one knew the reason for the cancellation. … We were all sad. But like I said, nobody knew that Taylor had died. We found out about 10 to 15 minutes later,” he said.

Later, candles were placed on the main stage as a vigil for Hawkins, and the screens on five stages projected the message, “Taylor Hawkins Por Siempre,” which translates as “Taylor Hawkins Forever.”

News of Hawkins’ death came a day after the band announced it would take the stage at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on April 3.

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Hawkins remembered

The Foo Fighters were formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl, who had been the drummer with Nirvana.

Three years later, Texas native Hawkins joined the band after previously being the drummer with the Alanis Morissette band.

In an interview with Anderson Cooper for “60 Minutes” in 2014, Grohl talked about Hawkins’ impact on the group.

“When you have a drummer like Taylor Hawkins in your band, I don’t necessarily miss being the drummer — because I have the greatest drummer in the world,” Grohl said. “Taylor is a much more technically minded drummer than I am.”

In the same interview, Hawkins acknowledged that it took him a while to find his place in the band but that Grohl “never made it hard.”

He also spoke about his first musical love, the British band Queen.

“I wanted to be Roger Taylor and I wanted to be in Queen,” Hawkins said. “I wanted to play stadiums when I was 10 years old.”

The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year, its first year of eligibility.

News of his death prompted an outpouring of sorrow on social media from fans and fellow musicians.

“God bless you Taylor Hawkins. I loved your spirit and your unstoppable rock power. Rest In Peace my friend,” Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello wrote in a Twitter post.

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Miley Cyrus, who is scheduled to perform in at the Lollapalooza Brasil on Saturday, said on Instagram she would dedicate her performance in São Paulo to Hawkins.

She also shared a photo of Hawkins playing the drums, captioning it, “This is how I’ll always remember you.”

Ringo Starr tweeted: “God bless Taylor peace and love to all his family and the band peace and love.”

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And singer Ozzy Osbourne spoke on Hawkins’ character, saying he was “was truly a great person and an amazing musician.”

“My heart, my love and my condolences go out to his wife, his children, his family, his band and his fans. See you on the other side,” Osbourne wrote on Twitter.

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Seasonal writer at Now Then Digital. I specialize in logo design, branding, web design for Lifestyle Uganda and offer music promotion to artists of all kind around Uganda. WhatsApp me on +256754863448.

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