Foo Fighters cancel tour, Denver stop following Taylor Hawkins’ death

In the wake of drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death on Friday, the Foo Fighters have canceled all 2022 North American tour dates.

The longtime rock band was scheduled to perform Aug. 6 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver.

Taylor Hawkins’ heart weighed double that of men his age when he died

Hawkins, who joined the band in 1997, after two years as drummer for Alanis Morissette, died in a Bogota, Colombia, hotel room. Hawkins had 10 substances in his system, according to a preliminary report from the Colombia Attorney General’s Office.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50

Other concerts at Empower Field this year:

• May 21: Luke Combs

• July 23: Red Hot Chili Peppers

• July 30: Kenny Chesney

• Aug. 18: The Weeknd

“We’re sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won’t be seeing one another as planned,” the band’s statement read. “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.”

Go online to empowerfieldatmilehigh.com/events for more information.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.


Foo Fighters cancel tour, Denver stop following Taylor Hawkins’ death

In the wake of drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death on Friday, the Foo Fighters have canceled all 2022 North American tour dates.

The longtime rock band was scheduled to perform Aug. 6 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver.

Taylor Hawkins’ heart weighed double that of men his age when he died

Hawkins, who joined the band in 1997, after two years as drummer for Alanis Morissette, died in a Bogota, Colombia, hotel room. Hawkins had 10 substances in his system, according to a preliminary report from the Colombia Attorney General’s Office.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50

Other concerts at Empower Field this year:

• May 21: Luke Combs

• July 23: Red Hot Chili Peppers

• July 30: Kenny Chesney

• Aug. 18: The Weeknd

“We’re sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won’t be seeing one another as planned,” the band’s statement read. “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.”

Go online to empowerfieldatmilehigh.com/events for more information.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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