RIP Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters

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Disastrous news!

The drummer from the Foo Fighers - Taylor Hawkins has passed away age 50

Taylor Hawkins: Foo Fighters drummer dies aged 50, band announces

Group led by Dave Grohl says members are ‘devastated’ and ‘musical spirit’ of Hawkins will live on

www.theguardian.com

They were touring in South America and cancelled a few gigs as he was in bad shape, then he was pronounced dead yesterday.

This guy was an absolute legend, to fill the drummer role with Dave Grohl heading to lead was not an easy task, and Taylor not only shined, but had a wonderful exuberance for life and showmanship.

Truly devastating news.

I think this epitomises his stellar class as a drummer:

 

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This is rather beautiful, this was Dave Grohl introducing Taylor at their last show:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1507895101799944203

 

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They had a 6 hour tribute at Wembley last night.

Incredible, I believe the whole thing is on YouTube but I believe there's a lot of copyright control from what I've seen, but here are a few highlights.

This broke my heart, Dave Grohl breaking down singing the intro to Times Like These

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1566164894851948549

This just blew me away, Shane Hawkins, Taylors 16 year old son playing drums on "My Hero"

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1566176686009458695

Wolfgang Van Halen absolutely setting things on fire:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1566110931037200384

And for those who haven't been introduced, this is Nandi Bushell who's 12, who over the pandemic did some livestreams of drum solos and out of this came an incredible friendship with Dave Grohl who invited her to play live on tour a few times

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1566274026791657473

We love you Taylor - RIP