An emotional tribute. Taylor Hawkins, the past due drummer of the Foo Fighters, was once honored on the 2022 Grammys with a transferring video honoring his contribution to music.
“So, this used to be the moment within the display when I used to be intended to be introducing the Foo Fighters. We would had been celebrating with them as they won … three Grammy Awards previous nowadays. But they're after all not right here because of the tragic passing in their mythical drummer, Taylor Hawkins,” host Trevor Noah advised the audience in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3. “Our ideas pass out to Taylor’s circle of relatives, his friends, the Foo Fighter family and all of their enthusiasts world wide. We would like to take a moment now to bear in mind Taylor.”
The tribute video, which was set to “My Hero” — one of the most band’s greatest hits — featured clips of Hawkins at the drums, acting along with his bandmates and smiling at the digital camera. The phase, which led into the In Memoriam portion of the night, closed out with photos of the enormous crowd at a Foo Fighters show singing the hit.
Hawkins died on Friday, March 25, while the band used to be on tour in South America. The musician, who was 50 at the time of his death, had 10 substances in his system when he passed away, in keeping with Colombian authorities. His surprising passing came about 9 days earlier than Foo Fighters had been set to perform on the sixty fourth Annual Grammy Awards.
Prior to the awards show, the band launched two statements after the Taylor Hawkins and the Coattails founder’s death.
“The Foo Fighters circle of relatives is devastated by means of the tragic and untimely loss of our cherished Taylor Hawkins,” Foo Fighters wrote by the use of Twitter on March 25. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all folks endlessly. Our hearts cross out to his spouse, children and circle of relatives, and we ask that their privateness be handled with the utmost admire on this unimaginably tough time.”
Four days later, the group took to the social media platform to announce that they canceled the rest of their world tour in the wake of Hawkins’ tragic death.
“It is with great disappointment that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in mild of the staggering lack of our brother Taylor Hawkins. We’re sorry for and share in the sadness that we received’t be seeing one some other as deliberate,” the band said in a observation Tuesday, March 29, urging lovers to mourn and celebrate the Texas local’s life: “Instead, let’s take this time to grieve, to her, to tug our loved ones close, and to understand all of the song and memories we’ve made in combination.”
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl prior to now lost another bandmate when Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died by suicide in April 1994. After the “Come As You Are” singer’s death, Grohl thought to be quitting tune, he instructed Hot Press in 2017.
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“I couldn’t imagine stepping on degree or sitting down at a drum stool and enjoying music to any extent further. It would simply deliver me back to the heartbreaking position of shedding Kurt,” the multi-instrumentalist published. “A long time went by way of where it felt that tune was going to damage my heart again. Then I noticed that, in fact, song was once the only factor that was going to heal it.”
Watch Hawkins’ Grammys tribute within the video above.
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