Foo Fighters cancel tour ‘to heal’ after Taylor Hawkins’ death

Hollywood rock 'n' roll legend Kurt Cobain was found dead at his home at the age of 27 years old on April 5, 1994.The news left fans and stars from the world of rock music in shock, with a flood of tributes following the announcement of Kurt Cobain's death.He is one of many rock stars to have died young at the height of their careers throughout the decades - with their influence continuing to be felt around the world through their music.On the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, Daily Star looks back on the rock stars who died young.Musician Kurt Cobain was the frontman for pioneering grunge rock group Nirvana, whose albums including Nevermind sold millions of copies across the world.Along with musicians including Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl, who was Nirvana's drummer, the band rocketed to global rock stardom with songs including Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are.However on April 5, 1994, the music world was shocked when Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain took his own life.Dave Grohl has since spoken about Kurt's death and how it affected him, telling People Magazine: "It used to be that years ago that I would hear a Nirvana song on the radio and turn the channel."I don't do that anymore. I'll go driving with my kids in the car and they'll put on Nirvana….We don't really sit around the house, talking about Nirvana all day long, but every once in a while, they'll ask me questions and I'll explain that life to them."The musician also revealed that he thinks about Kurt Cobain everyday, adding: "I just had a dream about him two nights ago.

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and his 10-year-old son Revel have paid tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins by covering a trio of the band’s songs.In a brief video posted to Ian’s Instagram account, he and his son perform segments of ‘Low’, ‘Stacked Actors’ and ‘Run’, with Scott on guitar and Revel behind the drum kit.“We’ve been jamming our favourite Foo’s all week,” Ian wrote in the video’s caption. “Healing our hearts with the power of rock.

Johnny Marr dedicated his performance of ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ at this year’s BBC 6 Music Festival to Taylor Hawkins.The Foo Fighters drummer died on March 25 at the age of 50. He was found in his hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia, hours before the band were were set to headline a festival in the city as part of a South American tour.Marr played The Smiths classic at Cardiff’s Great Hall on Sunday (April 3). “This is a song that we’d like to dedicate to our friend Dave Grohl,” he said, introducing the track.“Lots of love going out to you guys and all the Foos family. We miss you Taylor, we won’t ever forget you.

The world dealt with the loss of some musical powerhouses over the past year, and the 2022 Grammy Awards remembered those we’ve lost with a touching In Memoriam segment.

Instagram to respond to last night's touching tribute to her late husband at the Grammys 2022.Tom's death was announced 17 months after he told fans that he had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, stage four glioblastoma, in October 2020.His diagnosis came shortly after he married Kelsey in 2018, and welcomed their two children in 2019 and 2020 respectively.Kelsey has taken to Instagram to react to last night's emotional tribute to The Wanted singer Tom at the Grammy Awards.In view of her 249,000 Instagram followers she shared a video clip of the Grammys' segment along with the caption: "THE GRAMMYS."She then shared a screenshot on her Instagram story showing Tom on the big screen, alongside added love heart emojis.During the Grammys, there was an emotional memorial segment which honored Tom as well as the Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died last month.The annual music awards ceremony was taking place in Las Vegas and a picture of Tom was shown on screen, alongside 'The Wanted'.Singers Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr and Rachel Zegler sang a medley of Sondheim songs to honour the stars who had died.Many social media users took to Twitter to share their emotions as they saw Tom on screen.No_surprises said: "I broke down seeing Tom Parker's name during the memoriam at the #GRAMMYS.

The world dealt with the loss of some musical powerhouses over the past year, and the 2022 GRAMMY Awards remembered those we’ve lost with a touching In Memoriam segment.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Billie Eilish honored the late Taylor Hawkins during her performance at the Grammys Sunday night.

50-year-old drummer died from a suspected overdose in his hotel room in Colombia where he had been due to appear with the band at a festival. Following the tragedy, the Foo Fighters cancelled their tour and pulled out of their scheduled performance at the 64th annual Grammy Awards where they were up for three prizes.

THE Wanted fans were left in tears after the Grammys 2022 paid tribute to Tom Parker following his tragic death. Tom passed away last week after a battle with cancer and the Grammy Awards remembered him in a touching In Memoriam segment during this year's show.

The Grammy Awards paid tribute to Foo Fighters member Taylor Hawkins on Sunday night with a touching video montage honouring the late drummer.Taylor died aged 50 on 25 March in Bogota, Columbia, in the middle of the band’s tour and was found at the time, a preliminary toxicology report has stated, with multiple drugs in his system.The Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform at the 2022 Grammy Awards, which was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, however the band pulled out following the tragic death of Taylor. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Tom Parker was remembered in The Grammys In Memoriam segment. The Wanted singer tragically passed away at the age of 33 after a battle with a brain tumour, and he was one of the stars remembered in a segment during the annual music awards ceremony in Las Vegas tonight.

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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was honoured during the Grammy Awards on Sunday (March 3).Grammys host Trevor Noah introduced a video montage of Taylor performing while the band's song My Hero played.The video led to the In Memoriam segment performed by Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr. and Rachel Zegler.Foo Fighters were scheduled to perform at the Grammy but following Trevor's death just over a week ago, the group cancelled their appearance and upcoming tour.The Foo Fighters won three Grammy Awards earlier in the evening, including Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song.Billie Eilish, 20, also took to the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to perform her hit Happier Than Ever, where she paid tribute to the drummer.She performed alongside her brother Phineas while wearing a black t-shirt featuring an image of Taylor as she performed her hit song.The drummer's death sent shockwaves throughout the music industry.Fans on social media instantly started commenting about how "beautiful" and "emotional" the tributes were.One Twitter user penned: "I just cried for eight minutes straight watching the Taylor Hawkins tribute and the in memoriam Sondheim tribute."Another wrote: "Still tearing up over the Taylor Hawkins tribute."A third added: "Literally bawling over the Taylor Hawkins tribute at the Grammys.

passed way at 50 just last Friday.“This was the moment in the show when I was supposed to be introducing the Foo Fighters,” host Trevor Noah announced before launching an extended intro tribute to the beloved rock musician. “We would have been celebrating with them as they won three Grammy awards earlier today.

Taylor Hawkins is getting a touching, emotional tribute.

2022 GRAMMY Awards remembered those we've lost with a touching In Memoriam segment.Host Trevor Noah introduced the segment with a special tribute to Taylor Hawkins, sharing, «This was the moment of the show when I was supposed to be introducing the Foo Fighters. We would have been celebrating with them as they won three GRAMMY Awards earlier today.»«But they, of course, are not here due to the tragic passing of their legendary drummer, Taylor Hawkins. Out thoughts go out to Taylor's family, his friends, the Foo Fighters family and all of their friends around the world,» he continued.

An emotional tribute. Taylor Hawkins, the late drummer of the Foo Fighters, was honored at the 2022 Grammys with a moving video honoring his contribution to music.

Billie Eilish paid touching tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during the 2022 Grammy Awards. The “Happier Than Ever” artist attended this year’s ceremony, where the rock band received prizes including Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song. During her performance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Eilish wore a black T-shirt with an image of Hawkins emblazoned across the front.

Grammys 2022 memorialised Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins with a special tribute at the Las Vegas ceremony tonight (April 3).The iconic drummer died on March 25 at the age of 50. He was found in his hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia, hours before the band were were set to headline a festival in the city as part of a South American tour.“This was the moment in the show when I was supposed to be introducing the Foo Fighters,” host Trevor Noah explained during the ceremony.

Ethan Shanfeld Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for Foo Fighters, was honored at the Grammys on Sunday in an emotional tribute video after he died on March 25 at the age of 50.The video, set to Foo Fighters’ “My Hero,” showed live footage of Hawkins along with photos of the drummer taking center stage as a singer. Hawkins often traded places with frontman Dave Grohl to perform a Queen song at Foo Fighters shows.Foo Fighters were nominated twice this year, for best rock album (“Medicine at Midnight”) and rock performance (“Making a Fire”).

Grammys host Trevor Noah kicked off a video tribute to recently-deceased Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins with the following words: