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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has died. He was 50.

pic. twitter. com/ffPHhUKRT4The band announced that they would not be performing at Estéreo Picnic festival following the tragedy.

Foo Fighters star Taylor Hawkins at the age of 50, with tributes flooding in following the shocking news.The drummer’s death was announced on social media by the rock band, who have been left ‘devastated’ after he was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, where the band was due to perform.Hawkins, 50, played in the Foos with former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl on vocal for more than two decades, alongside Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee.‘The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,’ Foo Fighters official account tweeted.‘His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever.‘Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time.’No further details about Hawkins’ death were provided, although local media outlets reported that Hawkins had been suffering from chest pain and an ambulance had been called.At the time of his death, Foo Fighters were on tour in South America. The band had played in San Isidro, Argentina, last Sunday and were due to perform in Bogota on Friday night – the day his death was announced.Blink-182 star Travis Barker paid tribute to his friend on Instagram in an emotional post, admitting: ‘I don’t have the words.‘Sad to write this or to never see you again.

Tributes have been flooding in from across the rock world following the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. The band announced the heartbreaking news of Hawkins' death, aged 50, in a statement, saying they were 'devastated by the untimely loss'.

EXCLUSIVE: BJ McDonnell, the director of the buzzed-about Foo Fighters horror-comedy Studio 666, set for release on February 25 via Open Road Films, has signed with UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment.

Kesha and Whitney Cummings are hitting the red carpet!

Sunny Day Real Estate are set to reunite and tour for the fourth time in their career, returning over a decade after their last split.SPIN Magazine confirmed the reunion in an article on Monday (January 24), following speculation that arose from the creation of a new Instagram account with the handle @sdretour.The account was given some credence following several mentions of it by Sunny Day Real Estate drummer William Goldsmith on his own Instagram account – along with footage of him rehearsing the band’s songs at his home studio.Goldsmith is one of three founding members reportedly returning to the band, alongside frontman Jeremy Engik and lead guitarist Dan Hoerner. Founding bassist Nate Mendel, however, will not participate in the upcoming tour – instead committing to ongoing tour dates with Foo Fighters.Both Goldsmith and Mendel were enlisted in the original line-up of the Foo Fighters when it became a full band in 1995, shortly after Sunny Day Real Estate split up for the first time.

The deepest blues are black, as are the color of Dave Grohl’s eyes in the first trailer for Foo Fighters’ horror comedy Studio 666.

Foo Fighters have shared the first clip from their upcoming comedy horror film, Studio 666 – you can watch it below.The video was shown by the group prior to the start of their gig in Las Vegas last night (December 2).In the 40 second clip, you can see the Foos playing music before heading into a creepy studio to record.After that, you see a demonic-looking Dave Grohl and the band members flying around the studio alongside ghosts, ghouls and a host of zombie-like monsters.Watch the full clip here:The film, which is due for release next year, will see the full band – Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee – star alongside Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Jenna Ortega and more.According to a press

Foo Fighters will play a UK tour next year.

ðµ https://t.co/HY6F1UKjTD ðµ pic.twitter.com/rFncxebnCqThe group then launched into Bee Gees hit You Should Be Dancing, with Dave telling the church members he saw their ‘momma dancing’ to the song.The Foo Fighters announced their new album, Hail Satan, in June, which sees them explore a disco sound and cover four classic Bee Gees tracks – Night Fever, Tragedy, You Should Be Dancing and More Than A Woman.The group – consisting of Dave, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee – also recorded their own rendition of Andy Gibb’s single Shadow Dancing for the release.The disc was released on July 17 in vinyl format and was sold for a limited time, with 12,000 copies pressed.The band promoted their new album on

Foo Fighters’ Medicine at Midnight is proving to be a popular remedy, debuting at Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart.

released a statement in March last year – one of the best of the cancellation statements, we may suggest – insisting once it was safe to get back out on the road the group would.For a band – who also counts Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, and Rami Jaffee as members – that is known for getting on that tour bus and playing two-hour-minimum shows around the world for a few years, before punching out another album and doing it all again, Taylor, 48, admits not doing that feels ‘totally foreign’ to him, but follows it up with a sympathetic, ‘just how everything feels totally weird for everyone in the world right now.’He goes on: ‘It’s so hard for me to whinge right now at all. We’re so blessed, we’re so lucky.

"We fuckin' love you guys. So let's do this right and rain check shit"