Taylor Hawkins Honored at Grammys in Emotional Tribute Video
variety.comEthan 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”).
The band was also scheduled to perform at the Grammys.Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia, just before the band was set to play Festival Estéreo Picnic.
Hawkins’ untimely death also came just two days before the Foo Fighters were scheduled to headline Lollapalooza Brazil. On Tuesday, the band canceled all their upcoming tour dates across the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
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