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TheFoo Fightersare back in the United States after drummerTaylor Hawkinsdied in Colombia on Friday.
FrontmanDave Grohland fellow band members Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel and Rami Jaffee landed in Los Angeles on Sunday after leaving Bogotá less than 48 hours afterHawkins' death. Their crew returned with them as well.
Hawkins died late Friday night afterexperiencing chest painswhile at a hotel just north of the Colombian capital of Bogotá, according to local health officials. He was 50.
The Foo Fighters confirmed Hawkins' death the same night on Twitter. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever,” they wrote.
The band had performed at Lollapalooza Argentina earlier in the week and were scheduled to take the stage Friday night for the Festival Estéreo Picnic. However, event organizers revealed the headliners had canceled their performancedue to a medical emergency.
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The Foo Fighters are currently scheduled toperform at the 64th Grammy Awardson April 3, despite canceling the remainder of their South American tour. The group is nominated for three awards: best rock performance (“Making a Fire”), best rock song (“Waiting on a War”), and best rock album (Medicine at Midnight).
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Hawkins got his big break while touring as a drummer for seven-time Grammy-winning artistAlanis Morissette. The late percussionist joined the Foo Fighters in 1997, replacing the group’s first drummer William Goldsmith.
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“It’s quite an award to receive. We’ve been a band for 26 years, so it feels pretty good,” the singer said. He later joked, “We’ll see you in 26 years.”
While a toxicology report from the Attorney General’s Office of Colombia identified10 different types of substancesin Hawkins' urine upon his death, a cause of death has not been confirmed.
source: people.com
