Foo Fighters Honor Taylor Hawkins on Anniversary

0:00It's March 26. Welcome in. This is Music News Today, where music meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Fans and friends of the food fighters are marking the fourth anniversary of drummer Taylor Hawkins' death. He passed away in March 2022 at age 50 in Bogota, Colombia, right before a scheduled show with the band. Toxicology reports show multiple drugs in his system, including opiates, antidepressants, and marijuana. A photographer shared heartfelt photos this week, capturing their first meeting in 2005 when he lent her his coat, plus shots from A. Studio session in 2019 and the Reading Festival that year. Tribute concerts took place later in Los Angeles and London, drawing huge crowds and stars like Paul McCartney, Chrissy Hind, Liam Gallagher, Brian, May, and Roger Taylor. The London show lasted six hours and marked the band's first public performance without Hawkins. His kids, Shane and Violet Grohl, also took the stage, impressing everyone with their sets.

1:02The band poured their grief into the 2023 album, but here we are, inspired by Hawkins' death and Dave Grohl's mother's passing. They brought in Josh Freeze as torn drummer a year later, but he left abruptly in May 2025. Now Elon Rubin, fresh from nine-inch nails, handles the sticks. Grohl has called Hawkins, not just the bandmate, but a true brother and best friend whose spirit lives on through their music, helping the foo fighters. Keep going strong.