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Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins Dead astatine 50
Foo Fighters have entered a caller era.
While previewing their 11th workplace album, But Here We Are in a May 21 livestream event, the stone set introduced workplace drummer Josh Freese arsenic the successor to precocious set subordinate Taylor Hawkins.
On the livestream, hosted by Live Nation's Veeps platform, the set teased the large uncover by archetypal having three popular drummers from different groups sound connected the doorway to their studio, sitcom-style. First, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith shows up, and informs the group...that there's a achromatic Mercedes blocking his car.
Next up is Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, who arrives with a peculiar delivery.
"I got the P.F. Chang's!" helium says with his signature grin, holding up takeout bags, to which Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl responds, "Thanks, you're the best. Put it successful the room for us, would ya?"
Tool drummer Danny Carey past knocks connected the door, holding 2 dogs connected leashes. He tells the band, "I groomed your poodles for you."
After helium leaves, a dependable off-camera is past heard shouting, "Um…excuse me!" and the talker is revealed to beryllium John, who is shown sitting down a drum kit. Holding his drum sticks successful 1 hand, the instrumentalist asks, "Guys, tin we just, like, I dunno, play a song, oregon two, something?"
They each past statesman performing songs from the caller album. The grounds is acceptable for merchandise June 2. More than a week earlier, connected May 24, the radical is acceptable to commencement a caller tour.
Freese, a top session drummer, had performed with Foo Fighters astatine their two tribute concerts for Taylor in Los Angeles and London past September. In past years, helium has drummed with bands specified as Devo, Guns N' Roses, Nine Inch Nails and Weezer and singer Sting.
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Taylor, Foo Fighters' beloved drummer of 25 years, died astatine property 50 successful March 2022 while touring with the band. The pursuing December, connected New Year's Eve, the radical announced on Instagram that they are looking to continue their work while honoring their precocious bandmate's legacy.
"Without Taylor, we would ne'er person go the set that we were," they said, "and without Taylor, we cognize that we're going to beryllium a antithetic set going forward."
The connection continued, "We besides cognize that you, the fans, meant arsenic overmuch to Taylor arsenic helium meant to you. And we cognize that erstwhile we spot you again—and we volition soon—he'll beryllium determination successful tone with each of america each night."
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