Month: March 2022

According to Daily Mail, the casket carrying the body of FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died last Friday at a hotel in Colombia, was flown back to the U.S. on Tuesday (March 29). Daily Mail published images from the El Dorado International Airport in Bogota of the casket being loaded onto a chartered Boeing 757 plane. FOO FIGHTERS' tour manager Gus Brandt reportedly remained in Colombia after the surviving members of the band returned to the […]

During a recent appearance on "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie, Wolfgang Van Halen once again said that he is hoping to begin working on the follow-up to MAMMOTH WVH's self-titled debut LP at some point in the not-too-distant future. "Basically, I certainly don't wanna take as long as it did," he explained (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "I think throughout that first process, I was really just figuring out what it was and who […]

Grammy-winning hard rock band HALESTORM has announced its summer 2022 tour featuring special guests THE PRETTY RECKLESS, THE WARNING and LILITH CZAR on select dates. Produced by Live Nation, the 16-city trek kicks off on July 8 at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill in Detroit, making stops across the U.S. in Boston, Charlotte, Phoenix and more before wrapping up in Portsmouth at Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion on August 12. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Thursday, March 31 […]

According to TMZ, one of KORN's tour buses was hit by gunfire while parked outside a hotel in Davenport, Iowa on Thursday (March 24). A spokesperson for the Davenport Police Department told the tabloid site that they got a call Friday morning around 7:41 a.m. for a vehicle that had been hit overnight. A single bullet pierced the exterior wall of the bus — which was parked on the street outside a hotel — […]

Paul Stanley (KISS), Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Morello and Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH) are among the musicians who have reacted on social media to the passing of FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins. Hawkins died on Friday (March 25) at the age of 50. The band confirmed his passing in a statement. "The FOO FIGHTERS family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins," read the message. "His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us […]

Colombian police believe the death of FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins could be related to drugs. The 50-year-old musician was found dead in a hotel room at the Casa Medina in Bogota on Friday (March 25). A short time later, the Metropolitan Police Of Bogota released a statement published by several news outlets in Colombia, including Bogota's El Tiempo, in which they said: "According to those close to him, the death could be related to […]

Professionally filmed video of Taylor Hawkins's final show with the FOO FIGHTERS, which took place on March 20 at Lollapalooza Argentina, can be seen below. The 50-year-old drummer and his bandmates played for over two hours in Buenos Aires' Hipódromo De San Isidro, where Hawkins took the mic for a cover of QUEEN's "Somebody To Love", while FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl played the drums. "I fuckin' love Dave Grohl, man," Hawkins told the crowd before they kicked off the song. "I'd be delivering […]

FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins has died at the age of 50. The band confirmed his passing in a statement earlier tonight (Friday, March 25). "The FOO FIGHTERS family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins," read the message. "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 […]