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It’s instances like these we give respect to one of rock music’s heroes.
The late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins can be honored in the course of the 2022 Grammy Awards broadcast on Sunday, April 3. He and the remainder of the band had been beforehand slated to carry out on the occasion earlier than his surprising loss of life final Friday.
“We will honor his memory in some way,” Jack Sussman, CBS’ government vp of specials, music, and dwell occasions, confirmed in a statement to Variety. “We want to figure out what is the right thing to do that is respectful to everyone involved. We’re patient. We’ll be planning right up until the very end.”
On Tuesday, the band introduced the cancellation of all standing live performance dates worldwide — together with, presumably, their beforehand scheduled Grammys efficiency.
However, there was no official phrase on whether or not Hawkins’ bandmates themselves would participate within the weekend tribute.
“We’re sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won’t be seeing one another as planned,” the band stated in a press release.
“Instead, let’s take this time to grieve, to heal, to pull our loved ones close, and to appreciate all the music and memories we’ve made together.”
News of the Foo Fighters’ slot throughout “Music’s Biggest Night” got here simply days earlier than Colombian newspapers reported the premature passing of Hawkins, 50, who was scheduled to play with the band at a pageant in Bogota on March 27 earlier than he was discovered lifeless in his lodge room.
