Foo Fighters announce their first shows since Taylor Hawkins' death

Foo Fighters person announced their archetypal shows since the tragic decease of drummer Taylor Hawkins past year.

The band, led by Dave Grohl, volition header 3 US festivals this summertime - Boston Calling and Sonic Temple successful May, followed by Bonnaroo successful June.

The announcement comes soon aft the radical said they would proceed to play unneurotic pursuing Hawkins' death.

The prima was recovered unresponsive successful his edifice country past March, soon earlier helium was owed connected signifier successful Colombia.

No origin of decease was announced, though a toxicology study showed traces of 10 substances successful his body, including opioids, marijuana and anti-depressants.

Investigators did not accidental whether the premix of drugs was a factor.

Foo Fighters antecedently played 2 tribute shows for Hawkins successful London and LA successful September, with guests including Queen, Paul McCartney, Alanis Morrisette, Cars, Rush and Miley Cyrus.

This summer's festival dates presently correspond their instrumentality to the stage, though they whitethorn play smaller warm-up shows successful advance.

In a connection connected New Year's Eve the set told fans they had decided to proceed without Hawkins, who had played with them since 1997.

"Foo Fighters were formed 27 years agone to correspond the healing powerfulness of euphony and a continuation of life," the set wrote, referring to however Grohl's erstwhile band, Nirvana, had ended with the decease of frontman Kurt Cobain.

"For the past 27 years our fans person built a worldwide community, a devoted enactment strategy that has helped america each get done the darkest of times together. A spot to stock our joyousness and our pain, our hopes and fears, and to articulation successful a chorus of beingness unneurotic done music.

"Without Taylor, we ne'er would person go the set that we were - and without Taylor, we cognize that we're going to beryllium a antithetic set going forward."

No announcement has been made connected who volition instrumentality Hawkins' place.

At September's tribute concerts, his presumption was filled by a rotating formed of friends and family, including Blink-182's Travis Barker, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith, Devo's Josh Freese and Hawkins' teenage son, Shane.