Taylor Hawkins' friends criticize article on Foo Fighters drummer after his death

Muse are set to replace Foo Fighters at this year’s Aftershock Festival.The change to the line-up follows on from news that Foo Fighters cancelled all their live commitments following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins.“It is with great sadness that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in light of the staggering loss of our brother Taylor Hawkins,” the band said back in March.Aftershock will take place at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California from October 6-9.Muse frontman Matt Bellamy said in a statement: “It’s been too long and we can’t wait to come back to Northern California and headline Aftershock on Sunday, October 9th in Sacramento.”Joining Muse are My Chemical Romance, Slipknot, KISS, Bring Me The Horizon, Papa Roach, Judas Priest, Lamb Of God, Evanescence, A Day To Remember and Stone Temple Pilots.In other Muse news, Bellamy said in a new interview that the band’s forthcoming new album ‘Will Of The People’ is going to be “a greatest hits album – of new songs”.The Teignmouth trio, who returned to action in January with the track ‘Won’t Stand Down’, will release their ninth studio LP on August 26 via Warner Records.Speaking to The Big Issue, Bellamy explained: “We were reaching that point where there was talk about maybe doing a greatest hits album, and we weren’t really in favour of doing that. So it’s almost like we’ve made a record that is a greatest hits album – of new songs.“That means this album might have a metal track on it – and it’s like, the best metal track we’ve ever done.

Taylor Hawkins got an epic tribute worthy of his life and career.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during their concert in Paris.A group of musicians originally assembled under the Rockin’1000 banner in July 2015, specifically to encourage the Foo Fighters to visit the Italian town of Cesena, by staging a viral performance of ‘Learn To Fly’.They’ve since continued to stage live performances, performing thousand-strong covers of classic rock songs. They did just that at their latest concert – their first in nearly three years – playing a 21-song set to the 50,000-strong audience at the Stade de France in Paris.

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Pearl Jam have cancelled the remainder of their US tour after bassist Jeff Ament tested positive for COVID-19.The band were due to play in Sacramento tonight (May 18) and Las Vegas on Friday (20), but both concerts have now been axed.It comes after drummer Matt Cameron was diagnosed with the virus just last week, leaving the band to enlist stand-in drummers.The band were joined by a fan on drums at their Oakland show last Thursday (May 12), while an 18-year-old friend of Eddie Vedder’s daughter stepped up to the plate at the same venue on Saturday (May 14).Then founding drummer Dave Krusen performed with the band for the first time in 31 years, earlier this week.In a statement on Twitter the band said: “Dear PJ fans and ticket holders, while the band battled through Oakland after drummer Matt Cameron tested positive for Covid, and Fresno where Ed and the band got through it with the help of Dave Krusen as special guest drummer, they now have to present the heartbreaking news that this morning bassist Jeff Ament has tested positive for COVID.(1/4)Dear PJ fans and ticket holders,While the band battled through Oakland after drummer Matt Cameron tested positive for Covid, and Fresno where Ed and the band got through it with the help of Dave Krusen as special guest drummer, pic.twitter.com/pmonPs99wq— Pearl Jam

Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith and Pearl Jam‘s Matt Cameron have apologised for comments they made in a recent Rolling Stone article about the time leading up to the death of Foo Fighters‘ Taylor Hawkins, distancing themselves from the piece.The Rolling Stone story, citing Hawkins’ friends – including Smith and Cameron – asserts that Hawkins had grown increasingly uncomfortable with the band’s touring schedule. The drummer allegedly told the band that he was struggling to keep up with the physical demands of three-hour concerts night after night.Cameron, who played with Hawkins in the side project Nighttime Boogie Association, is quoted in the story as saying: “He had a heart-to-heart with Dave [Grohl] and, yeah, he told me that he ‘couldn’t fucking do it anymore’ — those were his words.”“So, I guess they did come to some understanding, but it just seems like the touring schedule got even crazier after that”.

Pearl Jam were joined on-stage on Monday night (May 16) by founding drummer Dave Krusen for their first performance together in 31 years.Krusen left the Seattle grunge icons in 1991, shortly after recording finished on their debut album ‘Ten’, due to alcohol issues, and has only appeared in public with them once since, at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2017.Pearl Jam’s current drummer Matt Cameron is out of action on the band’s current tour after testing positive for COVID, so they’ve been enlisting stand-in drummers. The band were joined by a fan on drums at their Oakland show last Thursday (May 12), while an 18-year-old friend of Eddie Vedder’s daughter stepped up to the plate at the same venue on Saturday (May 14).For the band’s show in Fresno on Monday, Krusen jumped behind the kit to play all but two songs from ‘Ten’, joining the band for the hits ‘Even Flow’, ‘Once’, ‘Jeremy’, ‘Alive’ and more.See footage from the performance below.Dave Krusen in Fresno, California, 5/16.

Matt Cameron is calling out Rolling Stone after the magazine published a cover story on the final days of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died at age 50 back in March.

published “Inside Taylor Hawkins’ Final Days as a Foo Fighter” on Monday. Reporters interviewed 20 of Hawkins’ friends for the piece.The end result heavily focused on his mental struggles and desire to take a step back from the band because of its upcoming rigorous tour schedule.

before his death at 50 in March, multiple friends told Rolling Stone in a new investigative piece published Monday.Reporters at the rock bible said they interviewed 20 of Hawkins’ friends in the month and a half since his death. His family members and Foo Fighters bandmates declined to be interviewed, but the band’s management said: “They dispute Hawkins’ friends’ characterizations of how he was feeling.”However, according to friends, Hawkins was concerned about the band’s rigorous touring schedule and didn’t know if he could physically handle playing three-hour shows night after night.

In a new report by Rolling Stone, a number of close friends of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins revealed that the late rocker was uncomfortable with the band’s intense touring schedule, sharing that he struggled to meet the physical demands of the job, for which he normally performed three-hour concerts night after night.

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins have claimed that he was uncomfortable with the intensity of the band’s touring schedule after the COVID-19 pandemic eased.According to a number of friends, Hawkins allegedly expressed discomfort with the band’s tour schedule – saying that he was struggling to keep up with the physical demands of the job, which often required him to play three-hour concerts night after night.The drummer, 50, who was found dead in his Bogotá hotel room on March 25 ahead of a show that evening, is claimed to have spoken to Foos frontman Dave Grohl as well as several friends about his concerns.The report by Rolling Stone contains multiple denials by Foo Fighters’ representatives. The publication said that it repeatedly asked Hawkins’ family members and his bandmates for interviews to corroborate the claims, but Hawkins’ family declined to comment.

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron pulled out of the band’s show in Oakland last night (May 12) after testing positive for COVID-19.It was the first time in 24 years the sticksman has missed a show with the band.As a result, touring member and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer stepped in on drumming duties for a series of tracks including Neil Young’s ‘Rockin’ In The Free World’, ‘Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town’, ‘Why Go’ and ‘Corduroy’.Longtime band collaborator Richard Stuverud also got behind the drums for ‘Quick Escape’ and ‘Superblood Wolfmoon’ before a fan stepped up for the show’s finale ‘Yellow Ledbetter’. You can view footage below.It comes just days after the band honoured Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins during their LA concert at The Forum by performing 2005 song ‘Cold Day In The Sun’.The original version of the track featured Hawkins on lead vocals and, for the Seattle band’s performance of it, Cameron took on singing duties.Cameron and Hawkins previously worked together in the band Nighttime Boogie Association, releasing two songs together – ‘Long In The Tooth’ and ‘The Path We’re On’ – in 2020.Last week, Pearl Jam took another moment to remember Hawkins as they kicked off their ‘Gigaton’ tour in San Diego.

Matt Cameron has been behind the drum kit for Pearl Jam since joining the band in 1998, but for the first time since then he was forced to miss a show after testing positive for COVID-19.

Pearl Jam paid tribute to Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins during their LA concert last night (May 7).Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room in Colombia on March 25. He was 50 years old.Pearl Jam covered Foo Fighters’ 2005 song ‘Cold Day In The Sun’ during their show at The Forum last night. The original version of the track featured Hawkins on lead vocals and, for the Seattle band’s performance of it, drummer Matt Cameron took on singing duties.“It’s never easy when you lose someone,” frontman Eddie Vedder said, introducing the cover.

Hayley Williams has spoken about the influence that Foo Fighters and their late drummer Taylor Hawkins have had on Paramore during the latest episode of her radio show Everything Is Emo.Williams is currently presenting the weekly 20-part series for BBC Sounds’ Back To Back Sounds: Amplified, where she is sharing “her love of the music that shaped the 90s through to the current day”.In this week’s episode of Everything Is Emo, Williams spent time discussing the influence that Paramore have drawn from Foo Fighters over the years.“[Foo Fighters] are a really important band to everyone, the whole world,” she said. “But such an important band to Paramore.