But Here We Are
ROSWELL/COLUMBIA
Drummer Taylor Hawkins' sudden death last year was a truly tragic moment in Foo Fighters! 28-year history. For the second time, Dave Grohl was left to mourn a largerthan-life bandmate, and in this case a best friend too. Hawkins’ with Brian May and Roger Taylor at London’s Hyde Park in 2006, or singing Led Zep’s with Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones at Wembley in 2008. So when he was cruelly taken away in Bogota, Colombia in March 2022, Foo Fighters were well within their rights to call it a day there and then, such was the pain and loss of a truly vital member of the band. But just as he did after the tragic death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, Grohl bravely soldiered on, honouring Hawkins with two guest-heavy tribute shows in London and LA, and at the end of last year eventually confirming that the band would go on without him.
