Foo Fighters Announce New Drummer After Taylor Hawkins’ Death.

-It’s official: Foo Fighters will have a new drummer sitting behind the skins when they kick off their summer tour in the coming days. Josh Freese, a highly sought-after session drummer, was revealed as the band’s new touring drummer during a livestream titled “Preparing Music for Concerts” on Sunday. 

The announcement comes more than a year after the death of Foo Fighters’ longtime drummer, Taylor Hawkins. Freese, 50, is a veteran drummer who has performed and toured with Guns N’ Roses, Nine Inch Nails, the Replacements, Sting, Puddle of Mudd, Weezer, and Paramore, among others. Freese was one of the musicians tapped to perform with Foo Fighters during their tribute concerts to Hawkins in 2022. Speculation that he might be tapped to fill the vacancy on a longer-term basis reached a fever pitch after Freese abruptly dropped out of drumming for Danny Elfman and the Offspring, with whom he toured until last year, earlier this month.(nvn)

It’s unclear if Freese will become a permanent member of Foo Fighters or is simply filling in as the band launches their tour.

If he were to become a permanent member, he would be the band’s third drummer — not including Grohl — succeeding Hawkins and William Goldsmith, who played on 1997’s “The Colour and the Shape.” Hawkins died unexpectedly at age 50 on March 25, 2022, while on tour in Colombia. He was found dead in a hotel room at the Four Seasons Casa Medina in Bogotá. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever,” the band wrote on Twitter at the time of his death.

-At the end of last year, Foo Fighters posted a statement to their Twitter account sharing how they would be a “different band” following the loss of Hawkins. “As we say goodbye to the most difficult and tragic year that our band has ever known, we are reminded of how thankful we are for the people that we love and cherish most, and for the loved ones who are no longer with us,” the post began. 

“Foo Fighters were formed 27 years ago to represent the healing power of music and a continuation of life.” “Without Taylor, we never would have become the band that we were — and without Taylor, we know that we’re going to be a different band going forward,” they added. 

“We also know that you, the fans, meant as much to Taylor as he meant to you. And we know that when we see you again — and we will soon — he’ll be there in spirit with all of us every night.”

Freese is a longtime friend of both Hawkins and Grohl and is a veteran drummer who has played with the likes of Nine Inch Nails, the Offspring, Sting, Guns N’ Roses, Paramore, Weezer and the Vandals, just to name a few. 

Late last year, he played with the Foo Fighters during a tribute show for the late Hawkins — and even used Hawkins’ drum kit. He shared an Instagram post following the tribute show in London remembering his late friend and explaining why he used Hawkins’ drums. “At the very beginning of this I was asked what drums I’d like to use. 

Do I want my drums flown over to London for me to use?” Freese wrote. “Without hesitation I said ‘Taylor’s drums need to be up there and I want to play on his exact set up. I want THAT energy to be up on THAT stage. I want to sweat all over the same drums he was sweating all over every night…don’t change a thing.’ “

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