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Travis Barkeris remembering Taylor Hawkins fondly.
Shortly after theFoo Fightersdrummerdied at the age of 50on Friday evening, Barker, 46, paid tribute to his fellow musician with anInstagram postdedicated in his honor early Saturday morning.
“I don’t have the words,” theBlink-182drummer began the caption of his post, which accompanied a black-and-white image of Hawkins sitting at a music venue. “Sad to write this or to never see you again.”
“I’ll never forget Laguna Beach days when I was a trash man playing in a punk rock band and you were playing withAlanis [Morissette]. You’d come watch me play in dive bars and be like, ‘Kid you’re a star,'” he continued. “And I thought you were crazy but you gave me so much hope and determination.”
Barker then wrote that he recalled their two bands touring together years later in Australia, and noted he has “the best memories of smoking cigarettes in the restroom of flights we were on together and watching your set every night.”
“To say I’ll miss you my friend isn’t enough,” he concluded his post. “Till the next time we talk drums and smoke in the boys room … Rest In Peace 😢🥁💔.”
The Foo Fighters — consisting ofDave Grohl, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, and Rami Jaffee — confirmed the loss of Hawkins in astatement shared on their Twitter accounton Friday. Hawkins’ cause of death has not yet been revealed.
It continued, “Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time.”
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The band was previously on tour in South America andplayedat Lollapalooza Argentina earlier this week.
The Foo Fighters were set to perform on Friday at the Festival Estéreo Picnic in Bogotá, Colombia. However, at the festival, organizers announced that there had been a medical emergency and the band, who were the headliners, would not be appearing.
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Alongside Barker, an array of other famous faces also paid tribute to Hawkins after news of his death was made public.
Billy Idolwas one of the first to honor the drummer,posting a portrait shotof Hawkins to Twitter with the caption, “So tragic. 💔 Rest in peace Taylor.”
source: people.com
