Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl penned an emotional six-page letter in honor of his rock band’s 30th anniversary, in which he paid tribute to his late bandmate Taylor Hawkins.
‘And… Taylor. Your name is spoken every day, sometimes with tears, sometimes with a smile, but you are still in everything we do, everywhere we go, forever,’ the 56-year-old rocker wrote last Wednesday.
‘The enormity of your beautiful soul is only rivaled by the infinite longing we feel in your absence. We all miss you beyond words. Foo Fighters will forever include Taylor Hawkins in every note that we play, until we do finally reach our destination.’
It’s been three years since the 50-year-old Grammy winner – who had an enlarged heart – was found dead at the Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogota in Colombia after consuming 10 substances including heroin, opioids, and benzodiazepines.
Taylor is survived by his wife of 17 years, Alison, and their three children including 18-year-old son Shane Hawkins who’s followed in his drumming footsteps.
Speaking of drummers, Dave also gave a shout out to Josh Freese, whom he abruptly fired on May 12 after he spent the past three years filling in for Hawkins.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl (M, pictured in 2022) penned an emotional six-page letter in honor of his rock band’s 30th anniversary, in which he paid tribute to his late bandmate Taylor Hawkins (R)
‘It should go without saying that without the boundless energy of William Goldsmith, the seasoned wisdom of Franz Stahl, and the thunderous wizardry of Josh Freese, this story would be incomplete,’ Grohl noted.
‘So we extend our heartfelt gratitude for the time, music, and memories that we shared with each of them over the years. Thank you, gentlemen.’
The 15-time Grammy-winning band – who get 19.9M montly listeners on Spotify – is next scheduled to perform October 2 at Indonesian music festival Carnaval Ancol in Jakarta.
Foo Fighters also unveiled their first single in three years – Today’s Song – in which the lyrics read: ‘It may take a lifetime to find you / It may take a lifetime to unwind you / Praying there’s some way to remind you.’
Dave enlisted his 16-year-old daughter Harper to illustrate the new single’s cover with a white raven.
On August 1, Grohl and his second wife Jordyn Blum Grohl will celebrate the 11th birthday of their daughter Ophelia immediately followed by their 22nd wedding anniversary on August 2.
August 1 also marks the first birthday of the Ohio-born, Virginia-raised rocker’s youngest daughter with former mistress Jennifer Young.
Dave first publicly revealed the affair and secret love child with the 38-year-old on-set assistant in a September 10 Instagram post.
Grohl also allegedly canoodled with God’s Girls founder Annaliese Neilsen circa 2016-2019.
The 56-year-old rocker wrote last Wednesday: ‘And… Taylor. Your name is spoken every day, sometimes with tears, sometimes with a smile, but you are still in everything we do, everywhere we go, forever’ (pictured in 2021)
He added: ‘The enormity of your beautiful soul is only rivaled by the infinite longing we feel in your absence. We all miss you beyond words. Foo Fighters will forever include Taylor Hawkins in every note that we play, until we do finally reach our destination’
It’s been three years since the 50-year-old Grammy winner – who had an enlarged heart – was found dead at the Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogota in Colombia after consuming 10 substances including heroin, opioids, and benzodiazepines (pictured in 2022)
Speaking of drummers, Dave also gave a shout out to Josh Freese(L, pictured in 2024), whom he abruptly fired on May 12 after he spent the past three years filling in for Hawkins
Grohl noted: ‘It should go without saying that without the boundless energy of William Goldsmith, the seasoned wisdom of Franz Stahl, and the thunderous wizardry of Josh Freese, this story would be incomplete. So we extend our heartfelt gratitude for the time, music, and memories that we shared with each of them over the years. Thank you, gentlemen’
The 15-time Grammy-winning band also unveiled their first single in three years – Today’s Song – in which the lyrics read: ‘It may take a lifetime to find you / It may take a lifetime to unwind you / Praying there’s some way to remind you’
Dave enlisted his 16-year-old daughter Harper to illustrate the new single’s cover with a white raven (pictured last Monday)
On August 1, Grohl and his second wife Jordyn Blum Grohl (2-L, pictured in 2023) will celebrate the 11th birthday of their daughter Ophelia (2-R) immediately followed by their 22nd wedding anniversary on August 2
August 1 also marks the first birthday of the Ohio-born, Virginia-raised rocker’s youngest daughter with former mistress Jennifer Young (R)
The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and the 49-year-old Hollis|Jordyn interior designer
and Jordyn – whose first date was at the Sunset Marquis Whiskey Bar in 2001 – are also parents of 19-year-old daughter Violet.
Dave reportedly retained a divorce lawyer to protect his $260M fortune, but then dropped them last November in the hope that he ‘can work things out’ with Jordyn.
