The casket carrying the body of FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died last Friday at a hotel in Colombia, was flown back to the U.S. on Tuesday (March 29), Daily Mail reports.
FOO FIGHTERS‘ tour manager Gus Brandt reportedly remained in Colombia after the surviving members of the band returned to the U.S. a day after the 50-year-old musician was found dead at the Four Seasons Casa Medina.
FOO FIGHTERS have canceled all of their previously announced shows as a result of Hawkins’ death.
The band said in a statement: “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. We’re sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won’t be seeing one another as planned. Instead, let’s take this time to grieve, to heal, to pull our loved ones close, and to appreciate all the music and memories we’ve made together. With Love, FOO FIGHTERS.”
An official cause of death for Hawkins hasn’t yet been released, but Colombia’s attorney general’s office released a preliminary toxicology report, saying that medical examiners found evidence of 10 types of substances in Hawkins‘s body, including opioids, benzodiazepines, marijuana and antidepressants.
Before joining FOO FIGHTERS in 1997, Hawking was the touring drummer for Sass Jordan and Alanis Morissette, as well as the drummer in the progressive experimental band SYLVIA.
Hawkins is survived by his wife Alison, whom he married in 2005, and their three children: Oliver Shane, Annabelle and Everleigh.
