This Friday the banda Foo Fighters confirmed the death of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins. The group was going to present itself this Friday at the Estereo Picnic Festival (FEP) and according to sources in the place, it was announced live that the Americans would not be able to sing at the event.
The famous musician was found dead in the hotel room where the group was staying, in the north of Bogotá.
Taylor Hawkins had traveled to the capital to participate and close the Festival Estéreo Pìcnic.
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After knowing this fact, the band confirmed that they will cancel the tour they had scheduled for Latin America.
A preliminary police report indicates that “The cause of death is yet to be established, according to versions of relatives, the death could be associated with the consumption of narcotic substances.”
This version of the possible overdose as the cause of Hawkins’ death has not been confirmed by any medical authority so far and only the results of the forensic tests will dictate the real causes of the Foo Fighters drummer’s death.
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According to first versions, Hawkins presented chest pain and then staff from the Casa Medina hotel called the emergency service, but when the doctors arrived in the ambulance, the artist had already died.
A Sijin laboratory and investigators are carrying out the respective investigations at the scene to establish the possible cause of his death, the Police reported.
The musical group would perform at the Festival Estéreo Picnic, this Friday, at 11 p.m., ande was the main attraction of the music festival due to its importance today.
The death of the 50-year-old artist surprised his millions of followers and the music industry, since the American band is one of the world’s rock figures.
The band was on a tour of South America. They had already performed in Mexico, Argentina and Chile and were about to perform concerts in Colombia and Brazil.
The people gathered on the Adidas stage, at the Estéreo Picnic, on the Briceño 18 golf course, found out about the news through a message published by the FEP organizers.
“It is with a broken heart that we are here to inform you of very sad news, due to a very serious medical situation, Foo Fighters will not be able to perform tonight and have canceled the rest of their South American tour,” the organization of the Estéreo Picnic initially indicated through their social networks.
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