Foo Fighters cancel tour, including Daytona's Welcome to Rockville, after Taylor Hawkins' death

DAYTONA BEACH — In the wake of the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters announced on Tuesday the "cancellation of all upcoming tour dates," an itinerary that included a scheduled closing night headlining performance at the Welcome to Rockville music festival in May at Daytona International Speedway.

"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," the band posted Tuesday afternoon on Twitter.

"We're sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won't be seeing one another as planned," the post stated. "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."

The band's withdrawal from the upcoming four-day Welcome to Rockville festival May 19-22 in Daytona Beach was confirmed by the event's Los Angeles-based promoter Danny Wimmer Presents.

"We are sending love and light to the entire Foo Fighters family during this incredibly difficult time," read a post on the event's Facebook page. "We appreciate your patience as we work to confirm Sunday’s headliner set. We’ll be making an announcement as soon as we can."

A message of condolence also was posted late Friday on the festival's Facebook page:

"We are absolutely devastated to hear of Taylor Hawkins passing," it read. "Our hearts are broken for his family, his band mates and friends, and for his fans. We send them all our love."

In recent days, the band had offered no immediate indication of how it might approach its tour dates through the rest of the year, but posted a statement confirming Hawkins’ death on social media late Friday.

“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the statement read. “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.”

Colombian authorities: 10 substances found in Foo Fighters' Hawkins' body

Hawkins, 50, had been staying in a hotel in northern Bogotá, where the band had been scheduled to play a show Friday night. Colombian authorities on Saturday said the musician had 10 substances in his system when he was found dead in his hotel room.

The office of the Attorney General of Colombia tweeted the update Saturday, saying a preliminary toxicology test found substances including opioids, benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants, and THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana.

The office did not rule on the cause of death. That investigation is ongoing.

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More bands added to Rockville lineup

Also on Friday, Welcome to Rockville announced the addition of more than 15 bands to the festival lineup that now includes nearly 90 heavy-metal acts.

The new additions are: Bad Omens, Blacktop Mojo, Giovannie & The Hired Guns, Whitechapel, Mike’s Dead, Stitched Up Heart, The Word Alive, Saul, Lacey Sturm, Crobot, Superbloom, Redlight King, Devil’s Cut, Extinction A.D., The Dose, Moon Tooth, Cold Kingdom and Crooked Teeth.

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The newly announced acts join a previously announced lineup that includes headliners Guns N’ Roses, KISS and Korn, as well as The Smashing Pumpkins, Megadeth, Jane’s Addiction and Five Finger Death Punch, among many others.

Single-day and weekend passes are on sale now at WelcomeToRockville.com starting at $109.99 for single day and $279.99 for four-day passes, not including fees. Passes can be purchased as general admission or VIP.

After nearly a decade in Jacksonville, Welcome to Rockville made its Daytona Beach debut at the Speedway in November. That event attracted a record-setting crowd of 161,000 over a four-day run that featured heavy-metal headliners Metallica, Slipknot and Disturbed among a lineup of nearly 70 acts on multiple stages on the Speedway infield.

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Along the way, it also garnered some unwelcome international attention when Brass Against singer Sophia Urista urinated on a willing fan onstage during the band’s festival performance. The incident didn’t result in any criminal charges.

Brass Against is not among the acts on the schedule for the 2022 festival.

Volusia County hoteliers and tourism-related businesses have greeted the rock festival with open arms, offering rave reviews about the positive impact of the event’s November debut during a traditionally slow time of year for travelers.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Foo Fighters drummer's death prompts tour, including Daytona's Rockville