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In addition to music, Asking Alexandria co-founder Ben Bruce has a passion for cooking and says he's like to turn that into a side gig. He recently appeared on "Side Jams With Bryan Reesman" where he said he has always dreamed of having a food truck with the name of the business being Sex, Drugs And Sausage Rolls.

Bruce explained, "I feel like I've just had this idea in my head forever, which, once I tell you the name of it, you'll realize very quickly why it can't happen. Because I'll be getting all kinds of the wrong people queuing up for it. But I would love to have a food truck just with a British flag painted on the side. (We have) something in England — a fast food, quick snack called a sausage roll. And basically, it's just a puff pastry wrapped around sausage meat. So me having the background I have in music, I would love to have a food truck with the British flag paint on the side, and I want it to be called Sex, Drugs And Sausage Rolls. We'll sell all kinds of pastry snacks and stuff. My wife was just like, 'Yeah, you know who's going to be queuing up outside your food truck at two o'clock in the morning when they're drunk coming from the pub.' And I won't have sex or drugs. I'll just have the sausage rolls. And I don't think it will be as quite as successful."

Earlier this year, Asking Alexandria released a new EP called Never Gonna Learn.

The band charted their first-ever Number One at U.S. active rock radio at the end of 2021 with "Alone Again."

The Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman has filed a lawsuit against Chris Robinson and the band over unpaid royalties. Gorman claims he has not received the proper amount of money from past albums and is suing for back royalties.

He told TMZ, "For more than five years, my attorneys and I have made repeated requests to review the Partnership's books to confirm the accuracy of royalty payments and my share, but Chris and Rich have consistently ignored my rights under the Partnership Agreement."

Gorman added, "I regret that it has come to this, as I remain incredibly proud of the music we created as a band, but their conduct has left me with no choice but to ask a court to order them to give me this information, which I'm entitled to under our partnership agreement and the law."

The Black Crowes have not issued a public response to the lawsuit at press time.

Coheed and Cambria has debuted a live performance music video for their recent single "The Liars Club." According to The PRP, the video was filmed during the band's recent U.S. tour that wrapped earlier this month.

The band's new album "Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind" is due out on May 27th.

Check out the band's summer tour dates with Dance Gavin Dance and Mothica below:

07/12 Miami, FL – FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park
07/13 Tampa, FL – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
07/15 Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
07/16 New Braunfels, TX – Whitewater Amphitheater
07/18 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
07/19 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
07/23 Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
07/24 Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
07/26 Washington, DC – The Anthem
07/27 Philadelphia, PA – The Liacouras Center
07/29 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
07/30 Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
08/01 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE Outdoors
08/02 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Festival Grounds
08/03 Toronto, ON – RBC Echo Beach
08/05 Minneapolis, MN – Armory
08/06 Bridgeview, IL – SeatGeek Stadium
08/07 St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park
08/09 Denver, CO – Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
08/10 Salt Lake City, UT – The Lot at The Complex
08/12 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine LA Outdoors
08/13 San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
08/14 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre
08/16 Seattle, WA – Marymoor Park
08/17 Troutdale, OR – Edgefield

The body of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has been flown back to the U.S. from Colombia, where he passed away earlier this week. Hawkins died last Friday (March 29th) at a the Four Seasons Casa Medina in Colombia. He was 50. According to The Daily Mail, Foo Fighters' tour manager Gus Brandt remained in Colombia after the surviving band members returned to the states a day after Hawkins was found dead.

An official cause of death for Hawkins hasn't yet been released. But on Saturday (March 26th), 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.

GRAMMYS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO TAYLOR HAWKINS

In other news, the Grammys is set to pay tribute to Hawkins during their ceremony on Sunday (April 3rd). The band was set to perform at the ceremony but they cancelled all of their upcoming live gigs in light of Hawkins' death.

Celebrities have been posting memories of the late Taylor Hawkins since his sudden death last week. And actor, John Stamos of Full House fame, shared his last text message the Foo Fighters' drummer.

The two had been trying to spend some time together and Taylor wrote: "We've yet to fully have a hang - Got a put that s*** together before we die."

Stamos, who also lost his friend and co-star Bob Saget in January, later shared a throwback video of Hawkins pretending to be upset with him for getting a Geico commercial instead of himself, in which Stamos flipped a knitting needle like a drumstick.

In a statement shared to Instagram, the Foo Fighters' remaining members, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, and Rami Jaffee remembered Hawkins for "his musical spirit" and "infectious laughter."

For the time being, Foo Fighters have ended their tour of South America.

TL;DR:

• John Stamos of Full House fame, shared his last text message the Foo Fighters' drummer.
• "We've yet to fully have a hang - Got a put that s*** together before we die.'"
• Foo Fighters have ended their tour of South America.

The band Fozzy will never use their platform to spread political or social messages. That's according to lead singer Chris Jericho, who recently told Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez, "You have the wrong band if you're looking for those subject matters in our music. We do not ever, nor have we ever, been a political band . . . You don't really want that in your rock 'n' roll."

Jericho added, "I mentioned Rush earlier, Iron Maiden, Metallica, AC/DC — if I ever heard AC/DC talking about COVID, I would f**king be so sad."

Fozzy's mission is to provide entertainment and fun. Jericho explained, "There's a lot of issues in the world prior to COVID, during COVID, after COVID . . . I think when people come to a rock 'n' roll show, you don't really want that kind of pushed in your face. At least you don't want that at a Fozzy gig. I think what we do is provide a little bit of a diversion and an outlet to blow off some steam if those things or other things are bothering you in your life. I think that's a huge responsibility and I take it very seriously."

Fozzy will release a new album called Boombox on April 15th.

System Of A Down's Serj Tankian is throwing it back to 2008 with the release of a live album from his days as a solo artists with his then-band The F.C.C.. The project is called Live At Leeds, and the prp.com reports that it was recorded at the annual Leeds Festival. It is set for digital release on April 8th.

Tankian shared a preview of a live performance of "Empty Walls" on social media yesterday (Wednesday, March 30th).

It was 46 years ago today (March 31st) that Led Zeppelin released it's seventh album, Presence. The collection, which topped the Billboard 200 album charts for two weeks, included the instant radio classic, "Nobody's Fault But Mine," and featured one single released for the U.S. market, "Candy Store Rock," which failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

Presence, like all of Zeppelin's works, was produced by Jimmy Page, and featured 10 tracks -- nine of which were written by Page and Robert Plant, with the rocker "Royal Orleans," being a group effort with the addition of John Paul Jones and John Bonham.

Robert Plant, who had sustained serious injuries in August of 1975 during a car crash on the Greek island of Rhodes, was forced to record the majority of his vocals while confined to a wheelchair.

On December 10th, 2007, at their reunion concert featuring Jason Bonham at London's O2 Arena, the band chose the Presence fan favorite, "For Your Life" to make its world live premiere -- marking the only song played that evening that John Bonham had never tackled in front of an audience.

The tracklisting to Presence is: "Achilles Last Stand," "For Your Life," "Royal Orleans," "Nobody's Fault But Mine," "Candy Store Rock," "Hots On For Nowhere," and "Tea For One."

Jimmy Page shed some light as to why Presence has such a timeless and powerful sound even four decades later: "It's a really intense album, I know that much. But the process, yet again, it was a success, and the process was to have a different engineer, and to have -- well actually, Keith Harwood had worked with us on mixing during the process of Physical Graffiti, but he hadn't recorded too many of the tracks. But this was a concentrated effort, again -- like going into Headley Grange was a concentrated effort -- going into the Musicland (Studios) in Munich was a concentrated effort of basically three weeks, so it was intense. I was definitely living, sleeping, breathing, eating the music all the way through."

The performance and production of Presence is the most taught sounding collection in the Zeppelin catalogue -- a fact attributed to it being recorded and mixed in only 18 days. Page credited the band's pre-production for much of its success: "It's a guitar album, that's a guitar album of many colors. We'd routined the whole of the structure, or, what was going to be the basic backing track; the backbone of it in L.A. And I'd keep adding all these sections, ‘and I must do this, I must do that,' but all the time in my mind, I had these ideas of what I was going to do. When we got into Munich, once we recorded it, the guys went off to a club that night, and I thought -- ‘I'm just gonna go ahead, I'm gonna get. . . see if I can do it' -- and I did. And out was like I was channeling out all these overdubs and it becomes, like a guitar orchestra, and it's all done in one night."

Jimmy Page, who was mainly known for using a Fender Telecaster and Gibson Les Paul during Zeppelin's mid-'70s sessions, recorded a number of parts for Presence on the Fender Stratocaster. We asked Page if he recalled specifically any of the songs he used the Strat for: "'For Your Life.' For example, that's one that's a Strat. Between. . . It's between the Strat and the Les Paul."

Jimmy Page explained that Presence truly represents the band perfectly at that point in time: "Because of the performance. Because we went in there and the whole thing's depending on the performance and the delivery of whatever it is. The performance of the group ensemble. But as far as the performance of Robert (Plant's) vocals, or the guitar overdubs, or John Paul Jones applying this, that, or the other, that's what it is."

Designer Aubrey Powell recalled how his commercial art design company Hipgnosis came about constructing the Presence album cover: "Presence -- that's an interesting story, because Led Zeppelin, particularly Jimmy Page, would never give us an inkling about anything. He would. . . I'd say, ‘Okay Jim, what's the music?' -- Y'can't hear it.' ‘Okay, what's the title?' -- 'I haven't got one.' ‘Well, is there anything I can go on?' -- ‘No. Just come up with some interesting ideas.' (I thought) Well, what about a symbol of something. Some energizing source. Without that you can't function. Wherever you are, you have to have it."

Robert Plant said that performing the band's 1976 Presence classic "For Your Life" for the first time onstage was a definite highlight of Zeppelin's 2007 one-off reunion show for him: "Just like Jason, I was amazed I was there playing with Led Zeppelin. And I was just saying, 'Now, where does the vocal come in?' And I know I made a couple of errors -- 'just had to shut up instead of doing too much. But. . . I think that was my favorite part of the show, to be honest. Because we were. . . none of us could bring too much back from ever having ever played it before. It was a great experience and that is flying by the seat of the pants. These guys did such a great job on that. It was very exciting. Great light show, too."

On July 31st, 2015 Presence was reissued with five archival tracks:

"Two Ones Are Won" ("Achilles Last Stand" - Reference Mix)
"For Your Life" (Reference Mix)
"10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod)" (Reference Mix)
"Royal Orleans" (Reference Mix)
"Hots On For Nowhere" (Reference Mix)

Joe Satriani has booked a 44-date North American fall tour in support of his new album, The Elephants Of Mars, which drops on April 8th. Loudwire.com reported Satriani will be backed on the jaunt by drummer Kenny Aronoff, bassist Bryan Beller, and keyboardist Rai Thistlewayte.

Satriani and the band kicks things off on September 21st in Riverside, California at Fox Performing Arts Center and wrap the dates up on November 19th at Dallas' Majestic Theatre.

During a 2019 chat at L.A.'s Musicians Institute, Joe Satriani spoke frankly about his songwriting process: "There are songs that come right away. They just immediately -- you know exactly what the song is. You wake up in the morning and it's in your head or you're just sitting around tuning and you hear a note and suddenly it comes to you. I've also had songs that take 15, 20, years to write. It's not unlike life where you miss so many opportunities to understand things that you do until you mature. And then you say, 'Oh -- that's what they were saying or that's what they were doing for me."

JUST ANNOUNCED: Joe Satriani tour dates (subject to change):

September 21 - Riverside, CA - Fox Performing Arts Center
September 22 - San Diego, CA - Balboa Theatre
September 23 - Los Angeles, CA- Orpheum Theatre
September 24 - Scottsdale, AZ - Talking Stick Resort
September 25 - Reno, NV - Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort
September 26 - Stockton, CA - Bob Hope Theater
September 28 - Seattle, WA - The Moore Theatre
September 29 - Spokane, WA - Bing Crosby Theater
September 30 - Salem, OR - Elsinore Theatre
October 2 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
October 4 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
October 6 - Salina, KS - Stiefel Theatre
October 7 - Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Theatre
October 8 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
October 9 - Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
October 12 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
October 13 - Peoria, IL - Peoria Civic Center Theatre
October 14 - Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo State Theatre
October 15 - Wabash, IN - Honeywell Center
October 16 - Canton, OH - Canton Palace Theatre
October 17 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Center for the Arts
October 19 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
October 20 - Greensburg, PA - Palace Theatre
October 21 - Northfield, OH - MGM Northfield Park
October 22 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre
October 23 - Nashville, IN - Brown County Music Center
October 24 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
October 26 - Washington, D.C. - Warner Theatre
October 27 - New York City, NY - Beacon Theatre
October 29 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
November 2, 3 - Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Playhouse
November 4 - Collingswood, NJ - Scottish Rite Auditorium
November 5 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
November 7 - Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Symphony Hall
November 9 - Ponte Vedra, FL - Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
November 10 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
November 11 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Parker
November 12 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
November 14 - Huntsville, AL - Mars Music Hall
November 16 - San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
November 17 - Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
November 18 - Houston, TX- House of Blues
November19 - Dallas, TX - Majestic Theatre

Roger Daltrey revealed that he spent time with Jimi Hendrix only days before his September 18th, 1970 death at age 27. At the time, Hendrix -- a labelmate of Daltrey's -- and his girlfriend Devon Wilson were staying with the Who frontman and his fiancee Heather Taylor at their home in the English countryside. Taylor and Hendrix had previously been involved with each other, with the guitarist writing "Foxey Lady" about her.

During a chat to BBC Radio and transcribed by American Songwriter, Daltrey spoke about the visit in September 1970: "No one knows about it but myself and about three other people that are still alive. This is the weekend before he died. I was on tour in Germany, and Jimi and his friend, Devon Wilson, came to my cottage in Berkshire. At my house was my wife-to-be Heather and another girl called Katherine."

Daltrey went on to recall, "He and Devon were doing this thing, which gospel singers do, and they were doing it with a call and answer -- and they were doing it with Bob Dylan lyrics. So he quotes one line and she'd quote the other. . . but it gradually slowed down, slowed down until Devon finally fell asleep."

He recalled Heather telling him it was "obvious that Jimi was taking more and more barbiturates and his speech became slurred. Then he passed out, and then now they're starting to get worried." Daltrey remembered him, Heather, and Katherine putting Hendrix to bed and "took his boots off at around 2 a.m."

Daltrey then explained the heavily sedated rock legend popped up from a drug induced stupor: "They put the kettle on for a cup of tea and blow me if 10 minutes later he doesn't appear in the doorway with his boots back on, his hat on all skew-whiff and says, 'Right I'm ready for the interview.' I mean, you can't make it up."

By 11 a.m. the next morning, Hendrix and his guest were on their way back to London via cab: "That was that weekend and as I say, he was as right as rain in the morning like nothing had happened."

Both the Who and Jimi Hendrix were signed in Britain to Track Records -- which was owned by the Who's managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. Pete Townshend's overriding memory of 1967's Monterey Pop Festival was that once again, the Who were to be pitted against the Jimi Hendrix Experience -- an act that they had performed with numerous times in England over the preceding six months: "When we went to play Monterey, y'know, (Jimi) Hendrix was doing the show at the same time. And we'd already been exposed to, what I felt, was very, very unfair competition with Hendrix in the UK, 'cause of our relationship. He was on our record label. And at that particular time, a group of London managers were trying to create a, kind of, cartel -- so every time we played he was on the bill with us. Y'know, it was just awful, y'know, trying to match to this really great, great genius."

With the sudden death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters have decided to cancel all scheduled concerts. The group was set to be on the road in North America and Down Under from May through December. There has been no mention of any future recording or performing plans.

Taylor Hawkins died on March 25th at age 50 after suffering an alleged drug overdose in Columbia. According to Britain's Daily Mail, Hawkins is said to have had a "heart (that) weighed double that of men his age (weighing) least 600 grams, double the average of 300 to 350 grams." Hawkins also allegedly had 10 different drugs in his system during the postmortem.

The Columbian newspaper Semana reported Hawkins suffered cardiovascular collapse "after binging on a cocktail of drugs." The surviving Foo Fighters returned to Los Angeles on Sunday (March 27th).

The Foo Fighters' official statement reads:

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

Bring Me The Horizon have tapped Australian rapper Masked Wolf to collaborate on a new song called "Fallout." The band recently shared a teaser of the track on social media. "Fallout' will officially be released on Friday (April 1st).

Elle King has covered Joe Cocker's "Feelin' Alright" for the new DreamWorks Animation action comedy, The Bad Guys. The song is available now, and the movie arrives in theatres on April 22nd. "Feelin' Alright" is featured at the end of the film over the main end credits.

The movie is based on the New York Times best-selling book series in which a criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet – becoming model citizens, according to a release.

Earlier this month, Elle released a new track to Country radio called "Out Yonder."

Elle wrapped her headlining Drunk And I Don't Wanna Go Home Tour on Monday (March 28th) night at Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. She'll be joining Chris Stapleton for select dates on his All American Roadshow Tour, with dates in Canada kicking off next month.

Tool's Adam Jones has teamed up with Gibson for their third guitar collaboration with the Adam Jones Les Paul Standard from Gibson USA. According to Blabbermouth, the new Adam Jones Les Paul Standard from Gibson USA pays tribute to what Adam "one of my top favorite guitars of all time."

Fans can see Adam and his Les Paul Standard guitar on stage during Tool's world tour their "Fear Inoculum" album.

Jason Aldean, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Wu-Tang Clan, Machine Gun Kelly, Halsey, Rod Stewart, Backstreet Boys and Thomas Rhett are among the headliners for this year's Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The concert, which will take place over the weekends of June 23rd, June 30th and July 7th, will also feature supporting acts like Charli XCX, Alessia Cara, Willow, The Black Crowes, Halestorm, Third Eye Blind, The Pretty Reckless, Portugal. The Man, Taking Back Sunday, Todd Rundgren, Pop Evil and many more.

Halestorm and The Pretty Reckless are teaming up for a summer tour which is set to kick off on July 8th in Detroit, MI. The trek is set to run through mid-August with The Warning and Lilith Czar opening on select dates, making the lineup entirely made up of bands led by women. Tickets go on sale this Friday (April 1st) at 10 a.m. local time.

Halestorm and The Pretty Reckless previously toured together in 2015. 

Incubus have extended their summer and fall tour with the addition of five dates, including two with Animals As Leaders. Those new dates are:

08/30 Reno, NV – Grand Sierra Resort & Casino
09/23 Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater
09/24 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
10/06 Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre (feat. Animals As Leaders)
10/09 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre (feat. Animals As Leaders)

The news shows are added to Incubus' previously-announced summer tour with Sublime With Rome and The Aquadolls which launches on July 24th in West Palm Beach, FL. 

Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell took to Instagram to post a video saluting late-Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. Hawkins, who died on March 25th at age 50 after suffering an alleged drug overdose in Columbia, was a diehard fan of Jane's and a longtime confidante of Farrell's.

Blabbermouth transcribed some of Farrell's online salute to his fallen friend: "Taylor Hawkins died yesterday. He was my best friend -- beloved in my home by my wife, my children, even my dogs. Whenever Taylor came over, we would make music in the den, (my dog) Cloud would always go and sit right by him. He was one of the most passionate drummers I've ever seen in my lifetime. When I think of him, I sum it up with one word: velocity. He had the gift to maintain a confident, striking and stroking velocity on drums."

Farrell went on to say, "There's a large part of my heart that I had reserved for him. I accepted him into my heart when we became friends because he was such a pure guy, so pure of heart. I would receive texts from Taylor. They were always bits and pieces of songs he was writing or looking to write or wanted me to listen to. I got music tidbits as often as I got 'I love you's.' We would always start with a song; Like, 'Do you listen to YES? The guy kind of sounds like you.' And I say, 'Yeah, yeah. I like YES.' He just was obsessed with music and great songs. My passion for music, that's what's our common ground; our friendship was based around that. Then we got to know each other."

He added: "He would tell me stories of going to Jane's shows back in the '80s -- shows that were pretty underground. So although I didn't make his acquaintance back then, we shared a history. It's almost like the rites of passage. We were young men and we were trying to be great musicians. Little did he know through this one fatal night, he would cement himself in the legends of music for all time. And that's what I think he deserves."

Perry Farrell ended by saying, "The only sense that I can make of the tragedy is to know that Taylor's now in heaven; he can hear us. What I'm gonna do from this day forward is to try to make music that I think Taylor would really love."

During Foo Fighters' 2021 Rock hall induction, during the band's acceptance speech, Taylor Hawkins made a point of mentioning the need for Jane's Addiction to also be inducted: ["I'd like to share this award with a couple of bands I'd like to see get in there someday, too. I'd like to see George Michael in there one day. I'd love that (cheers). I'd like to see Jane's Addiction in there -- I'd really like that (cheers). I'd like to see Soundgarden in there -- I'd really like that. And thanks everyone."] SOUNDCUE (:19 OC: . . . and thanks everyone)

Florence + The Machine has announced a North American Arena Tour with Japanese Breakfast, Yves Tumor, Wet Leg and more. The tour will kick off on April 29th in Los Angeles and will make stops in Chicago, Boston, Washington, D.C., Orlando and Denver before wrapping in at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on October 14th.

Check out the tour dates below:

4/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Los Angeles Theatre
5/06 – New York, NY @ Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center
9/02 – Montreal, QC @ Place Bell *
9/03 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage *
9/07 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island ^
9/08 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center ^
9/10 – Clarkson, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre ^
9/12 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena ^
9/14 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden ^
9/16 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ^
9/20 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater #
9/21 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre #
9/23 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center #
9/24 – Miami, FL @ FTX Arena #
9/27 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center $
9/28 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory $
10/01 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
10/04 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena @
10/06 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena &
10/07 – Portland, OR @ Theater Of The Clouds @
10/09 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre &
10/12 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre &
10/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl

* with Arlo Parks

^ with Sam Fender

# with King Princess

$ with Yves Tumor

@ with Japanese Breakfast

& with Wet Leg

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died on Friday, March 25th of an apparent drug overdose at age 50. Ultimate Classic Rock reported Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room in Bogota, Columbia where the band was booked to play that night at the Festival Estereo Picnic.

According to a statement issued by The Office of the Attorney General of Colombia after a preliminary toxicology report reportedly found 10 substances – including marijuana, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids in the drummer's bloodstream.

Bogata's Secretariat of Health was quoted as stating an ambulance was sent to the band's hotel and that "Hawkins was suffering chest pains."

According to Britain's Daily Mail, Hawkins is said to have had a "heart (that) weighed double that of men his age (weighing) least 600 grams, double the average of 300 to 350 grams." The Columbian newspaper Semana reported Hawkins suffered cardiovascular collapse "after binging on a cocktail of drugs." The surviving Foo Fighters returned to Los Angeles on Sunday (March 27th).

During Mammoth WVH's show on Saturday night show at Boston's Big Night Live, an emotional Wolfgang Van Halen dedicated the Foo Fighters' "My Hero" to Hawkins. That same night in Des Moines, Iowa, Elton John spoke fondly of recently recording with Hawkins and said before dedicating "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me": "I got up this morning to see that Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters had passed away, and I was so shocked because he played on my Lockdown Sessions album and he was one of the nicest people you could ever meet and one of the greatest drummers and a true musician who loved all sorts of music and loved life. And it seems so sad that at 50 years of age we've lost someone who had that much passion. And it makes me so downhearted for his family -- his three children, his wife, his other relatives and, of course, the Foo Fighters, who've lost a dearest loved one that can never, ever be replaced."

The band announced Hawkins death via social media wth a simple statement that read:

The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely death of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. 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.

First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, tweeted a tribute to Hawkins posting, "A ferocious drummer, dedicated father, and dear friend gone far too soon. Sending love to Taylor Hawkins' family and fans of the Foo Fighters everywhere."

Taylor Hawkins was born Oliver Taylor Hawkins on February 17th, 1972 in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in the exclusive enclave of Laguna, California. He is survived by his wife Alison and their three children, Oliver, Annabelle, and Everleigh. Along with the Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Paul McCartney in 2021.

Hawkins, who was born in Texas and raised in California broke on the national scene as Alanis Morrisette's drummer on her massive world tour behind her 1995 blockbuster, Jagged Little Pill. Since joining the Foos in 1997 he performed on the band's classic run of albums -- There Is Nothing Left To Lose (1999), One By One (2002), In Your Honor (2005), Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007), Wasting Light (2011), Sonic Highways (2014), Saint Cecilia (2015), Concrete And Gold (2017), and Medicine At Midnight (2021).

Starting in 2006, Hawkins released a trio albums with his solo set, Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders and in 2013 formed the cover band, Chevy Metal.

Last year, Taylor Hawkins spoke to Kerrang! and shed light on coming of age in the late-'70s and early-'80s. He admitted he still considers the era's drummers his primary inspirations: "It was such a good time to be influenced by drummers. I would steal stuff wholesale from Neil Peart licks, to Phil Collins and Alex Van Halen. Even the stuff that was on the radio, there was so much good music. Even the bad music was good back then."

Taylor Hawkins told us a while back that the Foos always went into the studio with the intent of topping their last album: "Always, every time. I mean, you always want every one of 'em to be the best one you've ever done, and you always think you haven't done your best one, and y'know, although it's arguable to some people, we still feel that way. Y'know, I still think we haven't done, written our 'Hotel California' yet or whatever, y'know, our 'Bohemian Rhapsody' or whatever. So y'know, you should always be a little scared every time."

Over the years, Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins have played with some of their heroes -- including Queen, Rush, Paul McCartney, and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, to name a few. Hawkins told us a while back that it's the ultimate charge playing alongside his musical idols: "Not only do you get to just, like, pinch yourself -- 'Wow, I'm in the room with this person' -- but you also get to kind of try and soak up a little bit of what they do musically, y'know? It's neat. It really is amazing, and you really get to be in the presence of greatness when you're with people like that."

Not too long ago, Taylor Hawkins' shed light on his 2001 drug overdose: "Y'know, the thing is, I spent my 20's trying to remain a child, and then I spent my 30's trying to become an adult. Y'know, it was a wild time, and I was a wild idiot, out of my mind, and wasn't really ready to try and grow up a little bit, y'know, and realize, y'know, what's kind of important."

Taylor Hawkins confided to us a while back that even though he's spent years on the road, he still gets nervous before going on stage: "The drummer's got the hardest job, man. If the drummer falls apart at any given moment, you're done. The band, it's over. It sounds awful, you have to start again. So, I mean, I feel a lot more pressure behind the drums even though that's all I've been doing my whole life is play drums. I still have massive stage fright every night."

THE ROCK COMMUNITY SALUTES TAYLOR HAWKINS

Jimmy Page: "On this day I learned the sad news that Taylor Hawkins had passed. I had seen and heard Taylor play the drums many times with foo fighters - he shone within his powerful role in the band. After the Led Zeppelin show at the O2, I was invited to play at Wembley Stadium with the Foo Fighters on 7th June 2008. We played Rock and Roll with Taylor on turbocharged vocals and Dave on drums and then for Ramble On they swapped, with Taylor on drums and Dave Grohl on vocals. We put in some serious versions of these two songs. It was so good to play with him. I really admired him and he was a brilliant musician: his technique, his energy and spirited enthusiasm. On this sad day, I would like to send my condolences to his family, his band members in the Foos and his fans."

Mick Jagger: "So incredibly sad to hear of the passing of Taylor Hawkins. My thoughts are with his family and the band at this time."

Stewart Copleand: "This is tragic news. Taylor was a force of life, with a forward momentum that seemed unstoppable. He was all energy and cheerful enthusiasm. It's inconceivable that he is gone."

Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson: "We are so very shocked and saddened to hear the devastating news of the sudden passing of our musical brother Taylor Hawkins. He was such an incredibly positive source of music, energy and love, and a true artist to his very core...there are simply no words to adequately express just how much he will be missed by all - including Alex, myself and the entire Rush family."

Lars Ulrich: "Thank you Taylor. Thank you for always having the biggest warmest smile on your face and for lighting up every room with your infectious energy and good vibes. At BottleRock recently, I had the best seat in the house right above you and once again stood in amazement watching as you effortlessly steered Foo Fighters through a two hour festival set with the perfect balance of swing, swagger, bounce and insane chops. Your phone call a week ago touched and inspired me and I will always be appreciative for you championing our community as in your parting words…. 'Drummers stick together!' Damn right brother. Except now the community is lesser without you."

Pearl Jam: "Long live Taylor Hawkins. He enriched my life tremendously as a dear friend and fellow musician. He brought so much joy to the world of music, he will be forever missed. Our deepest condolences to Alison, Shane, Annabelle and Everleigh Hawkins and to the entire Foo Fighters family."

Stevie Nicks: "He always came to my shows. He and his best friend Dave even let me be a Foo Fighter for a little while. We recorded a kick ass version of 'Gold Dust Woman' (live) and at the end of the song I yelled out 'Best 'Gold Dust Woman' ever' ​​​​​​​And I meant it. ​Taylor was very handsome and he was very cute. Sometimes that combination is way better than 'beautiful.' I think it's everything. He had a huge heart and a glorious smile. When he walked into the room, everyone looked up. When he left the room, everyone was sad…"

Ringo Starr: "God bless Taylor peace and love to all his family and the band peace and love."

Joe Walsh: "I can't find the words... Taylor you were my little brother. I love you man. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and the band."

Brian May: "No. It cannot be. Heartbroken. Taylor, you were family to us. Our friend, our brother, our beloved child. Bless you. We will miss you so bad."

Joe Perry: "I'm greatly saddened today after hearing the news about TAYLOR HAWKINS. He was one of those absoloutly rare people ya just couldn't help feeling good around him. You see he loved his family and life thru and thru… And he was a ripping drummer… TAYLOR you will be missed!!"

Brian Wilson: "I'm heartbroken to hear about Taylor Hawkins. He was such a nice young man. Love & Mercy to Taylor's family and friends."

John Fogerty: "Julie and I are completely heartbroken over the passing of Taylor Hawkins. He was a friend and one of the most uplifting and inspiring people we have ever known. A great drummer and a wonderful human being. Our prayers are with his family and the Foo Fighters during this sorrowful time. May your beautiful light shine forever."

Paul Stanley: "Taylor was a great guy, a dad and a husband. My heart goes out to them, Dave and the band."

Bill Kreutzmann: "Taylor Hawkins was one of those drummers that brought more than just skill to the instrument – he brought heart. You could see joy radiate from him and that, in turn, allowed others to radiate joy back. I felt connected to him in that way. RIP brother."

Bill Bruford: "So saddened to hear of the death of Taylor Hawkins. If you want to play rock drums you're nothing without serious commitment. Taylor brought commitment in spades as he laid into that drum kit with a huge smile, irrepressible energy and stratospheric levels of enthusiasm. These were all aspects of his personality and playing that I admired from afar and that brought so much pleasure to so many. It's a terrible loss of one so young with so much more to give. My sincere condolences to his wife, family and fellow Foo Fighters."

Steve Van Zandt: "An incredible talent and a much needed uniquely bright light in our darkening business. Deepest love and condolences to his family and friends. Travel well my brother."

Axl Rose: "Shocked n' saddened to hear of the passing of Taylor Hawkins. He was a really great guy, drummer n' family man. Was always great to see him! Was looking forward to seeing him n' everyone in Daytona. Truly saddened. My deepest condolences to his family, the Foo Fighters n'their fans"

Slash: "Devastated by the loss of our friend Taylor Hawkins I've no words to express all the feelings I have about his passing. But my heart goes out to his family. & his band & friends."

Ozzy Osbourne: "Taylor Hawkins was truly a great person and an amazing musician. My heart, my love and my condolences go out to his wife, his children, his family, his band and his fans. See you on the other side - Ozzy"

Tony Iommi: "I woke up this morning to hear the awful news of Taylor Hawkins death. What a terrible loss to us all. He was such a lovely guy and such a brilliant player. My deepest condolences go out to his family, his band and his fans. He will be sadly missed Rest In Peace Taylor."

Tom Morello: "God bless you Taylor Hawkins. I loved your spirit and your unstoppable rock power. Rest In Peace my friend."

Scott Ian: "Absolutely crushed by the news about Taylor. He was just such a great guy. Our hearts are with his family and his band of brothers."

Travis Barker: "I don't have the words. 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 with Alanis. You'd come watch me play in dive bars and be like, "kid you're a star". And I thought you were crazy but you gave me so much hope and determination. Years later we toured together with Blink and Foo's in Australia and I have 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. Till the next time we talk drums and smoke in the boys room … Rest In Peace"

Shelia E.: "I am devastated to hear the news of one of my favorite drummers Taylor Hawkins has passed. Blessings to the family and to the band. I'm so sorry for your loss. Taylor you will be missed!"

Mike Portnoy: "In absolute shock & disbelief over the passing of Taylor Hawkins. I've always had so much admiration for him. Amazing drummer & a gem of a guy who was always fun to be around. I'm absolutely gutted..."

Wolfgang Van Halen: "I'll never forget meeting Taylor on tour in San Diego in 2012. He was such a ridiculously kind man. The dude just emanated cool. Him, my pops and I talked for as long as we could until we had to leave. An incredible drummer and singer, he was a constant inspiration to me throughout my entire life. This is like a kick in the gut. My most heartfelt condolences go out to his family. You'll be so sorely missed, Taylor. Rest In Peace."

Slipknot's Jay Weinberg: "Taylor, you were one of a kind. One of the sweetest and most genuine people I've ever met. Thank you for your kindness, and the ferocity with which you played your drums. My love and condolences to foo fighters, Taylor's family and loved ones."

Questlove: "I'm so sad about this man. coolest dude ever. god bless & comfort his family, his bandmates, his friends & all his loved ones. Taylor Hawkins. Rest In Beats."

Shinedown have announced the Planet Zero World Tour with special guests Jelly Roll and John Harvie. The 20-date trek launches in Bonner Springs, KS on September 3rd, and tickets are available now at livenation.com. The band have also released a new song called "The Saints of Violence and Innuendo" from their upcoming album.

Shinedown will release their new Planet Zero album on April 22nd.

The album's title track is Shinedown's record-breaking 18th Number One hit which remains in the top spot at Active Rock Radio for the fourth consecutive week.

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators have wrapped up their nationwide The River Is Rising U.S. tour and have released their new single "April Fool." The song is featured on their new album, 4, which was released last month. They will celebrate the release of the new album by sharing it with fans around the world via a global streaming event set for Friday, April 15th at 12 p.m. PT in an exclusive partnership with premium concert livestream platform Veeps.

Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators - Live From Boston was shot on location this month during the group's sold out House of Blues show. The set list includes 21 songs, featuring classic favorites as well as brand new songs from 4. Tickets for Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators - Live From Boston are on sale now at Veeps; the show will be available for viewing for 48 hours after the event airs.

A tour bus on Korn's current US tour with Code Orange and Chevelle was reportedly hit by a single bullet last week in Davenport, Iowa. The three bands are played in Saginaw, Michigan on Wednesday night (March 23rd) before having a day off in Davenport, Iowa on Thursday (March 24th).

According to TMZ.com, the bus was struck by a bullet outside of a hotel in Davenport. A source said the bullet went through the bus exterior and landed inside the cabin itself, but no one was on board the bus when the shooting occurred. No further details have been revealed.

The music from Dave Grohl's fictional thrash band Dream Widow will be released as a digital EP today (March 25th), with physical formats coming at a later date. The Dream Widow music was featured prominently in the recent Foo Fighters horror comedy film, Studio 666, which is now available on demand.

Last month, Grohl -- as self proclaimed "f***ing '80s thrash-metal kid" told Rolling Stone he's been heavily influenced by the bands he worshiped back in the day: "I have my favorites. You'll hear a lot of those influences in 'Lacrimus dei Ebrius' (a 13-minute metal epic performed in the film) because for that song, I put maybe four or five of these sections together in this big, long thing."

Dave Grohl, who back in 2004, released his own all-star thrash project called Probot, told us a while back what attracted him to that sound: "All of this music had that passion and aggression and power and energy of the punk rock and the hardcore, but it was, the musicality was more established, and the songs were songs, and it was really interesting, and it had that power and vibe, but it was more sinister and kind of dark. So, I just started buying as many of these records as I could find."