Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for the Dave Grohl-fronted Foo Fighters, has died, the band announced on its official Twitter account Friday night. He was 50.
No cause of death was mentioned.
“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the post reads. “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.”
The band is on tour in South America and was preparing to perform at Festival Estéreo Picnic in Bogota, Colombia, a rep for the band told Rolling Stone.