Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies aged 50

"The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins," the band said in a statement on Twitter.The statement did not say the cause of Hawkins' death, news of which emerged the same day the band was due to play at the Festival Estereo Picnic in Bogota, Colombia.

Taylor had played with the Foo Fighters -- one of the US' most influential and critically-lauded alternative rock bands -- since 1997, providing percussion on some of the group's biggest hits including"Learn to Fly" and"Best of You."Tributes poured in from across the music world, with legendary frontman Ozzy Osbourne hailing him as a"great person and an amazing musician" and punk rocker Billy Idol describing the news as"tragic.

"Our deepest condolences to his family, his bandmates, his team, his friends and everyone that was ever touched by the music he created with @foofighters @Alanis and so many others."

RIP🐐 💔

Oh! Man RIP

May he R I P!

So sad.....

RIP, it was time

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