LAS VEGAS —The Grammys paid tribute to Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died just nine days before a ceremony where the band won three awards and was supposed to perform.
Host Trevor Noah said on the telecast Sunday that “this was the moment in the show when I was supposed to be introducing the Foo Fighters. We would have been celebrating with them as they won three Grammy awards. But they, of course, not here due to the tragic passing of their legendary drummer, Taylor Hawkins.”
Noah instead introduced a montage of memorable Hawkins moments.
The clips led off the Grammys’ in memoriam segment, presented with a medley of the songs of Stephen Sondheim, who died in 2021, sung by Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler.
Earlier Sunday, Foo Fighters won Grammys for best rock performance, best rock song and best rock album.
No one from the band appeared to accept the awards.
Hawkins, the band’s drummer for 25 years and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl, died at age 50 in Bogota, Colombia, on March 25.
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