Foo Fighters recently completed their first run of shows without Taylor Hawkins. Dave Grohl took to the band’s Instagram account to thank fans for being by their side during this difficult time. He wrote:
“Hey, it’s been a while. Now that we’ve returned from our first run of shows, I felt compelled to reach out and thank you all for being there for us.
Every night, when I see you singing, it makes me sing harder. When I see you screaming, it makes me scream louder. When I see your tears, it brings me to tears. And when I see your joy, it brings me joy. But I see you, and it feels good to see you churning up these emotions together. Because we’ve always done this together. Time and time again. See you soon.”
During their first full performance without the drummer at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Grohl couldn’t hold back his tears before playing ‘Cold Day in the Sun,’ the song he used to sing with Taylor, and shared a few words with the crowd:
“Now, I have to say that this is something that I never thought I’d have to do. I’m going to try to do it. Taylor wrote this song. We used to sing it together. So I’m going to do it for him tonight.”
Emotions were also high during their first festival performance of 2023 after Dave brought out the late drummer’s son Shane for their headlining set at Boston Calling. The singer said:
“We’ve been in this band so long; we really are a family. And our families are with us tonight because we need to do this together.”
You can read Dave Grohl’s Instagram post and watch his emotional speech below.
