Matt Cameron is clearing up rumors about becoming a member of the Foo Fighters for the rock band’s upcoming tour dates.
On Saturday (March 25), the Pearl Jam drummer shared a put up on his Instagram Story, denying a latest report by U.Ok. tabloid The Solar that he’s changing late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins when the group returns to the street in late spring.
“FYI the web rumors are false, I haven’t joined the Foos,” Cameron wrote alongside a crimson coronary heart emoji.
The Solar reported on March 16 that Cameron, an in depth pal of Hawkins, would be a part of the Foo Fighters on their 2023 North American tour, which begins Could 24 on the Financial institution of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, N.H. Citing a supply, the report additionally indicated that Angels & Airwaves drummer Atom Willard would be a part of the Dave Grohl-fronted band on numerous upcoming dates.
Cameron carried out the Foo Fighters tune “Low” alongside surviving band members throughout a September 2022 tribute live performance in Los Angeles. Saturday (March 25) marked the one-year anniversary of Hawkins’ loss of life on the age of fifty. He handed away in a Bogotá, Colombia, resort room because the Foos had been gearing as much as carry out. The beloved drummer’s loss of life was introduced by a social media assertion from the band’s accounts, with no quick reason for loss of life given.
In a New 12 months’s Eve social media put up, the Foo Fighters introduced plans to proceed as a “completely different band going ahead” following the loss of life of Hawkins.
“With out Taylor, we by no means would have turn into the band that we had been — and with out Taylor, we all know that we’re going to be a distinct band going ahead,” the assertion learn. “We additionally know that you just, the followers, meant as a lot to Taylor as he meant to you. And we all know that once we see you once more — and we are going to quickly — he’ll be there in spirit with all of us each night time.”
See Cameron put up on his Instagram Story right here.
