"We were getting into position when they announced that the Foo Fighters would not be performing, but they didn't say why. About 10 minutes later, the news broke that Taylor had died," Reyes said.

"No one knew the reason for the cancellation. ... We were all sad. But like I said, nobody knew that Taylor had died. We found out about 10 to 15 minutes later," he said.

Later, candles were placed on the main stage as a vigil for Hawkins, and the screens on five stages projected the message, "Taylor Hawkins Por Siempre," which translates as "Taylor Hawkins Forever."

Hawkins' beginnings with the Foo Fighters, and as a musician

The Foo Fighters were formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl, who had been the drummer with Nirvana.

"I said, 'I heard you guys are looking for a dummer,' and he said, 'Well, do you know any?' I thought Alanis wanted to go in a more laid-back direction, and it seemed like the right time to jump. Alanis didn't need me! I basically said to Dave, 'I'll play drums for you,' and we jammed a couple times," Hawkins told Kerrang!

"When you have a drummer like Taylor Hawkins in your band, I don't necessarily miss being the drummer -- because I have the greatest drummer in the world," Grohl said. "Taylor is a much more technically minded drummer than I am."

In the same interview, Hawkins acknowledged that it took him a while to find his place in the band but that Grohl "never made it hard."

He also spoke about his first musical love, the British band Queen.

"I wanted to be Roger Taylor and I wanted to be in Queen," Hawkins said. "I wanted to play stadiums when I was 10 years old."

Seeing Queen for the first time in California at that age, he told Kerrang!, changed everything. He then listened to Rush, The Police, Genesis and Van Halen as he learned drumming, he told the magazine.

"It was such a good time to be influenced by drummers," he told Kerrang! "I would steal stuff wholesale from Neil Peart licks, to Phil Collins and Alex Van Halen. Even the stuff that was on the radio, there was so much good music."

Hawkins remembered

Hawkins' final performance was at Lollapalooza Argentina on March 20. News of his death prompted an outpouring of sorrow on social media from fans and fellow musicians -- and tributes included videos of that last show.

"Who would have thought that we were witnessing the last performance of Taylor Hawkins in his life... A shock. Goodbye, beast of music," Tolone's post reads.

Miley Cyrus, who is scheduled to perform in at the Lollapalooza Brasil on Saturday, said on Instagram she would dedicate her performance in São Paulo to Hawkins.

She also shared a photo of Hawkins playing the drums, captioning it, "This is how I'll always remember you."

And singer Ozzy Osbourne spoke on Hawkins' character, saying he was "was truly a great person and an amazing musician."