"I said, Do you want me to tell those guys that we’re going to break up? We can if you want." The story behind the Foo Fighters' cursed, unreleased Million Dollar Demos

"I said, Do you want me to tell those guys that we’re going to break up? We can if you want." The story behind the Foo Fighters' cursed, unreleased Million Dollar Demos

On the weekend of August 18/19, 2001, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers co-headlined the UK's V festivals, playing to crowds of 50,000 music fans at Weston Park in Staffordshire, and Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex. Both bands were flying high on the success of the shows, but on the morning of August 20, Foo Fighters came crashing down to earth, when Dave Grohl was informed that drummer Taylor Hawkins had been taken to a London hospital f…