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Jamie Roberts

Travis Barker gets sweet tattoo in memory of Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins

Travis Barker has took to the tattoo chair once again as he gets inked in memory of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

The 50-year-old was found dead in his hotel room in Bogota last month, leaving the music world stunned.

The official cause of death is yet to be determined.

And in an attempt to honour his pal, Blink-182 drummer Travis, 46, got an image of a hawk tattooed on the bottom of his leg.

He took to Instagram on Wednesday night to share his new artwork alongside the caption: "HAWK forever [hawk emoji]. Thank you @markmahoney_ssc"

The selection of snaps saw Travis lying back in the chair as the tattoo artist got to work on his left leg. Fiancee Kourtney Kardashian is seen watching on as the new black-and-white artwork was completed.

Travis Barker's tattoo in memory of Taylor Hawkins (Travis Barker/Instagram)

Another pic showed the pair enjoying a smooch while the work was getting done before the final image showed the completed shot sitting around his ankle.

After news of Taylor's death, Travis shared an emotional tribute.

Alongside a black-and-white photo of Taylor sitting criss-cross on the floor with a huge smile, Travis wrote: "I don’t have the words. Sad to write this or to never see you again.

"I'll never forget Laguna Beach days when I was a trash man playing in a punk rock band and you were playing with Alanis [Morissette].

"You’d come watch me play in dive bars and be like, ‘kid you’re a star.’ And I thought you were crazy but you gave me so much hope and determination."

He went on to reminisce about Blink-182 touring with Foo Fighters in Australia years later.

Travis continued: "I have the best memories of smoking cigarettes in the restroom of flights we were on together and watching your set every night.

"To say I’ll miss you my friend isn’t enough. Till the next time we talk drums and smoke in the boys room … Rest In Peace."

Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian share a kiss as the drummer gets a tattoo (Travis Barker/Instagram)

Travis is heavily tattooed, with his latest ink joining previous artwork including wife-to-be Kourtney's name.

The tatt was first spotted in April last year as Travis posed topless and eagle-eyed fans spotted the POOSH founder's name close to his hear.

As well as that, early on in their relationship, the 42-year-old reality TV star took the ink gun and tattooed "I love you" on her man's arm.

From the snaps, a paper can be seen underneath the couple's arms covered Kourtney's practise runs as she played around with the font she wanted.

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