Limp Bizkit To Continue Touring Plans Following The Passing Of Sam Rivers

Limp Bizkit are reportedly set to continue their upcoming touring plans following the passing of bassist Sam Rivers.

The musician passed away on Saturday (18 October) at the age of 48.

Limp Bizkit have touring plans for next month, including their Gringo Papi Tour of South America with special guests Yungblud, 311, Australia’s Ecca Vandal, and more. The tour is scheduled to begin in Mexico City on 29 November, followed by dates in San José, Bogotá, Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, and São Paulo.

Promoters for the band’s Mexico City show shared a statement, via The PRP, confirming that the dates will go ahead.

“Limp Bizkit has decided to continue with its performance on November 29th at the Explanada Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, as part of its ‘Gringo Papi Tour’ 2025,” the statement reads.

The message added: “That night, every riff and every scream of the crowd will resonate in honor of the great legacy Sam offered to Nu-Metal, because his energy will never cease.”

Rivers’ final performances with the band took place at the UK festivals, Reading & Leeds, in August. After co-founding the band, he departed the group in 2015 and returned in 2018.

No cause of death has been disclosed. However, earlier this week, TMZ noted that the bassist had suffered a cardiac arrest on 18 October, and upon the authorities attending the scene, he was found “unresponsive.”

Paying tribute to their bandmate, Limp Bizkit wrote on social media over the weekend, “Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat. Sam Rivers wasn’t just our bass player — he was pure magic.

“The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound. From the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced.”

The statement continued, “His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous. We shared so many moments — wild ones, quiet ones, beautiful ones — and every one of them meant more because Sam was there. He was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of human. A true legend of legends.

“And his spirit will live forever in every groove, every stage, every memory,” the band concluded. “We love you, Sam. We’ll carry you with us, always. Rest easy, brother.”

Earlier this week, frontman Fred Durst – who founded Limp Bizkit with Rivers in 1994 – shared an emotional video message, in which he described Rivers as a “legend, truly,” and added that he was “Such a gifted, unbelievably sweet and wonderful person.”