Overview
- Sam Rivers died in October 2025 at age 48 after a reported cardiac arrest, and the band announced his passing by calling him “our brother, our bandmate, our heartbeat.”
- Guitarist Wes Borland said the group still feels like it has “lost a piece of our DNA” and called Rivers irreplaceable in recent interviews.
- Richie Buxton, who plays with singer Ecca Vandal, is serving as Limp Bizkit’s touring bassist on European dates and the band has said they plan to keep him as long as possible.
- Rivers left the band in 2015 for life‑threatening liver disease tied to alcohol, later received a liver transplant and rejoined Limp Bizkit in 2018 before remaining with the group until his death.
- The band is continuing to tour and is scheduled to return to the U.S. for festival appearances this summer and fall, and members say they will carry Rivers’ musical legacy onto future stages.