The 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards certainly had no shortage of talent in attendance and hitting the stage at the iconic Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, where the ceremony was held on Monday, March 27. Hosted by rock legend Lenny Kravitz, the rock and alt nominees featured the likes of Måneskin, blink-182, Ozzy Osbourne, Papa Roach, Turnstile, twenty one pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more. Opening the ceremony with a tribute to the victims of the Nashville school shooting that occurred earlier Monday afternoon, Kravitz offered “healing love” and urged America to do better in regard to gun violence that… Read more »
— Today we talk about Paramore’s album release party, the Red Hot Chili Peppers tour, and the Oxford Dictionary’s word for 2022. — Paramore is Throwing a Party Paramore just made our 2023 pretty cool before the year has even started. Their new album, This Is Why drops February 10th but if you’re lucky, you’ll get the listen a little sooner. The band has announced they’ll be playing an album release show on February 6th at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. The venue holds a lot of history and is located in one of the coolest music cities out there. Now… Read more »
idobi photographer Hannah Branigan covered the Red Hot Chili Peppers show at Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, CA.
While the Red Hot Chili Peppers slumbered, the band’s members have been keeping busy these last couple of years, what with drummer Chad Smith joining all-star group Chickenfoot, frontman Anthony Kiedis developing a series for HBO and bassist Flea enrolling at USC to study music theory. But things are about to change in Pepperland. Smith recently told Billboard the band would reconvene in the studio this fall, and Keidis and Flea confirm to Rolling Stone they are indeed ready to rock again. “We’ve decided to write some songs,” Kiedis told us at a benefit for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music,… Read more »
Red Hot Chili Peppers are playing Shreveport, Louisiana on Tuesday (June 10) with opener Snoop Dogg, in support of their latest album, By The Way. Bass player Flea was shocked to learn of the death of a fan at Friday?s (June 6) show in Charlotte, North Carolina. In a “Fleamail” posted Saturday (June 7) on the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s official website, redhotchilipeppers.com, he said, “We were playing our hearts out, and as soon as we got off stage [we learned] that someone was killed during the show. Somehow, someone was electrocuted to death while we were playing. I don’t… Read more »
A concert on Friday (June 6) in Charlotte, North Carolina featuring Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers turned into a tragedy for one fan. According to the Charlotte Observer, 26-year-old Ashley Farris, a student at UNC Charlotte, was electrocuted as he walked barefoot on a wet stairway at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. Faris was pronounced dead at Carolinas Medical Center-University, police said. A passer-by who tried to help Faris, 23-year-old Ryan Robards, was treated for electric shock. Police said Faris was electrocuted when he walked barefoot in the rain on a lighted, concrete stairway with metal edges. Robards… Read more »
In response to the overwhelming demand for “By The Way,” the highly anticipated new album from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Warner Bros. Records has embarked on an innovative outreach to fans entitled, “A Song A Day,” providing a special sneak peek at the band’s new material prior to the album’s release on July 9th. “A Song A Day,” which launched June 21st, allows millions of Chili Peppers fans to listen to a track a day from “By The Way” until the album hits stores on July 9th. “A Song A Day” has already garnered the participation of over 150… Read more »
England is gripped by a heady patriotic fervor these days – between the England team’s highly anticipated appearances in the 2002 World Cup and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, you can barely move without seeing a flag or banner. Yet the Brits still seem to have a little fervor left over for their American cousins, especially when those Americans happen to be the Red Hot Chili Peppers. When the Chilis took the stage for a “secret” club gig at the Garage in London on Friday (May 31), the primarily invite-only crowd erupted with an enthusiasm normally reserved for a winning goal… Read more »
To truly enjoy basking in the light, it’s important to grasp what it’s like to be alone in the dark. The Red Hot Chili Peppers know this. Having endured drug addiction and crumbling relationships as well as fame and great wealth, they’ve developed a respect for the dynamic between yin and yang, pleasure and pain, elation and despondency. And on their new album, By the Way, which comes out July 9, the band continues to explore the dynamic between such polar opposites. While half of the album reflects a fun-loving, enthusiastic vibe, the disc is equally weighted with darker and… Read more »
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are in a charitable mood, as the band has agreed to perform at a pair of benefit shows next month – one in Los Angeles, the other in New York. The Chili Peppers will join Neil Young and Crazy Horse and Thelonious Monster for a March 1 concert at the Hollywood Palladium to raise money for an ailing substance abuse counselor. Perry Farrell will DJ the event, dubbed “A Night for Gloria,” and proceeds from the show will be donated to Gloria Scott, whom organizers credit with having “helped thousands of souls in Los Angeles”… Read more »
