It is confirmed that The Strokes will be headlining at All Points East music festival this year. East London’s annual event held in Victoria Park, known for showcasing some of the best rock, indie and alternative artists. After touring with Red Hot Chili Peppers around the US, the five-piece rock band will be crossing the pond to play on the Friday, 25th of August in London, alongside a number of other significant names in the rock scene such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amyl and the Sniffers, Black Midi, Girl In Red and many more, still to be announced.

After playing in London, the band will be visiting France to play on the Sunday, 27th August at Rock en Seine among another series of great names such as Florence + The Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Billie Eilish etc. It is a Paris-based festival presenting a combination of indie, alternative, hip-hop and electronic music.

The band benignantly played many live shows last year and seem to be hungry for more this coming season. Especially after announcing their upcoming release on the 24th February; The Singles – Volume 01, featuring singles from their three first albums Is This It (2001), Room on Fire (2003), and First Impressions of Earth (2006), as well as rare B-sides from the era, pressed on black vinyl and available to pre-order online now. One of the singles of the album “The Modern Age (Rough Trade Version)” has been released this week and is available to stream everywhere.  This will allow a good build up to their live performances with a nostalgic anticipation of their sound.

Tickets for both Paris and London went on sale on the 27th January.

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UK Tour Dates:

25/08/2023 – All Points East – London

Due to illness RHCP will not be able to perform in Glasgow tonight July 1. We are working on ways to reschedule. Pls hold onto your tickets & wait for an update soon. RHCP love Scotland & are deeply disappointed not to be able to perform the show. Thank you for your understanding pic.twitter.com/eUHEQPypA5

— Red Hot ChiliPeppers (@ChiliPeppers) July 1, 2022

In a statement posted to their socials, the group highlighted their disappointment in the cancellation and the plans for what will happen to fans missing out on their show, “We are working on ways to reschedule. Pls hold onto your tickets & wait for an update soon. RHCP love Scotland & are deeply disappointed not to be able to perform the show. Thank you for your understanding”. Obviously, fans have expressed their disappointment in the update, but in today’s day and age, show cancellations are almost to be expected every once in a while, just keep your fingers crossed.

The tour was set to be one of the band’s most significant as well, the band’s 12^th LP, Unlimited Love, acted as a bit of a reunion for the band and die-hard fans alike. With the return of legendary guitarist John Frusciante and even more legendary producer Rick Rubin, this would be the band’s first time with the classic setup since Stadium Arcadium in 2006. The band’s previous guitarist, Josh Klinghoffer, was a top-notch guitarist for the 15 or so years he was able to command the stage, but the return of Frusciante was the injection of excitement the band were long overdue after having a streak of lukewarm albums (in my opinion anyway).

While there is not yet any information on when the rescheduled Bellahouston Park date will land, or if any of the band’s other tour dates have been affected, there are still tickets available to a whole bunch of other shows on the European tour. Now the UK tour has essentially concluded, the band will return to the European festival circuit until the end of the year. You can find full information on the band’s dates here.

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Unlimited Love sees the band reunite with two previous creative partners; producer Rick Rubin who did not work on their previous album and former guitarist John Frusciante. Frusciante joined the band as a teenager and made his first appearance on the 1989 studio album Mother’s Milk. The musician would later depart in 2009 to focus on his solo career. The guitarist joins the present-day line-up consisting of frontman Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea and drummer Chad Smith.

Release on 1st April 2022 via Warner Records, Unlimited Love is the group’s twelfth studio album and was received well by critics. The album’s first single entitled “Black Summer” was released on 4th February 2022 and marked the first song in sixteen years which included Frusciante on guitar. The second track to be taken from the album was released on 31^st March 2022, “These Are The Ways” was released with an accompanying music video that featured a cameo from Flea’s wife.

This year also marks twenty years since the release of their first top-charting album, By The Way. The band’s eighth studio album was released in 2002 and became the American rocker’s first UK number one album. Two years later the band would score a second number one with Live in Hyde Park, the album was recorded in 2004 over three acclaimed concerts held at Hyde Park and was the band’s first live album.

The band would secure their third number one album with Stadium Arcadium, released in 2006. The album sired many hit singles including “Dani Californa”, the track was a huge success and became the song of the Summer. I’m With You became their fourth number one album and was released in 2011. The album was the first release to feature guitarist Josh Klinghoffer who was hired after Frusciante’s departure.

Along with several high climbers, Grammy fever is also evident within this week’s album charts. Following her success at last week’s ceremony, Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour has jumped five places to chart at number three. The singer scored multiple wins at the prestigious event, including Best Vocal Album for her debut album Sour. Rodrigo was also crowned Best New Artist and was awarded Best Pop Solo Performance for her debut single “Drivers Licence”.

Another high climber within this week’s album charts is Harry Styles’ second studio album Fine Line, the 2019 album leapt twenty-two positions to place at number six. The ignited interest in Styles’ album can be attributed to his success within the UK singles charts; “As It Was” debuted at number one and broke a sales record previously held by Sir John, Ed Sheeran and Ladbaby.

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Music fans were left in shock when the news of Tom Parker’s passing was announced last month; the 33-year-old singer had tragically lost his life to a brain tumour. Parker was best known as a member of the British boyband The Wanted and had been in the group since their inception. Due to the devastating news, the band’s greatest hits have re-entered the charts to place within the top forty. Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits has jumped an impressive eighty places to the position of number twenty-two and has been named this week’s highest climber.

The tour will commence with an EU/UK leg, kicking off with a show at Estadio La Cartuja De Sevilla in Seville, Spain on Saturday, June 4^th, followed by four UK shows in Manchester, London, Dublin and Glasgow later on. Following their European leg, the band are heading out across the United States and Canada on July 23^rd and will tour nineteen cities. This will be the band’s first-ever headlining stadium tour, and it will feature music spanning their entire catalogue, including brand new songs from their upcoming twelfth album.

As stated in a press release, the tour marks the return of guitarist and “all round cosmic musician” John Frusciante, who originally left the band in July of 2009, and was replaced by Josh Klinghoffer. Klinghoffer made two albums with the group; I’m With You (2011) and The Getaway (2016). Klinghoffer departed Red Hot Chili Peppers in December of 2019, and the band announced via Instagram that Frusciante was re-joining the band. Klinghoffer stated that there was no animosity between himself and the rest of the group, saying; “It’s absolutely John’s place to be in the band… I’m happy he’s back with them.”

Whilst this new tour is considered to be Frusciante’s “official” return to the group, he did perform with Red Hot Chili Peppers at a memorial service held by the Tony Hawk Foundation for film producer Andrew Burke, on February 8^th, 2020. This performance was his first with the band in thirteen years.

According to a press release, tickets for the upcoming tour will be going on sale on Friday, October 15^th at 10 AM via RedHotChiliPeppers.com. In addition, a presale event will also be commencing on Wednesday, October 13^th, also at 10 AM. It has also been stated that American Express card members will be able to purchase tickets before the general public. For European American Express cardholders, the presale begins on Monday the 11^th of October at 10 AM local time, and UK cardholders will be able to access reserved tickets for the London, Manchester and Glasgow show on Friday 15^th October, also starting at 10 AM.

Listed down below are the band’s UK tour dates.

22/06/2022- Emirates Old Trafford- Manchester
25/06- London Stadium- London
29/06- Marlay Park- Dublin
01/07- Bellahouston Park- Glasgow

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The famous single released by the Oxford alternative rock legends in 2001 was covered by the Chili’s guitarist Josh Klinghoffer in a solo piano performance. Other covers from the 20 song set included The Stooges’ ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ and Stevie Wonder’s ‘Higher Ground’. The Chilis released the Wonder cover as a single in 1989.

The band performed some of their most famous songs, such as ‘Can’t Stop’, ‘Californication’ and ‘Under The Bridge’. They join the likes of Sting, Mariah Carey, Shakira and Frank Sinatra who have also all performed at the pyramids.

Bassist Flea had this to say in a statement ahead of the performance. “Before each new place my body tingled with excitement, a yearning for a new mystery to unfold, a fascination with a new culture, the possibility of new friends, tasting new food, smelling new tastes, absorbing new rhythms.”

“Learning. Learning. Learning. It is happening again right now, my heart is abuzz with joy at the prospect of performing in Egypt. I’m so grateful and humbled for the impending experience.”

“The pyramids, it’s unbelievable, we just jumped at the opportunity… I have always been fascinated by Egypt and that region of the world and I am so excited to go.”

The band are currently working on their twelfth studio album, the follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Getaway’. Drummer Chad Smith has spoken on the album’s progress stating that it has been affected by the Southern California fires that occurred in late 2018.

The whole performance can be seen below.

The band have just played a headline slot at the Reading and Leeds festivals last weekend (August 26-28) and have released the dates that will see them on a seven date tour in December.

RHCP formed in Los Angeles in 1983 and are one of the best-selling bands of all time with over 80 million records sold worldwide. Previously they have been nominated for sixteen Grammy Awards, of which they have won six and are the most successful band in alternative rock radio history currently holding the records for most number one singles, most collective weeks at number one and most top-ten songs on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

The band have had hits with Californication, Under the Bridge and Give it Away all reaching within the top 20 in the charts.

The tour will consist of two nights at London’s O2 Arena, one night in Glasgow and two nights in Manchester and Birmingham each. This is following their series of summer festival commitments, where they played T in the Park and Lollapalooza in July.

The band released their first album since 2011 earlier this year in June which was called The Getaway. The record went to number one in ten countries. The last time the Chili Peppers toured the UK was also in 2011, off the back of their tenth studio album I’m With You.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers gained top reviews following their Reading and Leeds festivals headline slot, with The Guardian’s Dave Simpson claiming “Under the Bridge and By the Way prompt multi-generational singalongs and provides, at last, the communal experience the weekend has been waiting for”.

However as with all bands, it’s not always sunshine and light. A fox news reporter called the band “the worst band on the planet” after showing a clip of Flea, RHCP’s bassist, playing with Koko the Gorilla on the network’s show ‘The Five’. Speaking to NME, Flea said: “I remember seeing a poll recently that said people who watch Fox News knew less about world affairs than people who watch no news at all. It’s clearly a funny programme. It doesn’t faze me, not really. It’s funny. I don’t care. They’re all welcome to hate us. God bless ‘em.”

The Red Hot Chili Peppers will play:

5+6/12 – London O2 Arena
8/12 – Glasgow SSE Hydro
10+11/12 – Birmingham Genting Arena
14+15/12 – Manchester Arena

Priority ickets will be available from tomorrow, on the Red Hot Chili Peppers official website.

‘The Getaway’ is available through streaming sites, as well as Youtube, listen below:

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 11th studio album ‘The Getaway’ is set to be released next month on June 17th. It would seem that from their two singles released already that we can expect more of the same from the LA born band; funk based rock which Red Hot Chili Peppers have made their own in the past three decades. ‘The Getaway’ also features Danger Mouse as producer, so it’ll certainly be interesting to see his influence on the release, especially as their work with Rick Rubin is so distinctive.

The new album release is part of what will be big summer for the band, as they are also set to headline a few festivals; including the UK based Reading & Leeds.

For a full track list see below:

‘The Getaway’
‘Dark Necessities’
‘We Turn Red’
‘The Longest Wave’
‘Goodbye Angels’
‘Sick Love’
‘Go Robot’
‘Feasting on the Flowers’
‘Detroit’
‘This Ticonderoga’
‘Encore’
‘The Hunter’
‘Dreams of a Samurai’

Unfortunately due to illness the @ChiliPeppers were forced to cancel their set tonight at #WeenieRoast. More details to come.

— KROQ (@kroq) May 15, 2016

However, considering first reports were simply that Kiedis was suffering from ‘extreme stomach pain’ and that combined with his former pro longed drug use, fans of the band were understandably worried. Yet whilst intestinal flu isn’t exactly a walk in the park, the band have announced that Kiedis is set to make a full and quick recovery:

” Due to Anthony Kiedis’ hospitalization from complications from the intestinal flu on Saturday evening, the Red Hot Chili Peppers regretfully must postpone their upcoming concert for iHeart Radio on May 17th. They would like to extend their gratitude to the fans for the outpouring of well wishes. Anthony is expected to make a full recovery soon.”

KROQ’s Weenie Roast is a concert created by the radio station that occurs annually in May; first created in 1993 ‘Weenie Roast’ has gone on to host some big names, for example last years headliners were: Florence + The Machine, James Bay, Muse, Of Monsters and Men, Vance Joy, X Ambassadors and Panic! At the Disco.

This year the performers were:

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weezer
Empire of the Sun
Panic! At the Disco
The Lumineers
Garbage
Cold War Kids
Fitz and the Tantrums
Miike Snow
Lukas Graham
The Strumbellas
Nothing But Thieves
Bishop Briggs
Bear Hands

and there was a surprise performance from Blink 182!

Yesterday the band made a somewhat brief update on their official Facebook and Twitter pages, containing an image carrying the song’s titled and three simple words:

New song Thursday.

Despite the unceremonious announcement, this has left many long term followers of RHCP abuzz with excitement. This will be the first new release from the band since their 2012-2013 Live EP, released two years ago. The song will be titled Dark Neccessities, and with no confirmed album release date for this year as of yet, this may be enough to tide fans over for the time being. 

New song Thursday. pic.twitter.com/4RS7AN6dzk

— Red Hot ChiliPeppers (@ChiliPeppers) May 2, 2016

Speaking to Q Magazine about the new album in March, bassist Flea said: 

We’re heading into a new era and we’re really excited. It’s new and different but without sacrificing the good bits of us. There are some songs we already had, and some new ones too. I can’t wait to play it live.

According to those who attended Red Hot Chili Pepper’s recent benefit concert on Friday in Los Angeles, the band did not debut any new tracks – meaning that any upcoming music is shrouded in mystery.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have been confirmed for Reading & Leeds Festival this August, which may potentially give the band an opportunity to finally debut new material from their elusive eleventh album. Reading & Leeds recently added even more acts to an already impressive list of names on the bill, which you can read here.

2016 is shaping up to be a year of comebacks, with other beloved bands such as Blink-182 and Good Charlotte planning album releases for later this year. Despite this, Red Hot Chili Peppers need not worry about competition; the band have already proven that they can stand the test of time and if their track record is anything to go by, their upcoming album is unlikely to disappoint.

According to NME, CEO of T In The Park Geoff Ellis revealed:

Having listened to fans and festival-goers tell us who they want to see at Strathallan we worked hard to get those bands on the bill and we’re thrilled to unveil our outstanding line up for 2016.

Only several weeks ago it was speculated that this year’s T In The Park was in danger of being cancelled after a hefty amount of issues concerning last year’s festival emerged, with the main issues being the effect on nearby residents as well as crowd control both on and off site. Fortunately for ticket holders, this year’s festival seems set to go ahead with a bang, reigniting its former reputation as a respected event boasting some of the best acts that live music has to offer. Ellis outlined some of the improvements to be made this year, promising that traffic plans will be reworked and that experienced professionals will be working to ensure that the security on and off site will help make the experience a smooth and enjoyable one for festival goers and local residents.

Other acts to perform at this year’s festival include:

Bastille

The 1975

Disclosure

Faithless

James Bay

LCD Soundsystem

Catfish And The Bottlemen

The Last Shadow Puppets

Jake Bugg

Jess Glynne

Kaiser Chiefs

Frank Turner

Jamie xx

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