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Last night (Friday 5th February) the Red Hot Chili Peppers played their first live gig of the year- it was a benefit concert for a US presidential candidate, Bernie Saunders- at the Theater connected to the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. It wasn’t a full concert and apparently there were massive problems with the sound according to my friend who was there.
BTW Josh appears to have dyed his hair red! My friend who was there said about it when she phoned me and it does look red on the videos! Update: Have just been told that it was done as a tribute to David Bowie.
Set List:
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Can’t Stop
Factory of Faith
Nobody Weird Like Me
Otherside
Police Helicopter
Around the World
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Me and My Friends
Snow
Cracked Actor (David Bowie Cover)
By The Way
(If you Have to Ask) although on the set list, this was apparently not played.
Give It Away
Photos
There are loads more images on AP Images but I can’t link to them.
Videos:
An 18 minute video which is shot next to the stage starting with Bernie Saunders speaking and going into Can’t Stop, Factory of Faith and Nobody Weird Like Me.
And a 13 minute video starting near the end of Otherside
These are all taken very close to the stage:
From the Balcony:
Update: videos are now appearing on Youtube- sorry if there are duplicates but I’m losing track here!!!
Many thanks to the people who posted videos (please let me know if there is an issue sharing them) and my super detective team who were messaging me and phoning from LA! Great wake-up call 😀 hehehe