Monthly Archives: April 2016

The Red Hot Benefit Comedy & Quinceanera

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Last night (April 29th 2016) saw the Red Hot Benefit Comedy, Music & Quinceanera take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Beneficiaries from the event included Cancer for College and The Silverlake Conservatory of Music.

The evening centered around the drumming talents of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ own Chad Smith and actor Will Ferrell returning to the theme of their drum-off on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ back in 2014 for a re-match.

The Drum-Off Between Chad Smith & Will Ferrell @ the Red Hot Benefit Comedy, Music & Quinceanera, April 29th 2016

 

This video starts with some of the pre-show warm up trivia, some interviews and then swaps to footage of the actual 2016 show (about 11 minutes in) which begins with a clip from the original drum off with Jimmy Fallon. The new drum off them takes place with guest appearances by drummers including Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters, Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Tommy Lee (from the late, great Motley Crue but who only clapped rather than play the drums). It concluded with Mick Fleetwood playing a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tusk’ accompanied by a marching band, the USC Trojans (who looked more like Roman centurions than anything Troy related but what does this English girl know?!).

There was also other entertainment including Devo and a brief set by RHCP…

The Red Hot Chili Peppers @ the Red Hot Benefit Comedy, Music & Quinceanera, April 29th 2016

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Credit: Dave Rat

 

Set List:

Can’t Stop

Snow

Otherside

Californication

By The Way

Encore: Higher Ground

UPDATE: This video shows the whole show; some from back stage and there are clips of the person who took it and side views too but it gives those of us who weren’t there a better idea of what happened!

 

Please note: Videos and photos are only really starting to come out now. I will update if there’s anything else 🙂

Many thanks to Angra who was my LA reporter once again! And Shalhevet for extra information.

Chad Smith to Guest at Adopt the Arts Evening 2016

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ADOPT THE ARTS is holding an evening to honour 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) and Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) with a live benefit concert and auction to raise money for the Los Angeles Unified School District which supports arts and music education. It will take place on Thursday, May 12 at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith is one of the listed special musical guests.

ADOPT THE ARTS: Benefit Concert and Auction

THURSDAY, MAY 12
THE FONDA THEATRE
(6126 Hollywood Boulevard)

  • 5:30pm – Media check-in, set up on red carpet.
  • 6:00pm – Red carpet begins in front of The Fonda Theatre.
  • 7:15pm – Red carpet ends.
  • 7:30pm – ADOPT THE ARTS concert begins

Tickets

  • General: $40 (standing room only)
  • General: $75 (seated)
  • VIP Tickets: $275, VIP Table for 10: $2,500
  • Meet and Greet VIP Tickets: $500
  • Meet and Greet VIP Table for 10: $4,500

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE

Humanity No 8 Exhibition Featuring Photos of Anthony Kiedis

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HUMANITY Magazine is celebrating the launch of its eighth issue with an exclusive photography exhibition at Galerie 206 in Berlin which is a stand-alone gallery space located inside Department Store Quartier 206. The works featured include photos of Anthony Kiedis by  Scott Lipps. The exhibition is open from April 21st through to June 25th, 2016.

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Proceeds from the work sold will benefit charities including Silverlake Conservatory of Music, which of course, was founded by Flea with Kiedis serving as a board member.

Address:

GALERIE 206 im Departmentstore Quartier 206 ? 1. ETAGE

Friedrichstraße 71 ? 10117 Berlin

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Oddly enough, I’ve been posting about this magazine today as I recently got my copy of it. You can see scans, photos and a transcript here: Anthony Kiedis in Humanity Magazine No 8

RHCP to Headline KROQ Weenie Roast in May

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers are to headline the KROQ Weenie Roast on Saturday 14th May, 2016 at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, California. The charities benefiting from the event this year are The Surfrider Foundation and Heal the Bay.

Ticket information from the KROQ official site:

TICKET INFO

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 29th at 12pm via Ticketmaster.com only.

*All tickets will be available for purchase during the exclusive KROQ Street Team onsale

You must be a member of the KROQ Street Team in order to receive the exclusive password you’ll need to purchase tickets. Make sure you’re signed up to receive emails here. The password will be sent out Wednesday afternoon.

Ticket Prices (not including Ticketmaster/venue fees):

GA PIT – $150
ORCHESTRA – $99
LOGE – $89
TERRACE – $79
LAWN – $49

There is a 4 ticket limit in reserved seats & pit. 8 ticket limit for lawn.

RHCP at Jazzfest

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers played the headlining set at Jazzfest, New Orleans yesterday (24th April, 2016).

Setlist:

01 Can’t Stop
02 Dani California
03 Scar Tissue
04 Ethiopia
05 Aeroplane
06 Snow ((Hey Oh))
07 Right On Time
08 Universally Speaking
09 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
10 Higher Ground
11 Under The Bridge
12 Suck My Kiss
13 Magic Johnson (tease)
14 Californication
15 By The Way
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16 Around The World
Jam
17 Give It Away
 (Thanks to Henrik!)

 

Info:

George Porter Jr., Ziggy Modeliste and Ivan Neville from The Meters joined RHCP for a jam at the end of the concert.

Reviews

Nola.com

The New Orleans Advocate

Photos

Videos

Full show

 

 

And the RHCP Tour Dates are about to start!

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Sittin’ on a sack of beans
Sittin’ down in New Orleans…

Hope the Red Hot Chili Peppers won’t be sitting down on beans or anything else and that any beans are just of the jumping type! This is for everyone heading off to New Orleans this weekend to see RHCP! Hope you all have an amazing time!!! We’d love to see any photos or hear any details!

Parallax: Chad Smith’s Art Show

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UPDATED: A few more photos added

Last night Chad Smith’s art collection debut was held at Mr Musichead Gallery in West Hollywood, Los Angeles. The collection, featuring thirteen works, is called Parallax and was created with special drumsticks and light to create rhythms that were transferred ultimately to canvas. Each work was named by Chad and is available in limited release. Some of the proceeds are benefiting Camp Korey which helps support children (and their families) with serious illnesses.

Many thanks to Angra & Linda for these photos from the event!

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For anyone interested in finding out more who couldn’t attend last night, here’s the direct link to the collection and sales information: Chad Smith Art

Red Hot Benefit Comedy, Music + Quinceanera

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As I’ve not posted on this yet and I’m playing catch up from my holiday running around LA and various other places in western USA, here goes…

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Chad Smith and Will Ferrell are teaming up again this time to host a “Red Hot Benefit Comedy, Music + Quinceanera” (and if you were wondering what a ‘quinceanera’ is as I was, apparently it’s a celebration of a girl’s fifteenth birthday in parts of Latin America and elsewhere in Latin American communities… OK!). It takes place on 29th April, 2016, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Beneficiaries include Cancer for College and The Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It will include a performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers! Devo has been also been added to the bill along with comedians Jim Gaffigan and Nick Offerman

Cancer for College is a charity started by a friend of Will  Ferrell and as most of you know, The Silverlake Conservatory of Music is a non-profit organisation promoting music education and was the brainchild of RHCP’s very own Flea (with other members of RHCP being involved along the way too).

RHCP Tour Dates 2016

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To get up to date these are the current tour dates as listed on the official website:

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Apr 24 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; New Orleans, Louisiana

Apr 29 Will Ferrell & Chad Smith’s Red Hot Benefit Comedy + Music Show & Quinceañera; Los Angeles

May 21-23 Rock On The Range; Columbus, Ohio

May 29 BottleRock; Napa Valley, California

Jun 03-05 Rock am Ring; Mendig Airfield, Germany

Jun 03-05 Rock im Park; Nuremburg, Germany

Jun 08 Greenfield Festival; Interlaken, Switzerland

Jun 10 Pinkpop; Landgraaf, The Netherlands

Jun 10-12 Novarock; Nickelsdorf, Austria

Jun 29-Jul 02 Roskilde Festival; Roskilde, Denmark

Jun 30-Jul 03 Open’er Festival; Gdynia, Poland

Jul 02 Rock Werchter; Werchter, Belgium

Jul 06 U-Park Festival; Kiev, Ukraine

Jul 09 Park Live; Moscow, Russia

Jul 10 T In The Park; Perthshire, Scotland

Jul 15 Ottawa Bluesfest; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jul 16 Festival d’été de Québec; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Jul 22-24 Fuji Rock Festival ’16; Yuzawa-cho, Japan

Jul 22-24 Valley Rock Festival; Jinsan, South Korea

Jul 29-31 Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts; Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jul 30 Lollapalooza; Chicago, IL

Aug 25 Tennent’s Vital; Belfast, Northern Ireland

Aug 26-27 Reading Festival; Reading, England

Aug 26-27 Leeds Festival; Leeds, England