RHCP played a brief set on 7th April at Amoeba Records, Hollywood. Limited tickets were made available with a pre-order of the new Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album, Unlimited Love.
Set List:
Source: RHCP official social media (Twitter)
Black Summer
By the Way
These Are the Ways
Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag cover)
RHCP played the Fonda Theater in Hollywood on 1st April, 2022- their first proper live performance with John Frusciante back in the band and some songs from the new album were played for the first time.
Set List:
Source: RHCP Stuff on Twitter
These Are the Ways
Snow ((Hey Oh))
Here Ever After
Suck My Kiss
Aquatic Mouth Dance
Hey
Can’t Stop
Your Song (Elton John cover)
Not the One
Black Summer
By the Way
Encore:
Give It Away (with George Clinton)
Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us enrapt.
We yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect, and bring people together. Each of the songs on our new album UNLIMITED LOVE, is a facet of us, reflecting our view of the universe. This is our life’s mission. We work, focus, and prepare, so that when the biggest wave comes, we are ready to ride it. The ocean has gifted us a mighty wave and this record is the ride that is the sum of our lives. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy it. – John, Anthony, Chad, and FleaWhen we got together to start writing material, we began by playing old songs by people like Johnny “Guitar” Watson, The Kinks, The New York Dolls, Richard Barrett and others. Ever so gradually, we started bringing in new ideas, and turning jams into songs, and after a couple of months the new stuff was all we were playing. The feeling of effortless fun we had when we were playing songs by other people, stayed with us the whole time we were writing. For me, this record represents our love for, and faith in each other. – JohnSource: Official RHCP Facebook
Unlimited Love track list:
Black Summer
Here Ever After
Aquatic Mouth Dance
Not the One
Poster Child
The Great Apes
It’s Only Natural
She’s a Lover
These Are the Ways
Watchu Thinkin’
Bastards of Light
White Braids
Pillow Chair
One Way Traffic
Veronica
Let ‘Em Cry
The Heavy Wing
Tangelo
A number of special vinyl releases will also be available. Full details and order links of the Official RHCP website but include special edition vinyl, cassette, a t-shirt bundle and CD.
Some screenshots of the Red Hot Chili Peppers taken from the video for RHCP’s new single, Black Summer.
Lyrics:”Black Summer”
A lazy rain am I
The skies refuse to cry
Cremation takes its piece of your supply
The night is dressed like noon
A sailor spoke too soon
And China’s on the dark side of the moon
Platypus are a few
The secret life of roo*
A personality I never knew
My Greta weighs a ton
The archers on the run
And no one stands alone behind the sun
It’s been a long time since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It’s been a long time and you never know when
Waiting on another black summer to end
Crack the flaming whip
Sailing on a censorship
Riding on a headless horse to make the trip
Been a long time since I made a new friend
Waiting on another black summer to end
It’s been a long time and you never know when
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
Waiting on another black summer to end
(*trying to decide if it’s ‘roo as in an abbreviation of kangaroo as that fits with the platypus in being an Australian creature, or if it’s Roo as in the Winnie the Pooh character).
“Flea had put the idea [of rejoining] in my head,” he continues, “and I was sitting there with the guitar thinking that I hadn’t written any rock music in so long. Could I still do that?”
There is a new interview in NME with the Red Hot Chili Peppers Chili Peppers on the release of their new single, Black Summer, and the forthcoming album, Unlimited Love. It’s really in-depth and features insightful comments from members of the band. There are also numerous new photos. Enjoy!
You can read the full article HERE
You can see scans of the magazine that’s referred to in the new interview in our scan collection: NME August 1998
