On 2nd February, 2014, the Red Hot Chili Peppers played during the half-time show of the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII after being invited by Bruno Mars to join him on the set. For the occasion, Chad Smith played a custom built drum set that was designed by Pearl which featured the logos of the teams. The clear Plexiglas Pearl drum set had a custom Wrap material provided by the Brand Imaging Group together with a lighting package provided by Drumlite.
Following the performance. the drum set was broken up into two kits (an AFC kit & a NFC kit) which were auctioned for the Make-a-Wish charity. Both kits featured all of their respective conference team logos and were made up of:- Pearl Drums
- Bass Drum 26 X 16 inches
- Mounted Tom 12 X 8 Inches
- Floor Tom 14 X 14 inches
- Floor Tom 16 X 16 inches
- Snare Drum 14 X 6 ½ inches (STE1465S) Steel Sensitone Hi Hat Stand (H1000) X (1) Snare Stand (S2000) X (1) Pedal (P2000C) X (1) Boom Cymbal Stands (B1030) X (4) Tom Arm (TH1030) X (1)
- Sabian Cymbals
- 14 inch RHCP Hi Hats
- 21 inch RHCP Ride
- 19 inch RHCP Crash
- 20 inch RHCP Crash
- 19 inch Chad Smith Holy China
The closing bids were:
AFC kit – $12,575
NFC kit – $24,297
Sources: Auction site & Pearl