Red Hot Chili Peppers Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and more. The offer put forward by Concord was $1.25 per share (£1).Blackstone has already acquired the rights to songs by Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake, and this current deal will see more than 65,000 more tracks added to its catalogue.As highlighted by Reuters, Blackstone has also invested in U.S.

Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich and Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith are reportedly set to appear in the upcoming This Is Spinal Tap sequel.According to a report from Deadline Hollywood, the two veteran drummers will cameo in the upcoming film, though details surrounding their roles are currently unknown. It is expected that Ulrich and Smith will both be playing short-lived drummers for the fictitious Spinal Tap band.Deadline also announced that more actors have newly been attached to the film.

Josh Homme has announced his one-night-only ‘Josh Homme & Friends’ benefit gig with Dave Grohl, Matt Helders, Beck and more.The Queens Of The Stone Age frontman took to the band’s official social media accounts to share the details of the benefit gig. Taking place on March 20 at The Belasco in Los Angeles, California, ‘Josh Homme & Friends’ will be held in support of the Sweet Stuff Foundation.Other acts set to perform include The Kills, Jesse Hughes, Bill Burr, St.

Mark Ronson has recruited some huge names from the rock world to help push for Foreigner to be inducted into the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.The producer – famed for his work with Amy Winehouse and on the Barbie soundtrack – has a close connection to the band, with the guitarist Mick Jones being his stepfather.The rockers earned their first nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, despite being eligible since 2002.Now, following the nominations being announced for this year’s instalment, he has made a push to have the band inducted into the Cleveland Hall, and recruited some huge names to help build support.“Everything that made me want to be a record producer came from being in the studio watching Foreigner make records,” he wrote in a new Instagram update.“I’m still completely in awe of the sound of those first five albums. Guitars with swagger and bite.

Forty-plus years into their career, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are still going strong, with two full-length albums in 2022. But now it’s time for a first for the rock band: the big screen.

Scar Tissue, the frank and revealing autobiography of Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis, is to be turned into a movie. Deadline reports that the biopic is in the early stages of production after Universal Pictures picked up the rights to the book, which was first published in 2004. The idea of a Red Hot Chili Peppers movie is an undeniably appealing prospect to a Hollywood studio, Universal has recent success in the field with N.W.A.

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis may soon by the topic of a biopic.According to reports from Deadline Hollywood, Universal Pictures has optioned Kiedis’ 2004 autobiography, ‘Scar Tissue’. According to Deadline‘s report, the film is currently in the early development stages at the studio, and will see Kiedis as a producer, alongside Brian Grazer through Imagine Entertainment and Guy Oseary.A tentative release date for the film has yet to be announced, nor has its director and cast.Kiedis’ ‘Scar Tissue’ chronicles his relationship with his father, their addiction to drugs, the death of founding Chili Peppers guitarist Hillel Slovak of a heroin overdose, how he and Flea kept the band alive and more.Universal Pictures, per Deadline Hollywood, is promising that its silver screen adaptation of Kiedis’ memoir that will be “a shockingly candid portrait of an artist, addict, and ringleader”.Kiedis has been candid about his regrets in writing the memoir, telling The Sun in 2016: “I did regret the book for a while as there was some pain caused.

Bonnaroo’s wide-ranging lineup has got you covered.Set to take place June 13-16 at Manchester, TN’s Bonnaroo Manchester Farm, the four-day festival is bringing in some of the biggest names in rock, Hip-Hop, EDM, pop, country jazz, blues, punk, folk and more.High-profile headliners include Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hip-Hop icon Post Malone, rising EDM star Fred Again, Reneé Rapp aka the new Regina George and “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen.They’ll be joined by Megan Thee Stallion, Pretty Lights, Diplo, Jon Batiste and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.Plus, Melanie Martinez, Maggie Rogers, The Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, Two Friends and Khruangbin will be there, too.Don’t forget T-Pain, Sean Paul, Gary Clark Jr., Dominic Fike and Joey Bada$$ either.Or Taking Back Sunday, The Mars Volta, Thundercat, Goth Babe and Interpol.As promised, there really is a little something for everyone.In total, over 100 acts are set to perform over the long four-day weekend.And if you want tickets, you can scoop them up as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan.

Post Malone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fred Again.. and more have been announced to headline Bonnaroo 2024.The festival will return to Bonnaroo Farm in Manchester, Tennessee between June 13 and 16.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced they are withdrawing from the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas event due to a band member’s injury.The band did not confirm which member had sustained the injury, nor any details about the injury.The band did, however, insist that they will make it up to fans in Los Angeles with a concert on March 2 at the Kia Forum, the same venue that the radio bash is taking place this weekend.A post shared by Red Hot Chili Peppers (@chilipeppers)“It is with deep regret that we will not be able to perform this weekend at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas,” the band wrote on Instagram. “A band member was injured, preventing us from being able to perform for at least 6 weeks.”“However, RHCP and KROQ are excited to make it up to you on March 2nd 2024.

Take me to the place I love. Take me all the way. Was Anthony Kiedis singing about heading to a Red Hot Chili Peppers show? Maybe! He and the rest of the Chili Peps certainly seem to like touring, especially considering the band’s announcement today that they plan to extend their ‘Unlimited Love’ tour into 2024.

Flea has opened up about his most painful on-stage injuries.The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist gave a new interview with Hot Ones where reminisced about some of the most memorable injuries he’s suffered. The band recently put out their album ‘Unlimited Love‘ in March 2022, a record which saw them reunite with guitarist John Frusciante.From being “hit in the head with a flying bottle” to being “spit on numerous times,” Flea went on to describe some of the more unusual ways he was hurt during a performance.The bassist went on to reveal that lead singer Anthony Kiedis even injured him one concert: “You know one time Anthony was swinging around a microphone like that (pretends to swing a microphone around) and he boom clocked me in the head, took me out.”Flea also said that he’s accidentally hurt himself on stage as well.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garbage and The Offspring have been announced as performers for this year’s Almost Acoustic Christmas festival.The annual Los Angeles’ KROQ radio station fest will take place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California on December 9. Other acts that are set to perform include Bleachers, Portugal. The Man, Cannons, Lovejoy, Bakar and The Beaches.Tickets will go on sale on Friday, November 3 at 12:00pm PT.

Keanu Reeves has revealed that he once received a lesson in bass guitar from Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.The John Wick star, who also plays bass in the Los Angeles grunge band Dogstar, spoke about the encounter in a video posted to Fender’s YouTube channel.“I remember one time I was doing a film, and Flea was in it, or I was in a film with Flea,” he said. “And I remember there was a house, and there [were] amps and instruments and stuff like that.”“And I was like, ‘Hey, Flea, can you give me a lesson?’ And he was like, ‘Sure, man!’ And he was like [gestures complex bass solo]. And I was like, ‘Alright, so?’ And he was like, ‘Just feel it, man.

Oasis have topped a new BBC chart ranking the most streamed albums of the ’90s.The Official Most Streamed Albums of the ’90s chart, which is being shared to celebrate National Album Day next week (October 14), features the Top 40 most-streamed albums from that decade, based on UK streams, as compiled by the Official Charts Company. It will air on BBC Radio 2 between 1-3pm on October 14; the programme is available to listen to now on BBC Sounds here.Oasis have earned the two top two slots in the chart with ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory’ at number one and ‘Definitely Maybe’ at number two.

Thirty Seconds To Mars have responded to a recent viral drum video, which saw Chad Smith nail a performance of one of their songs.The moment came last month, when the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer went viral after expertly playing along to the band’s 2005 song ‘The Kill’ as he listened to it for the first time.The challenge was presented by Drumeo as part of its For The First Time series, and Smith soon turned heads by seeming to know instinctively where the song was going next even though he didn’t know it, nor the artist who first played it.“What the fuck was that? Is that like My Chemical Romance or something?” he asked after wrapping up the cover. He also confirmed that he had never heard the song before, but guessed that it was “some kind of emo thing”.Now, following the clip amassing nearly five million views in just two weeks, the band behind the track have shared a response to the online hit video, and described Smith’s efforts as “incredible”.Sharing a video to their official TikTok account, brothers Jared and Shannon Leto offered a silent but enthusiastic reaction to the original video.Frontman Jared mouthed along the lyrics to the track and gave numerous ‘thumbs ups’ to the clip, while drummer Shannon air-drummed along to Smith’s take.

Sound On Sound Music Festival this weekend.From Sept. 30 through Oct.

Global Citizen Festival — which traditionally has served as a golden sunset on summer as it gives way to fall — was a rain-soaked slog that turned New York’s Central Park into one giant mud puddle.Indeed, the Great Lawn that had been populated with sun worshippers for the past few months was now a sea of ponchos and rain slickers.“It’s a beautiful day!” joked “Science Guy” Bill Nye early in the spirit-dampening festivities.In fact, it was almost an hour into the main show before the first act, Brazilian sensation Anitta, even took the stage — no doubt to ensure a safe, slip-free performance.The elements didn’t stop the Grammy-nominated singer — wearing a bedazzled bodysuit with the colors of the Brazilian flag emblazoned across its halter top — from twerking, writhing and otherwise booty-popping on the wet stage.One could’ve only hoped that all that grinding and gyrating by Anitta and her hip-shaking squad was some sort of anti-rain dance.But the rain gods were not to be defeated. And neither was the Global Citizen Festival.Indie-pop star Conan Gray brought some glam to the gloom in his red, black and silver sequined jacket — with fringe sleeves for extra flair — while K-pop group Stray Kids demonstrated the global impact of hip-hop in the city that gave birth to it 50 years ago.And the BTS Army showed up in full force for Jung Kook, who got a catsuited-assist from rapper Latto on their No.

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith was challenged to play along to Thirty Seconds To Mars‘ ‘The Kill’, having never heard it before.The challenge was presented by Drumeo as part of its For The First Time series, and Smith took it on with ease, seeming to know instinctively where the song was going next even though he didn’t know it, neither who the artist was.When he’d finished, Smith asked: “What the fuck was that? Is that like My Chemical Romance or something?” When the host asked him if he knew the song, Smith shook his head “no” and responded, “It’s some kind of emo thing.”He had heard of Thirty Seconds To Mars, however – “Ahhh! Jared’s band. Jared Leto.

Red Hot Chili Peppers do his wrestling theme song.Alternative music within the pro-wrestling was very common within the height of the sport in the early 00s. For example, Disturbed recorded a version of ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin’s entrance theme and bands such as Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Motörhead and Drowning Pool performed at WWE’s biggest event, Wrestlemania.Speaking to Chris Van Vliet in a new interview, X-Pac – real name Sean Waltman – opened up about how he turned down having the rock aristocrats create a theme song for X-Factor, his professional wrestling stable he founded in early 2001 with fellow WWE wrestlers Justin Credible and Albert.“Shane McMahon comes up to me and goes, ‘Hey, we’re thinking about having Red Hot Chili Peppers do your new theme music,'” he told Van Vliet, “and I go, ‘No, I want Uncle Kracker!'”After being asked if the Red Hot Chili Peppers were really “in line” to record the track, X-Pac replied: “When they say something like that, and especially at that point that where WWE was, we were pretty hot.”He continued: “I was the one that picked Uncle Kracker, because I knew him, and that’s kinda how I was at the time.”X-Factor would go on to be a short lived group within WWE.

Dave Grohl, Chad Smith and Shane Hawkins have come together to play a series of rock classics at a pizza bar in California. Check out fan-captured footage of the moment below.The intimate, star-studded set took place at the Rock N Roll Pizza Bar in Simi Valley, California on Monday evening (August 21), and was part of a set by famous covers band Chevy Metal.The band was formed by late drummer Taylor Hawkins, who often performed with the side project in his time away from his Foo Fighters commitments.

Lollapalooza returns to Hutchinson Field at Grant Park for four days of pop, hip-hop, rock, EDM, folk and everything in between.This year’s lineup is a doozy too.Just a few of the biggest names atop the bill include Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Karol G and Lana Del Rey.Other acts set to perform this year include Tomorrow X Together, Odesza, The 1975, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Noah Kahan.For us though, we’re most excited about up-and-coming singer Gabriels.And that’s just the beginning.Over 150 acts will take the stage over the long weekend.Thankfully, last-minute tickets are still available.At the time of publication, four-day general admission passes start at $503 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes are available for as low as $124 before fees.Want to get in on the action?Here’s everything you need to know about Lollapalooza this year.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all the best prices on single and multi-day Lollapalooza general admission passes can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Flea has revealed which is his least favourite album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, and admitted that he has hopes to re-record it.The renowned bassist was speaking as part of a new interview with Los Angeles Times when he reflected on his extensive career, and opened up about which of his albums with the funk rock veterans he is least proud of.Speaking with the outlet’s Mikael Wood, Flea — whose real name is Michael Peter Balzary — admitted that of the band’s 13 studio albums, it is their 1984 debut LP that he wishes he could revisit.“I always regret the way we made the first one,” he admitted. “I think the songs are really good.

Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ frontman Anthony Keidis has opened up about his views on being a musician, sharing that he doesn’t consider himself one.During an episode of RHCP bassist Flea‘s podcast This Little Light, Keidis voiced his lack of confidence with the role of ‘musician’. While speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Flea revealed that the conversation with Keidis brought both of them to tears.Speaking about his favourite interview from his series with the publication, Flea shared: “A really good one was with Anthony. We were both kind of in tears because I’d never talked to him about stuff like that.

Mad Cool 2023 has announced a new batch of artists additions to this year’s festival line-up. Check them out below.M.I.A will be performing on Saturday, July 8, sharing the day with acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ava Max, Liam Gallagher, The Prodigy, The Rose and Years & Years. Her joining the bill comes after Janelle Monáe‘s cancellation of their festival slot alongside the cancellation of her European tour.Other acts that have been added include dEUS, Maxïmo Park, Velmondo, Teo Planell, and Black Maracas.

Mad Cool Festival 2023 has announced it will move to a new location within Madrid that will be more accessible for attendees.The festival will now take place in a new site in the city’s Villaverde District, as part of wider plans to transform the area into a cultural hub. The move is in partnership with Madrid City Council who, together with the festival, aim to create a new cultural meeting point within the Spanish capital.It’s hoped that the new site will attract increased tourism to the area while driving the creation of new jobs.

BottleRock, one of the biggest genre-hopping music festivals of the year at the Napa Valley Expo.Just a few of the huge names set to grace the stages at the three-day extravaganza from May 26-28 include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lizzo, Post Malone, Duran Duran and Smashing Pumpkins.That’s not all though.Wu-Tang Clan, Sheryl Crow, Lil Nas X, The National and Carly Rae Jepsen will headline as well.Plus, Billy Strings, Leon Bridges, Nile Rodgers with Chic, Bastille and Lupe Fiasco are on the bill too.Heck, even classic rock icons War are dropping in for a set.It truly is a star-studded affair.And if you need last-minute passes for the annual celebration of music, we’re here to help.At the time of publication, our team found three-day passes going for as low as $497 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $230 before fees.Act fast though — there are very few tickets left so you really should buy sooner rather than later if you want to go.And as an added bonus for on the fence fans, Vivid Seats will have a dedicated ticket pick-up team at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Napa Valley (1075 California Blvd.) to ensure last minute BottleRock ticket pick-up is a breeze. Then, on top of that, you can enjoy their free festival swag while supplies last.Still need more information?We’ve got all the BottleRock Festival details to get you through the weekend below.A complete calendar including all multi-day and single-day pass options can be found right here.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

The Darkness‘ Justin Hawkins has shared that he “gets nothing” from Red Hot Chili Pepper‘s guitarist John Frusciante, on his podcast.The frontman’s comments came from a recent episode of “How NOT to Write a Song,” his podcast in which he and his guest Pat Finnerty (of the YouTube series What Makes This Song Stink) discussed Frusciante and his guitar playing.“My issue with Red Hot Chili Peppers is that I get nothing from John Frusciante’s guitar playing. I feel like if we can call [Dire Straits’] Mark Knopfler an underrated player, I would describe John Frusciante as an overrated player.

Hangout Music Festival is returning to Gulf Shores Beach in Gulf Shore, AL from May 19-21 and bringing some of the biggest names in rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop, EDM and more along for the ultimate hang.Just a few of those stars on this year’s lineup include Red Hot Chili Peppers, SZA, Lil Nas X, Paramore and Skrillex.But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.Calvin Harris, The Kid LAROI, Flume, Glorilla and Sabrina Carpenter will be there too.

Iggy Pop put his own spin on Lou Reed‘s 1972 hit ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ at a show in Los Angeles – check it out below.The punk legend played the song as the opener of the encore and was accompanied by his all-star band the Losers, made up of Andrew Watt and Jamie Hince (the latter of The Kills fame), Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. It marks the first occasion that Pop has ever cover that particular track.Check out the cover below:Watt produced Pop’s most recent album, ‘Every Loser’, which came out in January, while McKagan and Smith also played on it.Pop played five songs from that album including singles ‘Frenzy’ and ‘Strung Out Johnny’ during the show at The Regent Theater, while seven of the remaining songs were hits by The Stooges.Check out the full setlist for the Regent Theater show below (via Setlist.fm):1. ‘The News For Andy’2. ‘Neo Punk’3. ‘Frenzy’4. ‘Raw Power’5. ‘TV Eye’6. ‘Sixteen’7. ‘Strung Out Johnny’8. ‘The Passenger’ 9. ‘Lust For Life’10. ‘Gimme Danger’11. ‘Modern Day Rip-Off’12. ‘Loose’13. ‘Comments’14. ‘Nightclubbing’15. ‘Search And Destroy’16. ‘Walk On The Wild Side’17. ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ Iggy Pop will be bringing his live show to the UK for a special one-off performance dubbed ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ in Crystal Palace Park on July 1.