Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced its 2022 "Global Stadium Tour." The 32-date European and North American trek kicks off on June 4th in Seville, Spain and includes a 19-city North American run which kicks off on July 23rd at Denver's Empower Field at Mile High and winds down on September 18th in Arlington, Texas at Globe Life Field.
Depending on the night, opening for the band across the North American shows will be the Strokes, HAIM, and Thundercat. General public tickets go on sale Friday, October 15th at 10 a.m. local time.
The band — Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith — once again appeared in a new a sketch parodying a 1970's local news broadcast to announce the tour.
The key to the Chili Peppers remains the bond shared by frontman Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea. Not too long ago we asked Kiedis to sum up what it is about his friendship with Flea that has inspired all this incredible music: ["Oh, I don’t know because I’m a little too deeply in the forest to really see the trees like that. I can tell you how it hasn’t changed. We still love each other with all of our hearts. Like with any long-term, intimately close friendship like that, you have a lot of highs and lows and this is just one of those marriages that persists."] SOUNDCUE (:30 OC: . . . marriages that persists)
Flea spoke with us and recalled the band's early days making their bones in L.A.: ["Y'know, when the band first started, it was this wild energy that we couldn't control. It was just like bursting through us, y'know? We couldn't even control it, it was like it just had to happen. It was like there wasn't any choice in the matter. We just had to do it, and it just gave birth to this thing that has lasted all this time."] SOUNDCUE (:16 OC: . . . all this time)
JUST ANNOUNCED: Red Hot Chili Peppers 2022 tour dates (subject to change):
June 4 – Seville, Spain – Estadio La Cartuja De Sevilla
June 7 – Barcelona, Spain – Estadi Olimpic
June 10 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Goffertpark
June 15 – Budapest, Hungary – Puskas Stadium
June 18 – Firenze, Italy – Firenze Rocks
June 22 – Manchester, England – Emirates Old Trafford
June 25 – London, England – London Stadium
June 29 – Dublin, Ireland – Marlay Park
July 1 – Glasgow, Scotland – Bellahouston Park
July 3 – Leuven, Belgium – Rock Werchter
July 5 – Cologne, Germany – RheinEnergieStadium
July 8 – Paris, France – Stade de France
July 12 – Hamburg, Germany – Volksparkstadion
July 23 – Denver, CO – Empower Field at Mile High (with HAIM and Thundercat)
July 27 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park (with HAIM and Thundercat)
July 29 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi's Stadium (with Beck and Thundercat)
July 31 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium (with Beck and Thundercat)
August 3 – Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
August 6 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium (with The Strokes and King Princess)
August 10 – Atlanta, GA – Truist Park (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
August 12 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
August 14 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
August 17 – E. Rutherford, NJ – Metlife Stadium (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
August 19 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
August 21 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
August 30 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
September 1 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
September 3 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
September 8 – Washington, DC – Nationals Park (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
September 10 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park (with St. Vincent and Thundercat) – on sale date TBA
September 15 – Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
September 18 – Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field (with The Strokes and Thundercat)
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