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Red Hot Chili Peppers perform rare 1980s tracks at Los Angeles benefit concert
Last night, October 17, Red Hot Chili Peppers performed for charity at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. The purpose of that special concert was to generate money for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit music school that Flea, the bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, co-founded. A few setlist rarities were featured in this show, which commemorated the organization’s 25th anniversary. Among these were the first live performances of “Blackeyed Blonde” since 2000, “Nevermind” with guitarist/vocalist John Frusciante since 1992, and “Organic Anti-Beat Box Band” from “The Uplift Mofo Party Plan” since 2000. For the first time since 2007, Frusciante also sang a solo rendition of Carole King‘s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?“. Source.
Setlist:
- Intro Jam
- Can’t Stop
- Organic Anti-Beat Box Band (first performance since 2000)
- Nevermind (first time with John Frusciante since 1992)
- Black Summer
- Blackeyed Blonde (first performance since 2000)
- Whatchu Thinkin’
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (Carole King cover) (first performance since 2007)
- Hey
- Eddie
- Give It Away
Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Flea (bass), John Frusciante (guitar), and Chad Smith (drums) make up the American rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers, which was founded in Los Angeles in 1982. In addition to influencing genres like funk metal, rap metal, rap rock, and nu metal, their music combines elements of alternative rock, punk rock, hard rock, hip hop, and psychedelic rock. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the best-selling bands ever, with over 120 million records sold worldwide. They have the records for the most top-ten songs on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart (28), the most total weeks at number one (91), and the most number-one singles on the American Alternative Songs charts (15).
They were elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, won three Grammy Awards, and were given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022. Kiedis, Flea, drummer Jack Irons, and guitarist Hillel Slovak founded the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in Los Angeles. Their 1984 self-titled debut album featured guitarist Jack Sherman and drummer Cliff Martinez instead of Slovak and Irons due to obligations to other bands; Slovak returned for their second album, “Freaky Styley” (1985), and Irons for their third, “The Uplift Mofo Party Plan” (1987). After Slovak overdosed on drugs in June 1988, Irons departed.