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Red Hot Chili Peppers tease new music with fresh John Frusciante riff
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Hendrix-flavored cut hints towards an imminent single release

Watch Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age members jam on classic rock standards at all-star benefit concert
By Jackson Maxwell published
Taylor Hawkins, Chris Chaney, Chad Smith, Danny Carey, Andrew Watt, Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen came together for a loose, one-off performance at Malibu Elementary School

Josh Klinghoffer talks touring with Pearl Jam, his relationship with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and his ambitious quest to make a solo album every year
By Greg Prato published
Two years after his departure from RHCP, the guitarist reveals how he ended up joining the legendary Seattle rockers on tour, and what the future holds for his solo project, Pluralone

Alain Johannes digs out another Anthym demo from 1980, featuring pre-Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons
By Matt Owen published
The Rush-flavored cut, taken from an early eight-track recording session, is the second demo to be shared from the RHCP founding member’s high school band

Red Hot Chili Peppers are "almost done" working on their new album with John Frusciante, says Chad Smith
By Sam Roche published
The drummer describes Frusciante as "so dedicated… he's in there with all the overdubs and the magic that he brings"

Alain Johannes unearths 1979 demo of pre-Red Hot Chili Peppers band Anthym featuring Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons
By Matt Parker published
Johannes found the demo at the bottom of a box of old cassettes and was astonished to hear it still worked

Red Hot Chili Peppers announce 2022 world tour dates
By Jackson Maxwell published
The Chili Peppers will be joined, at various shows, by The Strokes, A$AP Rocky, Beck, HAIM, St. Vincent, Thundercat, King Princess and Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals

Watch Eddie Vedder, Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith and Pino Palladino perform Prince, R.E.M. and the Pretenders classics at Ohana Festival
By Matt Parker published
The Pearl Jam frontman and his all-star covers band were a last-minute replacement for the recently bereaved Kings of Leon
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