A rainy Saturday night at Denver Stadium may not be the ideal setting for the Red Hot Chili Peppers to release their new album. It’s ‘Return of the Dream Canteen,’ which will be his second full-length for the group in 2022. On, and it did.
The rain started just minutes before the longtime quartet was scheduled to take the stage at Mile High’s Empower Field, home of the NFL’s Denver Broncos. Venue officials temporarily delayed the band’s arrival while they watched for lightning that could screech the concert to a halt. By the second the crowd grew exponentially more turbulent, and it sounded like a horde of actual Broncos descended on the stadium. Prodigal guitarist John Frusciante, currently on his third tour with Pepper, has kicked off the North American tour of his “Unlimited Love” tour. album of the year released in April).
After an electric “Intro Jam” by the musicians, Kiedis exploded onstage as the band burst into “Can’t Stop” from the group’s 2002 album By the Way, followed by “Dani California” and “Charlie.” migrated. 2006 “Stadium Arcadium”.
About 40 minutes into their set, Kiedis and Flea released their new double album, Return of the Dream Canteen. The album will be released by Warner Records on his October 14th. This project was recorded in a familiar environment. Malibu’s La Studio — apparently the product of an unusually prolific period for the band, which typically takes years to create an album.
“We’ve got our new double album up to the brink,” Flea said from the stage, to which Kiedis replied, Do you have any plans for singles? ‘ Flea replied cheekily. I’m not sure. “
Since Frusciante’s return in 2019, the band has played at multiple festivals across Europe, paying tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins with a set at the New Orleans Jazz Fest in May.
The set focuses heavily on the group’s “new stuff,” with fans expecting more from “Freaky Styley,” “Mother’s Milk,” or their biggest-ever album, 1991’s “Blood Sugar Sex Magik.” It may have been, but Chili Peppers are participating. 50’s and his 60’s and probably don’t want to be reminded of the early days more than necessary.
The Peppers were preceded by virtuoso bassist and singer Thundercat, who admitted to “drinking too much coffee” before his set, but seemed stunned as he performed his funkadelic magic to the audience. Thundercat has had multiple solo albums of his and has been credited with projects such as Erykah Badu, Mac Miller and Kendrick Lamar, but among the participants was his teenage years in the 1950s. Some looked at him like they saw Marty McFly in “Back to the Future.” when he channeled Chuck Berry for an unsuspecting audience. (He may have quoted Michael J. Fox’s famous line:
An almost surreal choice, both musically and thematically, given the Chili Peppers’ testosterone-heavy sound and vibe, Los Angeles sister trio Haim performed right in front of them. On their latest album, Women in Music, Este, Danielle, and Alana stand in front of a sausage line at a butcher’s (sausage factory, right?), bringing a severe disconnect with Pepper’s siblings. Despite the large audience, the group did well all things considered, with hits like “My Song 5” and “Want You Back.” But people couldn’t stop talking about Este’s famously distorted “bus face.” This spawned a meme almost ten years ago. It’s safe to assume that the tacit feminism in their lyrics also reached the ears of those who were mostly deaf.
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