If you were most people, you saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bruno Mars perform during the Super Bowl half-time show. If you are a denizen of the Internet, you might like to get all huffy over something that no normal person would ever be outraged about in real life. If you are the middle bit of this particular Venn diagram, then the news that RHCP were miming to a pre-recorded track with live vocals courtesy of Anthony Kiedis must have felt like Christmas morn. Bassist Flea has one word to all of you who "caught" los Chi-Peps faking it: good. Read More »
Last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, musician's Thom Yorke and Flea made their television debut as Atoms for Peace. The two spoke with Stewart about the origins of the new group and then performed two songs for the Comedy Central audience. Read More »
The Red Hot Chili Peppers played their third Lollapalooza show Saturday night, following a huge storm which evacuated concert-goers the afternoon the Peppers were set to hit the stage. But Festival organizers were on their game and managed to herd the 60,000 person crowd back into the Grant Park, Chicago concert grounds three hours later. Read More »