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Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 2024 Unlimited Love Tour

Very Special Guests Kid Cudi, Ice Cube, Ken Carson, Otoboke Beaver, Seun Kuti, Wand and IRONTOM to Join on Select Dates

Tickets available starting tuesday, december 5 with citi presale, general on-sale begins friday, december 8 at 10 am local at redhotchilipeppers.com  .

Today, acclaimed rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers announced their Unlimited Love Tour will extend into 2024 across the U.S. Following massive 2022 and 2023 tour runs, the band shows no sign of slowing down as they announce their upcoming North America tour slated for next year. Produced by Live Nation, the 2024 run kicks off on Tuesday, May 28 in Ridgefield, WA at RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater, with stops in Quincy, WA, Salt Lake City, UT, Virginia Beach, VA and more before wrapping up on Tuesday, July 30 at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre. Special Guests Kid Cudi, Ice Cube, Ken Carson, Otoboke Beaver, Seun Kuti & Egypt80, Wand and IRONTOM will be joining the band on select dates throughout the tour.

After wrapping up dates in North America and Europe last year, the band continued their global trek into 2023 with several dates across New Zealand and Australia in January, followed by another run of shows throughout North America, Europe, the UK, Singapore and Japan earlier this year. Most recently, Red Hot Chili Peppers concluded their sold-out Latin America leg of their 2023 tour with two shows in Buenos Aires.

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with a Citi presale (details below) beginning Tuesday, December 5. An artist presale will begin Wednesday, December 6 at 10 AM local time. Additional presales will run Thursday, December 7 ahead of the general on-sale beginning Friday, December 8 at 10 AM local time at redhotchilipeppers.com .

PRESALE: Citi is the official card of the Red Hot Chili Peppers 2024 Unlimited Love Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, December 5 at 10 AM local time until Thursday, December 7 at 10 PM local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com .

As a result of the two album releases last year going #1, Red Hot Chili Peppers notably stand out as the first rock band in 17 years to achieve the feat. Moreover, Return of the Dream Canteen bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart —just like its predecessor Unlimited Love did in April 2022. Both albums were produced by longtime collaborator and creative confidant, Rick Rubin. Plus, it reached #1 in numerous countries around the globe.

Last year, Red Hot Chili Peppers took home the prestigious Global Icon Award and delivered a show stopping performance at the MTV VMAs. Their No. 1 single “Black Summer” also won the award for Best Rock Video. In addition, “Black Summer” scored a Grammy nomination for “Best Rock Song” and the band garnered a MTV Europe Music Award nomination for Best Rock and earned three American Music Awards nominations for “Favorite Rock Artist,” “Favorite Rock Album” for Unlimited Love and “Favorite Rock Single” for “Black Summer.”

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 2024 DATES – PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED:

Sat Feb 17 – Lincoln, CA – The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino %

Tue Feb 20 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Theater %

Fri Feb 23 – Tempe, AZ – Innings Festival

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 2024 UNLIMITED LOVE TOUR DATES

Tue May 28 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater +

Fri May 31 – Quincy, WA – The Gorge +

Sun Jun 02 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheater +

Wed Jun 05 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre =

Fri Jun 07 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater ^

Tue Jun 18 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre *

Fri Jun 21 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre ~

Wed Jun 26 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park ~

Fri Jun 28 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach ~

Tue Jul 02 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake =

Fri Jul 05 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center *

Fri Jul 12 – Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater ^

Mon Jul 15 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage ^

Mon Jul 22 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center #

Thu Jul 25 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center @

Tue Jul 30 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre @

+ With Ken Carson and IRONTOM

= With Kid Cudi and IRONTOM

^ With Wand and IRONTOM

* With IRONTOM

~ With Ice Cube and IRONTOM

# With Seun Kuti & Egypt80 and IRONTOM

@ With Otoboke Beaver and IRONTOM

% Not a Live Nation Date    

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Who Are The Openers For Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘The Global Stadium Tour?’

Red Hot Chili Peppers have been incredibly active this year and show no signs of slowing down. Following the release of not one, but two full length albums, RHCP have announced a slew of 2023 tour dates in both North America and Europe. Dubbed The Global Stadium Tour , it begins on March 29th, 2023 in Vancouver and the Chili Peppers have corralled a slew of very high profile support acts.

This is a fairly decorated list of opening acts that will join Red Hot Chili Peppers on The Global Stadium Tour in 2023. For starters, The Tonight Show house band and live hip-hop pioneers The Roots are one of them. As are NYC rock legends The Strokes, the Annie Clark-led St. Vincent, future funk bassist Thundercat, proto-punk luminary Iggy Pop, the recently reunited The Mars Volta, indie pop shredder King Princess, and Canadian folkie City and Colour.

These are going to be some seriously stacked concert bills. Take a look at the full tour schedule below, with a guide as to which opening act will appear at each tour stop. Tickets will be available here .

03/29/2023 — Vancouver, BC @ BC Place *~ 04/01/2023 — Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium #~ 04/06/2023 — Fargo, ND @ FARGODOME ^~ 04/08/2023 — Minneapolis, MN @ US Bank Stadium ^~ 04/14/2023 — Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome ^~ 05/12/2023 — San Diego, CA @ Snap Dragon Stadium >+ 05/14/2023 — Phoenix, AZ @ State Farm Stadium ^+ 05/17/2023 — San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome ^+ 05/19/2023 — Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Music Festival = 05/25/2023 — Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park ^+ 06/18/2023 — Landgraaf, NL @ Pinkpop = 06/21/2023 — Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Narodowy < 06/24/2023 — Odense, DK @ Tinderbox = 06/26/2023 — Mannheim, DE @ Maimarktgelände < 06/30/2023 — Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter = 07/02/2023 — Milan, IT @ I-Days = 07/06/2023 — Lisbon, PT @ NOS Live = 07/08/2023 — Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool = 07/11/2023 — Lyon, FR @ Groupama Stadium <~ 07/14/2023 — Vienna, AT @ Ernst-Happel Stadion <~ 07/17/2023 — Carhaix, FR @ Les Vieilles Charrues = 07/21/2023 — London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium %~ 07/23/2023 — Glasgow, UK @ Hampden Park %~

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 2024 Unlimited Love North American Tour Dates With Kid Cudi, Ice Cube & More

The newly announced dates will kick off on May 28 and keep the band on the road through July 30.

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Tickets for the new dates will be available starting with a Citi presale beginning Tuesday (Dec. 5) at 10 a.m. local time through 10 p.m. local time on Dec. 7 here . An artist presale will start at 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday (Dec. 6) with additional presales through Thursday (Dec. 7) in advance of the general on-sale kick off on Friday (Dec. 8) at 10 a.m. local time here .

The Chili Peppers released Return of the Dream Canteen — which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Album sales chart upon release — in Oct. 2022, six months after dropping the Unlimited Love album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Check out the 2024 North American Unlimited Love dates below.

May 28 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater + 

May 31 – Quincy, WA @ The Gorge +  

June 2 – Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheater + 

June 5 – Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre = 

June 7 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater ^  

June 18 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre * 

June 21 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre ~ 

June 26 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park ~ 

July 2 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake = 

July 5 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center * 

July 12 – Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Amphitheater ^ 

July 15 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage ^ 

July 22 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center # 

July 25 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center @ 

July 30 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre @ 

+ With Ken Carson and IRONTOM 

= With Kid Cudi and IRONTOM 

^ With Wand and IRONTOM 

* With IRONTOM 

~ With Ice Cube and IRONTOM 

# With Seun Kuti & Egypt80 and IRONTOM 

@ With Otoboke Beaver and IRONTOM 

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2022 Tour Openers Are Wildly Stacked

The Red Hot Chili Peppers ’ 2022 tour was already set to be an event , with longtime on-again, off-again guitarist John Frusciante touring alongside the band for the first time in 15 years. Now it’s looking to be even more of one, thanks to a wildly stacked list of openers. The list of ( very ) special guests: the Strokes, Haim, St. Vincent, A$AP Rocky, Thundercat, Beck, Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, and King Princess. Although they’re not appearing all together, sadly — many of the artists are joining for only a few dates, though Thundercat is in for nearly the whole ride. Red Hot Chili Peppers likely went big because this marks their first stadium tour after years as an arena act. The 32-date world tour is the Chili Peppers’ first run since their 2016–17 tour behind their last album, The Getaway . And they could even have new music to debut, with drummer Chad Smith teasing a new Chili Peppers album with Frusciante. Find the dates and lineups below.

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 (festival) June 22: Manchester, UK — Emirates Old Trafford= June 25: London, UK — London Stadium~ June 29: Dublin, Ireland — Marlay Park~ July 1: Glasgow, UK — Bellahouston Park~ July 3: Leuven, Belgium — Rock Werchter (festival) 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* July 27: San Diego, CA — Petco Park* July 29: Santa Clara, CA — Levi’s Stadium+ July 31: Los Angeles, CA — SoFi Stadium+ August 3: Seattle, WA — T-Mobile Park^ August 6: Las Vegas, NV — Allegiant Stadium^^ August 10: Atlanta, GA — Truist Park^ August 12: Nashville, TN — Nissan Stadium^ August 14: Detroit, MI — Comerica Park^ August 17: E. Rutherford, NJ — Metlife Stadium^ August 19: Chicago, IL — Soldier Field^ August 21: Toronto, ON — Rogers Centre^ August 30: Miami, FL — Hard Rock Stadium^ September 1: Charlotte, NC — Bank of America Stadium^ September 3: Philadelphia, PA — Citizens Bank Park^ September 8: Washington, DC — Nationals Park^ September 10: Boston, MA — Fenway Park# (on sale date TBA) September 15: Orlando, FL — Camping World Stadium^ September 18: Arlington, TX — Globe Life Field^

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Can’t Stop Touring, Unveil 2024 ‘Unlimited Love’ Dates

The band will be joined by special guests Kid Cudi, Ice Cube, Ken Carson, and more.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Tour Presale

Fans can secure their spots starting with a Citi presale on December 5, followed by an artist presale on December 6 at 10 AM local time. Additional presales will run on December 7, leading up to the general on-sale starting on December 8 at 10 AM local time. For exclusive presale details, visit http://www.citientertainment.com . General on-sale details can be found at redhotchilipeppers.com.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, with two consecutive #1 album releases last year, made history as the first rock band in 17 years to achieve such a feat. Both “Return of the Dream Canteen” and “Unlimited Love” claimed the top spot on the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart.

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Acknowledged with the prestigious Global Icon Award and a show-stopping performance at the MTV VMAs last year, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are not just a band; they are a cultural phenomenon. With their #1 single “Black Summer” winning Best Rock Video at the MTV VMAs and earning a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song, the band continues to make history.

Additionally, tune in to Whole Lotta Red Hot (Ch. 315) – the band’s official channel only on SiriusXM – to stay connected with the latest updates, exclusive interviews, and a curated playlist of their greatest hits.

“Unlimited Love” Extended Tour Dates

May 28 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater + May 31 – Quincy, WA – The Gorge + Jun. 02 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheater + Jun. 05 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre = Jun. 07 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater ^ Jun. 18 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre * Jun. 21 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre ~ Jun. 26 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park ~ Jun. 28 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach ~ Jul. 02 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake = Jul. 05 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center * Jul. 12 – Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater ^ Jul. 15 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage ^ Jul. 22 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center # Jul. 25 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center @ Jul. 30 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre @

+ With  Ken Carson  and  IRONTOM = With  Kid Cudi  and  IRONTOM ^ With  Wand  and  IRONTOM * With  IRONTOM ~ With  Ice Cube  and  IRONTOM # With  Seun Kuti  &  Egypt80  and  IRONTOM @ With  Otoboke Beaver  and  IRONTOM % Not a  Live Nation  date

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Today, acclaimed rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers announced their 2023 Tour , in support of their two #1 studio albums that were released in 2022, Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen. Following a recent Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song for “Black Summer,” the band will embark on a 23-date global trek that kicks off on Wednesday, March 29th at BC Place in Vancouver, BC with stadium shows and festival stops across North America and Europe in Las Vegas, San Diego, Houston, Lisbon, Madrid, Vienna and more before wrapping up on Saturday, July 23rd in Glasgow, UK at Hampden Park. The Strokes, Iggy Pop, The Roots, The Mars Volta, St. Vincent, City and Colour, Thundercat, and King Princess will join the band on select dates.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2023 Tour comes close on the heels of the band’s largest 40-date stadium tour to date, which included massive sold-out shows in London, Paris, Los Angeles, and more. Notable artists such as A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak, Beck, HAIM and more joined the band on the road through 2022. After completing the wildly successful tour across North America and Europe this year, Red Hot Chili Peppers continue into January 2023 with 8 dates across New Zealand and Australia, featuring Post Malone.

TICKETS: Tickets go on sale starting Friday, December 9th at 10am local time at redhotchilipeppers.com .

Please note, the Red Hot Chili Peppers show originally scheduled for Summer 2022 in Glasgow, UK will now take place on Sunday, July 23, 2023 at Hampden Park Stadium. Existing tickets remain valid, but will be re-issued for the new date. Limited tickets remain and will be available during the general on sale.

As a result of the two album releases this year going #1, Red Hot Chili Peppers notably stand out as the first rock band in 17 years to achieve the feat. Moreover, Return of the Dream Canteen bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart —just like its predecessor Unlimited Love did back in April. Both albums were produced by longtime collaborator and creative confidant, Rick Rubin. Plus, it reached #1 in numerous countries around the globe.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers recently took home the prestigious Global Icon Award, and delivered a show stopping performance at the MTV VMAs. Their No. 1 single “Black Summer'' also won the award for Best Rock Video. This year, the band also garnered an MTV Europe Music Award nomination for Best Rock and scored three American Music Awards nominations for "Favorite Rock Artist," "Favorite Rock Album" for Unlimited Love and "Favorite Rock Single" for "Black Summer."

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 2023 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES:

Wed Mar 29 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place *~

Sat Apr 01 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium #~

Thu Apr 06 – Fargo, ND – FARGODOME ^~

Sat Apr 08 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium ^~

Fri Apr 14 – Syracuse, NY– JMA Wireless Dome ^~

Fri May 12 – San Diego, CA – Snap Dragon Stadium >+

Sun May 14 – Phoenix, AZ – State Farm Stadium ^+

Wed May 17 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome ^+

Fri May 19 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Festival =

Thu May 25 – Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park ^+

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 2023 EUROPE TOUR DATES:

Sun Jun 18 – Landgraaf, NL – Pinkpop =

Wed Jun 21 – Warsaw, Poland – PGE Narodowy <

Sat Jun 24 – Odense, DK – Tinderbox =

Mon Jun 26 – Mannheim, DE – Maimarktgelände <

Fri Jun 30 – Leuven, BE – Rock Wercther =

Sun Jul 2 – Milan, IT – I-Days =

Thu Jul 6 – Lisbon, PT – NOS Live =

Sat Jul 8 – Madrid, ES – Mad Cool =

Tue Jul 11 – Lyon, FR – Groupama Stadium <~

Fri Jul 14 – Vienna, AT – Ernst-Happel Stadion <~

Mon Jul 17 – Carhaix, FR – Les Vieilles Charrues =

Fri Jul 21 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium %~

Sun Jul 23 – Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park %~

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~ King Princess

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Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 2023 Tour With the Strokes, St. Vincent, and More

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Red Hot Chili Peppers have enlisted a bevy of big-name support acts for a 2023 tour of North America and Europe. At dates kicking off in Vancouver next March, the North American shows will feature support from two artists apiece, selected from the Strokes , St. Vincent , the Mars Volta , Thundercat , and City and Colour. Iggy Pop and the Roots , meanwhile, will join the band at select European dates. King Princess is playing a handful of shows both sides of the Atlantic. Check out the dates below.

The dates include a Glasgow show originally scheduled for 2022, which will now take place next summer at the city’s Hampden Park Stadium. Red Hot Chili Peppers released a pair of albums this year: Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen . Both feature guitarist John Frusciante, who rejoined the band in late 2019 after a 10-year hiatus.

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01-14 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum 01-21 Auckland, New Zealand - Mt. Smart Stadium & 01-26 Dunedin, New Zealand - Forsyth Barr Stadium & 01-29 Brisbane, Australia - Suncorp Stadium & 02-02 Sydney, Australia - Accor Stadium & 02-04 Sydney, Australia - Accor Stadium & 02-07 Melbourne, Australia - Marvel Stadium & 02-09 Melbourne, Australia - Marvel Stadium & 02-12 Perth, Australia - Optus Stadium & 02-16 Singapore, Singapore - Singapore National Stadium 02-19 Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome 02-21 Osaka, Japan - Osaka Jo Hall 03-18-19 Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol (Vive Latino Festival) 03-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - BC Place *~ 04-01 Las Vegas, NV - Allegiant Stadium #~ 04-06 Fargo, ND - Fargodome ^~ 04-08 Minneapolis, MN - US Bank Stadium ^~ 04-14 Syracuse, NY - JMA Wireless Dome ^~ 05-12 San Diego, CA - Snap Dragon Stadium >+ 05-14 Phoenix, AZ – State Farm Stadium ^+ 05-17 San Antonio, TX - Alamodome ^+ 05-19 Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Music Festival 05-25 Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park ^+ 06-18 Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop 06-21 Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy < 06-24 Odense, Denmark - Tinderbox 06-26 Mannheim, Germany - Maimarktgelände < 06-30 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter 07-02 Milan, Italy - I-Days 07-06 Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Alive 07-08 Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool 07-11 Lyon, France - Groupama Stadium <~ 07-14 Vienna, Austria – Ernst-Happel Stadion <~ 07-17 Carhaix, France - Les Vieilles Charrues 07-21 London, England - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium %~ 07-23 Glasgow, Scotland - Hampden Park %~

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Red Hot Chili Peppers have enlisted a heavy-hitting lineup of support acts for a 2023 tour of North America and Europe. The Strokes , St. Vincent, the Mars Volta, Thundercat, and City and Colour will open for the North American shows, which kick off next March in Vancouver at BC Place. Iggy Pop and the Roots will join the band on select European dates, and King Princess will play a string of shows on both legs of the 23-date tour.

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The band recently wrapped their largest tour yet, a 40-date stadium run that spanned cities like London, Paris, Los Angeles and more. Artists such as A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak, Beck, Haim and more joined the band as supporting acts through 2022.

Tickets for the 2023 run go on sale starting Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. local time at  redhotchilipeppers.com .

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 2023 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES: 

March 29 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place *~

April 1 – Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium #~

April 6 – Fargo, ND @ FARGODOME ^~

April 8 – Minneapolis, MN @ US Bank Stadium ^~

April 14 – Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome ^~

May 12 – San Diego, CA @ Snap Dragon Stadium >+

May 14 – Phoenix, AZ @ State Farm Stadium ^+

May 17 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome ^+

May 19 – Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Music Festival =

June 18 – Landgraaf, NL @ Pinkpop =

June 21 – Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Narodowy < 

June 24 – Odense, DK @ Tinderbox =

June 26 – Mannheim, DE @ Maimarktgelände <

June 30 – Werchter, BE – Rock Werchter =

July 2 – Milan, IT @ I-Days =

July 6 – Lisbon, PT @ NOS Live =

July 8 – Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool =

July 11 – Lyon, FR @ Groupama Stadium <~

July 14 – Vienna, AT @ Ernst-Happel Stadion <~

July 17 – Carhaix, FR @ Les Vieilles Charrues =

July 21 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium %~

July 23 – Glasgow, UK @ Hampden Park %~ 

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< Iggy Pop

% The Roots

# St. Vincent

> The Mars Volta

* City and Colour

+ Thundercat

~ King Princess

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Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their 2023 tour in support of their two No.1 studio albums that were released in 2022, Unlimited Love and R eturn of the Dream Canteen .

Following a recent Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song for “Black Summer,” the band will embark on a 23-date global trek that kicks off on Wednesday, March 29 at BC Place in Vancouver, BC with stadium shows and festival stops across North America and Europe in Las Vegas, San Diego, Houston, Lisbon, Madrid, Vienna, and more before wrapping up on Saturday, July 23 in Glasgow, UK at Hampden Park. The Strokes, Iggy Pop, The Roots , The Mars Volta, St. Vincent , City and Colour, Thundercat, and King Princess will join the band on select dates.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2023 Tour comes close on the heels of the band’s largest 40-date stadium tour to date, which included massive sold-out shows in London, Paris, Los Angeles, and more. Notable artists such as A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak, Beck, HAIM and more joined the band on the road through 2022. After completing the wildly successful tour across North America and Europe this year, Red Hot Chili Peppers continue into January 2023 with eight dates across New Zealand and Australia featuring Post Malone .

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Tickets go on sale starting Friday, December 9 at 10am local time at the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ official website.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers show originally scheduled for Summer 2022 in Glasgow, UK will now take place on Sunday, July 23, 2023 at Hampden Park Stadium. Existing tickets remain valid, but will be re-issued for the new date. Limited tickets remain and will be available during the general on sale.

As a result of the two album releases this year going No.1, Red Hot Chili Peppers notably stand out as the first rock band in 17 years to achieve the feat. Moreover, Return of the Dream Canteen bowed at No.1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart–just like its predecessor Unlimited Love did back in April.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers are on their way to Glendale, Arizona, for their first metro Phoenix concert since 2017, with special guests the Strokes and Thundercat on Sunday, May 14.

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Guitarist John Frusciante, a major figure in their history who played on any number of the albums that earned them a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, including two seven-times-platinum triumphs that made them such enduring staples on rock and alternative radio — "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" and "Californication" — is back on board for his first Chili Peppers tour since 2007.

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When is Red Hot Chili Peppers' State Farm Stadium concert?

The Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at State Farm Stadium is on Sunday, May 14, with Thundercat taking the stage at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Strokes and finally the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

What time does the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert start?

Here's the timetable:

• State Farm Stadium parking lots opens at 4 p.m.
• Stadium doors open at 5 p.m.
• The concert begins at 6:30 p.m.

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Where is State Farm Stadium?

State Farm Stadium is off the Loop 101 between Cardinals Way/Bethany Home Road and Glendale Avenue in the Glendale Sports & Entertainment District. 

The street address is 1 Cardinals Way, and typing "State Farm Stadium" into your phone will yield the same result, which may not be as helpful as you think.

In fact, fans are encouraged to avoid their favorite apps when approaching the stadium as they do not take into account special road closures, traffic patterns and access routes allocated to specific carparks. Using these apps could result in a longer commute.

The stadium website encourages ticketholders to use the directions on the parking pass purchased at SeatGeek.com as this accounts for road closures and event-specific diversions. 

This map will help as you get close.

How to get to State Farm Stadium for the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert

The State Farm Stadium website offers these directions:

From the south:  Take Loop 101 north, exit at Bethany Home Road/Cardinals Way and turn right off the exit. State Farm Stadium is on the left.

From the north:  Take Loop 101 south, exit at Glendale Avenue and turn right onto Glendale Avenue. Make the first left onto 99th Avenue and left onto Maryland Avenue and continue over the bridge. State Farm Stadium is on the right.

From the East Valley using Interstate 10:  Follow I-10 West to Loop 101 North. Exit at Bethany Home Road/Cardinals Way and turn right off the exit. State Farm Stadium is on the left.

From the East Valley using surface streets:  Take Glendale Avenue west to 91st Avenue. Turn left onto 91st Avenue. State Farm Stadium is on the right.

From the West Valley using I-10:  Follow I-10 east to Loop 101 north. Exit at Bethany Home Road/Cardinals Way and turn right off the exit. State Farm Stadium is on the left.

From the West Valley using surface streets:  Take Glendale Avenue east to 95th Avenue. Turn right on 95th Avenue and follow it south. State Farm Stadium is on the left.

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Parking at State Farm Stadium for the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert

Parking is $25 per vehicle if purchased in advance at  SeatGeek.com  or $30 per vehicle if purchased upon arrival at the stadium.

Multiple parking lots are available off 91st Avenue.

Purchasing parking in advance through  SeatGeek.com  is recommended. Fans can access their digital parking pass via the SeatGeek App. 

Fans without prepaid parking should arrive to any State Farm Stadium carpark and pay with credit or debit card. Cash is not accepted.

Where can I buy Red Hot Chili Peppers tickets?

Tickets are available at  SeatGeek.com , starting at $26.

Prohibited items at State Farm Stadium for the Chili Peppers

The following items are prohibited inside State Farm Stadium. There are no provisions to store items not allowed through security. 

• Aerosol cans.
• Alcoholic beverages.
• Animals (except for documented service animals).
• Bags that do not meet NFL guidelines (must be clear and smaller than 12 by 12 by 6 inches).
• Banners or signs larger than 3 feet by 2 feet.
• Beverages other than one factory-sealed, nonfrozen 500 ml (16.9 ounce) bottle of plain water. Sport drinks and flavored water are not permitted.
• Beverage containers – glass bottles, cans and vacuum bottles.
• Cameras with professional lenses, tripods/monopods and iPads.
• Chewing tobacco.
• E-cigarettes/vaporizer pens.
• Clothing deemed obscene or indecent in a public setting.
• Coolers of any kind.
• Food (except for children younger than 2).
• Footballs and beach balls (inflated or deflated).
• Illegal drugs.
• Laptop computers.
• Laser pointers.
• Noise makers of any kind (whistles, horns, bells, etc.).
• Poles or sticks of any kind, including selfie sticks and brooms.
• Seat cushions except those that are one piece and have no zippers, pockets or concealable areas.
• Golf carts, skateboards, rollerblades or hoverboards.
• Umbrellas larger than 12 inches in length.
• Unmanned aircraft systems (drones, etc.).
• Video cameras (single purpose).
• Weapons of any kind including, but not limited to, firearms and knives.
• Any item deemed inappropriate or hazardous by stadium security.

State Farm Stadium's clear bag policy

The NFL clear bag policy is enforced for all events at State Farm Stadium. Fans are encouraged to bring no bags, but the following will be permitted:  

• Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12 by 12 by 6 inches.
• One-gallon clear plastic freezer bag (Ziploc or similar).
• Small clutch bags, with a maximum size of 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches, with or without a handle or strap, may be carried into the stadium along with one clear bag.
• Exceptions for medically necessary items will be made after inspection at a gate designated for this purpose.

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Security screening at State Farm Stadium

Metal detector screening and a search of all bags and other items being carried in will take place at stadium gates. There are no provisions to store or safeguard prohibited items. Guests will be asked to return the items to their cars. 

Red Hot Chili Peppers at State Farm Stadium

When:  6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14.

Where:  State Farm Stadium, 1 Cardinals Way, Glendale.

Admission:  $26 and up.

Details:  800-745-3000,  SeatGeek.com

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Red hot chili peppers, with special guests st. vincent, and king princess are bringing their 2023 tour to las vegas at allegiant stadium saturday, april 1, 2023..

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Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced a concert in Singapore set to take place in February next year.

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The concert – announced on Wednesday (October 26) – is locked in for February 16 at the Singapore National Stadium, which has previously housed performances from the likes of BTS , Billie Eilish , U2 and the Foo Fighters .

Tickets to Red Hot Chili Peppers’ upcoming Singapore show will go on sale soon.

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PayPal pre-sale begins Wednesday, 2nd November at 10am till Thursday, 3rd November at 11:59pm. Live Nation pre-sale commences Thursday, 3rd November at 10am till 11:59pm. General sale tickets will be available on Friday, 4th November at 10am via Ticketmaster .

Tickets will be priced at SGD$138, $168, $188, $198, $238, $268, $288 and $328.

It is currently unclear if Red Hot Chili Peppers will announce more Asia dates in the coming months. The 2023 show will mark their first performance in the city-state since their F1 Singapore Grand Prix headlining showcase in 2019.

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The popular death metal band led by Brendan Small, the creative force behind popular Adult Swim animated show "Metalocalypse," Dethklok comes to the Masonic in San Francisco for two shows with co-headliners Babymetal.

Arguably the second most popular virtual band behind Gorillaz (the animated group helmed by Blur singer Damon Albarn), Dethklok made their as the stars of "Metalocalypse" when the show created by Small and partner/voice actor Tommy Blancha debuted in 2006. The world biggest death metal band in the program's absurd and surreal alternate universe, Dethklok stands as the planet's seventh largest economy despite the fact that the group's members are idiotic incompetents incapable of doing anything besides writing and performing brutal metal songs.

The quintet of singer Nathan Explosion (who was inspired by Cannibal Corpse vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher), guitarists Skwisgaar Skwigelf and Toki Wartooth, bassist William Murderface and drummer Pickles live and work in their massive fortress-like home and studio Mordhaus, venturing into the world to secure lucrative sponsorship deals and play huge concerts for their legions of fanatical followers with outlandish stage theatrics like over-the-top pyrotechnics, lasers and a giant swinging pendulum blade, inevitably resulting in widespread death and destruction.

Over the course of four seasons and a special broadcast on Adult Swim, "Metalocalypse" became one of the network's more popular shows and a favorite among musicians, with such notable figures as King Diamond, Alice Cooper, Jon Hamm, Werner Herzog, Jack Black and members of Metallica, Exodus, Emperor and Mastodon appearing on the show. Dethklok further built on its fanbase with a series of studio albums featuring the satirical songs featured the show like "Murmaider," "Bloodrocuted" and "Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle." The band also delivered entertaining live performances with widescreen clips of the animated band projected behind Small and his talented band including monster drummer Gene Hogland (Dark Angel, Death, Strapping Young Lad, Testament, Devin Townsend) and former Frank Zappa collaborator Mike Kenneally on guitar.

Dethklok would make regular festival appearances and tour with the likes of Mastodon, High On Fire, Machine Head and the Black Dahlia Murder. After the broadcast of the hour-long rock opera special, "Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem" in 2013, the band continued to perform, but the project went on hiatus after the show was cancelled two years later.

The band returned to action in 2019, playing the Adult Swim Festival to ecstatic crowds. Dethklok also returned to the festival post-pandemic in 2022. The following year, Smalls was at last able to release the final chapter in the Dethklok story with the film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar , which was accompanied by both a soundtrack and the band issuing its acclaimed fourth studio recording,  Dethalbum IV .

With the show having run its course, the band's current tour could be Dethklok's last hurrah as it takes to the road with previous touring partners and co-headliners Babymetal which stops at the Masonic for two nights starting Wednesday . A sensation in their native Japan since first forming in 2010, the group mixes elements of heavy metal with elements of J-Pop and "kawaii" -- the Japanese "culture of cuteness" as exemplified by Hello Kitty and Pokemon. Singer Suzuka Nakamoto had impressed producer Kobametal (aka Key Kobayashi) in her earlier girl groups Karen Girl's and Sakura Gakuin when he wanted to start a new band performing a heavier style of music.

Initially a successful offshoot of Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal became independent in 2013 and enjoyed growing popularity with the release of their self-titled debut the following year. Featuring Nakamoto along with fellow singers Moa Kikuchi (also a member of Sakura Gakuin) and Yui Mizuno executing synchronized dance moves and melodic vocals backed by a group of shredding metal session players known as the Kami Band, the album delivered a dizzying juxtaposition of sunshine pop and metallic crunch. The band rocketed to success in Japan and were playing sold-out shows to thousands when the girls were still in their teens.

The notoriety in their native land soon led to international touring in Europe and North America, with Babymetal appearing at major metal festivals and opening for Lady Gaga. By the time the band was set to release their sophomore album Metal Resistance in 2016, they were headlining Wembley Arena in London and the huge Tokyo Dome to 55,000 screaming fans. More high-profile support gigs with the Red Hot Chili Peppers followed.

While the band suffered some hardship with the accidental death of guitarist Mikio Fujioka late in 2017 after he fell from an observation deck and the departure of Mizuno due to health reasons the next year, Babymetal continued to tour and in 2023 announced the addition of Momoko Okazaki as Fujioka's permanent replacement. The band plays fan favorites and songs from its fourth album The Other One  at the Masonic. Opening acts on the two nights will be different, with hyper-technical British power metal band DrangonForce playing Wednesday and theatrical LA-based melodic death metallers Nekrogoblikon kicking off the show Thursday. 

Dethklok and Babymetal Wednesday-Thursday, April 24-25, 6 p.m. $75.75 The Masonic

Dave Pehling started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and producer for KTVU.com in 2003. He moved to CBS to work as the station website's managing editor in 2015.

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Oceanside native Stevie Salas be honored Tuesday as the 2024 San Diego Music Awards Country Dick Montana Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. His many credits include working with Public Enemy, Adam Lambert, Ronald Shannon Jackson, George Clinton, Duran Duran, Terence Trent D’Arby and other musicians, and producing the acclaimed film documentary, ‘Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World.’

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Three years before whiz kid guitarist Stevie Salas moved from Carlsbad to Los Angeles in 1985 to seek fame and fortune as a musician, he vowed he would one day perform with Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger and David Bowie.

Four years later, Salas was on stage with Stewart at the San Diego Sports Arena, where the homegrown six-string ace received a returning hero’s welcome from the sold-out crowd. In 2001, he was Mick Jagger’s guitarist and musical director when the Rolling Stones singer promoted his “Goddess in the Doorway” solo album with a Los Angeles concert and a performance on TV’s “Saturday Night Live.”

“I tell kids all the time: ‘You don’t have to be the best, you just have to be the best when it counts.’ And I had that gift,” said Salas, who on Tuesday will receive the Country Dick Montana Lifetime Achievement Award at the 33rd annual San Diego Music Awards. He will also perform at the event, which takes place at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay on Shelter Island.

Granted, his hoped-for teaming with Bowie never materialized, although Salas wistfully recalls that prior to Bowie’s death in 2016 the two had discussed working together Regardless, two — Jagger and Stewart — out of three is still an impressive feat for any guitarist.

“Yeah, but I wanted three out of three!” said Salas, 61, speaking from his principal home in the Texas capital of Austin. “Then, in 2019, I ended up going out on tour with (former Bowie keyboardist) Mike Garson and the Bowie band on the ‘A Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour.’”

The versatile guitarist’s many other collaborators have ranged from George Clinton, Public Enemy, Was (Not Was) and Buddy Miles to Adam Lambert, Terence Trent D’Arby, cutting-edge jazz drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and Justin Timberlake.

From 2006 to 2010, Salas was a music director and consultant for “American Idol.” It was a position that saw him work closely with singers Chris Daughtry, David Cook, Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen, former San Diegan Adam Lambert and Jordin Sparks.

He also mentored a number of other young musicians, including the now-deceased Taylor Hawkins, who credited Salas for instilling in him the drive and discipline that were keys to Hawkins becoming the drummer in the Foo Fighters.

Salas hired Hawkins in 1994 to do a European tour backing Canadian singer Sass Jordan. Salas — Jordan’s band leader at the time — saw potential in Hawkins, who joined Foo Fighters in 1997 and died while on tour with the Dave Grohl-led group in 2022.

When Salas hired him for Jordan’s tour, Hawkins regarded himself “the best drummer in the world.” Salas did not share that assessment.

“Stevie Salas would be screaming in my face during the shows: ‘This ain’t no high school gig!’ and would tell me he thought I should probably go home,” Hawkins recalled in a 2014 interview with Classic Rock magazine.

“He tortured me! (Expletive) tortured me! For six months. And I still love him. He’ll always be one of my mentors, like Dave (Grohl). He was the one guy who beat it into my brain that I wasn’t the best drummer in the world, that I have work to do. But he said I had something that couldn’t be taught. (Stevie) ripped my ego out of my body and put it back the way it should have.”

Not coincidentally, Salas had undergone a similar trial by fire during his extensive 1988 tour with Rod Stewart, which included a sold-out San Diego show at Southwestern College’s Devore Stadium.

Salas will likely acknowledge some of his famous musical partners when he accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award on Tuesday. But one of his biggest shout-outs will be to the San Diego music scene that so greatly nurtured and inspired him in the early 1980s.

‘A big impact on me’

“I’ve been going through my speech for the award I’m getting, and it’s not about me,” stressed the Oceanside native. “It’s about Jerry Raney, Joey Harris, Paul Shaffer, Four Eyes, The Penetrators, Fingers, and all these San Diego bands that were so good when I was a kid. My band, This Kids, would open for them when I was in high school and they really made a big impact on me.

“I mean, the Joey Harris/Fingers’ song, ‘Too Young?’ That’s superior songwriting! I don’t think people remember how many great musicians were playing in San Diego back in the 1980s. I used to sneak into the Belly Up to see Rosie Flores and her band, The Screamers, with Lee Barnes on guitar.”

These are more than distant memories for Salas.

His voice literally jumped with excitement as he recalled playing countless local gigs across San Diego County with his group, during which time he soaked up as much musical information and inspiration as he could.

“I started This Kids when I was in 11th grade and we opened up for all the local bands,” Salas said. “I remember doing a gig with Four Eyes and they were writing (new) songs at their sound check. We opened for The Penetrators, and every song of theirs was a masterpiece.

“And if Mick Jagger would have cut the DFX2 song, ‘Emotion,’ it was like the best Stones song they never recorded! As a matter of fact, I wish I would have played the song for Jagger when I was working with him.”

Salas laughed.

“The (San Diego band) Bratz were a bit more corporate-sounding than I liked at the time, but they had this massive rock-star swagger, and they were so far beyond me in wisdom and experience,” he said. “Their singer, Paul Shaffer, was the first guy I ever saw wearing purple shoes on stage! I hope he can come do a song with me at Humphreys when I get my award.

“I have so much respect for those legendary San Diego musicians because they were so bad ass. And you had to be bad ass to even be able to play on the same stages as them. If you think about everything I’ve done — from George Clinton, Rod Stewart, Terence Trent D’Arby, Duran Duran, Bootsy Collins, Mick Jagger — it was all built on my having learned to do music playing alongside all these great San Diego bands.”

Salas, who is of Mescalero Apache heritage, clearly learned his lessons well.

In addition to performing on nearly 80 albums by other artists, he has 14 solo albums to his credit. The first, 1988’s “Stevie Salas Colorcode” features such high-profile guests as Collins on bass and Talking Heads/Funkadelic veteran Bernie Worell on keyboards. His second album, “The Electric Tree,” teamed him with members of Cheap Trick, Stray Cats and Ozzy Osbourne’s band.

Salas’ entertaning memoir, “When We Were the Boys,” was published in 2014. In more recent years, he has been branching out into film and television work.

‘Anything is possible’

His 2017 music documentary, “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World,” won acclaim at film festivals here and abroad. The movie was an outgrowth of his work as the co-curator of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian’s “Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture” exhibit. Salas recently returned from visits to Toronto and Cannes, France, where he drummed up interest for his two latest film projects.

“I’m living proof that anything is possible,” he said. “I’m not that great a guitarist and I’m not that smart. You’ve gotta get lucky, and you just have to visualize yourself there and do it.”

It was Salas’ vision that compelled him to leave This Kids, the band he formed while attending high school, and move to Los Angeles in 1985.

Once there, he hustled more than he played, trying to get his foot through as many doors as he could. Months passed and he had little to show for his efforts. Homeless at one point, Salas struck a deal to sleep on the couch of Baby O, a Los Angeles recording studio, in return for doing custodial work.

“The studio belonged to Rick Peratta and David Pahoa, who were in the band The Plimsouls,” he recalled. “They said I could stay there if I swept the floors. And I did — for six months. I met all these people who came to the studio. I’d say; ‘I’m Stevie Salas. I play guitar!’ Most of them ignored me. Gene Simmons from Kiss was like: ‘(Screw) off.’

“One night, George Clinton — the founder of Parliament-Funkadelic — was recording late and gave me a shot, and everything grew from there. If he hadn’t, you probably would not be talking to me right now and I’d be serving pizza somewhere.”

In fact, Clinton had hired another guitarist for the recording session, Jack Sherman, an early member of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Salas was impressed by Sherman’s playing. Clinton was not.

“Jack was playing what I thought was incredible stuff,” Salas said. “He was doing was the best Parliament-Funkadelic impersonation anyone could do. I realized Clinton wasn’t interested in (revisiting) his past; he was only interested in his future.

“I saw that you had to understand where he came from, musically, but do something else, something new, on top of it. So, I started doing all this Steve Stevens-styled dive-bombing on my guitar, and George perked up.”

The Clinton session put Salas on the map with other musicians and his profile began to steadily grow. Yet, while his career trajectory appeared to head straight up, he readily acknowledges that was not the case.

A prime example came in 1987 when Salas turned down an offer to work with Thomas Dolby — of “She Blinded Me With Science” fame — to instead do Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor’s debut U.S. solo tour. It was scheduled to include a date here at the SDSU Open Air Theater as the opening act for Psychedelic Furs.

But after butting heads with Taylor, Salas got fired before the tour even began. His hometown return evaporated overnight.

“All my friends and my mom and dad had bought tickets to see me at SDSU with Andy, and I was not there. I was so embarrassed,” Salas recalled. “Then, I got a call to go perform on the ‘Top of the Pops’ TV show in England with Was (Not Was). When I got back to L.A., I got the call to audition for Rod Stewart’s band.

“So, getting fired by Andy was the worst day of my life. But it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me.”

‘This is Mick Jagger’

The lessons Salas learned from his breakthrough recording session with Clinton — including the importance of standing out musically and paying attention to details — proved long lasting.

“Mick Jagger only auditioned five guitar players: me; Dave Navarro from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction; Rusty Anderson, who is a longtime member of Paul McCartney’s band; Doyle Bramhall II, who’s worked with Eric Clapton for a long time; and Tori Ruffin, who played with Morris Day & The Time,” Salas said.

“I went there — this was in L.A. — and did my thing. And I got the gig. I became the guitarist and music director for Mick, as well as getting to hire the second guitar player, Nick Lashley, who had worked with Alanis Morrisette for years.

“Jagger would call me five times a day to talk about every little detail. He liked the fact I was also so detail oriented. He had amazing ideas. And what was great about him was he would listen to your ideas. He didn’t act like he knew everything. He was like a kid, in terms of enthusiasm, which was awesome.

“Whenever Mick left a phone message, he’d always say: ‘This is Mick Jagger.’ He never just say: ‘This is Mick’.”

And how would Salas compare fellow Brits Jagger and Stewart, two of the most famous singers in rock history?

“They are a lot different,” he replied. “Stewart is more talented and his voice is insane. But Jagger is the ultimate rock star.”

“One day I was sitting on Rod Stewart’s jet,” he said. “Rod was standing there. I looked at him — I was 23 — and I thought: ‘He’s old.’ I think he was 42 or 43 at the time! Then, I thought: ‘Why the hell is he still doing this? If I was his age, I’d be (retired) and living on some tropical island.’

“Now, that I’m old I don’t know why I’d ever stop. I think when you stop, you die. Music keeps you young.”

While Salas is now focusing more on film production, he hasn’t turned his back on music.

In 2017, “Chubby Groove” his joint album with singer Koshi Inaba, topped the charts in Japan. The two then embarked on a sold-out tour together.

In 2022, Salas toured in the final iteration of the pioneering Detroit rock band MC5, whose leader, Wayne Kramer, died early this year. On April 21 it was announced that MC5 — which had been on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot six different times — would be inducted this year in the Musical Excellence category.

“Stevie is a wonderful musician,” Kramer said in a 2022 San Diego Union-Tribune interview. “He understands the value of the art of playing rhythm guitar. He’s such a sweetheart of a man, and I’m honored to have him in the band.”

Salas performed at the 2015 San Diego Music Awards and at the 2022 Aimloan.com San Diego Blues Festival, where he traded guitar licks with ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, a longtime pal.

When not caught up with production work for other artists or at home in Austin, Salas spends as much time as he can on his boat in Oceanside and his home in Carlsbad.

He proudly notes that when he put “American Idol” alum Chris Daughtry’s touring band together, he hired a friend — Carlsbad guitarist Josh Steely — to be in the group. When Salas played at the San Diego Sports Arena in 2008 with “American Idol” alum Jordin Sparks, the band he led included two other San Diego buddies, bassist Jara Harris and drummer Mike Bedard.

“I’m still best friends with all the kids I grew up with in Carlsbad from sixth grade on,” Salas said. “We were in Little League, played Pop Warner football and went surfing together. I see them all the time and they’ll all be at Humphreys for the San Diego Music Awards. I can’t wait.”

33rd annual San Diego Music Awards

Featuring performances by: Stevie Salas, Kimmi Bitter, Mitchy Slick, Joshua Taylor, Ash Easton, Boostive and We The Commas

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday

Where: Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, 2241 Shelter Island Drive, Shelter Island

Tickets: $40 (general admission) and $125 (VIP)

Online: sandiegomusicawards.com

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