Fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers have waited patiently for news about a new North American tour since before the summer release of their 10th album, “I’m With You.” Finally, the first half-dozen dates have been announced.The initial opening U.S. show on the schedule is listed as January 20 in Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale, FL at the Bank Atlantic Center. Previously, the January 25 gig in Charlotte, N.C., was at the top of the schedule. Of course, more additions could change the temporal logistics. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Along with the Sunrise date, the new additions for the I’M WITH YOU Tour include Orlando at Amway Arena January 21; Tampa at St. Pete Times Forum January 23; the New Orleans Arena February 4; San Antonio’s AT&T Center March 6; Houston at the Toyota Center March 8; Dallas at American Airlines Center March 9; Tulsa at BOK Arena March 13; Oklahoma City at Chesapeake Energy Arena March 15 and North Little Rock, Ark., at Verizon Arena March 16.
Red Hot Chili Peppers have made professional digital recordings of every show since their European tour kicked off November 7 in London, England. All North American dates will be recorded as well and sold as MP3 and FLAC files on the band’s official web site.
In early November, the Chili Peppers released the video for ‘Monarchy of Roses,’ which was directed by Marc Klasfeld and depicts each of the musicians as graphic novel characters performing in a swirl of whizzing black and white comic book images and color roses.
In September, the band was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alongside Guns N’ Roses, Beastie Boys and others. An announcement regarding the inductees should come soon.
Red Hot Chili Peppers will be at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Friday January 20, 2012.
