Red Hot Chili Peppers' rescheduled I'M WITH YOU North American Tour finally heads to South Florida!

Itinerary changes were afoot for the Red Hot Chili Peppers while singer Anthony Kiedis recovered from, well, foot surgery, pushing the North American tour launch to March 2012.

Surgeons put Kiedis under the knife to remove a crushed sesamoid bone and correct a detached flexor tendon in his foot.

Although he was expected to make a full recover, he wasn't exactly ready to be back on his feet for the band’s 2012 winter tour in support of their Grammy-nominated album, “I’m With You”.

Here’s what the revised schedule looks like:
January 20 in Sunrise, FL at the Bank Atlantic Center moves to April 2.
January 21 in Orlando at the Amway Arena moves to March 31.
January 23 in Tampa at the Tampa Bay Times Forum took place last night March 29 (becoming the first date on the North American schedule).
January 25 in Charlotte, NC at the Time Warner Cable Arena moves to April 6.
January 27 in Raleigh, NC at the RBC Center moves to April 4.
January 28 in Columbia, SC at Colonial Life Arena moves to April 7.
January 30 in Duluth, GA at the Gwinnett Center moves to April 10.
January 31 in Greensboro, NC at the Greensboro Coliseum moves to April 9.
February 3 in Memphis at the FedEx Forum moves to April 12.

But wait, there’s more.

The New Orleans date scheduled for February 4 moves to October 4 and dates originally scheduled for February and March in Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Little Rock are now slotted for August, September and October 2012.

Red Hot Chili Peppers reschedule their I’M WITH YOU North American Tour dates!

Itinerary changes are afoot for the Red Hot Chili Peppers as singer Anthony Kiedis recovers from, well, foot surgery, pushing the North American tour launch to March.

Surgeons recently put Kiedis under the knife to remove a crushed sesamoid bone and correct a detached flexor tendon in his foot.

Although he’s expected to make a full recover, he won’t exactly be on his feet for the band’s 2012 winter tour in support of their Grammy-nominated album, “I’m With You”.

Here’s what the revised schedule looks like:
January 20 in Sunrise, FL at the Bank Atlantic Center moves to April 2.
January 21 in Orlando at the Amway Arena moves to March 31.
January 23 in Tampa at the Tampa Bay Times Forum moves to March 29, becoming the first date on the North American schedule.
January 25 in Charlotte, NC at the Time Warner Cable Arena moves to April 6.
January 27 in Raleigh, NC at the RBC Center moves to April 4.
January 28 in Columbia, SC at Colonial Life Arena moves to April 7.
January 30 in Duluth, GA at the Gwinnett Center moves to April 10.
January 31 in Greensboro, NC at the Greensboro Coliseum moves to April 9.
February 3 in Memphis at the FedEx Forum moves to April 12.

But wait, there’s more.

The New Orleans date scheduled for February 4 moves to October 4 and dates originally scheduled for February and March in Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Little Rock are now slotted for August, September and October.

Red Hot Chili Peppers kick-off their I’M WITH YOU North American Tour in South Florida!

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.