Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce Comeback

Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their comeback concert.

The US funk rockers went on hiatus in 2008 after 25 years together, but have said that they will play the charity concert MusiCares 2010 on January 29, honouring Neil Young for his services to the musicians' charity.

Three members of the group played the same concert earlier this year which was honouring Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis, but this will be the first time the whole group has played together since they completed the last leg of their "StadiumArcadium Tour".

In May 2008, Kiedis announced the band was taking a break of "at least a year".

He said: "We're disbanded for the moment. We actually took a very long time to make the 'Stadium Arcadium' record, it took forever. It was really a gruelling, long haul and it followed two other very long hauls, 'Californication' and 'By the Way'."

However the "Under The Bridge" hitmakers returned to the studio last month to record their follow-up album to 2006's "Stadium Arcadium" which, according to drummer Chad Smith, will be released next year.

In September, the band were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - in their first year of eligibility - and will find out if they have been awarded the honour in the new year.

Other artists playing the MusiCares 2010 concert include alt-country band Wilco, jazz singer Norah Jones and veteran singer James Taylor.

Thanks for the report to Contactmusic.com.

Comments

['93]

yay!!!

[Hultan]

YESSSSS

[chickenfoot]

good news

[Rimfrost]

Excellent! i really hope it comes out during the summer, there´s nothing better than a new chilipeppers album to go with summer season

[deadlyMETAL]

This is where I learned they were on hiatus.
This is also where I learned they came out of hiatus.
Woo, be looking forward to the new one.

[Philip_pepper]

Sweet! That's on my birthday!

I'm wondering if they'll play any new songs...

[Cobain_Is_King]

w3wt!

[Serjem]

oh yeah... this made my day, my week.

[The Chauffeur]

woooohoooo

[ultimatedaver]

Anyone know where the gig is?

[Pool_Shark]

hell yeah

[98Timberwolf]

Yeah!

[Cheesepuff]

I hope they write that new album soon! I can't wait!

[Necr0maniac]

HELL YES!

[allfallsdown]

another one of those bands that write better music when on unhealthy amounts of drugs. I applaud Kiedis and Frusciante for sobering up, but I miss their old music.

[ModestMelon]

allfallsdown wrote:

another one of those bands that write better music when on unhealthy amounts of drugs. I applaud Kiedis and Frusciante for sobering up, but I miss their old music.

sadly true. But even so, very excited for new material :]

[Andy2k64]

allfallsdown wrote:

another one of those bands that write better music when on unhealthy amounts of drugs. I applaud Kiedis and Frusciante for sobering up, but I miss their old music.

lol so true yet i am looking forward to the new material...was not a big stadium arcadium fan tho...

[PapaDelicious]

I love the chili's, but if you just took a year hiatus, it's not really a "comeback"

[flame_mc]

PapaDelicious wrote:

I love the chili's, but if you just took a year hiatus, it's not really a "comeback"

For a so long waited return of band like this, I think that you could call it a great comeback

[illuminatiano]

Stadium Arcadium was a huge disappointment for me, I wish they'd keep playing their older stuff.

[Cerpian_Taxt]

it's p. cool that rhcp's "hiatus" included three members playing in a tribute to the fourth and the recording of an album.

Checked.

[bulldog03]

awesome news!! and stadium arcadium was absolutely amazing cant wait for their next!!

[ashtray.girl]

at last...!

[Jason_solitude]

Its about time the worlds greatest band got back together!!!!!

[MotörHeadFan22]

Sweet, can't wait!

[redhotsexmagic]

yes! yES! YESSSSS!!!!!

[jsurf06]

excellent. they better ****ing play sir pyscho sexy this time in phx

[sadSTATUE]

EXCELLENT.

[SpiritThief]

Man I can't wait to hear some sweet new riffs!

[jetfuel495]

PapaDelicious wrote:

I love the chili's, but if you just took a year hiatus, it's not really a "comeback"

Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years!

Can't wait, I love these guys

[Claypool5667]

It sucks, it looks like you cant really just buy tickets to the show, its a big fancy dinner that you donate thousands of dollars to attend. I live in Wisconsin anyways, l=not like I'd be able to fly to LA.

Amazing news, anyways.

[stereomaca]

stadium arcadium is one of the best records i own

[RHCPFAN96]

oh yess,i didnt reli get any of it but it says comeback which is f*ckin AWESOME!

[SharpObject]

sweet sweet sweet. Also they totally belong in the RnR hall of fame.

[THRASH-METAL]

Sweet i would really like to see them. hope the new record is going to be good. it is the chilli peppers though so it should be.

[Beerad1337]

However the "Under The Bridge" hitmakers returned to the studio last month

What a retarded way to introduce them into the paragraph. Felt like a 4 year old is writing the article when I got there. Whatever, lol.

Great news though.

[Shlecht]

does anyone else think chad smith looks like will ferrell?

[ChucklesMginty]

I will NOT let myself miss a UK show!

[i_am_metalhead]

This is great news!!

[False_God]

Shlecht wrote:

does anyone else think chad smith looks like will ferrell?

for years!!!

glad they are back

[liquidsilver]

Shlecht wrote:

does anyone else think chad smith looks like will ferrell?

Yes ive thought this before. cant wait for some new rhcp material!!!

[Krieger91]

yesssss.....this is the most exhilirating so far of al the bands that have reformed recently

now waiting for system of a down eheh

[MTVget0FFtheAIR]

i didn't know they were gone...

meh, they've earned their fame.

[MushroomBomb]

Hells. Yeeeah.

checked

[JFfan92]

illuminatiano wrote:

Stadium Arcadium was a huge disappointment for me, I wish they'd keep playing their older stuff.

i thought of it as a disappointment at first when i heard it. But some of those songs when played live are incredible the feeling they put into it. BSSM still my fav album from them tho.

[fridafrusciante]

YES, love it =D

[Metal_Militia15]

Yay. SOAD Next?

[Karvid]

allfallsdown wrote:

another one of those bands that write better music when on unhealthy amounts of drugs. I applaud Kiedis and Frusciante for sobering up, but I miss their old music.

Well, Anthony was clean during Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar, and the rest of them weren't into anything crazy, either.

Stadium Arcadium has really grown on me, and as far as that goes, Stadium Arcadium live>Stadium Arcadium album.

[GIBSONroks6167]

allfallsdown wrote:

another one of those bands that write better music when on unhealthy amounts of drugs. I applaud Kiedis and Frusciante for sobering up, but I miss their old music.

not sure if thats true...they were (relatively) clean for californication and IMO that's their best album, but then again thats my opinion

[Cainus Anus]

I loved stadium arcadium. the thing about it is... sure, it has some duds. More than any other chili peps record. but pick the best 15 tracks from both disks and you have yourself (possibly) the best Chili Peppers records.

I don't think you can accuse them of stepping too far from their roots and I'm glad they didn't just remake a previous album. look at the new wolfmother album, stockdale attempted to remake the debut and failed miserably.

[Jayjayobrien]

I miss the funky chilli peppers, its more melodic nowadays, I suppose its to do with age.

[guitar67]

Yeah! It's not really a comeback. In the old days you should only release a new album every 2 or 3 years. I think bands over saturate fans with albums every year.

[Avedas]

Hell yes, can't wait.

[alexmonty12]

I hope everyone realises 4 out of 5 of the most recent chili pepper news articles are about them coming out of hiatus. Not really news then is it?

[NewsoftheWorld]

alexmonty12 wrote:

I hope everyone realises 4 out of 5 of the most recent chili pepper news articles are about them coming out of hiatus. Not really news then is it?

Yes,it is because this article informed us of their first post-hiatus show.

[FruscianteFan95]

Shlecht wrote:

does anyone else think chad smith looks like will ferrell

no. will ferrell looks like chad smith

[CanCan]

God bless.

[BrixDK]

allfallsdown wrote:

another one of those bands that write better music when on unhealthy amounts of drugs. I applaud Kiedis and Frusciante for sobering up, but I miss their old music.

Anthony was sober during MM and BSSM but on drugs when they made "One Hot Minute". I think it's more about growing up and slowing down. According to most artists the drugs just slow down the creative process. Btw Stadium was awesome and so was "The Empyrean". I'm very hopeful

[museiscool]

very good news

[metalme31]

FruscianteFan95 wrote:

Shlecht wrote:

does anyone else think chad smith looks like will ferrell

no. will ferrell looks like chad smith

Exactly what I was going to say.

[breadstick]

Awesome. I need some new material to listen to 24/7.

[SilverHammer :O]

If RCHP put out an album called "Road Trippin" that has nothing but Road Trippin on it over and over again, I would buy the shit out of it.

[jrcsgtpeppers]

^ hahahahahaha
John Hasn't said anything yet!!!

[InMyHead_x]

Shlecht wrote:

does anyone else think chad smith looks like will ferrell?

Have you not seen Chad's t-shirt?? The "I Am Not Will Ferrell" t-shirt. Its hilarious! I think he wore it at a Chickenfoot gig once...

[Uranutan]

God, why? If they're going to be anything like Stadium Arcadium, the slow songs will be soulless and the funk ones just embarrassing.

[Ead]

Uranutan wrote:

God, why? If they're going to be anything like Stadium Arcadium, the slow songs will be soulless and the funk ones just embarrassing.

how the hell can you call the songs on Stadium soulless? im assuming from that statement you're a fan of older RHCP? if you are then you should honestly realize they're true artists and their albums aren't always going to be the same; they are evolving and their albums are just screen shots of themselves at that point in time. if you knew that, you should know the next album shouldn't be like Stadium. have some faith man

[bigtimmy]

deadlyMETAL wrote:

This is where I learned they were on hiatus.
This is also where I learned they came out of hiatus.
Woo, be looking forward to the new one.

haha lol

[lbj273]

about time, so excited for new material. they just keep getting better and better. stadium arcadium had no bad songs on it

[DaveMN]

I'm so happy I'm gonna go change my pants

[SOADriff]

oh come on, they were never gone. It was just a break between albums.

RHCP ****ing rule.

[phishman808]

the only problem i had with stadium arcadium was the lyrics if you take the lyrics out the music is still funky and up beat for the most part. but anthonys lyrics are not the best. i mean when your a millionaire and have no problems in the world its kinda hard to write deep lyrics. personally i have never had respect for anthony due to the SNL antics and think hes just in it for the moeny not the music. chad, flea and john on the other hand i love. johns new solo album was awesome and SA's music was good. as long as anthony can bring some raging vocals to this next disc it should be out of this world

[phishman808]

im expecting to see them headline a huge festival next year. hopefully its bonnaroo or rothberry because those are the ones close enough for me to attend. went to bonnaroo last year and was pit for phish. looking to do the same for rhcp if they show up.

[Shreddaboi12]

YEWWWW

omg please come to australiaa

[redwolf206]

Stadium Arcadium got boring for me, I hope this one goes back to the balls to the wall funk I grew to love or at least a normal length album this time. The songs on SA were too similar to be packed into a giant double disc album.

[b_flo]

Cool....Dave Rat, if you're reading this, I'd like to work w/RHCP on their next tour!...another great band to cross off my bucket list...if it happens.

Well la dee frickin' da.

Checked.

[hak_hap]

SilverHammer :O wrote:

If RCHP put out an album called "Road Trippin" that has nothing but Road Trippin on it over and over again, I would buy the shit out of it.

best comment ever

[JohnnoEH]

Sweet as! Another one to add to the sgopping list...

Here's hoping they do an Aussie tour!

[Firenze]

That's really awesome. Here's hoping I can catch them and Tool this year.

[Restlesscow]

phishman808 wrote:

the only problem i had with stadium arcadium was the lyrics if you take the lyrics out the music is still funky and up beat for the most part. but anthonys lyrics are not the best. i mean when your a millionaire and have no problems in the world its kinda hard to write deep lyrics. personally i have never had respect for anthony due to the SNL antics and think hes just in it for the moeny not the music. chad, flea and john on the other hand i love. johns new solo album was awesome and SA's music was good. as long as anthony can bring some raging vocals to this next disc it should be out of this world

Yes. Im sure he only had money on his mind when he wrote songs like Under the Bridge...

[c-rob6422]

Shlecht wrote:

does anyone else think chad smith looks like will ferrell?

actually, will ferrell looks like chad smith. OWNED. by the way i'm excited for this. by the way i tried to say i'd be there....

[guusw]

Ead wrote:

Uranutan wrote:

God, why? If they're going to be anything like Stadium Arcadium, the slow songs will be soulless and the funk ones just embarrassing.

how the hell can you call the songs on Stadium soulless? im assuming from that statement you're a fan of older RHCP? if you are then you should honestly realize they're true artists and their albums aren't always going to be the same; they are evolving and their albums are just screen shots of themselves at that point in time. if you knew that, you should know the next album shouldn't be like Stadium. have some faith man

Couldn't agree more, people who like bands that stand still and do the same shit over and over are fricking empty. Those are probably the same people who disagree with USA finally getting a semi-decent health insurance system.

[phishman808]

restlesscow i wasnt talking about anything before stadium arcadium. i mean dani california horrible lyrics. dope music. shes only 18 i mean hes married why is he talking about 18 year olds. if you could read your would of realized i was talking about stadium arcadium not anything else. i loved the music hated the lyrics on stadium arcadium i mean i still bought it. but i dont think i have listened to it more than twice and the other records i have listen to multiple times. again and agian and again. im expecting to see some mellow music coming out of this one. i mean their in a "chill" part of their lives so you would only expect that would translate into their music and with chad saying their is piano on some tracks leds me to beleive this even more.

[Funk Monk]

guitar67 wrote:

Yeah! It's not really a comeback. In the old days you should only release a new album every 2 or 3 years. I think bands over saturate fans with albums every year.

Stadium Arcadium was released in 2006 and its.....yeah 2009.

[Ataxia]

FUCK YES. This has eased my day...

[Restlesscow]

phishman808 wrote:

restlesscow i wasnt talking about anything before stadium arcadium. i mean dani california horrible lyrics. dope music. shes only 18 i mean hes married why is he talking about 18 year olds. if you could read your would of realized i was talking about stadium arcadium not anything else. i loved the music hated the lyrics on stadium arcadium i mean i still bought it. but i dont think i have listened to it more than twice and the other records i have listen to multiple times. again and agian and again. im expecting to see some mellow music coming out of this one. i mean their in a "chill" part of their lives so you would only expect that would translate into their music and with chad saying their is piano on some tracks leds me to beleive this even more.

Thats fine that you don't like the lyrics. But How are the lyrics terrible..? You seem lost as to why Kiedis would sing about an 18 year old, but you say your happy with him singing about f-ing Eve? (Sir Psycho Sexy)
Its Kiedis, of course the lyrics are gonna be a little wierd Thats what makes them so great!

[m_daly_123]

hak_hap wrote:

SilverHammer :O wrote:

If RCHP put out an album called "Road Trippin" that has nothing but Road Trippin on it over and over again, I would buy the shit out of it.

best comment ever

agreed lol

[Cobrevolution]

You seem lost as to why Kiedis would sing about an 18 year old, but you say your happy with him singing about f-ing Eve? (Sir Psycho Sexy)

Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Sir Psycho is just a cool, funny song that should not be taken seriously at all, whereas others might interpret Kiedis singing about 18 year old females a bit, hum, suggestive? Ironic? Hypocritical? Whatever people want to believe, though.

[IMABBALLPLAYER]

Cool! I'm glad to see them back. I'm not a huge fan of them anymore, but I'm excited to see what they bring to the table. I hope their next album has a lot of slower jazzy songs like "Hey". Kiedis' voice is perfect for that kind of stuff nowadays.

[Gormanilius]

Beerad1337 wrote:

However the "Under The Bridge" hitmakers returned to the studio last month
What a retarded way to introduce them into the paragraph. Felt like a 4 year old is writing the article when I got there. Whatever, lol.

Great news though.

THANK YOU!!I thought i was the only one to notice that. These articles are written horribly sometimes. Probably to avoid copyright issues, but still.
suckage

[filip_dinev]

that's good !

[Kieran-Clinch]

Metal_Militia15 wrote:

Yay. SOAD Next?

****ing hope so

[edgeyyz]

Yes, hope it's a bit more funky though.

[eljo]

One word : FINALLY!

[quinlikesmetal]

i dont know, i realy dont get the light-weight concept of the chilli peppers

[hardrocker628]

I hate when people who write these kind of articles always are like the "band's most known song" hitmakers, i mean there were other great songs by them that people know. besides that i am really happy for rhcp i hope they reunite earlier

[wicked_hobbit]

I'm an hour late for work, wishing that I have more hours of sleeping. But reading this has made this a grreatt dayy!

Ok off to work

[sleeler69]

Why all the excitment? They never went anywhere. A year off is called a very nice vacation. 3 yrs a hiatus. Anthony was extremely over the top by saying that they were temporarily disbanding! IT WAS A YEAR FOR CHRIST SAKE! And everybody but anthony has been busy during that year. Mothers Milk and everything before it were their best stuff. Still good live!

[DelongeFootwear]

red hot chili peppers are such an average band. i cant get why everyone loves these guys. meh. i cant get into them. they must be doing something right if they got nominated for the rock n roll hall of fame

[timothy_sss01]

this is going to be a wild one i think. I cant wait. I never really kept up with a band but, red hot chilli peppers is a solid group that i always had interest in. I hope that they are being awarded the "honour in the new year." It has been a long come back. Its good to see them again.

[Force Reaver]

why do people hate on stadium arcadium so much? Its not really full of pop hits like previous albums and its not full of raging punch you in the face funk but thats no reason to hate on it. People need to actually take stadium as what it was made for a cool double disc explosion into another world. Your not supposed to just pop the album in and skip through every song just cause you dont like the first 5 seconds of certain things. You have to devote a huge chunk of time to it. Pop the album in and listen to it completely from disc 1 to disc 2 and then backwards and tell me it isnt one of the most interesting amazing bits of music you have ever listened to. Each song goes together so hand in hand and each ending song closes each disc so well. Man you people are blind go burn cant stop, californication, by the way and cant stop on an album and stop your bitching cause thats only probably what you listen to anyway.

Checked.

[Ultimate_Taffy]

To use a cliche that has been used many times for this news article.
About time.
I love RHCP and believe them to be one of the more original bands to come out of the 80's.
John Frusciante is a god and should get way more respect in the music world for his solo stuff then he does currently

[maximumrocker]

sweet i cant wait to see there new stuff

[Dannv3]

Awesome (8)

[Mister.Y]

Let's see if Josh shows up instead of John

[guitar_chik]

the red hot chili peppers never cease to amaze me theres not many other bands who can stay together 26 years and still produce insanely good music. just look at guns n roses...chinese democracy = failure. and metallica's st. anger wasn't much better (death magnetic was a little bit better, but that's not the point). RHCP just have such creative minds...even though they matured a lot, they still found ways to make their music great

[Patrick L]

Force Reaver wrote:

why do people hate on stadium arcadium so much? Its not really full of pop hits like previous albums and its not full of raging punch you in the face funk but thats no reason to hate on it. People need to actually take stadium as what it was made for a cool double disc explosion into another world. Your not supposed to just pop the album in and skip through every song just cause you dont like the first 5 seconds of certain things. You have to devote a huge chunk of time to it. Pop the album in and listen to it completely from disc 1 to disc 2 and then backwards and tell me it isnt one of the most interesting amazing bits of music you have ever listened to. Each song goes together so hand in hand and each ending song closes each disc so well. Man you people are blind go burn cant stop, californication, by the way and cant stop on an album and stop your bitching cause thats only probably what you listen to anyway.

Congratulations sir,you just won.

[Metal Onslaught]

it's not a come-back if you have only been gone for a year.....

[Metal Onslaught]

sleeler69 wrote:

Why all the excitment? They never went anywhere. A year off is called a very nice vacation. 3 yrs a hiatus. Anthony was extremely over the top by saying that they were temporarily disbanding! IT WAS A YEAR FOR CHRIST SAKE! And everybody but anthony has been busy during that year. Mothers Milk and everything before it were their best stuff. Still good live!

see? this guy knows what I'm talking about.

[Liam B]

love rhcp

[darkl64]

Jason_solitude :
Its about time the worlds greatest band got back together!!!!!

John and George are dead though =/

[EREV777]

awesome!!!

[Restlesscow]

Cobrevolution wrote:

You seem lost as to why Kiedis would sing about an 18 year old, but you say your happy with him singing about f-ing Eve? (Sir Psycho Sexy)

Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Sir Psycho is just a cool, funny song that should not be taken seriously at all, whereas others might interpret Kiedis singing about 18 year old females a bit, hum, suggestive? Ironic? Hypocritical? Whatever people want to believe, though.

And im pretty sure the majority of people would find the lyrics to SPS just a little more suggestive than Shes only 18...
If he was singing about a 14 year old then I would see your point.

[Yeti60]

RHCP, Wilco, Norah Jones, and James Taylor at one show? Sounds interesting.

Glad to hear that RHCP is about to be very active again.

[guitarkid583]

did anyone really think they were done?

[DemonInTheFlesh]

This is the only band that has never disappointed me. This is also the only article about a band where I've seen practically no comments flaming said band. Erego... RHCP = Best band ever?

[GenerationKILL]

Hopefully the new record sounds more old-school. I didn't like stadium arcadium or californication very much.

[darkfire_storm]

wicked_hobbit wrote:

I'm an hour late for work, wishing that I have more hours of sleeping. But reading this has made this a grreatt dayy!

Ok off to work

i like how you're an hour late to work, yet you take the time to stop in to the UG news page and comment on an article instead of rushing out of the house so you don't get sacked. nice work ethic.

[lurch_276]

i seriously have a boner

[Jason_solitude]

jsurf06 wrote:

excellent. they better ****ing play sir pyscho sexy this time in phx

Your damn ****ing right mybe Sexy Mexican Maid too

[Hultan]

darkfire_storm wrote:

wicked_hobbit wrote:

I'm an hour late for work, wishing that I have more hours of sleeping. But reading this has made this a grreatt dayy!

Ok off to work

i like how you're an hour late to work, yet you take the time to stop in to the UG news page and comment on an article instead of rushing out of the house so you don't get sacked. nice work ethic.

RHCP is more important than work.

[nickhibbs]

Last concert aug 2007. well over a year out.
Look forward to new album.

[Zeebraa]

I saw their Stadium Arcadium tour. They are amazing live.One of the best concerts I've been to. cant wait to hear their next album. RHCP is an awesome band. great sound, great everything.