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Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 2022 Stadium Tour Via Goofy Fake-News Video
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSome things never change, and nearly 40 years after they first formed, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are still goofballs. The group, whose most solid lineup — cofounders Anthony Kiedis and Flea with drummer Chad Smith and guitarist John Frusciante — recently reunited, has announced a stadium tour for next year.They don’t have any dates of details except that they’re playing in Europe in June and North American in July, but they got the news out via a goofy fake news video that finds them in characteristic form, with Kiedis and Flea done up as ’70-style news anchors named John Hammerswaddle, Todd the Squirrel, Smith in a similar getup as weatherman Randy Raindrops, and Frusciante playing himself.
