Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers receive star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame

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Red Hot Chili Peppers have been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame to mark the band’s four decades in music.The Los Angeles group, who formed back in 1983, returned with their 12th studio album ‘Unlimited Love’ today (April 1).On the eve of the record’s release, the Chilis’ current line-up – Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and John Frusciante – were in attendance to receive the 2,717th star on the coveted Walk Of Fame.Taking to the podium first, guitarist Frusciante – who returned to RHCP in 2019 after almost a decade – recalled first moving to Hollywood as a teenager in 1987 before thanking “everybody in the world who our music means something to”.Flea then looked back at his longstanding connection to Hollywood Boulevard, telling those in attendance that he “panhandled” there as a youngster and played trumpet at the nearby University Of Southern California.“I know this street inside out, and this street knows me,” he said. “And whenever we’ve travelled around the world, this street has always been a part of me.

I’m really grateful that now we can be a part of it.”Next up, Smith acknowledged the “amazing turnout” for the ceremony and gave shout outs to past members of the band. “I have to give a shout out to my brother Taylor Hawkins,” he continued, “who I love and we’ll all miss so much.”Smith added: “He’s flying around […] He would laugh and make a nice smart-ass comment about this whole thing, and I love him.”Kiedis said: “To me, this is not a story of individuals.

I love Chad, I love Flea, I love John, greatly. They are amazingly talented […] Something happens when we come together which is much greater than the individual parts.“The sum total of our parts is that we were able to find something that.