The Getaway World Tour
| Tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| Associated album | The Getaway |
|---|---|
| Start date | September 1, 2016 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers concert chronology | |
The Getaway World Tour is a upcoming concert tour by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers that will be in support of their eleventh studio album, The Getaway which will be released on June 17, 2016. This tour, which will begin on September 1, 2016, follows the band's 2016 summer festival tour.[1]
Background
A full world tour is expected starting in September in Europe and continue into 2017. Singer Anthony Kiedis in a May 5, 2016 interview discussed touring and said they were very excited to have a lot of new songs to play. Kiedis said "this being our second record with Josh, it feels a lot more fulfilling. And, it’s always great to have a job as a musician. It’s great to be in this band. We love seeing the world. But to have all these new songs at our disposal for live shows makes it feel like ‘Let’s go. Let’s go. We have a mission now. You do this incredible thing in the studio and then you go practice and rehearse and make sure you can play this stuff live and then you go see the world. You know everywhere; from Asia to South America to Europe and Eastern Europe and hopefully the Middle East and Africa and you know, you give this music life to people far far away that it means something to and you have this communal experience together. And when you just can’t take it for another day and you’re beat and you’re haggard and you’re tired and you want to collapse and you come home and you gather some new life experience and start writing a little bit and Flea sits down at the piano and says, ‘Hey, I have these chords. What do you think about these chords? And I say, hmmm, I hear melody in there and you start it all over again."[2]
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2016 | Budapest | Hungary | László Papp Budapest Sports Arena[3] |
| October 5, 2016 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion |
| October 8, 2016 | Bologna | Italy | Unipol Arena |
| October 10, 2016 | Turin | Pala Alpitour | |
| October 13, 2016 | Montpellier | France | Park&Suites Arena |
| October 16, 2016 | Paris | Bercy |
Personnel
Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Flea - Bass, backing vocals,
- Josh Klinghoffer - guitar, backing vocals
- Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
- Chad Smith - drums
