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The Roll on the Red Tour was a concert tour by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. The tour followed the band's hugely successful By the Way tour. During this tour the band recorded their first live album, Live in Hyde Park. Near the tour's end, the dates mainly consisted of benefit and tribute shows including the Bridge School Benefit and a tribute show to longtime friend, Johnny Ramone. The band's performance was released two years later on DVD as Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone. Ramone, who was too sick to attend the tribute (although show host, Rob Zombie called him during the event), would pass away a three days after the tribute show. John Frusciante was among many famous friends and family to attend his funeral and memorial celebration.

Tour dates

Opening acts

• Ash
• Chicks on Speed
• James Brown
• N.E.R.D.
• Nosfell
• The Pixies
• The Roots
• Stella Starr

Songs performed

• "Fear Is A Man's Best Friend" (John Cale)
• "Good God" (James Brown)
• "Good Times Bad Times" (Led Zeppelin) (drum solo)
• "The Guns Of Brixton (The Clash)
• "Hard Headed Woman" (Cat Stevens)
• "I Just Want To Have Something To Do" (The Ramones) (full song)
• "I Wanna Be Sedated" (The Ramones) (full song)
• "It's A Long Way Back" (The Ramones) (full song)
• "Lotta Love" (Neil Young)
• "Maybe" (The Chantels)
• "My Time" (Jane's Addiction) (full song w/ Perry Farrell, Flea and Frusciante)
• "Ocean Size" (Jane's Addiction) (full song w/ Perry Farrell, Flea and Nuno Bettencourt)
• "Red Hot Mama" (Funkadelic)
• "Remember (Walking In The Sand) (The Shangri-Las)
• "Rock and Roll" (Led Zeppelin) (drum solo)
• "She's The One" (The Ramones) (full song)
• "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (U2) (drum solo)
• "Tiny Dancer" (Elton John)
• "Transmission" (Joy Division) (intro only)
• "We Will Rock You" (Queen) (drum solo)
• "When The Saints Go Marching In" (Katharine Purvis and James Milton Black)

Tour overview

While the tour was short it saw the band performed a bunch of new songs that were mostly written and recorded during the sessions for their Greatest Hits album including "Rolling Sly Stone", "Leverage of Space", "Mini-Epic (Kill for Your Country)", "Fortune Faded" and "Desecration Smile". Studio versions of the first three were never released however "Fortune Faded" dated back to 2001 when it was written/first performed although with different lyrics and recorded for the Greatest Hits album. "Desecration Smile" was eventually re-written and featured on the band's next album, Stadium Arcadium where it would eventually be released as a single. Other highlights on the tour included the first performance of "Out in L.A." since 1992, the live debut of "Road Trippin'", "Get On Top" being heavily featured on the tour after only being performed once prior to this tour and the returns of "Easily", "My Lovely Man", "Emit Remmus" and " I Like Dirt" after a two to three year absence. This tour also marked the last time songs such as "Out In L.A", "My Lovely Man", "Road Trippin'", "The Zephyr Song", "Leverage Of Space", "Rolling Sly Stone" and "Mini-Epic (Kill For Your Country)" have been performed live.

Personnel

Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Flea - Bass, backing vocals, trumpet
• John Frusciante - guitar, backing vocals
• Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
• Chad Smith - drums

Touring personnel

• Bill Rahmy - Production Manager
• Lyssa Bloom - Production/Tour Coordinator
• Louie Mathieu - Tour manager
• Gage Freeman - Tour Manager Assistant
• Dave Lee - Guitar technician
• Chris Warren - Drum technician
• Tracy Robar - Bass/Trumpet technician
• Dave Rat - FOH Sound Engineer
• George Squiers - Monitors
• Scott Holthaus - Lighting Director
• Artie Freund - Stage Manager
• Marcelo Cacciagioni - Moving Light Programmer
• Carl Burnnet - Lighting Crew Chef
• John Fletcher - Rigger

External links

• Red Hot Chili Peppers website
• The Side: Red Hot Chili Peppers Touring History

1. http://redhotchilipeppers.com/tour/past
2. ref>http://theside.free.fr/tour/tour.php3?id=2011

• Red Hot Chili Peppers concert tours
• 2004 concert tours