Tour de La Sensitive

Tour de La Sensitive was a 1994 concert tour by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and their first with guitarist, Dave Navarro. The band had just finished their Blood Sugar Sex Magik tour when they decided to fire guitarist, Arik Marshall. Again left without a guitarist the band decided to hold open audtions by taking out an add in the newspaper which was a total mess due to all the people showing up. Anthony Kiedis ended up discovering Jesse Tobias, guitarist for a local L.A. band called Mother Tongue. The band asked Tobias to join, which he accepted and they started writing and rehearsing for the next album. After a month with the band, the chemistry with Tobias wasn't working out and he was fired. Bassist Flea decided to again contact Navarro, who after turning them down once in 1992 after the departure of John Frusciante was finally ready to join and in September 1993 he was hired as the band's seventh guitarist.

The band went right into writing for the next album and decided to mount a short tour titled Tour de La Sensisitve which was named after the nickname, Los Sensitives that Navarro gave four members. The tour saw the band performing a memorable set at Woodstock 1994 which featured them in lightbulb costumes, which Dave hated and dressed as Jimi Hendrix for their encore, and two opening dates for The Rolling Stones which singer Anthony Kiedis has said was a miserable expierence. The tour featured a few songs that would be recorded for the 1995 album, One Hot Minute however the songs were still a work in progress and the lyrics were much different at the time than on the finished recording.

Songs performed

• "Aeroplane", "Pea" and "Warped" were performed for the first time on this tour. All three songs would be featured on the 1995 album, One Hot Minute. The band also played intros/outros to "Deep Kick" and "Walkabout" however the full songs were not played.
• "Grand Pappy Du Plenty", which was used as intro to "Give It Away" was performed for the first time since 1988.

Personnel

• Flea - Bass, backing vocals
• Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals, guitar (on Give It Away)
• Dave Navarro - guitar
• Chad Smith - drums

External links

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