Roll on the Red Tour
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Promotional poster June 23, 2004 show | ||||
| Tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||||
| Start date | June 5, 2004 | |||
| End date | October 24, 2004 | |||
| Legs | 1 | |||
| Shows | 22 | |||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers concert chronology | ||||
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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. On March 17, 2015, the band released Cardiff, Wales: 6/23/04 a free MP3 download of the entire show through their website.
Songs performed
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- "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 dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
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| June 5, 2004 | Nürburgring | Germany | Rock am Ring |
| June 6, 2004 | Nuremberg | Rock im Park | |
| June 8, 2004 | Milan | Italy | San Siro |
| June 10, 2004 | Vienna | Austria | Aerodrome Festival |
| June 12, 2004 | Dublin | Ireland | Phoenix Park |
| June 13, 2004 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Murrayfield Stadium |
| June 15, 2004 | Paris | France | Parc des Princes |
| June 16, 2004 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam ArenA |
| June 18, 2004 | Manchester | England | City of Manchester Stadium |
| June 19, 2004 | London | Hyde Park | |
| June 20, 2004 | |||
| June 23, 2004 | Cardiff | Wales | Millennium Stadium |
| June 25, 2004 | London | England | Hyde Park |
| June 27, 2004 | Santiago de Compostela | Spain | Auditorio Monte do Gozo |
| July 24, 2004 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka Dome |
| July 25, 2004 | Yokohama | International Stadium | |
| July 28, 2004 | Boston, Massachusetts | United States | Louis Boston |
| September 12, 2004 | Hollywood, California | Avalon Theatre | |
| September 30, 2004 | Beverly Hills, California | Esquire House | |
| October 15, 2004 | Santa Monica, California | Bergamot Station | |
| October 23, 2004 | Mountain View, California | Shoreline Amphitheatre | |
| October 24, 2004 |
Opening acts
- Ash
- Chicks on Speed
- James Brown
- N.E.R.D.
- Nosfell
- The Pixies
- The Roots
- Stella Starr
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)" and "Desecration Smile". Studio versions of the first three were never released however "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. "Fortune Faded" a song written in 2001 and first performed on their 2001 tour was re-written and released on their 2003 Greatest Hits album and 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 marked the last time "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
