On Sunday (July 24th) the Red Hot Chili Peppers surprised their fans with a hardly expected announcement: With “Return Of The Dream Canteen” there will be a new record on October 14th. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis says, “‘Return Of The Dream Canteen’ is everything we are and everything we ever dreamed of being”. The record is available now here be pre-ordered.
Earlier this year, the band told NME that they had a vision for a new studio album. Kiedis explained: “We’re going to put out a handful of music – literally. Don’t be surprised if you have another wheelbarrow full of songs coming your way in the near future. We have a lot of stuff to excite people with.”
The idea for her new project came about quite spontaneously. “We went in search of ourselves as the band that we’ve kind of always been. Just for fun we jammed and learned some old songs. It didn’t take long and we began the mysterious process of writing new songs. A nice bit of chemistry that we’ve met hundreds of times along the way,” he continues.
“It felt like a dream”
The quartet described the whole process as a kind of self-perpetuating: “As soon as we found this smooth flow of sound and vision, we just kept building. With time turning into an elastic waistband of oversized underwear, we had no reason to stop writing and rocking. It felt like a dream. When all was said and done, our fickle love for each other and the magic of music had gifted us with more songs than we knew how to handle. ‘Return Of The Dream Canteen’ is everything we are and everything we ever dreamed of being.”
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live 2022
In June, kicking off their stadium tour at Seville’s Estadio La Cartuja – the Chili Peppers announced the news as they opened their North American tour at Denver’s Empower Field. The group performed five new songs from their most recent album Unlimited Love (2022): Aquatic Mouth Dance, Here Ever After, These Are The Ways, Whatchu Thinkin’ and the lead single Black Summer. . The show started with their hit song “Can’t Stop”.
They will also perform “Scar Tissue”, “Californication” and “Give It Away” throughout the evening. The concert ended with a double encore, 1992’s “Under The Bridge” and 2002’s “By The Way.”