
I’m With You, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 10th studio album, and their first since 2006′s Stadium Arcadium, in now streaming in full on iTunes and 91x.com. In addition, the band is hosting a series of listening events in London, Toronto, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, and Los Angeles that are being broadcast live on redhotchilipeppers.com. Fans can visit the website and locate the event locations on Google maps to watch everything as it unfolds in each city.
For those who’ve managed to miss the barrage of news posts leading up to the album’s release, here’s some background: I’m With You is the first to feature new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who replaced longtime axeman John Frusciante in 2010. Speaking with Los Angeles radio station KROQ earlier this year, frontman Anthony Kiedis noted that “the big difference, writing wise, for this album is Flea (the band’s bassist) got his piano playing together, and so instead of him coming in with really cool ideas for the bass guitar, he’d come in with really cool ideas for the piano.” Kiedis also credited the influence of Klinghoffer, explaining, “Josh has never really had a band he was part of… he came in with sort of a lifetime of music… a real reservoir of chords and ideas… and now he has a place for it.”
The 14-track effort will be available to purchase beginning August 30th via Warner Bros. Records; on that same day, the band will also perform the album in its entirety as part of a special cinematic event.
In support of the release, the band plans to tour extensively though 2013. You can find their currently confirmed tour dates below, along with the album’s tracklist.
’m With You Tracklist:
01. Monarchy of Roses
02. Factory of Faith
03. Brendan’s Death Song
04. Ethiopia
05. Annie Wants a Baby
06. Look Around
07. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
08. Did I Let You Know
09. Goodbye Hooray
10. Happiness Loves Company
11. Police Station
12. Even You Brutus?
13. Meet Me at the Corner
14. Dance, Dance, Dance
Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011 Tour Dates:
08/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia
09/11 – Bogota, CO @ Parque Simon Bolivar
09/12 – San Jose, CR @ Estadio Nacional De Costa Rica
09/14 – Lima, PR @ Estadio Nacional
09/16 – Santiago, CL @ Estadio Monumental
09/18 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Estadio River Plate
09/21 – San Paolo, BR @ Anhembi
09/24 – Rio de Janeiro, BR @ Rock in Rio
10/07 – Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena
10/09 – Hamburg, DE @ O2 World
10/11 – Stockholm, SE @ Ericsson Globe
10/12 – Stockholm, SE @ Ericsson Globe
10/14 – Herning, DK @ Jyske Bank Boxen
10/16 – Rotterdam, NL @ Ahoy Rotterdam
10/18 – Paris, FR @ Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
10/21 – Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle – Messe Frankfurt
11/04 – Dublin, IE @ The O2 *
11/07 – London, UK @ O2 Arena *
11/09 – London, UK @ O2 Arena *
11/10 – London, UK @ O2 Arena *
11/12 – Glasgow, UK @ SECC *
11/14 – Manchester, UK @ M.E.N. Arena *
11/15 – Manchester, UK @ M.E.N. Arena *
11/17 – Sheffield, UK @ Motorpoint Arena *
11/19 – Birmingham, UK @ LG Arena
11/20 – Birmingham, UK @ LG Arena
12/04 – Berlin, DE @ o2 World
12/05 – Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle
12/07 – Vienna, AT @ Wiener Stadthalle
12/10 – Torino, IT @ Palaolimpico
12/11 – Assago, IT @ Mediolanum Forum
12/13 – Zueich, CH @ Hallenstadion Zurich
12/15 – Barcelona, ES @ Palau Sant Jordi
12/17 – Madrid, ES @ Palacio de Deportes
* = w/ Fool’s Gold