With a new guitarist added to the fold and festival appearances lined up for this fall, the only detail missing from the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2011 return is a release date for their much-anticipated 10th LP. But as Rock It Out! Blog and Cluster 1‘s Sami Jarroush learned in an exclusive interview with Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, the band has circled late August as the album’s target release date. Smith also confirmed that the band is finalizing the album’s tracklist, but a title has yet to be chosen.

Above, you can watch Smith discuss the band’s upcoming album, as well as his two other endeavors — a new Chickenfoot album and a live DVD for his instrumental group, the Bombastic Meatbats.

No word on what the Peppers have planned, but the followup to 2006′s Stadium Arcadium is believed to be in the works.

Until then, Smith will be finishing up a few more tour dates with his supergroup/side-project Chickenfoot, while also releasing the debut release of another side-project, Bombastic Meatbats.

Chickenfoot 2009 Tour Dates:
08/02 – Halifax, NS @ Citadel Hill
08/05 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
08/07 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
08/08 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
08/10 – St. Paul, MN @ Myth
08/11 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
08/13 – Comstock Park, MI @ Winter Beer Festival
08/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
08/17 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
08/18 – Baltimore, MD @ Lyric Opera House
08/20 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Arena
08/22 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel
08/23 – Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
08/24 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
08/26 – Portsmouth, VA @ Ntelos Wireless Pavilion
08/27 – Charlotte, NC @ Uptown Amphitheatre
08/29 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
08/30 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
09/05 – Stateline, NV @ Harvey’s Lake Tahoe
09/11 – Denvero, CO @ The Fillmore
09/12 – Grand Junction, CO @ Rock Jam
09/14 – Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theater
09/16 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater
09/17 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Pavilion
09/20 – San Antonio, TX @ Sunset Station
09/21 – Grand Prarie, TX @ Nokia Theatre
09/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
09/25 – Berkley, CA @ Greek Theatre
09/26 – Valley Center, CA @ Harrah’s Rincon Open Sky Theater
09/27 – Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheater