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Support came from !!! which we only caught a bit of, and they were as wierd as their name. Just seemed like they were all playing
their instruments at once making a racket lol.
Chilis had a cool as hell stage set. Sorta panels of lights behind them and above them going into the crowd. Also four movable tv
screens which were used well (such as spreading the guitar accross all four for a solo). There were also these nice looking spaceship
like light rigs above the stage to match the stadium arcadium name.
The atmosphere in the MEN was great but man was it hot! Still everyone seemed to get into it. Chilis came on stage with a cracking
version of cant stop, leading into dani california and scar tissue. The set included a quite a bit off the new double album not suprisingly,
but they seem to lean heavily to tracks off the 1st disc. I would have liked one or two more off disc 2 but theyre all good.
Elsewhere the set included many of the hits but not all. Its always the case that u dont get to hear all the ones u want but they did miss
out a fair few big ones: Around the world, under the bridge (shocking!), otherside, parellel universe, zephr song....and rarer played tracks
id love to hear like BSSM, If you have to ask, Power of equality and Venice queen.
But still the ones they played were all good. There was one from pre BSSM which sounded pretty mental lol. Was a nice surprise to hear
Fortune Faded, and good to also hear I could have lied live. Think the highlight of the set was probably By The Way, the crowd went mad
for this. There were a lot of cool jams between the members in the middle of the songs. Every one of them stands out as been good
musicians, especially john frusciante who was on top form with some awesome solos. The lead up to californication he did with Flea
was also very cool.
The band were on top form, just a shame some songs were missed! Overall another top gig though!
Set List:
Can't Stop
Dani California
Scar Tissue
Charlie
Fortune Faded
Warlocks
Throw Away Your Television
John's solo song (Dunno what it was)
Snow (Hey Oh)
Nobody Weird Like Me
Strip My Mind
Right On Time
Don't Forget Me
I Could Have Lied
Tell Me Baby
Californication
Jam (When they kept saying thank you)
By the Way
Drum Solo
Soul to Squeeze
Give It Away (found out this defo was the last one pete)
Reviews from MEN website:
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Red Hot Chili Peppers @ M.E.N. Arena
Paul Taylor
HOTTER THAN EVER: The Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis 11/07/06
AS the lethally addictive hip-hop of Give It Away worked its magic, singer Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea bounced up
and down like twin jack-in-the-boxes and guitarist John Frusciante executed a headbanging manoeuvre so extreme that
his hair swept the floor.
Perhaps it was my imagination, but it seemed that the air shimmered with the effect of thousands of people punching air
simultaneously.
They have come a long way from the punky funk of their beginnings over 20 years ago to the often mournful, sinewy and more
restrained music they ply today. But when the Peppers crank it up there are few bands can match the crackling energy they
generate.
Even now in their stadium-filling pomp, Kiedis and Co have wisely avoided dressing up the parched bones of their music.
Bass, drums, one guitar and voice – it is the simple alchemy from which so much gold has been magicked.
In the Peppers’ case, Flea, clad in multi-coloured body suit and resembling a psychedelic pixie, summons all the funky bass
of a hyperactive Bootsy Collins while Frusciante’s agonised bluesy wailing has more than a nod in the direction of Jimi Hendrix.
Kiedis is the perfect front man, that honed, tattooed torso an emblem for the Peppers’ lean and muscular style.
It was a crowd-pleaser of a set – a smattering of songs from the rather unwieldy new album Stadium Arcadium and all the
best stuff from By The Way and Californication.
Highlights? The pent-up energy of Can’t Stop and By The Way and the lovely rolling riff and sing-song chorus of Snow (Hey Oh),
certainly.
But the real moment of magic came when Frusciante and Flea faced each other, jamming their way through a long intro to
Californication. |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers @ M.E.N. Arena
Lawrence Poole
11/07/06
TWO nights after a tournament in which a constellation of stars failed to sparkle as they might, in a different strand of the
entertainment business another set of galacticos were determined to live up to their billing.
Last night Anthony, Flea, Chad and John showed the Ronaldinho’s, Ronaldo’s Lampard’s and Totti’s of this world what
providing value for money entails.
Alongside perhaps only Coldplay, U2, REM, The Rolling Stones, The Foo Fighters and Oasis - the Chili Peppers are one
of those rare breed of acts lucky, savvy and talented enough to sell out multiple dates at enormodomes and football stadiums
alike.
Of course in order to sit comfortably in such esteemed company there are certain requirements to be fulfilled when putting on
shows of such scale - innovative, kaleidoscopic lightening is one, a 90-minute plus set vacuum-packed with the cream of their
back catalogue is another.
This should all be delivered in a dynamic, yet intimate manner to please each and everyone of the paying crowd.
For the most part, the veteran quartet managed to tick all of those boxes.
Postioned compactly on a small stage and orchestrated by sinewy, Tasmanian devil-esque front man Anthony Kiedis, the
four-piece delivered a tour de force of ‘70s funk, which was soaked in classic rock ‘n’ roll and retro hip-hop.
Considering the drug problems that have blighted his career to date, it was a thrill to see Kiedis still enthusiastically mirroring
the mosh pit’s po-going on tracks like the rip-roaring Throw Away Your Television and new double LP Stadium Arcadium track
Snow (Hey Oh).
Elsewhere, super-tight bassist and general pocket dynamo Flea, comically resplendent in a psychedelic skin-tight romper suit,
combined expertly with beefcake sticksman Chad Smith for majestic versions of forthcoming single Tell Me Baby and Can’t Stop.
It was axeman John Frusciante, every inch the archetypal rock god, who took things to another level though when he unleashed
the instantly recognisable riffs for By The Way and a glorious Californication.
And although a couple of guitar, drum and bass solos were a tad self-indulgent, you could argue they, along with Flea's
spontaneous Manchester chants, added to the loose-fit party atmosphere.
The absence of their key 1991 crossover hit Under The Bridge was much harder to swallow though - after all it came at a time in
their career when the band’s future as an entity was in the balance.
It may have clipped the wings of the band from the City Of Angel’s performance somewhat, but unlike a number of our so-called
World Cup stars, the Red Hot Chili Peppers still shine when it matters most. |
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Review from BBC website:
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Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Arena
Carol Hodge (gig: 11/07/06)
What is there left to say about the most famous rock funk band in the world? Teetering on the wrong side of 40, but still impossibly
bouncy and fresh, RHCP prove once again tonight that time is on their side.
Two beats into opening anthem Can't Stop, and primeval hell breaks loose in the heart of Manchester. Usually a chilled cavern, the
Arena becomes a sweatbox piled high with bodies, flailing limbs and thrashing hair, shrunk by the immense showmanship and
stunning lightsabre-clad backdrop.
Red Hot Chili Peppers (pic: Shirlaine Forrest)
A couple of fine renditions of Dani California and Scar Tissue later and the perfectly-balanced sound mix has remained – an unheard
of feat in this venue.
The star of the show is undoubtedly John Frusciante (everybody's saying it, but I assure you it's true!). A hermit crab scuttling out of
his shell in a blaze of Hendrix-esque guitar glory, Mr Frusciante proved that it is never too late to reinvent yourself. We were treated to
boiling licks, bends and tapping with a sheen of true virtuosity.
From the souped-up solo in Californication to the jangled thrusts of Throw Away Your Television, Frusciante's fingerwork shone with
a blinding vivacity hitherto reserved solely for Flea. The bass and guitar jostled and bantered throughout, pulsing with such an intense
energy that I could feel it warm my guts.
It made me tingle to watch four musicians fulfil and reach fathoms beyond their potential tonight. Decades later, and the Red Hot Chili
Peppers still attack every note as if their life depended on it.
Best of all, it really wouldn't have mattered if there was an audience or not. We know they loved us (as Flea and Kiedis' comical scat
song assured us), but when these four men get together and play, the rest of the world melts away. They are all about the music. Exactly
how it should be. |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/07/12/110706_rhcp_feature.shtml
Wow! another great review for another great gig!
it was very hot! couldnt wear the t shirt id just bought over my foos one.
cant find any pics of my new shirt, must be a new design.
the !!!'s were shit. there was one ok song but it was a bit dance-ie.
seven members of the band, usually 3 on drums, 3 on guitars and a crazy singer.
some lovely ladies about
for the chilis though it was a great start, the crowd going absolutely crazy! no mexican waves tho lol
the sound was good, and i was suprised at how the arena of 20 thousand doesnt look so big now we've been to much bigger gigs. the
stage as you said was really cool with the moving screens and tube lights going up above the audience.
they were very good live although i really wouldve preferred more old songs. suppose you cant have it all.
the gap before the encore was rediculously loud! ive never head any crowd like that!
the drum solo was ace but not quite as good as the foos.
favourite songs live:
fortune faded
scar tissue
dani california
californication
by the way
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