Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce 12th Studio Album 'Unlimited Love' With New Track Black Summer
Friday, 04 February 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their 12th studio album.
The follow-up to 2016's 'The Getaway' is called 'Unlimited Love' and will arrive on April 1 via Warner Records.
It marks the funk-rock legends' first full-length with returning guitarist John Frusciante since 'Stadium Arcadium', released in 2006. It also sees the four-piece reuniting with producer Rick Rubin, who's behind the boards for them for the first time since 2011.
As a preview, they've released the LP's melancholic first single, Black Summer, which opens with instantly recognisable smooth guitar lines from Frusciante, building to an earworm chorus. It arrives with a Deborah Chow-directed video, available below. The group released a statement with the song:
"Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We (John, Anthony, Chad and Flea) spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us enrapt.
"We yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect, and bring people together. Each of the songs on our new album UNLIMITED LOVE, is a facet of us, reflecting our view of the universe. This is our life’s mission. We work, focus, and prepare, so that when the biggest wave comes, we are ready to ride it. The ocean has gifted us a mighty wave and this record is the ride that is the sum of our lives. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy it. ROCK OUT MOTHERFUCKERS! – Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, John Frusciante"
Frusciante added: "When we got together to start writing material, we began by playing old songs by people like Johnny “Guitar” Watson, The Kinks, The New York Dolls, Richard Barrett and others. Ever so gradually, we started bringing in new ideas, and turning jams into songs, and after a couple of months the new stuff was all we were playing. The feeling of effortless fun we had when we were playing songs by other people, stayed with us the whole time we were writing. For me, this record represents our love for, and faith in each other."
Red Hot Chili Peppers will head out on a world tour of stadiums later in 2022, with UK and Ireland shows confirmed for June. Tickets are on sale now.
'Unlimited Love' tracklist:
1. Black Summer
2. Here Ever After
3. Aquatic Mouth Dance
4. Not the One
5. Poster Child
6. The Great Apes
7. It’s Only Natural
8. She’s a Lover
9. These Are the Ways
10. Whatchu Thinkin'
11. Bastards of Light
12. White Braids & Pillow Chair
13. One Way Traffic
14. Veronica
15. Let ‘Em Cry
16. The Heavy Wing
17. Tangelo
Red Hot Chili Peppers Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sat June 04 2022 - SEVILLE Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla (Spain)
Tue June 07 2022 - BARCELONA Estadi Olimpic (Spain)
Fri June 10 2022 - NIJMEGEN Goffertpark (Netherlands)
Wed June 15 2022 - BUDAPEST Puskas Stadium (Hungary)
Sat June 18 2022 - FLORENCE Firenze Rocks (Italy)
Wed June 22 2022 - MANCHESTER Emirates Old Trafford
Sat June 25 2022 - LONDON Stadium Olympic Park
Sun June 26 2022 - LONDON Stadium Olympic Park
Wed June 29 2022 - DUBLIN Marlay Park
Fri July 01 2022 - GLASGOW Bellahouston Park
Sun July 03 2022 - WERCHTER Rock Werchter (Belgium)
Tue July 05 2022 - COLOGNE Rhein Energie Stadium (Germany)
Fri July 08 2022 - PARIS Stade de France (France)
Sat July 09 2022 - PARIS Stade de France (France)
Tue July 12 2022 - HAMBURG Volksparkstadion (Germany)
Sat July 23 2022 - DENVER Colorado - Empower Field At Mile High (USA)
Wed July 27 2022 - SAN DIEGO California - Petco Park (USA)
Fri July 29 2022 - SANTA CLARA California - Levi's Stadium (USA)
Sun July 31 2022 - LOS ANGELES California - SoFi Stadium (USA)
Wed August 03 2022 - SEATTLE Washington - T-Mobile Park (USA)
Sat August 06 2022 - LAS VEGAS Nevada - Allegiant Stadium (USA)
Wed August 10 2022 - ATLANTA Georgia - Truist Park (USA)
Fri August 12 2022 - NASHVILLE Tennessee - Nissan Stadium (USA)
Sun August 14 2022 - DETROIT Michigan - Comerica Park (USA)
Wed August 17 2022 - EAST RUTHERFORD New Jersey - MetLife Stadium (USA)
Fri August 19 2022 - CHICAGO Illinois - Soldier Field (USA)
Sun August 21 2022 - TORONTO Ontario - Rogers Centre (Canada)
Tue August 30 2022 - MIAMI Florida - Hard Rock Stadium (USA)
Thu September 01 2022 - CHARLOTTE North Carolina - Bank Of America Stadium (USA)
Sat September 03 2022 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Citizens Bank Park (USA)
Thu September 08 2022 - WASHINGTON - Nationals Park (USA)
Sat September 10 2022 - BOSTON Massachusetts - Fenway Park (USA)
Thu September 15 2022 - ORLANDO Florida - Camping World Stadium (USA)
Sun September 18 2022 - ARLINGTON Texas - Globe Life Field (USA)
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