For Immediate Release

 

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM –“THE GETAWAY”– OUT ON JUNE 17TH ON WARNER BROS. RECORDS

 

FIRST SINGLE —“DARK NECESSITIES”— OUT TODAY VIA DIGITAL RETAILERS AROUND THE WORLD

 

 

May 5, 2016 — Los Angeles, CA — Grammy® Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Red Hot Chili Peppers return with a new single — “Dark Necessities” which is released around the world today via all digital retailers.

 

The track is the first song to be released from the Los Angeles-based band’s upcoming 11th studio album, The Getaway, due from Warner Bros. Records on June 17th. Fans who pre-order the album at http://smarturl.it/thegetawayrhcp will receive an instant download of “Dark Necessities”. The album was produced by Danger Mouse and mixed by Nigel Godrich. Red Hot Chili Peppers’ previous album, I’m With You, was released in 2011 and topped the charts in 18 countries.

 

The Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform at a variety of music festivals around the world this summer, including headlining Lollapalooza in Chicago on July 30th. Please see below for all upcoming dates.

 

The Getaway

 

1.      The Getaway

2.      Dark Necessities

3.      We Turn Red

4.      The Longest Wave

5.      Goodbye Angels

6.      Sick Love

7.      Go Robot

8.      Feasting on the Flowers

9.      Detroit

10.    This Ticonderoga

11.    Encore

12.    The Hunter

13.    Dreams of a Samurai

 

05/22              Columbus, OH                     Rock on the Range

05/29              Napa Valley, CA                  BottleRock

06/03-05        Mendig Airfield, Germany  Rock am Ring

06/03-05        Nuremburg, Germany         Rock im Park

06/08              Interlaken, Switzerland       Greenfield Festival

06/10              Landgraaf, Netherlands     Pinkpop

06/10-12        Nickelsdorf, Austria             Novarock

06/29-07/02   Roskilde, Denmark              Roskilde Festival

06/30-07/03   Gdynia, Poland                    Open’er Festival

07/02              Werchter, Belgium               Rock Werchter

07/06              Kiev, Ukraine                                    U-Park Festival

07/09              Moscow, Russia                   Park Live

07/10              Perthshire, Scotland           T in the Park

07/15              Ottawa, Canada                   Ottawa Bluesfest

07/16              Quebec City, Canada         Festival d’été de Quebec

07/22-24        Yuzawa-cho, Japan                        Fuji Rock Festival

07/22-24        Jinsan, South Korea           Valley Rock Festival

07/29-31        Montreal, Canada                Osheaga Festival

07/30              Chicago, IL                            Lollapalooza

08/25              Belfast, Northern Ireland    Tennent’s Vital

08/26-27        Reading, England               Reading Festival

08/26-27        Leeds, England                    Leeds Festival

About Red Hot Chili Peppers

One of the most successful acts in rock history, Red Hot Chili Peppers, which is singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, have sold more than 60 million albums, including five multi-platinum LPs, and won six Grammy Awards, including “Best Rock Album” for Stadium Arcadium, “Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group” for “Dani California,” “Best Rock Song” for “Scar Tissue,” and “Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal” for “Give It Away.”  The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2012. The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ latest studio album, I’m With You, was released by Warner Bros. Records on August 29, 2011.