Shoeys, pyrotechnics and a bloke called Victor: Guitar-smashing start for Red Hot Chili Peppers tour
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Post Malone put on arguably one of the greatest rock shows ever played at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday night. READ THE REVIEW
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Shoeys, pyrotechnics, a cracking Brisbane summer evening and a bloke called Victor.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Post Malone put on arguably one of the greatest rock shows ever played at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday night.
The first stop on the Chili Peppers’ Australian leg of their world tour got off to a guitar smashing start, with Post Malone destroying an acoustic that had been played by someone he pulled onto stage.
Victor held a sign up in the crowd asking to play one of Malone’s hits, Stay. Following a brisk shoey from someone’s Nike thrown from the crowd, Victor and Malone played his slow jam much to the love of the crowd.
“Victor’s f**king better than me at guitar, too,” Malone exclaimed.
A supporting act for the Chili Peppers who won’t be too far away from sellout stadium tours of his own, if his hour-long set of back-to-back bangers and crowd pleasing “I f**king love you guys so much” was anything to go by. An almost gig-stealing performance.
The age defying Chili Peppers waltzed onto the stage before ripping into a funk/rock instrumental between drummer Chad Smith, bassist Flea, rocking purple hair, and returning guitarist John Frusciante.
The instrumental built to a furious pace before Anthony Kiedis stormed the stage and they ripped into Around the World.
Like madmen possessed Flea and Kiedis moved around the stage at a fever pitch, not losing a step of pace, 40 years on from their formation.
Scar Tissue and Californication were crowd favourites.
Kiedis hasn’t lost his chops and at the ripe age of 60, still held the crowd in the palm of his hand, demanding their attention and leading them like a pastor through a sermon.
Chad Smith and Flea could not have gelled better. The pair, along with Frusciante, played solos and instrumentals throughout the gig and despite a lot of water under the bridge, they appeared to be really enjoying themselves.
They pulled songs from their back catalogue, with hits from three of their best albums Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Californication and By the Way, sprinkled with other classics and their two new albums Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen.
It was a gig for the ages, and one the crowd at the almost-sold-out Suncorp Stadium won’t soon forget.
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