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Red Hot Chili Peppers actively working on first album in four years

Flea has confirmed new Red Hot Chili Peppers music is on the way.

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“We’ve been writing music together”: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are working on their next project, Flea says – and they’re recording at John Frusciante’s house

Flea is due to release his very first solo album, the jazz-inflected Honora, this March

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"I was so shocked I just fell on the floor, gasping for air." Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea pays tribute to the "beautiful boy" who changed his life and broke his heart

"I looked up to him. I was in love with him"

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“I would never have played bass without him, and without him I would never have been in a rock band. He taught me so much”: Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea remembers the band’s original guitarist Hillel Slovak

“His guitar playing was beautiful”

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“It says on the record: ‘No synthesizers’. That’s so cool. And I love Ogre Battle – danga-danga, ‘Waaaaah!’”: Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith names his favourite Queen album

“It has a lot of power, it has wonderful orchestration and incredible playing”

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“We had nothing to do with it creatively. We hope it sparks interest in him and his work”: Chili Peppers distance themselves from documentary about founder member Hillel Slovak

Guitarist died in 1988, aged 26

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'We had nothing to do with it creatively' Red Hot Chili Peppers distance themselves from Netflix doc

Red Hot Chili Peppers have distanced themselves from an upcoming documentary about their former co-founding member Hillel Slovak, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, insisting they had "nothing to do with it creatively".

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Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea announces first North American, UK and European solo shows in support of his debut solo album, Honora

Listen to Traffic Lights, Flea's new solo single, featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke

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"He sang it to me and I thought it was beautiful. But he was emphatic: 'No, this isn't what we do!'" The story of the classic song Red Hot Chili Peppers didn't want to record and its unexpected impact on Middle America

People thought the Red Hot Chili Peppers were just zany frat boys who sang about sex and partying – until they released a gentle and heartfelt ballad about heroin

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From Chappell Roan to Bob Dylan: 11 of the best songs inspired by Brigitte Bardot

The 1960s French sex symbol died on Sunday

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“You either had L1 and L2 and you were able to get a loud mix, or you didn’t, and you were an amateur”: Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Doja Cat and Billie Eilish mastering engineers reflect on the loudness wars, and ponder whether they really are over

In a new documentary, Waves CTO and co-founder Meir Shashoua says that he was accused of ruining music

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“The guy met me in a Tower Records parking lot and gave me that bass... I’ve recorded every record on it since I got it”: How Flea landed his cherished 1961 Fender Jazz Bass after finding a seller during the early days of Twitter

During the early days of his career, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist was far from a gearhead – but an old Fender changed his tune

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"When Anthony and I were kids we were up to so much wild stuff." Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea on his "feral" teenage adventures with Anthony Kiedis, and his top tip for sneaking into shows without paying

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea shares his memories of getting "crazy" in '70s Hollywood with his best friend Anthony Kiedis

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"I just wanted to apologise for selling your guitar." How an act of kindness in the darkest of hours bonded Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro forever

How drugs, guitars, and a life-changing act of charity brought two of alternative rock's greatest musicians together

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“John Frusciante called me and said, ‘I’m sitting in a hospital and I don’t have a guitar. Can you loan me one?’” That time Dave Navarro lent John Frusciante a Les Paul – only for the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend to sell it

Frusciante would eventually make it up to the Jane’s Addiction guitarist with a gift of his own

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Battlefield 6 locks the best radio station behind a $25 Pro battle pass paywall

Limp Bizkit, Bob Dylan, Snoop Dogg, Red Hot Chili Peppers, they don't come cheap—for EA or you.

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Former Red Hot Chili Peppers Star Begs For Help On GoFundMe To Escape Homelessness

The former guitarist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arik Marshall, “is facing eviction & possible homelessness.”

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Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist launches GoFundMe campaign to help repay debts to his landlord

As he faces the risk of homelessness, ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Arik Marshall has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help repay debts to his landlord as he faces the risk of homelessness.

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“I said, ‘It’s really beautiful – why would you say it’s not for the Chili Peppers?’ And he said, ‘That’s not what we do’”: How the Red Hot Chili Peppers broke new ground to create their life-changing hit

One of the greatest rock ballads ever recorded

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"He was shooting up. He’d just lost his best friend. Who wouldn’t numb that blow if they could?" Actress Ione Skye recalls the night that her ex-boyfriend, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, learned that RHCP guitarist Hillel Slovak had died

Ione Skye shares vivid memories of the night that broke Anthony Kiedis' heart

Evening Standard

Rock star offers support to Scots brothers rowing across Pacific

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea is the latest celebrity to endorse the trio.

The Independent UK

19 celebrity lookalikes who have addressed their uncanny resemblance

You’ll be seeing double with these striking celebrity lookalikes

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10 brilliant songs that prove Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation

It's true, just ask Radiohead, Blur, Fontaines D.C., Red Hot Chili Peppers and more...

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"We found the sweet spot in the middle of our Venn diagram of Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins." How Thornhill are bringing 90s cool to a new generation

The hottest band in Deftones-core, Australia's Thornhill have found the perfect balance on their third record, Bodies

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Ex-Chili Peppers guitarist avoids jail in road traffic accident manslaughter case

Josh Klinghoffer is on a year’s probation with 60 hours community service

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