With four sold out concerts in a row at one of the biggest venues inside Central London, I knew the Red Hot Chilli Peppers would be performing one great show. The tickets for Monday night were not cheap – in fact, were by far the most expensive concerts tickets I’ve paid so far, but managing to score standing tickets was completely worth the money, with a solid performance lasting just over two hours.
Anyone who has been to a concert at Earl’s Court will tell you how different the experience would be if you are standing (in effectively this case, one big giant mosh pit), or sitting where you get an overall better but more removed view of the stage. I’m not sure how many people were in the standing section, but certainly the waves of people trying to squeeze into every available space made it a little claustrophobic at times, but at least the cool air pumped into the crowd helped to bring some relief.
The set was a good mix of songs from their current amazing double album, Stadium Arcadium, and a brief selection from a number of their other albums. Some came from some of their early albums and helped to whip all their long term fans into quite a frenzied audience. The band even performed a small cover of the Bee Gee’s “How Deep Is Your Love” that the audience surprisingly lapped up.
The visuals for the night centred around four screens that moved around in various configurations, a set of six or seven hubs of lights that looked like mini UFOs and a set of horizontal bar lights covering the entire back of the stage that then reached across most of the standing audience. The screens played some awesome animations and merged at times to form one giant widescreen to show some of the incredible guitar duets or solos played throughout the night.
I have no idea what it is, but the ability of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers to continue to produce quality rock music over so many years is a testament to their talent and I found their live performance easily matched anything you could find on their album.
The Kua.com Rating: 8 out of 10
agreed – went last night and loved every minute of it! Sooo glad I went : )
Sounds like a sweet-as concert. I’ve seen the Chili’s twice in my life and both times they’ve been very entertaining.
Did flea come out in his underwear? 🙂
Glad you enjoyed the concert as well Laura!
Gerrod – Flea didn’t perform in his underwear – but some bizzaro multi coloured unitard outfit instead!
I live in New Zealand but was in London in July and August. My cousin got me in to the July 18 show (I think this was the last) with a backstage-entry guest pass as he works as a runner on a lot of London concerts. It was truly awesome, we were in the guest area at the front for a while, and then we were able to get into a little area on a platform right behind the guys doing the sound lights and video.
The suit Flea had on was the one he wore for the Tell Me Baby video. I’ve got some good pics of this show. If you want some mail me shiranjo@hotmail.com
Went last night and people let me just say….last night i spent 2 hours in heaven CHILI HEAVEN- concert was out of this world! Loved every second of it- one to remember for sure!