http://www.progarchives.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Progressive Rock Music Forum : Prog Gigs, Tours and Festivals : RHCP Announce Tour w/ the Mars Volta Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:35:05 +0000 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:22:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.69 360 www.progarchives.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=21274 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/css_styles/mac-prog/PAlogo_v2.gif http://www.progarchives.com/forum/ http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21274&PID=1920553#1920553 Author: lunaticviolist
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Posted: April 05 2006 at 01:22

According to MTV.com, the Mars Volta may be opening for the Red HotChili Peppers starting in August. Dates will be announced May 1. Here's the full article:

"This fall, the RedHot Chili Peppers will be touring the States. And they'll be playing alot of new tracks from their upcoming 28-song double album, Stadium Arcadium. And they'll be making stops in pretty much every major metropolis along theway.

Beyond that, there are precious few details concerning the trek —including who'll be opening up, when the tour will begin, and whichnight the Peppers will hit each town.

Tuesday morning (April 4), a long list of cities popped up on the ChiliPeppers' Web site, with the news that the North American tour starts inAugust. Just when in August will remain a mystery — at least until May1. That's when the dates and venues will officially be announced,according to a spokesperson for the band. Members of the Peppers' fanclub will be able to reserve seats starting May 7, and tickets will goon sale to the public May 13.

"An exciting part of our existence right now is [the prospect of]getting to go out and play from 28 new songs," frontman Anthony Kiedistold MTV News recently. "Normally you go out on the road and have 14new songs to integrate into your set list, and now we have twice that,which really makes the whole thing different and more unpredictable andwild."

According to the site, the tour will be rolling through Portland,Oregon; Boise, Idaho; Salt Lake City; Denver; Phoenix; San Diego;Oakland, California; Sacramento, California; San Jose, California;Fresno, California; New York; Boston; Philadelphia; Albany, New York;Buffalo, New York; Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland; Grand Rapids, Michigan;Detroit; Minneapolis; Vancouver, British Columbia; Calgary, Alberta;Edmonton, Alberta; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Winnipeg, Manitoba;Toronto; Montreal; Ottawa; and Quebec City.

"Right now, getting out on the road seems like such a simple andbeautiful thing to me," bassist Flea said. "It's often been something Idreaded because it can be so physically draining. But I guess, partlybecause I am so happy in my life right now, it seems like such a greatthing to do — to just get out there and travel, play, travel, play,travel, play."

The funk-fueled Stadium Arcadium,which is spread out over two discs nicknamed "Jupiter" and "Mars," wasproduced by longtime studio collaborator Rick Rubin.The LP will feature a number of other collaborations, including onewith ailing clavinet legend Billy Preston on the track "Warlocks." MarsVolta guitarist Omar Rodriguez appears on the tune "Especially inMichigan."

Did the Chili Peppers invite Rodriguez to contribute to the outing?"No, he begged," Kiedis joked. "At first, we were like, 'Stop begging.'But he wouldn't, and after awhile, we began to admire his tenacity, andhis tireless and inexhaustible quest as a beggar to be on the recordfinally paid off for him. I'm lying, of course. Omar is a young god onearth, and we are happy to have him on our record."

The Peppers might ask Rodriguez to join them onstage this fall. "Wehave three months of touring booked right now, and we're going to betouring with the Mars Volta the whole time," Flea said. "They're suchan explosive, creative and unique band, and we think it's going to be areally wildly cosmic night of rock and roll."

Forsome time, the Peppers had been entertaining the notion of touring withKanye West this fall, and discussions were said to have been ongoingbetween bothsides about two months ago. According to a spokesperson for the band,touring with the Louis Vuitton Don is not happening."

Of course, nothing is guaranteed, but I've got my hopes up! I hope thismeans a TMV album is due soon along with their own tour.
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