Californication Tour

The Californication Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers to support their seventh studio album Californication which saw the return of guitarist John Frusciante who rejoined the band in 1998 after quitting six years earlier.

Californication World Tour

Tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Promotional poster for September 13, 2000 show
Associated album	Californication
Start date	June 18, 1999 (1999-06-18)
End date	September 22, 2000 (2000-09-22)
Legs	6
No. of shows	91 in North America 26 in Europe 5 in South America 5 in Asia 12 in Oceania 139 total
Red Hot Chili Peppers concert chronology

A DVD documenting the tour titled Off the Map, which was made up of footage from different shows, was released in 2001.

Overview

1998 tour

Following the firing of Dave Navarro in early 1998, Flea felt the only way the band could continue was if John Frusciante returned to the band. Frusciante quit the band in 1992 during the height of their success on their Blood Sugar Sex Magik Tour and spiraled into a heavy drug addiction which almost took his life. Flea always remained in contact, and he helped talk Frusciante into admitting himself to Las Encinas Drug Rehabilitation Center in January 1998. He concluded the process in February of that year and began renting a small apartment in Silver Lake, California. Singer Anthony Kiedis was surprised and thought there was no way Frusciante would ever want to work with him as the two still had unresolved personal problems from when Frusciante quit in 1992. With Frusciante free of his addictions and ailments, Kiedis and Flea thought it was an appropriate time to invite him back. In April 1998, when Flea visited him at his home and asked him to rejoin the band, Frusciante began sobbing and said "nothing would make me happier in the world." Flea decided to contact Kiedis and have him meet with Frusciante to try and resolve any personal problems that the two might have had. Flea was relieved to find out that both had no bad blood towards each other and were once again excited to make music together. Within the week and, for the first time in six years, the reunited foursome jump-started the newly reunited Red Hot Chili Peppers. With the band ready to make their comeback, a short 12 date tour was scheduled from June until September. On June 5, 1998, and for the first time since 1992 with Frusciante, gave an acoustic performance at KBLT Radio Studios in Los Angeles which was hosted by Mike Watt and featured Keith Morris as the DJ. The highlights included the very first performance of "Soul to Squeeze", solo songs by Flea and Frusciante and Morris joining the band on vocals (he originally filled in for Kiedis for one show in 1986) for a cover of Black Flag's "Nervous Breakdown". Seven days later the band gave their first official public performance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. The band was also in town to perform at the Tibetan Freedom Concert however their set was cancelled due to a severe thunderstorm that left one girl severely burned by a lightning strike (Kiedis would visit her in the hospital). Pearl Jam decided to cut their set short so the Chili Peppers could perform a quick three song set.^[1] Shows in New York City. Chicago (a special private show for Miller Genuine Draft contest winners), California and Las Vegas followed with a nine date tour of Central America being cancelled so the band could focus on recording their next album Californication.

This brief 1998 tour marked the official live debuts of songs that would eventually be featured the following year on Californication such as "Emit Remmus", "I Like Dirt", "Parallel Universe" and "Scar Tissue". "Bunker Hill", a song originally intended for the album but not released until 2003's Greatest Hits, was also performed for the first time during this tour and has never been performed since then.

Californication tour

The Californication Tour was the band's biggest to date and most successful helping breaking them through to an even wider audience and seeing their supporting album achieve their largest worldwide sales. The anticipation for the tour was very high due to the recent return of Frusciante the previous year. The tour started in May 1999, Red Hot with a promotional tour also known as the "Stop the Hate" Tour. These concerts were only for high school students that wrote an essay on how to stop violence in schools. The world tour featured a large mixture of music from the band's entire catalog, although the band's previous album, 1995's One Hot Minute was only represented with Flea's song, "Pea" and nothing from that album other than that song has been performed with Frusciante. Frusciante, at the time, claimed to have never heard the album. The tour featured a heavy dose of the Californication album and twelve years later, all of the album's songs except for "Porcelain" have been performed live. The tour saw the band headline Woodstock '99 although a lot of controversy came following their set due to the band's performance of the Jimi Hendrix classic, "Fire" (a request made by Hendrix's sister) which some in the media said helped instigate riots in the crowd and bonfires being lit although the band at the time had no knowledge of the chaos about to breakout and claimed if they did, the song would not have been performed.^[2]

This tour marked the last time "Backwoods", "Green Heaven", "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band" and "Subterranean Homesick Blues" have been performed live.

Songs performed

Originals

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Green Heaven"

"Mommy Where's Daddy?"

"Police Helicopter"

Freaky Styley

"Blackeyed Blonde"

"Freaky Styley"

"Jungle Man" (tease)

"Yertle Trilogy" ("Yertle the Turtle" and "Freaky Styley")

The Uplift Mofo Party Plan

"Backwoods"

"Me and My Friends”

"Organic Anti-Beat Box Band"

"Party on Your Pussy" (tease)

"Skinny Sweaty Man"

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" (Bob Dylan)

The Abbey Road E.P.

"Fire" (Jimi Hendrix)

Mother's Milk

"Higher Ground" (Stevie Wonder)

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"

"Breaking the Girl"

"Give It Away"

"I Could Have Lied"

"If You Have to Ask"

"My Lovely Man"

"The Greeting Song" (tease)

"The Power of Equality"

"Sir Psycho Sexy"

"Suck My Kiss"

"They're Red Hot" (Robert Johnson)

"Under the Bridge"

One Hot Minute

"Pea"

“Warped” (tease)

Californication

"Around the World”

"Californication"

"Easily"

"Emit Remmus"

"I Like Dirt"

"Otherside"

"Parallel Universe"

"Right on Time"

"Road Trippin'"

"Savior"

"Scar Tissue"

"This Velvet Glove"

Other (non-album songs)

"Gong Li" (tease)

"Search and Destroy" (The Stooges)

"Soul to Squeeze"

Cover songs (used as intros or during jams unless otherwise noted)

• "Arc" (Neil Young)
• "Autobahn" (Kraftwerk)
• "Back in Black" (AC/DC)
• "Been Insane" (John Frusciante)
• "Boys Don't Cry" (The Cure)
• "Boyz-n-the-Hood" (Eazy-E)
• "Bring It on Home" (Led Zeppelin)
• "Communication Breakdown" (Led Zeppelin)
• "Cosmic Slop" (Parliament Funkadelic)
• "Five Years" (David Bowie)
• "Four Sticks" (Led Zeppelin)
• "The Guns of Brixton" (The Clash)
• "London Calling" (The Clash)
• "Master and Servant" (Depeche Mode)
• "The Metro" (Berlin)
• "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)
• "Ocean Size" (Jane's Addiction) (soundchecked)
• "Ogre Battle" (Queen)
• "Pinhead" (The Ramones) (entire song)
• "Pot Sharing Tots" (George Clinton)
• "Ramble On" (Led Zeppelin)
• "Rapper's Delight" (Sugar Hill Gang)
• "Red Hot Mama" (Parliament Funkadelic)
• "Religion" (Public Image Ltd)
• "Sammy Hagar Weekend" (Thelonious Monster)
• "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (The Ramones) (entire song)
• "Song for Toni" (John Frusciante)
• "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)
• "Trouble" (Cat Stevens) (entire song)
• "Untitled #3" (John Frusciante)
• "Untitled #11" (John Frusciante)
• "Your Gonna Get Yours" (Public Enemy)
• "Your Pussy's Glued to a Building on Fire" (John Frusciante)
• "What Is Soul?" (Parliament Funkadelic) (entire song)
• "World Full of Nothing" (Depeche Mode)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Acts
North America[3]
May 23, 1999[A]	St. Louis	United States	Riverport Amphitheatre
June 18, 1999[B]	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 19, 1999[C]	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
July 25, 1999[D]	Rome		Griffiss Air Force Base
Europe[3]
August 14, 1999	Moscow	Russia	Red Square
August 18, 1999[E]	Wiesen	Austria	Festivalgelände Wiesen
August 20, 1999[F]	Cologne	Germany	RAF Butzweilerhof
August 21, 1999[G]	Copenhagen	Denmark	Club Danmark Hallen
August 22, 1999[G]	Stockholm	Sweden	Maritime Museum
August 25, 1999	Nîmes	France	Arena of Nîmes	Silverchair
August 26, 1999	Paris		Zénith de Paris
August 27, 1999[H]	Kiewit	Belgium	Kempische Steenweg
August 29, 1999[I]	Reading	England	Little John's Farm on Richfield Avenue
August 30, 1999[J]	Leeds		Temple Newsam
September 4, 1999[K]	Verona	Italy	Arena di Verona
South America[3]
October 2, 1999	Santiago	Chile	Estación Mapocho	Puya
October 3, 1999
October 5, 1999	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Luna Park
October 6, 1999
October 8, 1999	São Paulo	Brazil	Credicard Hall
North America[3]
October 11, 1999	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	Puya
Europe[3]
October 29, 1999	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	The Rasmus
October 30, 1999
November 1, 1999	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	Stereophonics
November 3, 1999	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
November 4, 1999	Hamburg	Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle	Muse
November 6, 1999	London	England	Wembley Arena	Feeder
November 8, 1999	Berlin	Germany	Arena Berlin	Stereophonics
November 10, 1999	The Hague	Netherlands	Statenhal
November 11, 1999	Böblingen	Germany	Sporthalle Böblingen
November 13, 1999	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 14, 1999	Milan	Italy	Fila Forum
November 16, 1999	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Foo Fighters, Muse
November 18, 1999	Bordeaux		Patinoire de Mériadeck	AFI, Muse
November 19, 1999	Badalona	Spain	Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona
November 21, 1999	Leganés		Plaza de Toros La Cubierta
November 22, 1999	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico	Da Weasel
North America[3]
December 26, 1999	San Diego	United States	Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl	311, The Bicycle Thief
December 28, 1999	Daly City		Cow Palace
December 29, 1999	Sacramento		ARCO Arena	Primus
December 31, 1999	Inglewood		Great Western Forum	311, The Bicycle Thief
Asia[4]
January 8, 2000	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan
January 9, 2000
January 11, 2000
January 13, 2000	Yokohama		Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall
January 14, 2000	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
Oceania[4]
January 21, 2000[L]	Auckland	New Zealand	Ericsson Stadium
January 23, 2000[L]	Gold Coast	Australia	Parklands Gold Coast
January 24, 2000	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
January 26, 2000[L]	Sydney		Sydney Showground Main Arena
January 27, 2000			Sydney Entertainment Centre
January 28, 2000
January 30, 2000[L]	Melbourne		Royal Melbourne Showgrounds
February 1, 2000			Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
February 2, 2000
February 4, 2000[L]	Adelaide		Royal Adelaide Showgrounds
February 6, 2000[L]	Perth		Bassendean Oval
February 7, 2000			Perth Entertainment Centre
North America[4][5][6]
March 24, 2000	Minneapolis	United States	Target Center	Foo Fighters
March 25, 2000	Madison		Dane County Coliseum
March 27, 2000	Carbondale		SIU Arena
March 28, 2000	Champaign		Assembly Hall
March 30, 2000	Fairborn		Nutter Center
March 31, 2000	Columbus		Value City Arena
April 2, 2000	Amherst		Mullins Memorial Center
April 3, 2000	Albany		Pepsi Arena
April 5, 2000	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center
April 6, 2000	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
April 8, 2000	Bloomington		Assembly Hall
April 9, 2000	Lexington		Rupp Arena
April 11, 2000	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena
April 12, 2000	Chattanooga		McKenzie Arena
April 25, 2000	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
April 26, 2000	Iowa City		Carver–Hawkeye Arena
April 28, 2000	Columbia		Hearnes Center
April 29, 2000	Oklahoma City		Myriad Convention Center Arena
May 1, 2000	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum
May 2, 2000	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
May 4, 2000	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
May 5, 2000	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center
May 7, 2000	Greenville		BI-LO Center
May 8, 2000	Norfolk		Norfolk Scope
May 10, 2000	Baltimore		Baltimore Arena
May 11, 2000	Wilkes-Barre		Northeastern Pennsylvania Civic Arena
May 13, 2000	Providence		Providence Civic Center
May 14, 2000	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
May 27, 2000	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre	Foo Fighters, Kool Keith
May 28, 2000	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
May 31, 2000	West Valley City	United States	E Center
June 2, 2000	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion
June 3, 2000	Albuquerque		University Arena
June 5, 2000	Houston		Compaq Center
June 6, 2000	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheatre
June 8, 2000	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre
June 9, 2000	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
June 11, 2000	Raleigh		Alltel Pavilion
June 12, 2000	Nashville		Starwood Amphitheatre
June 14, 2000	West Palm Beach		Mars Music Amphitheater
June 15, 2000	Orlando		TD Waterhouse Centre
June 23, 2000[M]	Seattle		Memorial Stadium
June 28, 2000	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater	Foo Fighters
June 29, 2000	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheater
July 1, 2000	Moline		The MARK of the Quad Cities	Foo Fighters, Blonde Redhead
July 2, 2000[N]	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
July 4, 2000	Louisville		Freedom Hall	Foo Fighters, Blonde Redhead
July 5, 2000	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
July 7, 2000	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
July 8, 2000	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
July 10, 2000	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion
July 11, 2000	Camden		Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre
July 13, 2000	Hartford		Meadows Music Theater
July 14, 2000	Holmdel Township		PNC Bank Arts Center
July 16, 2000	Mansfield		Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
July 17, 2000	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium
July 30, 2000	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center	Stone Temple Pilots
July 31, 2000	Holmdel Township		PNC Bank Arts Center
August 2, 2000	Tinley Park		New World Music Theater
August 3, 2000	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
August 5, 2000[O]	Greensburg		Westmoreland Fairgrounds
August 7, 2000	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 8, 2000
August 10, 2000	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center
August 12, 2000	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theater
August 13, 2000
August 15, 2000	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 16, 2000	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
August 18, 2000	Quebec City		Colisée de Québec
August 19, 2000	Montreal		Bell Centre
September 1, 2000	Irvine	United States	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
September 2, 2000
September 4, 2000	Chula Vista		Coors Amphitheatre
September 9, 2000	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
September 10, 2000	Wheatland		AutoWest Amphitheatre
September 12, 2000	Fresno		Selland Arena
September 13, 2000	Paradise, Nevada		Thomas & Mack Center
September 15, 2000	Casper		Casper Events Center
September 16, 2000	Greenwood Village		Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
September 18, 2000	Nampa		Idaho Center Amphitheater
September 19, 2000	Spokane		Spokane Arena
September 21, 2000	Portland		Memorial Coliseum
September 22, 2000	Seattle		KeyArena

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

A This concert was a part of "BFD" B This concert was a part of the "KROQ Weenie Roast"[7] C This concert was a part of "Woodstock 1999"[8] D This concert was a part of the "Wiesen Festival" E This concert was a part of "Bizarre-Festival" F These concerts were a part of "Probably '99" G This was a part of "Pukkelpop"

H This concert was a part of the "Reading Festival"[9] I This concert was a part of the "Leeds Festival"[9] J These concerts were a part of "Big Day Out"[10] K This concert was a part of the "EMP Museum's Grand Opening Celebration"[11] L This concert was a part of "Summerfest"[12] M This concert was a part of the "Rolling Rock Town Fair"[13]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

October 4, 1999	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Luna Park	Rescheduled to October 6, 1999

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Cow Palace	Daly City	13,501 / 15,000 (90%)	$472,535[14]
Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	13,014 / 13,014 (100%)	$390,420[15]
Frank Erwin Center	Austin	13,404 / 13,404 (100%)	$469,140[16]
Norfolk Scope	Norfolk	11,000 / 11,000 (100%)	$379,225[16]
The Gorge Amphitheatre	George	20,000 / 20,000 (100%)	$719,045[17]
Pine Knob Music Theatre	Clarkston	31,720 / 31,720 (100%)	$1,010,537[18]
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	Irvine	32,264 / 32,490 (99%)	$1,070,625[19]
Coors Amphitheatre	Chula Vista	12,616 / 19,689 (64%)	$483,670[20]
TOTAL		147,519 / 156,317 (94%)	$4,995,197

Opening acts

• Stereophonics (Europe, select dates)
• Muse (Europe/North America, select dates)
• Feeder (London—November 6)
• 311 (North America, select dates)
• The Bicycle Thief (North America, select dates)
• Foo Fighters (North America, select dates)
• Kool Keith (North America, select dates)
• Blonde Redhead (North America, select dates)
• Stone Temple Pilots (North America, select dates)
• Fishbone (North America, select dates)
• Primus (Sacramento)
• Puya (South America)

Personnel

• Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
• Flea – bass, backing vocals
• John Frusciante – guitar, backing vocals
• Chad Smith – drums

External links

• Red Hot Chili Peppers website

References

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