After much speculation, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been confirmed as a headline act for Lollapalooza 2012, which will take place at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois from August 3rd-5th 2012. The specific day RHCP will play will be announced in the Summer.
Demand for tickets has been huge, with Souvenir and Early Bird passes selling out already. Regular three day passes are still available from the official Lollapalooza website at $230.
See the full Lollapalooza 2012 Lineup
Check out Lollapalooza’s cool write-up about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which they’ve added to the band’s profile page on their site…
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Lollapalooza Profile
Children are born, but a friend dies. A new guitarist arrives as the old one leaves. And a band is reborn after an overdue break. Beginnings and endings.That’s I’m With You, truly the beginning of a new era for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The 10th album of the Los Angeles band’s singular career sees the band refreshed, renewed, once again working with producer Rick Rubin (their fifth partnership, including the last album, 2006’s monster Stadium Arcadium two-CD tour de force). It expands the same combination of funk and finesse, intensity and tenderness that’s made the Peppers sine qua non in modern rock, but with a new set of life experiences from the intervening years that coalesced into a dynamically fresh start. Continue reading…





