Flea Launching Podcast Exploring When Musicians Fell in Love with Music
Flea is joining the podcasting game with a new show talking with fellow musicians and other guests about when they fell in love with music.
Per Rolling Stone, the show is called This Little Light, and it’s premiering on March 30. The podcast consists of 15 episodes and will feature a diverse slate of guests including Rick Rubin, Patti Smith, Margo Price, Cynthia Erivo, Thundercat and more. Some of the proceeds generated from the podcast with benefit the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, which is a non-profit music school co-founded by the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist.
Flea said in a statement about the podcast, “The idea behind it being music education, falling in love with music and embarking on a musical journey for your life. Everybody’s path is so different, and it’s fascinating to learn how every musician came to music and developed their study of it over time.”
Flea has a rather eventful 2023 ahead of him. In addition to his new podcast, he’ll be hitting the road with the Chili Peppers on their world tour. The dates range from headlining shows to festival gigs. For the headlining shows, which are primarily in North America, RHCP will be joined by a variety of special guests. Those guests include The Strokes, Iggy Pop, The Roots, St. Vincent, The Mars Volta, City and Colour, Thundercat and King Princess. Details on which guest will appear on which dates are listed below. As for the festival dates, those are taking place throughout Europe and include high-profile festivals including Pinkpop in the Netherlands.
Red Hot Chili Peppers – 2023 World Tour Dates
Wed Mar 29 – Vancouver, BC – BC Place *~
Sat Apr 01 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium #~
Thu Apr 06 – Fargo, ND – FARGODOME ^~
Sat Apr 08 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium ^
Fri Apr 14 – Syracuse, NY– JMA Wireless Dome ^~
Fri May 12 – San Diego, CA – Snap Dragon Stadium >+
Sun May 14 – Phoenix, AZ – State Farm Stadium ^+
Wed May 17 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome ^+
Fri May 19 – Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Music Festival =
Thu May 25 – Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park ^+
Sun Jun 18 – Landgraaf, NL – Pinkpop =
Wed Jun 21 – Warsaw, Poland – PGE Narodowy <
Sat Jun 24 – Odense, DK – Tinderbox =
Mon Jun 26 – Mannheim, DE – Maimarktgelände <
Fri Jun 30 – Leuven, BE – Rock Wercther =
Sun Jul 2 – Milan, IT – I-Days =
Thu Jul 6 – Lisbon, PT – NOS Live =
Sat Jul 8 – Madrid, ES – Mad Cool =
Tue Jul 11 – Lyon, FR – Groupama Stadium <~
Fri Jul 14 – Vienna, AT – Ernst-Happel Stadion <~
Mon Jul 17 – Carhaix, FR – Les Vieilles Charrues =
Fri Jul 21 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium %~
Sun Jul 23 – Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park %~
Key
^ The Strokes
< Iggy Pop
% The Roots
# St. Vincent
> The Mars Volta
* City and Colour
+ Thundercat
~ King Princess
= Festival Date