Red Hot Chili Peppers spice up Key Arena (Photo Slideshow)

Flea and Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers (All Photos by Mocha Charlie)

Red Hot Chili Peppers @ The Key Arena on 11/15/12

Red Hot Chili Peppers brought it to the stage Thursday night at The Key Arena… And the crowd LOVED IT.” Fans enjoyed a high energy performance and sounds that recalled the RHCP’s of the 90’s.The band mixed up their set with hits from their complete discography, which spans over three decades, including their latest release, I’m With You.

As expected, bassist Michael “Flea” Balzary, vocalist Anthony Kiedis, and Josh Klinghoffer (the sixth guitarist to join the band since their inception) provided boundless hyper-kinetic energy all over the stage, while Chad Smith held it all down with his powerful, in-the-pocket drumming.

Having not played any string of shows since 2007, their I’m With You tour, which began with promotional shows in late 2011, was supposed to officially begin in Jan ’12, but was delayed due to front-man, Kiedes’ required foot surgery. The tour picked up last March, and based on the singer’s high energy performance last night, it was apparent that Kiedes has not missed a step.

Purchase a live download of the Seattle concert here.

The tour will continue through February 2013, marking their biggest tour to date. All shows from the tour will be made available to purchase as downloads through LiveChiliPeppers.com (http://livechilipeppers.com/).

See photos from the show in the photo slideshow below…

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Setlist

1. Monarchy of Roses
2. Dani California
3. (Flea Tech Problems and No … more)
4. Otherside
5. Look Around
6. Can’t Stop
7. If You Have to Ask
8. Tell Me Baby
9. Hard to Concentrate
10. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
11. Me & My Friends
12. Under the Bridge
13. Factory of Faith
14. Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder cover)
15. Californication
16. By the Way

Encore:

1. Chad & Mauro & Josh Jam
2. Sir Psycho Sexy
3. They’re Red Hot (Robert Johnson cover)
4. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young cover)
5. Give It Away