PHOTOS: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Minneapolis, MN – 4/8/23

Dani California did make it up to Minnesota when the Red Hot Chili Peppers rocked the faces off a packed U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis Saturday night.

The highlight of the bands’ current tour is the re-addition of John Frusciante on guitar. He’s back playing with the group after more than 10 years away.

That ‘highlight’ was immediate. Frusciante and Flea entered the stage together. Flea walked on his hands to his designated spot while Frusciante picked up his guitar and used his hands to shred.

Boy can he shred.

Nearly 70,000 rock fans cheered for a proper opening that lasted five minutes with tasty licks and riffs until singer Anthony Kiedis and drummer Chad Smith joined them.

A 90 minute career spanning set ensued.

These are the best images of that performance.

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Ben Pagani

Music Projects Manager at Beyond The Stage Magazine

Joining BTS as an intern in summer 2021, Ben stayed with the team as a writer and has been an editor for several years. Ben’s journalistic background includes 4 Emmy award wins for news producing. They grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and lived in Cleveland, OH for several years before finding a new home in Minneapolis, MN. They’ve found new and exciting ways to tap into the local music scene no matter where they’ve lived. Working at BTS has now opened the gates to chatting with top global artists. When they aren’t writing for BTS, they can be found riding a bicycle or spinning records while DJ’ing across the midwest.

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