Sneak previews
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An exclusive competition from the RHCP official site.
The official RHCP site is giving out a what could be time of one’s life to fans in the USA. If you’re a fanclub gold/silver member, go and log in to your members’ area now, as they are giving 4 passes for a radio show in New York, hosted by DJ Stryker, where the fans will get to sit with the band, as they listen to the world premiere of Stadium Arcadium album. The definite USA and Canada tour dates will also be announced on that particular ocassion. This will occur on May 1st at 20:00. They’re also giving tickets for the upcoming NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge at Lowe’s Motor…
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Jonathan Ross show last night and a callout…
For everyone who, like me and 80% of site visitors, doesn’t live in UK or doesn’t have BBC1 on satellite or cable, there’s a torrent on Red Hot Live And, a callout to people who went to the secret show in London yesterday: Please, send some news, vids, audio clips and photos! Many people will be thankful for that and you will be properly credited
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A new downloadable: John (and Anthony) on XFM Radio UK, yesterday
John and Anthony were interviewed by the XFM radio in UK yesterday afternoon. The interview lasts about 10 minutes and there are about 3 or 4 solid statements by John. I found it online, some nice people ripped it and you can download it here. Enjoy!
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John on the cover of the next Guitar World issue
Attention, ladies and gentlemen; John is on the cover of the next Guitar World issue. The article is titled Sinner! Saint! The Two Sides Of John Frusciante! and, apparently, that title was inspired by the recent photographs taken by Ross Halfin. Some of those photos are probably featured in the article as well. The magazine comes with a CD-Rom attached and that CD-Rom features an interview with John and his lesson on how to play Under The Bridge. This issue of Guitar World will be out on 9th May. For more information and to check the magazine’s availability where you live, go to the website and, to view the trailer…
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Various ways of pre-ordering Stadium Arcadium
Since many people asked, I looked up into ways of pre-ordering Stadium Arcadium. And, here’s what I found out. Amazon.com offers both the limited edition black box and the standard 2Cd pack. Click on the given links to pre-order. Amazon.de offers the black box for 72 Euros, the regular double CD as digipak for roughly 18 ‘ and the version in hard pack for roughly 23 ‘. Amazon.co.uk offers the digipak, the hard pack and the black box, but the prices have not been announced yet. As noted on the official site and on a couple of other sites, iTunes also has a pre-order offer. There’s been a possibility to…
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Provisoral RHCP tour dates for USA and Canada announced
According to the RHCP official site, people from these places will be able to see John and the guys in action this year… US Cities: Portland, OR; Boise, ID; Salt Lake City, UT; Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; San Diego, CA; Oakland, CA; Sacramento, CA; San Jose, CA; Fresno, CA; New York/ New Jersey, NY; Boston, MA; Philadelphia, PA; Albany, NY; Buffalo, NY; Columbus, OH; Cleveland, OH; Grand Rapids, MI; Detroit, MI and Minneapolis, MN Canadian Cities: Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Saskatoon, SK; Winnipeg,MB; Toronto, ON; Montreal, QU; Ottawa, ON and Quebec City, QU Fanclub members will be able to order tickets on 7th and 8th May. The next…
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Dani California video on MTV Overdrive and some more UK TV dates
This one should work with all Windows systems…it’s Dani California on MTV Overdrive. click!. And, once again, it seems that UK people will have too many chances to see John in action this month. Here’s the definite news on when will the video be aired in UK (thanks to wonderful Amina once again!): T.V magazine called “Radio Times” says that on Wednesday 5th April at 11.05pm the video will be shown. HOWEVER its says thet “RHCP video shown after Desperate Housewife”. So, the UK fans should DOUBLE-CHECK the time. Also, there’s information on another show in that country (thanks to James and Maz): RHCP are going to appear on Friday…
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A fresh video interview
This surfaced earlier today somehow, even before the official RHCP site actually announced it…it’s an interview with the band where they’re talking about Dani California…song, not the video clip. John is talking for the longest time and, I guess you all recognise the sight of The Past Recedes video. If you want to watch the streaming version of the video, go to this page and select your preferences. If you’re having problems with streams, if they’re banned on your school or office computer, if your internet connection is an excuse for an internet connection; or if you use the stone-age-based 14.4/28.8/22.6 Kbps dial up…or, if you simply want to save…
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Exclusive news about the second Ataxia release
Georgiy from Russia, a contributor of i-m.net, was very lucky to have a longish chat with Josh Klinghoffer, prior to the Sparks’ concert in Moscow at the end of February and Josh revealed a couple of things to him, all regarding the upcoming second Ataxia album! The album will contain five songs, just like the first one did. John is singing the lead vocals on 4 of those songs, Josh on one. This time Joe Lally is not singing lead vocals. The most-likely-to-be track order and song names: The Ethiopian Song The Empty’s Response Attention OLA The Soldier So far, the release date and the name of the album are…
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Various bits of tour-related news
As per RHCP official site: 1) The band will perform at the Sazka Arena in Prague on June 14. Tickets for fanclub members will be on presale from March 11 and the general public will have a chance to get their hands on them from 15th March on. 2) The band will be doing a run of promo dates throughout April and May in the UK, Germany, France (Paris), Denmark, Italy and the US (L.A. and New York) and gold and silver fanclub members will be eligible to win free tickets for those shows. As seen on Fuji Rock Festival’s website, thanks to Noriko once again: FRF / Fuji Rock…
