New Zealand 21st April
Do you remember what a sensation it was back in December in Vienna when RHCP played a show without both Give It Away and Under The Bridge, for the first time in 15 years? Oh yes, you don’t remember, only us who were there noticed it; and we were a bit confused, but also proud that we witnessed something so unique. Well…it is not unique anymore. RHCP played yet another show without those two songs. At least us from the 07th December Vienna crew can say that we were the first, I guess.
Here’s the setlist of the 21st April 2007 NZ show provided by our friends over there at RHCP Australia.
- Intro Jam
- Can’t Stop
- Dani California
- Scar Tissue
- This Velvet Glove
- Charlie
- She’s Only 18
- Songbird [John Solo]
- Strip My Mind
- Throw Away Your Television
- Readymade
- Snow (Hey Oh)
- Right On Time
- Californication
- Nobody Weird Like Me
- Suck My Kiss
- By The Way
- Flea Trumpet Jam with John, Chad and Josh
- Sir Psycho Sexy
- The Zephyr Zong (tease)
- Higher Ground
- End Jam
And here’s an excerpt of the review from Stuff.co.nz:
But because of the stop-start nature of the show, the band failed to capitalise on its momentum. Too often the Chilis would hit appear ready to take off like the days of old, only to pause to catch their breath. Still, the crowd didn’t seem to mind, singing along word-for-word to Scar Tissue, Californication and Snow (Hey Oh), and cheering on Keidis’ scissor-kick routines and Fleas’ furiously fast bass exploits.
But the night was held together by John Frusciante’s guitar playing, which was nothing short of scintillating. He lit up every song as solo after solo scorched around the venue.
You can read the whole review here, there are a couple of pics as well.
