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By the Way Tour

By the Way Tour
Tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers
The March 29, 2003 concert in Stockholm
Associated albumBy the Way
Start dateMay 26, 2002 (2002-05-26)
End dateOctober 27, 2003 (2003-10-27)
Legs14
No. of shows69 in North America
57 in Europe
6 in South America
11 in Asia
9 in Oceania
152 Total
Red Hot Chili Peppers concert chronology
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers 2001 Tour
    (2001)
  • By the Way Tour
    (2002–2003)
  • Roll on the Red Tour
    (2004)

The By the Way Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in support of their eighth studio album, By the Way.

A DVD of the August 23, 2003 concert in Slane Castle, titled Live at Slane Castle, was released after the tour ended.

Background

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Tensions between Flea and John Frusciante (pictured in 2022) during the recording of By the Way ended during this tour.

The songs of By the Way sound more melodic than the previous funk-rock releases. This was made possible by John Frusciante, who wanted the album to have a more atmospheric soundscape.[a][1] However, Flea disagreed with the approach the album was going, but felt that he wasn't heard. It reached the point that he almost quit the band after the album was released. Fortunately, Flea and Frusciante were able to reconcile, and the band were able to start the tour.[2]

Afterwards, the band played a concert at Ellis Island[b], titled "Pep Rally" and sponsored by K-Rock. The New York Post declared the show "one of the top concerts of the year."[3] Other notable concerts in this tour include the May 20, 2003 concert the Madison Square Garden, which was reported by Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times as an "extraordinary two-hour performance,"[4] and the 2003 Slane Festival concert, which was officially released as Live at Slane Castle.[5]

Songs performed

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Originals

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Song[6][7] Release
(Bolded if studio album)
"Get Up and Jump" (tease) The Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Police Helicopter"
"You Always Sing the Same"
"Freaky Styley" Freaky Styley
"The Brothers Cup" (tease)
"Me and My Friends" The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
"Skinny Sweaty Man"
"Apache Rose Peacock" (tease) Blood Sugar Sex Magik
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
"Breaking the Girl"
"Give It Away"
"I Could Have Lied"
"If You Have to Ask"
"Mellowship Slinky in B Major" (tease)
"Sir Psycho Sexy"
"Suck My Kiss"
"The Power of Equality"
"The Righteous & the Wicked" (tease)
"Under the Bridge"
"Soul to Squeeze" Coneheads: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Flea Fly" Out in L.A.
"Pea" (Flea only) One Hot Minute
"Around the World" Californication
"Californication"
"Otherside"
"Parallel Universe"
“Purple Stain”
"Right on Time"
"Scar Tissue"
"By the Way" By the Way
"Cabron"
"Can't Stop"
"Don't Forget Me"
"I Could Die for You"
"Minor Thing"
"The Zephyr Song"
"This Is the Place"
"Throw Away Your Television"[c]
"Universally Speaking"
"Venice Queen"
"Warm Tape"
"Time" B-side of By the Way

Cover songs (used as intros or during jams unless otherwise noted)

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Song[6][7] Original Artist
"All the Young Dudes" (John only) Mott the Hoople
"Blue Monday" (tease) New Order
"Both Sides, Now" (John only) Joni Mitchell
"Ça plane pour moi" (Flea only) Plastic Bertrand
"Cold Sweat" James Brown
"Cosmic Slop" (tease) Funkadelic
"Hardcore Jollies"
"Red Hot Mama" (tease)
"What Is Soul?"
"Cosmic Dancer" (John only) T. Rex
"Custard Pie" (tease) Led Zeppelin
"Rock and Roll" (tease)
"Dazed and Confused" (tease) Jake Holmes[d]
"Detroit Rock City" (John only) Kiss
"Great Expectations" (John only)
"Love Gun" (John only)
"Dig a Pony" (tease) The Beatles
"I've Just Seen a Face" (John only)
"Epic Problem" (John only) Fugazi
"Latest Disgrace"[e] (tease)
"Fire"[f] (full song) The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Forming" (John only) Germs
"Fox on the Run" (John only) The Sweet
"Havana Affair"[g] (full song) Ramones
"Honeysuckle Rose" (Flea only) Fats Waller
"I Feel Love"[h] (John only) Donna Summer
"Working the Midnight Shift" (John only)
"I Love Livin' in the City" (John only) Fear
"I'm Eighteen" (John only) Alice Cooper
"Lament" (John only) King Crimson
"London Calling"[e] (tease) The Clash
"Maybe"[e] (John only) The Chantels
"My Automobile" (Flea only) Parliament
"Presence of a Brain" (John only)
"One Day (at a Time)" (John only) John Lennon
"Rapper's Delight" The Sugarhill Gang
"Red Tape" (full song) Circle Jerks
"Ride Into the Sun" (John only) The Velvet Underground
"Rocky" (John only) Butthole Surfers
"Search and Destroy"[i] (full song) The Stooges
"See Emily Play" (John only) Pink Floyd
"Teddy Bear" (John only) Peter Gabriel
"They're Red Hot"[j] (full song) Robert Johnson
"Tiny Dancer" (John only) Elton John
"Wilderness" (John only) Joy Division
"You're Gonna Get Yours" (tease) Public Enemy

Tour dates

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Date City/Town Country Venue Opening Acts
North America I[8]
May 17, 2002 Orange United States Vans Skatepark
Europe I[8]
May 26, 2002[k] Naples Italy Piazza del Plebiscito
May 27, 2002[l] London England The London Studios
May 30, 2002[m] Television Centre
May 31, 2002 Television Centre[n]
The Garage
June 4, 2002 Paris France Olympia
June 6, 2002[o] Cologne Germany Capitol
June 7, 2002 Hamburg Saturn Parkhausdach
June 10, 2002 Madrid Spain Círculo de Bellas Artes
June 15, 2002[p] Imola Italy Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
June 17, 2002 Barcelona Spain Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona
June 19, 2002 Nice France Palais Nikaïa Garbage
June 20, 2002 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
June 22, 2002[q] Neuhausen ob Eck Germany Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield
June 23, 2002[r] Scheeßel Eichenring
June 25, 2002 Dublin Ireland Lansdowne Road
June 26, 2002 London England London Arena
June 28, 2002[s] Roskilde Denmark Festivalpladsen
June 29, 2002[t] Werchter Belgium Festivalpark
North America II[8]
July 9, 2002 New York City United States Ellis Island
July 10, 2002 Atlanta Dekalb Civic Center
Asia I[8]
July 26, 2002[u] Seoul South Korea Chamsil Sports Complex
July 28, 2002[v] Yuzawa Japan Naeba Ski Resort
North America III[8]
July 31, 2002 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Center
August 3, 2002 Paradise Fountains at Flamingo Apartments
August 7, 2002 Toronto Canada 102.1 the Edge Studios
August 8, 2002[w] Kawartha Lakes Cottage
September 16, 2002[x] Los Angeles United States Hollywood Center Studios
September 18, 2002
September 27, 2002 Guadalajara Mexico Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso
September 29, 2002 Mexico City Foro Sol
October 2, 2002 Heredia Costa Rica Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
October 4, 2002 Panama City Panama Centro de Convenciones de Atlapa
South America[8]
October 6, 2002 Caracas Venezuela Valle del Pop
October 9, 2002 Santiago Chile Pista Atlética Los Tetas
October 11, 2002 Rio de Janeiro Brazil ATL Hall
October 12, 2002 São Paulo Estádio do Pacaembu Detonautas Roque Clube
October 14, 2002 Porto Alegre Gigantinho
October 16, 2002 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti Dios Los Cría,
Nativo
North America IV[8]
October 26, 2002[y] Los Angeles United States Wiltern Theatre
Asia II[8]
November 2, 2002 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
November 3, 2002
November 5, 2002 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
November 6, 2002
November 10, 2002 Saitama Saitama Super Arena
November 12, 2002 Fukuoka Marine Messe Fukuoka
November 13, 2002 Nagoya Nagoya Rainbow Hall
Oceania[8]
November 22, 2002 Christchurch New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II Park Quirk,
Papa Roach
November 24, 2002 Auckland Western Springs Stadium
November 26, 2002 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 27, 2002
November 29, 2002 Sydney Sydney Football Stadium
December 1, 2002 Melbourne Telstra Dome
December 3, 2002 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
December 5, 2002 Perth Nova 93.7 Studios
December 6, 2002 Dome at Crown Perth Quirk,
Papa Roach
Asia III[8]
December 8, 2002 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
December 10, 2002 Bangkok Thailand IMPACT Arena
North America V[8]
December 20, 2002 Park City United States Park City Mountain Resort
December 30, 2002 Paradise The Joint
December 31, 2002
Europe II/Deep in Your Steeze[11]
January 24, 2003 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico Toilet Böys
January 25, 2003
January 27, 2003 Madrid Spain Palacio Vistalegre
January 28, 2003
January 30, 2003 Milan Italy FilaForum
January 31, 2003
February 2, 2003 Rome PalaEUR
February 3, 2003
February 5, 2003 Bologna PalaMalaguti
February 7, 2003 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhallen
February 9, 2003 Dresden Messehalle
February 10, 2003 Berlin Velodrom
February 12, 2003 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
February 13, 2003
February 15, 2003[z] Berlin Germany Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin
March 5, 2003 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre The Mars Volta
March 6, 2003
March 8, 2003 London England London Arena
March 9, 2003
March 11, 2003 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
March 12, 2003
March 14, 2003 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
March 16, 2003 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
March 17, 2003 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
March 19, 2003 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
March 20, 2003
March 22, 2003 Hamburg Germany Color Line Arena
March 24, 2003 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena
March 25, 2003 Turku Elysée Arena
March 27, 2003 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
March 29, 2003 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
North America VI[11]
April 27, 2003[aa] Indio United States Empire Polo Club
May 1, 2003 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center The Mars Volta,
Queens of the Stone Age
May 2, 2003 Madison Alliant Energy Center
May 4, 2003 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
May 5, 2003 Kansas Kemper Arena
May 7, 2003 St. Louis Savvis Center
May 9, 2003 Moline The MARK of the Quad Cities
May 10, 2003 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
May 12, 2003 Ottawa Canada Corel Centre
May 13, 2003 Toronto Air Canada Centre
May 15, 2003 Montreal Centre Bell
May 17, 2003 Albany United States Pepsi Arena
May 19, 2003 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
May 20, 2003 New York City Madison Square Garden
June 2, 2003 West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheatre Snoop Dogg
June 3, 2003 Orlando TD Waterhouse Centre
June 5, 2003 Raleigh Alltel Pavilion
June 6, 2003 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 8, 2003 Atlanta HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
June 10, 2003 Bossier CenturyTel Center
June 11, 2003 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
June 13, 2003 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 14, 2003 Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 16, 2003 Dallas Smirnoff Music Centre
June 18, 2003 Oklahoma Ford Center
June 20, 2003 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
June 21, 2003 Albuquerque ABQ Journal Pavilion
Europe III[11]
August 13, 2003[ab] Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Killing Joke
August 16, 2003[ac] Weston-under-Lizard England Weston Park
August 17, 2003[ac] Chelmsford Hylands House
August 19, 2003 Berlin Germany Parkbühne Wuhlheide The Distillers
August 21, 2003 Duisburg Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord The Ataris,
The Distillers
August 23, 2003[ad] Slane Ireland Slane Castle Halite,
Morcheeba,
Feeder,
PJ Harvey,
Queens of the Stone Age,
Foo Fighters
August 24, 2003[ae] Glasgow Scotland Glasgow Green The Distillers,
Electric Six,
PJ Harvey,
Queens of the Stone Age,
Foo Fighters[13]
North America VII[11]
September 6, 2003 Bristow United States Nissan Pavilion French Toast,
Queens of the Stone Age
September 7, 2003 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
September 9, 2003 Amherst William D. Mullins Memorial Center
September 10, 2003 Mansfield Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
September 12, 2003 Camden Tweeter Center
September 13, 2003 Wantagh Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
September 16, 2003 State College Bryce Jordan Center
September 18, 2003 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 19, 2003 Tinley Park Tweeter Center
September 21, 2003 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
September 22, 2003 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
September 24, 2003 East Lansing Breslin Student Events Center
September 25, 2003 Milwaukee Bradley Center
October 8, 2003 Paradise Mandalay Bay Events Center Mike Watt,
The Flaming Lips
October 9, 2003 Phoenix Cricket Pavilion
October 11, 2003 Inglewood Great Western Forum
October 12, 2003 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 14, 2003 Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre
October 17, 2003 Oakland Network Associates Coliseum
October 18, 2003 Sacramento ARCO Arena
October 20, 2003 Portland Memorial Coliseum
October 21, 2003 Seattle KeyArena at Seattle Center
October 23, 2003 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum Mike Watt
October 26, 2003 Edmonton Skyreach Centre
October 27, 2003 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome

Cancelled dates

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Date City Country Venue Reason
Asia III
December 8, 2002 Pasig Philippines ULTRA Stadium Terrorist attacks[14]
December 14, 2002 Ungasan Indonesia Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park

Personnel

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Notes

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  1. ^ He did this by layering his guitar parts and using numerous effects pedals.
  2. ^ The venue was picked to revitalize lower Manhattan following the September 11 attacks, and all revenues were given to the appropriate charitable groups.
  3. ^ From August 13, 2003 to the last concert of the Stadium Arcadium World Tour, the band segues the ending to a jam wherein Anthony sings "Don't You Ever Leave!" This jam was briefly revived on May 28, 2024, during the Global Stadium Tour, but Anthony didn't sing the aforementioned line.
  4. ^ The band's cover was much more akin to Led Zeppelin's cover.
  5. ^ a b c The band's cover was released on Live at Slane Castle.
  6. ^ The band's cover was released on Mother's Milk.
  7. ^ The band's cover was released on We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones.
  8. ^ The band's cover was released on Live in Hyde Park.
  9. ^ The band's cover was released on the B-side of Give It Away.
  10. ^ The band's cover was released on Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
  11. ^ This performance was part of the Festivalbar.
  12. ^ This performance was pre-taped for CD:UK and aired on July 13.[9]
  13. ^ This performance was pre-taped for Top of the Pops and aired on July 5.[10]
  14. ^ This performance was for Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
  15. ^ This performance was for TV total.
  16. ^ This performance was part of the Heineken Jammin' Festival.
  17. ^ This performance was part of the Southside Festival.
  18. ^ This performance was part of the Hurricane Festival.
  19. ^ This performance was part of the Roskilde Festival.
  20. ^ This performance was part of Rock Werchter.
  21. ^ This performance was part of the One Hot Day Festival.
  22. ^ This performance was part of the Fuji Rock Festival.
  23. ^ This performance was a house party sponsored by Molson Brewery.
  24. ^ This performance was for Top of the Pops.
  25. ^ This performance was for the KROQ Halloween Costume Ball.
  26. ^ This performance was part of the Echo Music Prize.
  27. ^ This performance was part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The music video of Universally Speaking was filmed before and during the concert.
  28. ^ This concert was originally meant to happen on February 16, 2003, but was moved to the following date because of Anthony's voice problems.[12]
  29. ^ a b This performance was part of the V Festival.
  30. ^ This performance was part of the Slane Festival. I Feel Love and Soul to Squeeze were performed at the concert, but were cut from the DVD release.
  31. ^ This performance was part of the Big Day Out at the Green Festival.

References

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  1. ^ Dalley, Helen (August 2002). "Interview with John Frusciante". Total Guitar. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
  2. ^ Red Hot Chili Peppers; Brendan Mullen (October 19, 2010). An Oral/Visual History by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. HarperCollins. p. 210-211. ISBN 9780061351914.
  3. ^ Apter, Jeff (2004). Fornication: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story. Omnibus Press. p. 347. ISBN 1-84449-381-4.
  4. ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (June 5, 2003). "The Red Mellowed Out Chili Peppers". The New York Times. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
  5. ^ Kouklas, Athanasios (March 20, 2020). "Red Hot Chili Peppers at Slane Castle 2003: a festival concert to get you through the lockdown". Festileaks. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Cabo, Leandro. "2002". Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Archive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b Cabo, Leandro. "2003". Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Archive. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Past Shows: 2002". Red Hot Chili Peppers' Official Website. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. ^ Cabo, Leandro. "May 27, 2002 · CD:UK, London, England". Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Archive. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  10. ^ Cabo, Leandro. "May 30, 2002 · Top of the Pops, London, England". Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Archive. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d "Past Shows: 2003". Red Hot Chili Peppers' Official Website. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  12. ^ "The Side - 2003 Tour". The Side. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  13. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers (Big Day Out At The Green) 2003". eFestivals. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  14. ^ "The Side - 2002 Tour". The Side. Retrieved December 5, 2022.