Red Hot Chili Peppers “heading into a new era’”' with next albumFebruary 24, 2016 - 17:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist Flea has said that the band are "heading into a new era" as they finish work on their new album, NME said. As previously reported, the U.S. band have teamed up with producer Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse, for the new album and have a series of tour dates and festival appearances booked for the summer. Among those dates is a headline slot at Reading and Leeds Festival 2016. With frontman Anthony Kiedis recently stating that they were "in the home stretch" of finishing their new album, Flea has now spoken to Q and revealed further details. "We’re near the end of it," he says. "Danger Mouse is producing this time, instead of Rick Rubin. We’re heading into a new era and we’re really excited." Asked how the album is sounding, he adds: "It’s new and different but without sacrificing the good bits of us. There are some songs we already had, and some new ones too. I can’t wait to play it live." Meanwhile, Flea also opened up about his love of David Bowie. The bassist got a Bowie tattoo on his arm shortly after the musical icon passed away earlier this year. "About a month before Bowie died, I bought his vinyl box set and was working through it," Flea says. "Then, the night before he died, I was listening to Blackstar on headphones. "He was very much on my mind when I woke up the next morning. Like many people, I connected with him in such a personal way. He never wrote about his personal life, which made his art so pure, but you felt like you knew him almost better than anyone else." Flea's comments on new music from the band follow similar statement from Kiedis last year when he said the new Red Hot Chili Peppers songs "are as good as any we’ve ever written". Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |