The Red Hot Chili Peppers dusted off one of their funky classics, "Aeroplane." for the first time in 20 years, performing the track during their pre-Super Bowl party, for which Run-DMC opened.
The song is from the 1995 album One Hot Minute, an era when Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro was a member of the band. Interestingly, the band recently leaked a demo of a never-before-heard song from that period, so maybe they're revisiting era for their next album.
"We had written two dozen songs before we got with him," frontman Anthony Kiedis recently stated about the progress of their forthcoming album. "[Danger Mouse] is like, 'Let's keep a few of those, but let's go write all new songs in the studio.' We're looking at each other like, 'Dude, we kind of already wrote the songs, bro.' He's like, 'No, I like to write new ones in the studio.' So, in honor of accommodating this new process, we wrote all new songs, and it's a good thing we did."
Before the pre-Super Bowl concert, the band performed a benefit in support of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Feb. 5. Since the band first announced their support for the Vermont senator, bassist Flea has also elaborated on his disdain for Donald Trump.
During last night's concert, drummer Chad Smith displayed an image of the late David Bowie on his bass drum. The band is clearly feeling the loss of the icon -- Flea obtained a new tattoo of Bowie's image -- even though Bowie declined multiple offers to work with the Chili Peppers.
The band's 11th studio album will be the first without producer Rick Rubin since 1989's Mother's Milk, a major turning point for the band.
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