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HISTORICAL FACTS: Flea - Caught on Camera

“I'm, like, sobbing… in tears, because it was so… I mean, he's a poet”: Flea talks collabs and a new Chili Peppers album

He admits he cried when he heard Nick Cave’s vocal on his solo album

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Flea: Honora review – Chili Pepper turns piper, taking up trumpet for a soulful jazz odyssey

Imaginative interpretations of Funkadelic and Frank Ocean sit alongside starry collaborations and gorgeous instrumentals on the bassist’s brassy side project

The Guardian - UK

"I was like, Get out of this studio right now. And his jaw hit the ground." The day Anthony Kiedis was fired from Red Hot Chili Peppers, and why it was the wake-up call he desperately needed

How detox helped save Anthony Kiedis' soul, and possibly his life

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“A few years ago, I decided, ‘I'm just going to play trumpet every day, no matter what. And after a couple of years of doing it, I'm going to make a record’”: Flea covers Frank Ocean and explains why he’s scratching a long-standing itch on his new album

Watch him doing double duty on trumpet and bass in the company of Jimmy Fallon

MusicRadar

“I felt I deserved a songwriting credit because it was a No. 1 hit. They sold millions of records and I only got $200!” Flea’s bittersweet hip-hop recording experience

In 1989, as the Red Hot Chili Peppers enjoyed their first big hit, Flea was hopping around MTV in the video for Young MC’s Bust A Move

Guitar World

Red Hot Chili Peppers actively working on first album in four years

Flea has confirmed new Red Hot Chili Peppers music is on the way.

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“I would never have played bass without him, and without him I would never have been in a rock band. He taught me so much”: Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea remembers the band’s original guitarist Hillel Slovak

“His guitar playing was beautiful”

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Arco Review: A Time-Travel Take On A Classic Story Is An Animated Wonder

This 2026 Oscar nominee is not to be overlooked.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers star Flea announces debut solo album

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has announced plans for his first ever solo album, which will be released in March.

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"When Anthony and I were kids we were up to so much wild stuff." Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea on his "feral" teenage adventures with Anthony Kiedis, and his top tip for sneaking into shows without paying

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea shares his memories of getting "crazy" in '70s Hollywood with his best friend Anthony Kiedis

Louder

Flea has announced his debut solo album – but he’s not the only bassist playing on it

After decades of anticipation, Flea’s debut single pulls no punches, with two bassists linking seamlessly on the song’s darting bassline

Guitar World

“It taps into yearning for a place beyond, a place of love, for me to speak my mind and be myself”: Flea teases his first solo album with a seven-minute jazz rave single

The video is directed by his daughter

MusicRadar

"I was molecularly changed from the moment I first heard Voodoo – we all were": Jacob Collier, Beyoncé, Lauryn Hill, Flea and many more pay tribute to D'Angelo – "he changed the course of popular music"

Fans have also been celebrating his musicianship and artistry on social media

MusicRadar

“The kids! This is what music is for. I am so proud of them”: Students at Flea’s music school pay tribute to him and the Chili Peppers

It’s the third in a series of EPs the students have released this year

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“I said, ‘It’s really beautiful – why would you say it’s not for the Chili Peppers?’ And he said, ‘That’s not what we do’”: How the Red Hot Chili Peppers broke new ground to create their life-changing hit

One of the greatest rock ballads ever recorded

MusicRadar

“Paul’s basslines, while they’re iconic and memorable and musical, they’re not really technically challenging”: How McCartney’s sidekick Brian Ray juggles bass and guitar — and plays the Lennon role in The End

"Even if you’re not a bass player, you know these parts"

Louder

“I’ve gone from having the greatest time of my life, to wanting to kill myself.” An audience with a tired, homesick, and somewhat irritable Red Hot Chili Peppers on the final night of their One Hot Minute world tour

In the summer of 1996, rumours spread that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to break up following the conclusion of their One Hot Minute world tour. I was sent to the tour's final show to find out the truth

Guitar World

“Dave was the master of some of the most iconic basslines in music history”: Dave Allen, former Gang of Four bassist and post-punk heavyweight, dies aged 69

Allen’s work on Gang of Four’s first two albums would inspire generations and influence the likes of Nirvana, REM, and Flea, who has paid tribute to the late bass icon

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How to play slap bass: an essential guide to slapping and popping

Also known as thumpin’ and pluckin’, slap bass is one of the mainstays of funk bass

Louder

Watch Bruce Springsteen unleash his inner guitar hero, and jam with Flea, Johnny Depp and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, in powerful tribute to Patti Smith at New York's iconic Carnegie Hall

"If I had sung this song, it would not have been a hit" Springsteen says, before passionate performance of Because The Night at Patti Smith tribute gig in NYC

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Johnny Depp, Bruce Springsteen and more honour Patti Smith at Carnegie Hall

Johnny Depp performed 'Dancing Barefoot' with Alison Mosshart of The Kills in honour of Patti Smith.

Louder

“There was no malice intended; it was just the sort of obnoxious thing I would say back then.” Nick Cave once famously dismissed Red Hot Chili Peppers' music as “garbage”, now he's working with Flea on a song with “arguably the greatest lyric ever”

“I was unable to fully grasp at that point in my life, that Flea was a human being of an entirely different calibre”

The Independent UK

Nick Cave addresses ‘obnoxious’ comment he made 25 years ago

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea responded to the remark in 2006, admitting that it had hurt his feelings

The Independent UK

FireAid delivered loads of surprises. Here are some of the best moments from the musical benefit

FireAid brought together artists from musical generations and genres to help raise money for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief efforts

Louder

"Our motto is always play like you have a big d**k." In 1984, MTV introduced its viewers to Red Hot Chili Peppers, a hot new 'cutting edge' band whose try-hard 'wacky' antics suggested they might also be Hollywood's most insufferable brats

World, meet the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you'll be seeing quite a lot of them in the future, like it or not

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