Austin City Limits Review: Sunday: Red Hot Chili Peppers
By Bradford Harrison at October 15, 2012 | 6:22 am | Print
Photo courtesy of ACL Festival
The Red Hot Chili Peppers need no introduction as the final headliner of ACL 2012, having been rocking out since 1983 and having ten studio albums to their credit. Their latest album, I’m With You, has not enjoy quite the same level of success as say, Californication, or even Stadium Arcadium, but it shows the staying power of one of America’s premiere groups.
As the final headliner for Sunday night at ACL, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were as probably a safe pick as any, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t rock the stage with a whole festival to themselves. “Californication” and “Otherside” garnered big (and obvious) cheers, but even understated (and newer) songs like “Snow” and “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie” sounded great on Sunday night.
Not every ACL headliner provided an encore (though the crowd wanted all of them to come back), but the Peppers encore was well received as well especially their furious and frantic versions of “They’re Red Hot” and “Give it Away.”
We may not see The Red Hot Chili Peppers again at ACL for awhile (after all, we can’t promote them any higher than festival headliner), but the show they gave Sunday night disappointed few people. If this is the way ACL can close out each weekend next year, the festival should have no trouble maintaining it’s hold as one of the top musical gatherings in the country.
Below is a set list for the show:
Monarchy of Roses
Dani California
Can’t Stop
Otherside
Look Around
(Stone Cold Bush intro)
She’s Only 18
Snow ((Hey Oh))
Throw Away Your Television
Tell Me Baby
The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
Right on Time
Suck My Kiss
Under the Bridge
(Ten Years Gone tease)
Californication
By the Way
Encore:
Chad & Mauro & Josh Jam
Sir Psycho Sexy
They’re Red Hot
(Robert Johnson cover)
Give It Away