USA Today Music — Chili Peppers bassist's 'Star Spangled Banner' got less than red-hot reception.             more info

TMZ — Flea has a message for all the people who ripped his version of the National Anthem at the Lakers game last night -- YOU'RE WRONG!! The haters came out in force after the Red Hot Chili Peppers star broke out his bass and jammed out an instrumental…... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — British guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite, MGT for short, has signed with Hanover record imprint SPV and is scheduled to release his first solo album, "Volumes", at the end of June. The lead single, "Knowing Me Knowing You", a cover version of the ABBA c... more info

Mercury News, California — 'Chad Smith! Chad Smith!' the kids screamed as the Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer beamed with pride. On Tuesday, he was conducting his fourth site visit to the school through the White House's Turnaround Arts program. more info

Mercury News, California — Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florence and the Machine, Stevie Wonder, Death Cab for Cutie among top names set for 2016 BottleRock Napa Valley festival. more info

Stereogum — El Perro Del Mar, the project of Gothenberg indie-pop OG Sarah Assbring, has shared a cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magik track “Breaking The Girl.” On SoundCloud, Assbring explains that she recorded the track for 2012’s Pal... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: ATDI at Coachella 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) At the Drive-In briefly reunited in 2012, and lately Cedric and Omar have been busy with their band Antemasque (now including Travis Barker), but they're ready to reunite once again.... more info

Stereogum — Metallica’s Robert Trujillo and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers guested on a recent bass-heavy episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. Trujillo is currently working on a documentary about the legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius, who passed away in 1987. ... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Dave Navarro participated in a PSA to combat domestic violence. Following his appearance, the former Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist opened up about the death of his mother, Connie. In 1983, when Navarro was 15 years... more info

TMZ — Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante will have to pay his ex-wife Nicole more than double what he was originally paying in spousal support ... a judge has ruled. John will have to fork over $53,395k a month -- $33k more than… ... more info