NME — Bass player pays tribute to inaugural NME Award For Innovation winner more info

NME — Chad Smith will battle 'Anchorman' actor if enough money is raised for cancer charity more info

ContactMusic — Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith has challenged actor Will Ferrell to a ''drum-off''. Fans often comment on how the pair bear more than a passing... more info

NME — The drummer calls out the actor for "impersonating him" more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — There's been quite an uproar over the Red Hot Chili Peppers performance at the Super Bowl...or as Axl Rose puts it, the world largest karaoke!  Though most people aren't upset that the RHCP played second fiddle to Bruno Mars, they're mor... more info

ContactMusic — The Red Hot Chili Peppers' performance alongside Bruno Mars at Sunday’s Superbowl put the practice of ‘miming’ or ‘lip-syncing’ back into... more info

Topix — Was Selena Gomez in rehab? Jodeci could be planning a comeback, and Rick Ross gives us hints of what's to come on his next album. more info

NME — Chad Smith donates two drum kits in aid of Make-A-Wish foundation more info

Mercury News, California — When the Red Hot Chili Peppers played the Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime show, their instruments were unplugged. more info

Stereogum — The Super Bowl is but a distant memory, yet the Chili Peppers’ Cordgate controversy continues to annihilate our nation’s collective sensibilities. Flea already gave us his side of the story — “[We] were playing along with the pre recorded tra... more info