L.A. Times - Entertainment — Chad Smith, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s chief operating officer, has been named artistic director of the Ojai Music Festival for a three-year term to start in 2020, the festival will announce Wednesday. Smith will take over in Ojai for Thom... more info

Rolling Stone — Harry Shearer's Spinal Tap persona Derek Smalls performs alongside Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and prolific session guitarist Waddy Wachtel in the goofy new video for "It Don't Get Old."TheThis article originally appeared on... more info

NME — The RHCP drummer filmed himself eating the spicy pepper after being nominated to take part in the viral ALS Pepper Challenge Will Ferrell and Chad Smith (or is it the other way round?) Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith has filmed himself ... more info

Metal Injection — Don't refer to him as Will Ferrell. The post Chad Smith Storms Off Stage After Being Referred To As "Will Ferrell" (Not Really) appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Uncut — "I don't know if we can continue," says drummer Chad Smith Photo by Steve Keros "I don't know if we can continue," says drummer Chad Smith The post Are the Red Hot Chili Peppers about to retire? appeared first on Uncut. more info

Stereogum — Will Ferrell lookalike Chad Smith has been drumming for Red Hot Chili Peppers so long that you might not realize he wasn't the band's founding drummer. That'd be Jack Irons, who rejoined RHCP onstage in Grand Rapids last week to cover Jimi Hendrix's ... more info

Consequence of Sound — "Hey Chachi... Eat a bag of dicks." more info

Dlisted — Back in December, Nancy Mack, the wife of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith, allegedly got into a fight with Trump fan club president Scott Baio. Scott alleged that at an elementary school event in Thousand Oaks, CA, Nancy went after him an... more info

MSN Music — The wife of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith will reportedly not face charges for allegedly assaulting Scott Baio.   more info

Detroit Free Press — It's another homecoming show for the drummer, who was at the Joe from the start             more info