By the Way Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:	By the Way Tour
Artist:	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album:	By the Way
Number Of Legs:	14
Number Of Shows:	69 in North America 57 in Europe 6 in South America 11 in Asia 9 in Oceania 152 Total
Last Tour:	Red Hot Chili Peppers 2001 Tour (2001)
This Tour:	By the Way Tour (2002–2003)
Next Tour:	Roll on the Red Tour (2004)

The By the Way Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in support of their eighth studio album, By the Way.

A DVD of the August 23, 2003 concert in Slane Castle, titled Live at Slane Castle, was released after the tour ended.

Background

The songs of By the Way sound more melodic than the previous funk-rock releases. This was made possible by John Frusciante, who wanted the album to have a more atmospheric soundscape.^[1] However, Flea disagreed with the approach the album was going, but felt that he wasn't heard. It reached the point that he almost quit the band after the album was released. Fortunately, Flea and Frusciante were able to reconcile, and the band were able to start the tour.^[2]

Afterwards, the band played a concert at Ellis Island, titled "Pep Rally" and sponsored by K-Rock. The New York Post declared the show "one of the top concerts of the year."^[3] Other notable concerts in this tour include the May 20, 2003 concert the Madison Square Garden, which was reported by Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times as an "extraordinary two-hour performance,"^[4] and the 2003 Slane Festival concert, which was officially released as Live at Slane Castle.^[5]

Songs performed

Originals

Song^[6] ^[7]	Release (Bolded if studio album)
"Get Up and Jump" (tease)	The Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Police Helicopter"
"You Always Sing the Same"
"Freaky Styley"	Freaky Styley
"The Brothers Cup" (tease)
"Me and My Friends"	The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
"Skinny Sweaty Man"
"Apache Rose Peacock" (tease)	Blood Sugar Sex Magik
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
"Breaking the Girl"
"Give It Away"
"I Could Have Lied"
"If You Have to Ask"
"Mellowship Slinky in B Major" (tease)
"Sir Psycho Sexy"
"Suck My Kiss"
"The Power of Equality"
"The Righteous & the Wicked" (tease)
"Under the Bridge"
"Soul to Squeeze"	Coneheads: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Flea Fly"	Out in L.A.
"Pea" (Flea only)	One Hot Minute
"Around the World"	Californication
"Californication"
"Otherside"
"Parallel Universe"
“Purple Stain”
"Right on Time"
"Scar Tissue"
"By the Way"	By the Way
"Cabron"
"Can't Stop"
"Don't Forget Me"
"I Could Die for You"
"Minor Thing"
"The Zephyr Song"
"This Is the Place"
"Throw Away Your Television"
"Universally Speaking"
"Venice Queen"
"Warm Tape"
"Time"	B-side of By the Way

Cover songs (used as intros or during jams unless otherwise noted)

Song	Original Artist
"All the Young Dudes" (John only)	Mott the Hoople
"Blue Monday" (tease)	New Order
"Both Sides, Now" (John only)	Joni Mitchell
"Ça plane pour moi" (Flea only)	Plastic Bertrand
"Cold Sweat"	James Brown
"Cosmic Slop" (tease)	Funkadelic
"Hardcore Jollies"
"Red Hot Mama" (tease)
"What Is Soul?"
"Cosmic Dancer" (John only)	T. Rex
"Custard Pie" (tease)	Led Zeppelin
"Rock and Roll" (tease)
"Dazed and Confused" (tease)	Jake Holmes
"Detroit Rock City" (John only)	Kiss
"Great Expectations" (John only)
"Love Gun" (John only)
"Dig a Pony" (tease)	The Beatles
"I've Just Seen a Face" (John only)
"Epic Problem" (John only)	Fugazi
"Latest Disgrace" (tease)
"Fire" (full song)	The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"Forming" (John only)	Germs
"Fox on the Run" (John only)	The Sweet
"Havana Affair" (full song)	Ramones
"Honeysuckle Rose" (Flea only)	Fats Waller
"I Feel Love" (John only)	Donna Summer
"Working the Midnight Shift" (John only)
"I Love Livin' in the City" (John only)	Fear
"I'm Eighteen" (John only)	Alice Cooper
"Lament" (John only)	King Crimson
"London Calling" (tease)	The Clash
"Maybe" (John only)	The Chantels
"My Automobile" (Flea only)	Parliament
"Presence of a Brain" (John only)
"One Day (at a Time)" (John only)	John Lennon
"Rapper's Delight"	The Sugarhill Gang
"Red Tape" (full song)	Circle Jerks
"Ride Into the Sun" (John only)	The Velvet Underground
"Rocky" (John only)	Butthole Surfers
"Search and Destroy" (full song)	The Stooges
"See Emily Play" (John only)	Pink Floyd
"Teddy Bear" (John only)	Peter Gabriel
"They're Red Hot" (full song)	Robert Johnson
"Tiny Dancer" (John only)	Elton John
"Wilderness" (John only)	Joy Division
"You're Gonna Get Yours" (tease)	Public Enemy

Tour dates

Date	City/Town	Country	Venue	Opening Acts
North America I^[8]
May 17, 2002	Orange	United States	Vans Skatepark
Europe I
May 26, 2002	Naples	Italy	Piazza del Plebiscito
May 27, 2002	London	England	The London Studios
May 30, 2002			Television Centre
May 31, 2002			Television Centre
			The Garage
June 4, 2002	Paris	France	Olympia
June 6, 2002	Cologne	Germany	Capitol
June 7, 2002	Hamburg		Saturn Parkhausdach
June 10, 2002	Madrid	Spain	Círculo de Bellas Artes
June 15, 2002	Imola	Italy	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
June 17, 2002	Barcelona	Spain	Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona
June 19, 2002	Nice	France	Palais Nikaïa	Garbage
June 20, 2002	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier
June 22, 2002	Neuhausen ob Eck	Germany	Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield
June 23, 2002	Scheeßel		Eichenring
June 25, 2002	Dublin	Ireland	Lansdowne Road
June 26, 2002	London	England	London Arena
June 28, 2002	Roskilde	Denmark	Festivalpladsen
June 29, 2002	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalpark
North America II
July 9, 2002	New York City	United States	Ellis Island
July 10, 2002	Atlanta		Dekalb Civic Center
Asia I
July 26, 2002	Seoul	South Korea	Chamsil Sports Complex
July 28, 2002	Yuzawa	Japan	Naeba Ski Resort
North America III
July 31, 2002	Honolulu	United States	Neal S. Blaisdell Center
August 3, 2002	Paradise		Fountains at Flamingo Apartments
August 7, 2002	Toronto	Canada	102.1 the Edge Studios
August 8, 2002	Kawartha Lakes		Cottage
September 16, 2002	Los Angeles	United States	Hollywood Center Studios
September 18, 2002
September 27, 2002	Guadalajara	Mexico	Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso
September 29, 2002	Mexico City		Foro Sol
October 2, 2002	Heredia	Costa Rica	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
October 4, 2002	Panama City	Panama	Centro de Convenciones de Atlapa
South America
October 6, 2002	Caracas	Venezuela	Valle del Pop
October 9, 2002	Santiago	Chile	Pista Atlética	Los Tetas
October 11, 2002	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	ATL Hall
October 12, 2002	São Paulo		Estádio do Pacaembu	Detonautas Roque Clube
October 14, 2002	Porto Alegre		Gigantinho
October 16, 2002	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti	Dios Los Cría, Nativo
North America IV
October 26, 2002	Los Angeles	United States	Wiltern Theatre
Asia II
November 2, 2002	Chiba	Japan	Makuhari Messe
November 3, 2002
November 5, 2002	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
November 6, 2002
November 10, 2002	Saitama		Saitama Super Arena
November 12, 2002	Fukuoka		Marine Messe Fukuoka
November 13, 2002	Nagoya		Nagoya Rainbow Hall
Oceania
November 22, 2002	Christchurch	New Zealand	Queen Elizabeth II Park	Quirk, Papa Roach
November 24, 2002	Auckland		Western Springs Stadium
November 26, 2002	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 27, 2002
November 29, 2002	Sydney		Sydney Football Stadium
December 1, 2002	Melbourne		Telstra Dome
December 3, 2002	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
December 5, 2002	Perth		Nova 93.7 Studios
December 6, 2002			Dome at Crown Perth	Quirk, Papa Roach
Asia III
December 8, 2002	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium
December 10, 2002	Bangkok	Thailand	IMPACT Arena
North America V
December 20, 2002	Park City	United States	Park City Mountain Resort
December 30, 2002	Paradise		The Joint
December 31, 2002
Europe II/Deep in Your Steeze^[9]
January 24, 2003	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico	Toilet Böys
January 25, 2003
January 27, 2003	Madrid	Spain	Palacio Vistalegre
January 28, 2003
January 30, 2003	Milan	Italy	FilaForum
January 31, 2003
February 2, 2003	Rome		PalaEUR
February 3, 2003
February 5, 2003	Bologna		PalaMalaguti
February 7, 2003	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
February 9, 2003	Dresden		Messehalle
February 10, 2003	Berlin		Velodrom
February 12, 2003	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
February 13, 2003
February 15, 2003	Berlin	Germany	Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin
March 5, 2003	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	The Mars Volta
March 6, 2003
March 8, 2003	London	England	London Arena
March 9, 2003
March 11, 2003	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
March 12, 2003
March 14, 2003	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
March 16, 2003	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
March 17, 2003	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
March 19, 2003	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
March 20, 2003
March 22, 2003	Hamburg	Germany	Color Line Arena
March 24, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena
March 25, 2003	Turku		Elysée Arena
March 27, 2003	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
March 29, 2003	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
North America VI
April 27, 2003	Indio	United States	Empire Polo Club
May 1, 2003	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	The Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age
May 2, 2003	Madison		Alliant Energy Center
May 4, 2003	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
May 5, 2003	Kansas		Kemper Arena
May 7, 2003	St. Louis		Savvis Center
May 9, 2003	Moline		The MARK of the Quad Cities
May 10, 2003	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
May 12, 2003	Ottawa	Canada	Corel Centre
May 13, 2003	Toronto		Air Canada Centre
May 15, 2003	Montreal		Centre Bell
May 17, 2003	Albany	United States	Pepsi Arena
May 19, 2003	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
May 20, 2003	New York City		Madison Square Garden
June 2, 2003	West Palm Beach		Coral Sky Amphitheatre	Snoop Dogg
June 3, 2003	Orlando		TD Waterhouse Centre
June 5, 2003	Raleigh		Alltel Pavilion
June 6, 2003	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
June 8, 2003	Atlanta		HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
June 10, 2003	Bossier		CenturyTel Center
June 11, 2003	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
June 13, 2003	Selma		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 14, 2003	Houston		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 16, 2003	Dallas		Smirnoff Music Centre
June 18, 2003	Oklahoma		Ford Center
June 20, 2003	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
June 21, 2003	Albuquerque		ABQ Journal Pavilion
Europe III
August 13, 2003	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	Killing Joke
August 16, 2003	Weston-under-Lizard	England	Weston Park
August 17, 2003	Chelmsford		Hylands House
August 19, 2003	Berlin	Germany	Parkbühne Wuhlheide	The Distillers
August 21, 2003	Duisburg		Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord	The Ataris, The Distillers
August 23, 2003	Slane	Ireland	Slane Castle	Halite, Morcheeba, Feeder, PJ Harvey, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters
August 24, 2003	Glasgow	Scotland	Glasgow Green	The Distillers, Electric Six, PJ Harvey, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters^[10]
North America VII
September 6, 2003	Bristow	United States	Nissan Pavilion	French Toast, Queens of the Stone Age
September 7, 2003	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center
September 9, 2003	Amherst		William D. Mullins Memorial Center
September 10, 2003	Mansfield		Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
September 12, 2003	Camden		Tweeter Center
September 13, 2003	Wantagh		Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
September 16, 2003	State College		Bryce Jordan Center
September 18, 2003	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 19, 2003	Tinley Park		Tweeter Center
September 21, 2003	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
September 22, 2003	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena
September 24, 2003	East Lansing		Breslin Student Events Center
September 25, 2003	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
October 8, 2003	Paradise		Mandalay Bay Events Center	Mike Watt, The Flaming Lips
October 9, 2003	Phoenix		Cricket Pavilion
October 11, 2003	Inglewood		Great Western Forum
October 12, 2003	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 14, 2003	Chula Vista		Coors Amphitheatre
October 17, 2003	Oakland		Network Associates Coliseum
October 18, 2003	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
October 20, 2003	Portland		Memorial Coliseum
October 21, 2003	Seattle		KeyArena at Seattle Center
October 23, 2003	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum	Mike Watt
October 26, 2003	Edmonton		Skyreach Centre
October 27, 2003	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome

Cancelled dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
Asia III
December 8, 2002		Philippines	ULTRA Stadium	Terrorist attacks^[11]
December 14, 2002	Ungasan	Indonesia	Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park

Personnel

• Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
• Flea – bass, trumpet, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals
• John Frusciante – guitar, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals
• Chad Smith – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview with John Frusciante. June 2, 2007. August 2002. Helen. Dalley. Total Guitar. May 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130530035451/http://rhcprock.free.fr/totalguitar_john.htm. live.
2. Book: Red Hot Chili Peppers. Brendan Mullen. October 19, 2010. An Oral/Visual History by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. HarperCollins. 210-211. 9780061351914.
3. Book: Apter, Jeff. 2004. Fornication: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story. Omnibus Press. 347. 1-84449-381-4.
4. News: The Red Mellowed Out Chili Peppers. Sanneh, Kelefa. June 5, 2003. The New York Times. January 19, 2008.
5. News: Red Hot Chili Peppers at Slane Castle 2003: a festival concert to get you through the lockdown. Kouklas, Athanasios. March 20, 2020. Festileaks . January 3, 2023.
6. Web site: 2002. Cabo. Leandro. Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Archive. 5 November 2022.
7. Web site: 2003. Cabo. Leandro. Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Archive. 5 November 2022.
8. Web site: Past Shows: 2002. Red Hot Chili Peppers' Official Website. 2 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20160604105202/http://redhotchilipeppers.com/tour/past/2002. 4 June 2016.
9. Web site: Past Shows: 2003. Red Hot Chili Peppers' Official Website. 5 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611012413/http://redhotchilipeppers.com/tour/past/2003. 11 June 2016.
10. Web site: Red Hot Chili Peppers (Big Day Out At The Green) 2003. eFestivals. December 25, 2022.
11. Web site: The Side - 2002 Tour. The Side. December 5, 2022.