Stadium Arcadium World Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:Stadium Arcadium World Tour
Artist:Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album:Stadium Arcadium
Start Date:May 30, 2006
End Date:August 27, 2007
Number Of Legs:6
Number Of Shows:132
Last Tour:Roll on the Red Tour
(2004)
This Tour:Stadium Arcadium World Tour
(2006–2007)
Next Tour:I'm with You World Tour
(2011–2013)

The Stadium Arcadium World Tour (also known as The Intergalactic Tour)[1] was a 2006–2007 concert tour by the band Red Hot Chili Peppers in support of their ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium. The band started out with a pre-tour promotional leg of dates around the world while the world tour was composed of six legs, three in Europe, one in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, and the other two in the US and Canada.

The tour was the last to feature guitarist John Frusciante until 2022's Global Stadium Tour. Frusciante confirmed his departure from the band in 2009 but rejoined in 2019. Frusciante was replaced in the band by longtime friend and musical partner, Josh Klinghoffer, who was a backing musician for the Peppers in 2007 on the final legs of the Stadium Arcadium tour, serving as an additional guitarist, backing vocalist, and performing keyboard parts. Adding an extra guitarist for the first time to their touring lineup gave the band a chance to perform songs that they were otherwise unable to play with just one guitarist.

Tour overview

Most shows started with an opening jam by John Frusciante and the band before the signature riff of "Can't Stop" signalled Anthony Kiedis' arrival on stage. The rest of the songs changed with each venue; however, "Charlie" and "Dani California" were usually played as the second or third songs. The set list consisted mainly of songs from the new album, Stadium Arcadium and the previous two albums, By the Way and Californication. Singles such as "Tell Me Baby", "Snow ((Hey Oh))" and "Hump de Bump" were core numbers. The band also incorporated several acoustic numbers from the recent release and the back catalogue, which gave the show both a fast and slow pace. Some of the band's more popular singles that were played often on the previous tours such as "Around The World", "Parallel Universe" and "Suck My Kiss" were rarely played. The encore of the show usually consisted of "Californication" along with a classic Red Hot Chili Peppers anthem, such as "Give It Away" or "Higher Ground", one of the band's more popular songs from the 1980s which was added to the setlist on the tour's final legs and performed for the first time since the Californication tour. "Higher Ground" was one of only two songs from Mother's Milk played on the entire tour with the other being "Nobody Weird Like Me". The band also played "Funky Monks" twice on this tour, their first and last performance leading this tour was in 1991. Two songs from Freaky Styley, "Catholic School Girls Rule" and "Sex Rap" were performed for the first time in over 15 years.[2] The tour also marked the first time since 1991 that two of the Peppers' biggest and best known singles, "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge", were not included in all performances leaving some fans at certain shows upset that one if not both of the songs were left out of the setlist. Of the album's 28 songs and 10 B-sides, only 20 songs have been played live in any capacity, none of which were B-sides, and "Hard to Concentrate" was not played live until the band's I'm With You tour.

This tour marked the last time "21st Century", "Catholic School Girls Rule", "C'mon Girl", "Desecration Smile", "Funky Monks", "Readymade", "Sex Rap", "So Much I", "Stadium Arcadium", "This Velvet Glove", "Torture Me" and "Warlocks" were played live.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenueOpening Acts
Europe
May 30, 2006BarcelonaSpainPalau Sant Jordi
May 31, 2006
June 2, 2006MadridPalacio de Deportes
June 3, 2006LisbonPortugalRock In Rio
June 5, 2006LandgraafNetherlandsPinkpop Festival
June 6, 2006LyonFranceHalle Tony Garnier
June 8, 2006ParisBercy
June 9, 2006
June 11, 2006DortmundGermanyWestfalenhalle
June 12, 2006
June 14, 2006PragueCzech RepublicSazka Arena
June 15, 2006BerlinGermanyKindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
June 29, 2006WerchterBelgiumRock Werchter
June 30, 2006IpswichEnglandPortman Road
July 2, 2006CoventryRicoh Arena
July 3, 2006ReadingMadejski Stadium
July 5, 2006DerbyPride Park
July 6, 2006SheffieldDon Valley
July 8, 2006KinrossScotlandT In The Park
July 9, 2006KildareIrelandOxegen Festival
July 11, 2006ManchesterEnglandMEN Arena
July 12, 2006
July 14, 2006LondonEarls Court
July 15, 2006
July 17, 2006
July 18, 2006
Japanese leg I
July 28, 2006TokyoJapanMusic Station
July 29, 2006Mount NaebaFuji Rock Festival
North American Leg I
August 6, 2006ChicagoUnited StatesLollapalooza
August 11, 2006PortlandRose GardenThe Mars Volta
August 12, 2006AuburnWhite River Amphitheatre
August 15, 2006BoiseTaco Bell ArenaThe Mars Volta
August 16, 2006Salt Lake CityDelta Center
August 18, 2006DenverPepsi Center
August 21, 2006GlendaleJobing.com Arena
August 22, 2006San DiegoiPay One Sports Arena
August 24, 2006OaklandOakland Arena
August 25, 2006
August 27, 2006FresnoSelland Arena
August 28, 2006SacramentoARCO Arena
August 31, 2006InglewoodThe Forum
September 1, 2006
September 14, 2006VancouverCanadaGM PlaceThe Mars Volta
September 16, 2006CalgaryPengrowth Saddledome
September 17, 2006EdmontonRexall Place
September 19, 2006SaskatoonCredit Union Centre
September 20, 2006WinnipegMTS Centre
September 23, 2006BaltimoreUnited StatesVirgin Festival
September 25, 2006TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre
September 26, 2006
September 28, 2006MontrealBell Centre
September 29, 2006OttawaScotiabank Place
October 1, 2006Quebec CityColisée Pepsi
October 2, 2006BostonUnited StatesTD BankNorth GardenThe Mars Volta
October 17, 2006East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena
October 18, 2006
October 20, 2006BostonTD BankNorth Garden
October 21, 2006AlbanyPepsi Arena
October 23, 2006PhiladelphiaWachovia Center
October 24, 2006
October 26, 2006AtlantaArena at Gwinnett Center
October 28, 2006New OrleansVoodoo Music Experience
October 30, 2006ColumbusSchottenstein CenterThe Mars Volta
October 31, 2006ClevelandQuicken Loans Arena
November 2, 2006Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena
November 3, 2006Auburn HillsPalace of Auburn Hills
November 5, 2006Saint PaulXcel Energy Center
November 11, 2006HollywoodThe Roxy
European leg II
November 20, 2006LondonEnglandAbbey Road Studios
November 21, 2006BBC Studios
November 22, 2006Roundhouse
November 24, 2006HamburgGermanyColorline Arena
November 26, 2006FrankfurtFesthalle
November 27, 2006StuttgartSchleyer-Halle
November 29, 2006MilanItalyFilaforum
November 30, 2006
December 3, 2006ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
December 4, 2006
December 6, 2006ViennaAustriaStadthalle
December 7, 2006
December 9, 2006CopenhagenDenmarkCopenhagen Forum
December 11, 2006StockholmSwedenStockholm Globe Arena
December 12, 2006
North American leg II
January 11, 2007Los AngelesUnited States49th Grammy Awards
January 12, 2007Oklahoma CityCox Convention Center
January 13, 2007DallasAmerican Airlines Center
January 15, 2007St. LouisScottrade Center
January 17, 2007NashvilleGaylord Entertainment Center
January 20, 2007CincinnatiU.S. Bank Arena
January 22, 2007RaleighRBC Center
January 23, 2007CharlotteCharlotte Bobcats Arena
January 25, 2007Washington, D.C.Verizon Center
January 26, 2007CharlottesvilleJohn Paul Jones Arena
January 28, 2007TampaSt. Pete Times Forum
January 30, 2007OrlandoAmway Arena
January 31, 2007SunriseBankAtlantic Center
February 27, 2007RosemontAllstate Arena
February 28, 2007MilwaukeeBradley Center
March 2, 2007Des MoinesWells Fargo Arena
March 3, 2007ChampaignAssembly Hall
March 6, 2007San AntonioAT&T Center
March 7, 2007HoustonToyota Center
March 10, 2007Mexico CityMexicoForo Sol
March 12, 2007Oklahoma CityUnited StatesCox Convention Center
Australian & New Zealand leg
April 7, 2007AdelaideAustraliaAdelaide Entertainment Center
April 8, 2007MelbourneSidney Myer Music Bowl38,057 / 39,513$2,799,880
April 10, 2007
April 11, 2007
April 13, 2007BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre
April 14, 2007
April 16, 2007SydneyAcer Arena45,329 / 45,329$3,898,344
April 17, 2007
April 19, 2007
April 21, 2007AucklandNew ZealandVector Arena
April 22, 2007
North America
April 28, 2007IndioUnited StatesCoachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Japanese leg II
June 5, 2007TokyoJapanTokyo Dome
June 6, 2007
June 8, 2007OsakaOsaka Dome
European leg III
June 22, 2007BilbaoSpainBilbao Live Festival
June 24, 2007NijmegenNetherlandsGoffertpark60,468 / 60,468$3,713,521
June 26, 2007InđijaSerbiaGreen Fest101,352 / 105,563Edo Maajka, Kiril, Kasabian
June 28, 2007UdineItalyStadio Friuli
June 29, 2007MunichGermanyOlympiastadion
July 1, 2007HamburgHSH Nordbank Arena
July 3, 2007ChorzówPolandSlaski Stadium
July 4, 2007DresdenGermanyFestwiese Ostragehege
July 6, 2007ParisFranceParc des Princes
July 7, 2007LondonEnglandWembley Stadium (Live Earth)
July 7, 2007RoskildeDenmarkRoskilde Festival
August 23, 2007GlasgowScotlandHampden Park38,519 / 40,000$3,095,980
August 25, 2007ReadingEnglandReading Festival
August 26, 2007LeedsLeeds Festival

North American leg I

The first North American leg grossed 25.6 million dollars in ticket sales.

North American leg II

Boxscore

VenueCityTickets Sold/ Tickets AvailableGross
Acer ArenaSydney, Australia45,329/45,3294,017,983
Brisbane Entertainment CentreBrisbane, Australia20,994/21,3521,958,334
Foro SolMexico City, Mexico33,406/46,5301,438,419
AT&T CenterSan Antonio, Texas14,885/14,885827,747
Bradley CenterMilwaukee, Wisconsin10,822/14,000612,172
Allstate ArenaRosemont, IllinoisNA968,836
BankAtlantic CenterSunrise, Florida14,327/14,327796,950
RBC CenterRaleigh, North Carolina14,041/14,166777,739
Verizon CenterWashington, D.C.15,000/15,000975,000
Charlotte Bobcats ArenaCharlotte, North Carolina11,892/12,040626,529
St. Pete Times ForumTampa, Florida13,950/13,950728,548
U.S. Bank ArenaCincinnati12,188/12,188668,665
The ForumInglewood, CaliforniaNA1,759,497
Air Canada CentreToronto, OntarioNA1,708,072
Wachovia CenterPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaNA1,882,614
Xcel Energy CenterSt. Paul, MinnesotaNA884,549
Oakland ArenaOakland, CaliforniaNA1,359,971
TD GardenBoston, MassachusettsNA1,746,492
Continental Airlines ArenaEast Rutherford, New JerseyNA2,111,333
Schottenstein CenterColumbus, Ohio11,948/11,948611,260
GwinnettAtlanta10,472/10,472560,353
Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills15,492/15,492792,526
Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids11,477/11,477567,592
Quicken Loans ArenaClevelandNA583,535

Opening acts

Personnel

Additional musicians

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red Hot Chili Peppers Live Archive.
  2. Web site: The Side – Red Hot Chili Peppers Tour History. theside.free.fr. August 16, 2017.

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