Red Hot Chili Peppers Reading and Leeds Festival

This programme contains some strong language.

Hello and welcome back to the Reading Festival. I'm Hugh Stevens.

Awaiting tonight's headline is about to step onto the main stage. Today

has been full of incredible bands and music, lots of highlights on

iPlayer right now. My highlight was definitely Dubai. Tonight 's

headliners have sold 60 million albums. This is their fourth time

headlining Reading and Leeds. In a set which may well contain strong

language and flashing lights, please enjoy the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

That's right melon farmers, we have drum solos, we ain't locking scared!

We are the shots. Yeah, Detroit, Michigan!

# Getting born in the state of Mississippi

# Papa was a copper and her mama was a hippie

# In Alabama she would swing a hammer

# Price you got to pay when you break the panorama

# She never knew that there was anything more than poor

# What in the world does your company take me for?

# Robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana

# She's a runner, rebel and a stunner

# On her merry way sayin' "Baby watcha gonna?"

# Looking down the barrel of a hot metal45

# She's my priestess, I'm your priest

# Shoulda seen her comin' when it got a little brighter

# The day was gonna come When I was gonna mourn ya

# A little loaded she was stealin' another breath

# She's my priestess, I'm your priest

# One for the now and eleven for the later

# North Dakota, man was a gunnin' for the quota

# Down in the badlands she was savin' the best for last

# She's my priestess, I'm your priest

# She's my priestess, I'm your priest

CHEERING APPLAUSE

Thank you. Be gentle to each other, be kind to each other. Woo!

# Southern girl with a Scarlett drawl

That is a song of hours we just played.

# We got many moons than a deeper place

# So I keep an eye on the shadow's smile

# It's like a bit of light and a touch of dark

# You got sneak attacked from the zodiac

# Dark necessities are part of my design

# Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky

# Dark necessities are part of my design

# You got no time for the afterthought

# They're like ice cream for an astronaut

# Dark necessities are part of my design

# Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky

# Dark necessities are part of my design

# The darkness helps to sort the shine

# The darkness helps to sort the shine

# Dark necessities are part of my design

# Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky

# Dark necessities are part of my design

APPLAUSE. Dreaming!

Make me a nice little bed of mud and I will sleep next to you tonight!

Find some old boots for a pillow. Cover ourselves in heartbeat and

pizza, we will be fine, it will be a lovely night. Just is! And, like,

60,000 other people. It will be good. Do you feel like you are at

the troubadour? 1988. # 'Cause I'll be gone

'Bye 'bye 'bye, # yeah # All around the world

we could make time # Rompin' and a stompin'

'cause I'm in my prime # Born in the north

and sworn to entertain ya # 'Cause I'm down for

the state of Pennsylvania # I try not to whine

but I must warn ya # 'Bout the motherfuckin'

girls from California # Alabama baby said

hallelujah # I know I know it's you

around the world # Come back baby

'cause I'd like to say # I've been around

the world # Pie in your

face # Living in and out of a big fat

suitcase # I know I know it's you

around the world # Where you want to go

who you want to be # What you want to do

just come with me # You and me girl

the fountains # Sittin' in the Swiss

mountains # Freer than a bird

'cause we're rockin' Ohio # Around the world I feel

dutiful # Take a wife 'cause

life is beautiful # I know I know it's you

deng dong dong ding dang # Mother Russia do not suffer

I know you're bold enough # I've been around the world

and I have seen your love # I know I know it's

you What's happening? I was thinking I'm

going to go on that spinning right after the show and drop on everyone.

The purple and white spinner? When's the last time you had a good toss?

The last time I vomited all over myself? Yes. It's been a while. Win

is the last time you should matter your trousers. Not that long, when

was the last time you shit your trousers? It's been awhile. I'm glad

we cleared that up, though. CHEERING

APPLAUSE CHEERING

# I called the teacher cause I wanted to confess it now

# Can I make the time for me to come and get it blessed somehow

# She spoke to me in such a simple and decisive tone

# Her sweet admission left me feeling in position from

# I don't take these things so personal

# Somebody hooted and they hollered can I buy a vowel?

# Don't let her catch you in the act of throwing in the towel

# And when it's not as it appears to be, the flagrant foul

# Can I put my fingers in your mouth before you start to growl?

# I don't think that it's so terrible

# Tell me now, I know that it just won't stop

# You will find your flow when you go robot

# I want to thank you and spank you upon your silver skin

# You've got to choose it to use it, so let me plug it in

# Sometimes I feel like I'm a sentimental trooper

# She cried so hard, you know she looked like Alice Cooper

# I don't think that it's so personal

# Tell me now, I know that it just won't stop

# You will find your flow when you go robot

# I want to thank you and spank you upon your silver skin

# You've got to choose it to use it, so let me plug it in

# Can I come and get you when I hit you in your party clothes?

# Let's turn this cosplay holiday, what we obey

# And now we're welcoming each other to this cabaret

# I don't think that it's so terrible

# Tell me now, I know that it just won't stop

# You will find your flow when you go robot

# I want to thank you and spank you upon your silver skin

# You've got to choose it to use it, so let me plug it in

My buddy Sammy playing on the base! Rocking that hard! Good!

# I heard your voice through a photograph

# I thought it up it brought up the past

# Once you know you can never go back

# I've got to take it on the otherside

# Stranger things could never change my mind

# I've got to take it on the otherside

# The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts

# She wants to know am I still a slut?

# I've got to take it on the otherside

# Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed

# Push the trigger and pull the thread

# I've got to take it on the otherside

# Burn me out, leave me on the otherside

# Oh, yes, this is England, not Mexico!

# Oh, my, my, a solar system that fits

# You could die but you're never dead

# Psychic changes are born in your heart

# A nervous breakthrough that makes us the same

# We will do our thing tonight alright

# You don't have to keep it if it's mine

# Sitting in your car and on your street

# Take a spin to find out how we feel

# Turn it up and no we can't be found

# Find out that the trick is never cheap

# You don't have to keep it if it's mine

# (Surrender to the brave inside a lover that another tried)

# We will do our thing tonight, alright

# A May December might not be so smart

# (Another lonely superstar to getaway inside your car)

# Arrivals that we wish would not depart

# (Surrender to the brave inside a lover that another tried)

# Don't be late cause you're my savior

APPLAUSE CHEERING

# Born and raised by those who praise

# They're just another good vibration

CHEERING APPLAUSE

Either way, I tried to say I'm bleeding.

# # Standing in line to see the show

tonight and leave a light on, heavy light.

# Standing in line to see the show tonight and there is a light on...

# Heavy glow. Either way, I tried to say I mean it.

# Beneath the marquee, either way, I've got to say I mean it...

# Waiting for... # Standing in line to see the show

tonight and there is a light on... # Beneath the marquee, either way,

I've got to say I mean it... # Standing in line to see the show

tonight and there's a light on... # By the way, I tried

to say I mean it. Yeah!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Thank you. You are rocking and we

love you, that's it. INSTRUMENTAL.

CROWD CHANTS. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

# Deep regrets I never could forget you

# Somehow you made your way to my decade

# In the sun, I see you with your guard down

# Number one, you're moving to a hard town

# Do not dismiss the promise that you made me

# Overkill, you took another red pill

# On the sheet is everything that you spilled

# We are the ones you want to know right now

# Come again to murder your report card

# Just a friend to kiss you in the courtyard

# You are the one I want to be stuck with

# Thought that I could make you whole

# Sticky fingers find the way to take her

# I know your days are numbered when it comes to

# Straighter rays, you find a way to twist them

# Some like it dark and now I know where to

# Serpentine, I think she was an Aussie

# Give up the ghost before you go under

# Kicking hard and looking for a rescue

# Watch me starve was never to impress you

# I would have killed a part of me to have you

# Thought that I could make you whole

# Your flickering is more than just a small flame

# Welcome to the party, it's a ball game

# Pick up the stick It's time to get hit with

# When I cried, it was because I came too

# You are the one I want to know right now

# What I've got, you've got to give it to your mama

# What I've got, you've got to give it to your pappa

# What I've got, you've got to give it to your daughter

# You do a little dance and then you drink a little water

# What I've got, you've got to get it put it in you

# Reeling with the feeling don't stop continue

# Confide with sly you'll be the wiser

# How come everybody want to keep it like the Kaiser?

# Give it away give it away give it away now

# I can't tell if I'm a kingpin or a pauper

# Greedy little people in a sea of distress

# I'm a low brow but I rock a little know how

# No time for the piggies or the hoosegow

# Get smart, get down with the pow wow

# Never been a better time than right now

# Goodness me, can't you see I'm gonna cough it?

# Give it away give it away give it away now

# Come and drink it up from my fertility

# Blessed with a bucket of lucky mobility

# My mom I love her 'cause she love me

# Long gone are the times when she scrub me

# Feelin' good my brother gonna hug me

# Drink my juice young love chug-a-lug me

# Come on, everybody, time to deliver

# Give it away give it away give it away now

# What I've got you've got to give it to your mama

# What I've got you've got to give it to your pappa

# What I've got you've got to give it to your daughter

# You do a little dance and then you drink a little water

# What I've got you've got to give it to your mama

# Give it away give it away give it away now

Right now... Thank you. Have a great weekend, lots of love. Kisses, hugs

will stop you smell very nice. Good night.