Whole Lotta Red Hot channel to launch on
April 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers to play exclusive
Small Stage Series concert for SiriusXM subscribers and Pandora
listeners at the Apollo Theater later this year
NEW
YORK, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today that the iconic rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers
will launch their own exclusive SiriusXM music channel, Whole
Lotta Red Hot, on Friday, April 1
on channel 315. The launch coincides with Red Hot Chili Peppers'
new album Unlimited Love, which is scheduled to be released
on Friday, April 1. The new channel
will launch with exclusive track-by-track commentary from the
band.
The Whole Lotta Red Hot channel will showcase music from the
band's lengthy career, including their vast catalog of energetic
live performances, genre-blending studio tracks, and a vast
selection of music personally curated by the band. Listeners will
also hear the Chili Peppers' unique array of musical influences,
with music selections ranging from rockers such as Fugazi,
Iggy Pop and Dead Kennedys to funk
and R&B from Prince, Stevie
Wonder and Parliament Funkadelic.
The new channel will feature the band sharing insight and
stories from four decades of albums and songs. Additionally, Whole
Lotta Red Hot listeners will hear a classic live concert from the
band's archives each month, beginning with a never-before aired
2006 concert from The Forum in Inglewood,
Calif. – exclusively shared with SiriusXM. The concert will
broadcast on Friday, April 1 at
6:00 pm ET and PT.
Whole Lotta Red Hot will launch on Friday, April 1 at 12:00 am ET on SiriusXM
channel 315 and on the SXM App.
In celebration of the channel and the band's new album,
the Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform at the world-famous
Apollo Theater in New York later
this year as part of SiriusXM's Small Stage Series. The special
invitation-only concert for SiriusXM subscribers and Pandora
listeners will mark the first time that the band has performed at
the iconic venue. The concert will air nationwide on the Whole
Lotta Red Hot channel.
"Our only goal is to get lost in the music. We (John, Anthony,
Chad and Flea) spent thousands of hours, collectively and
individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another, to
make the best album we could. Our antennae attuned to the divine
cosmos, we were just so damn grateful for the opportunity to be in
a room together, and, once again, try to get better. Days, weeks
and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming
freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and
purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us
enrapt."
"We yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect, and
bring people together. Each of the songs on our new album
Unlimited Love, is a facet of us, reflecting our view of the
universe. This is our life's mission. We work, focus, and prepare,
so that when the biggest wave comes, we are ready to ride it. The
ocean has gifted us a mighty wave and this record is the ride that
is the sum of our lives. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy
it and tune in to our new SiriusXM channel Whole Lotta Red Hot." –
Red Hot Chili Peppers.
"Through the decades, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been the
rarest of rock bands, blending multiple musical genres and
artistically pushing well beyond their early days of alternative
rock, to reach a worldwide audience," said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief
Content Officer. "We are excited to bring our subscribers this
special channel, created with the band and delivering a unique
audio experience for all Red Hot Chili Peppers fans."
For more information on Red Hot Chili Peppers please
visit: www.redhotchilipeppers.com
SiriusXM is available to subscribers in their car or streamed on
their phone and connected devices at home with the SXM App.
Streaming access is included with all of our trials and most
popular plans. Go to www.siriusxm.com/ways-to-listen to
learn more.
About the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers have sound tracked successive generations
as not only one of the bestselling acts in music history, but also
one of the biggest streaming rock bands in the world today.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® in 2012, the
award-winning Los Angeles
quartet—Anthony Kiedis [vocals], Flea [bass], Chad Smith [drums], and John Frusciante [guitar]—have collected 6
GRAMMY® Awards, sold 80 million albums, generated 5 billion YouTube
views, and gathered 22 billion Spotify streams, averaging 21
million monthly listeners on the platform.
Rolling Stone cited Blood Sugar Sex Magik,
Californication, and By The Way on its coveted "500
Greatest Albums of All Time," while "Under the Bridge" landed on
the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021. In addition to
claiming a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 8 MTV VMAs, 5 EMAs,
4 American Music Awards, and 3 BRIT Awards, they've notably notched
the most #1 singles of all time at Alternative Radio with 13 #1
hits. They've also performed to tens of millions worldwide,
headlined Coachella and became the
only band ever to sell out three nights at Hyde Park in London—moving over 200,000
tickets. Adorned by anthems such as "Give It Away," "Under the
Bridge," and "Breaking the Girl," the diamond-certified Blood
Sugar Sex Magik celebrated its 30th anniversary in
2021.
Now the band's seminal lineup returns with their new studio
album, Unlimited Love on April
1st and a record-breaking Global Stadium Tour launching this
summer, kicking-off a brand-new generation of fans for the
legendary group.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio
entertainment company in North
America, and the premier programmer and platform for
subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products.
SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million
listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free
tiers in North America, and
deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and
podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest
ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S.
SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a
leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and
monetization. The Company's advertising sales arm, SXM Media,
leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech
capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers.
SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers
satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment
businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to
automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go
to: www.siriusxm.com.
Source: SiriusXM
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