“That’s the plan,” drummer Chad Smith has revealed in an interview with Billboard.com. “Everybody was like, ‘Y’know, I really like having this time off, not being a Chili Pepper and doing other things… It’ll be two years in September, so now we’re ready. You can’t force people to play when they don’t want to play or aren’t ready to play or whatever — not in our band, anyway.”
No word on what the Peppers have planned, but the followup to 2006’s Stadium Arcadium is believed to be in the works.
Until then, Smith will be finishing up a few more tour dates with his supergroup/side-project Chickenfoot, while also releasing the debut release of another side-project, Bombastic Meatbats.
Chickenfoot 2009 Tour Dates:
08/02 – Halifax, NS @ Citadel Hill
08/05 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
08/07 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
08/08 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
08/10 – St. Paul, MN @ Myth
08/11 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
08/13 – Comstock Park, MI @ Winter Beer Festival
08/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
08/17 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
08/18 – Baltimore, MD @ Lyric Opera House
08/20 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Arena
08/22 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel
08/23 – Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
08/24 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
08/26 – Portsmouth, VA @ Ntelos Wireless Pavilion
08/27 – Charlotte, NC @ Uptown Amphitheatre
08/29 – Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
08/30 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
09/05 – Stateline, NV @ Harvey’s Lake Tahoe
09/11 – Denvero, CO @ The Fillmore
09/12 – Grand Junction, CO @ Rock Jam
09/14 – Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theater
09/16 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater
09/17 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Pavilion
09/20 – San Antonio, TX @ Sunset Station
09/21 – Grand Prarie, TX @ Nokia Theatre
09/23 – Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
09/25 – Berkley, CA @ Greek Theatre
09/26 – Valley Center, CA @ Harrah’s Rincon Open Sky Theater
09/27 – Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheater