Flea

Australian/American musician

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March 12 2025 Announced that Flea is working on a trumpet album featuring Nick Cave, with Cave confirming he provided vocals on a song.
2024 Flea continued to use the four Custom Shop Fender Jazz basses during the Global Stadium tours.
2024 Flea is scheduled to appear in 'John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA'.
2024 Flea is set to appear in 'Yo Gabba Gabbaland!'.
2024 Flea voiced the character Aftermath in 'Transformers: EarthSpark' across 6 episodes.
2024 Flea is set to voice Jake in 'Inside Out 2'.
2023 Flea appeared in an episode of 'Painting with John'.
June 2023 Flea participated in an interview with the Los Angeles Times where he discussed his spirituality and views on religion, expressing that he prays regularly and believes in a divine energy rather than adhering to a formal religion.
2022 Flea participated in the 2022–2023 Global Stadium Tour, using Ampeg SVTs during the performances.
2022 Flea's Brown Jazz bass, featuring a 'SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FREAK' sticker, became his main tour bass, replacing his Modulus basses.
2022 Flea contributed to the recording of the albums 'Unlimited Love' and 'Return of the Dream Canteen', both of which were released in 2022.
2022 Flea's son, Darius Booker Balzary, was born.
2022 Flea played a Purple Jazz bass with a Lakers decal in Drop D tuning for the song 'By the Way' during his performances.
2022 Flea used four Custom Shop Fender Jazz basses during The Getaway tour.
2022 Flea utilized a Road-worn Pink Jazz bass tuned to E♭ for the song 'Black Summer' during his performances.
December 2022 It was announced that Morrissey's upcoming album Bonfire of Teenagers, featuring collaboration from Flea, Josh Klinghoffer, and Chad Smith, is in limbo as Capitol Records decided not to release it.
December 23 2022 The film Babylon, featuring Flea, was released, exploring the transition of the film industry from silent films to talkies.
October 14 2022 The Red Hot Chili Peppers released their thirteenth studio album, Return of the Dream Canteen.
May 27 2022 Flea appeared in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, which was directed by Deborah Chow.
April 1 2022 The Red Hot Chili Peppers released their twelfth studio album, Unlimited Love.
2021 Flea appeared in the documentary 'The Sparks Brothers'.
2021 Flea featured in the documentary 'What Drives Us'.
2021 Flea voiced Ruff in the Netflix Original Movie 'Arlo the Alligator Boy'.
2021 Flea voiced the character Ruff in 'I Heart Arlo' across 3 episodes.
October 2021 The Red Hot Chili Peppers announced the dates for their 2022 world tour, which included their first-ever headlining stadium shows in the United States.
June 4 2021 The double album, featuring Flea's contribution, was released.
June 2 2021 Flea was announced to star alongside Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Samara Weaving in the film Babylon, directed by Damien Chazelle.
January 2021 It was announced that Flea and John Frusciante contributed a cover of 'Not Great Men' for the tribute album The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four.
2020 Flea played bass on multiple tracks for the Bright Eyes album Down in the Weeds Where the World Once Was.
August 2020 Flea appeared on two unreleased songs from River Phoenix's band Aleka's Attic to commemorate what would have been River Phoenix's 50th birthday.
July 31 2020 Flea joined Brad Pitt to contribute to a community food giveaway for the people of Watts, Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 2020 The Red Hot Chili Peppers began working on their twelfth studio album during the summer.
April 26 2020 Flea performed during 'The Pathway to Paris Earth Day 50: A Virtual Festival,' a livestream event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
2019 Flea married fashion designer Melody Ehsani.
2019 Flea voiced the Caboom TV Announcer in 'Toy Story 4'.
2019 Flea appeared in 3 episodes of 'Punk'.
2019 Flea appeared in 2 episodes of 'Shangri-La'.
December 2019 The Red Hot Chili Peppers announced the return of guitarist John Frusciante to the band, replacing Josh Klinghoffer.
November 5 2019 Flea released his long-awaited memoir, Acid for the Children, which chronicles his unconventional childhood and experiences with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
November 2 2019 Flea was a guest on 'CBS Saturday Morning'.
January 2019 Flea commented on the ongoing destructive effects of climate change and participated in a benefit concert with the Red Hot Chili Peppers for victims of the Woolsey Fire in California.
2018 Flea appeared in the documentary 'Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band'.
2018 Flea co-starred with Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, and Russell Crowe in the film Boy Erased.
2018 Flea played Mr. Shepherd in the film 'Queen & Slim'.
February 2018 Flea released an op-ed through Time magazine discussing the opioid crisis and his personal history of drug addiction, aiming to raise awareness and help others facing similar struggles.
February 16 2018 Flea participated in the 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on a team led by musician Justin Bieber.
2017 The Red Hot Chili Peppers embarked on a world tour consisting of 151 dates, concluding in October.
2017 Flea played the character Eddie No-Nose in the film Baby Driver, directed by Edgar Wright. He also made a cameo appearance in the Family Guy episode 'Peter's Def Jam'.
2017 Flea voiced himself in an episode of 'Family Guy'.
2017 Flea was featured in the Amazon Prime Original Documentary 'All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams'.

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