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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