Initial Red Hot Chili Peppers tour dates announced

The initial dates for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' winter tour with opening act Gnarls Barkley have been revealed. According to LiveDaily.com, the first batch of shows begins on January 12th in Oklahoma City, with 17 dates confirmed so far. The last confirmed gig is March 7th in Houston, with a large block of shows in February still to be nailed down. Having been on the road since August, Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith told us about one technique the band uses to keep the show interesting every night: "We've been doing one song that, like, the fans get to choose, but usually it's always, like, 'Under The Bridge' or one of those that we're kinda gonna do anyway, so we try to pick a more obscure one. So we've been doing stuff off Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar that we haven't been doing lately, and we kind of switch those up, so that's kind of fun. We just have to keep doing different stuff or else we'll get bored."

The Chili Peppers are touring in support of their double album, Stadium Arcadium, which has sold nearly 1.5 million copies since its release last May.

The latest single from the disc is "Snow (Hey Oh)."

Gnarls Barkley is supporting its million-selling debut CD, St. Elsewhere, which features the single "Crazy." A deluxe expanded edition of St. Elsewhere arrived in stores last week.

Confirmed Red Hot Chili Peppers / Gnarls Barkley dates:
January 12 - Oklahoma City, OK - Cox Business Services Convention Center
January 13 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
January 15 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
January 17 - Nashville, TN - Gaylord Entertainment Center
January 20 - Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Bank Arena
January 22 - Raleigh, NC - RBC Center
January 23 - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Bobcats Arena
January 25 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
January 26 - Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena
January 28 - Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
January 30 - Orlando, FL - Orlando Centroplex
January 31 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center
February 27 - Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena
March 2 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena
March 3 - Champaign, IL - Assembly Arena
March 6 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Arena
March 7 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center