The Red Hot Chili Peppers will make a long-overdue and highly-anticipated return Down Under in 2019.

Playing their first headline tour in more than six years, Red Hot Chili Peppers will bring their unique,funk rock signature sound and high-energy performances to New Zealand (and Australia), performing at Spark Arena on Friday, March 8. Ticket pre-sales begin next week.

After sold-out US and European tours during 2017 and 2018 the Peppers most recently undertook three massive headline shows at Lollapalooza South America.

The Peppers are one of the most successful acts in rock history, often performing in front of stadium and festival audiences in excess of 100,000.

The band is expected to play a set comprising of a selection of tracks such as ‘Dark Necessities’ lifted from their current and eleventh studio album, The Getaway (which debuted at #1 on the RIANZ Chart), greatest hits and classic album tracks as such as: ‘By the Way’, ‘Can’t Stop’, ‘Snow (Hey Oh)’, ‘Otherside’, ‘Californication’, ‘Under The Bridge’ and ‘Give It Away’.

“We can’t wait to see all our fans in Australia and New Zealand - it has been too long.”

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

SPARK ARENA - AUCKLAND - FRIDAY MARCH 8

TICKETS ON SALE 12PM MONDAY NOVEMBER 26

Fan Club Pre-sale: 9am November 21 – 10am November 23

American Express Pre-sale: 10am November 21 – 10am November 23

Live Nation Pre-sale: 12pm November 23 – 11am November 26

All ticket information via Livenation.co.nz