Live at Slane Castle (Red Hot Chili Peppers video)

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Live at Slane Castle
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ReleasedNovember 17, 2003
RecordedAugust 23, 2003 at Slane Castle grounds
Genre Alternative rock, funk rock
Length142:00
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Emer Patten
Red Hot Chili Peppers chronology
Off the Map
(2001)
Live at Slane Castle
(2003)
Greatest Hits and Videos
(2003)
Live releases chronology
Off the Map
(2001)
Live at Slane Castle
(2003)
iTunes Originals – Red Hot Chili Peppers
(2006)

Live at Slane Castle is a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert video released on November 17, 2003, two years after the release of their last concert DVD, Off the Map . The concert, which took place on August 23, 2003, was their first headlining show at Slane Castle in Ireland having previously performed there in August 2001 opening for U2. The show was one of the biggest ever for the band with 80,000 fans in attendance with tickets selling out in under two and a half hours. [1] Foo Fighters also played as one of several supporting acts, and have their own DVD footage of the concert. Other acts supporting on the day included Queens of the Stone Age, PJ Harvey, Feeder and Morcheeba.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Opening Titles" John Frusciante, Flea and Chad Smith begin with an improvised jam
  2. "By the Way"
  3. "Scar Tissue"
    • The first verse uses audio from another live performance to cover a mistake when the song was performed
  4. "Around the World "
  5. "Maybe" (cover by John Frusciante)
    • The performance cuts out a mistake John Frusciante makes.
  6. "Universally Speaking"
  7. "Parallel Universe"
  8. "The Zephyr Song"
  9. "Throw Away Your Television"
  10. "Havana Affair" (Ramones cover)
  11. "Otherside"
  12. "Purple Stain"
  13. "Don't Forget Me"
  14. "Right on Time"
  15. "Can't Stop"
  16. "Venice Queen"
  17. "Give It Away"
  18. "Californication"
    • Segued from an improvised intro by Flea and Frusciante
  19. "Under the Bridge"
  20. "The Power of Equality"
  21. "Closing Credits"

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Hungarian DVDs Chart [3] 6
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart [4] 7
Swedish Music DVDs Chart [5] 12
US Music Videos Chart [6] 22
Chart (2004)Peak
position
Australian DVDs Chart [7] 12
Austrian Music DVDs Chart [8] 5
Dutch Music DVDs Chart [9] 20

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [10] Platinum8,000^
Australia (ARIA) [11] 4× Platinum60,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [12] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [13] Platinum10,000^
France (SNEP) [14] Platinum20,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [15] 2× Platinum10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] 2× Platinum100,000*
United States (RIAA) [17] Platinum100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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