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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Bobby Reed | For the Sun-Times

Red Hot Chili Peppers prove to be ageless, compelling crowd with psychedelic performance

Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers walks on his hands before playing on the T-Mobile Stage at Lollapalooza Day 4 on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 at Grant Park in Chicago. (Owen Ziliak/Sun-Times, Owen Ziliak/Sun-Times)

It’s fair to say, Lollapalooza attendees tend to be youngish, so spotting a 60-year-old shirtless man in Grant Park during the festival would be a rare sight. But there were two of them onstage by the end of the headlining set on the T-Mobile stage Sunday night, as Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea displayed their svelte, tattooed physiques and their athletic performance styles during a 90-minute set that was free of rain after a damp day downtown. 

The other members of the quartet — powerhouse drummer Chad Smith, 61, and guitarist extraordinaire John Frusciante, 53 — were just as compelling as their more famous bandmates. 

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