Red Hot Chili Peppers cancel concert after Anthony Kiedis hospitalized
Lead singer expected to make a full recovery
Red Hot Chili Peppers was forced to cancel a performance Saturday after the rock band's lead singer, Anthony Kiedis, was taken to hospital.
"There's a medical thing that happened and he needed to deal with it," Chili Peppers bassist Flea, who's real name is Michael Balzary, told the crowd in Irvine, Calif., just outside Los Angeles.
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—@ImMatteoThe group was supposed to headline an annual event that drew thousands of fans called Weenie Roast at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, hosted by KROQ.
The L.A. radio station posted a message on Twitter Saturday night, citing "illness" as the reason for the cancellation.
The band on Sunday posted a message on their website, indicating that Kiedis, 53, was suffering from intestinal flu.
"Anthony is expected to make a full recovery soon," the notice posted on redhotchilipeppers.com said.
NO one's more disappointed than us that we couldn't perform tonight. Sending love and a speedy recovery to my brother Anthony.
—@RHCPchad