Red Hot Chilli Peppers satisfy Turkish fans despite concert venue with alchohol ban
Red Hot Chilli Peppers managed to satisfy Turkish fans despite venue with alchohol ban, RHCP bassist suggested the audience to consider themselves very lucky to be able to hear islamic prayer five times a day. RHCP Istanbul concert sounds like an islamistic event! except twas not
Istanbul / NationalTurk – Red Hot Chilli Peppers gave their long-awaited Istanbul concert this weekend. Santralistanbul hosted Red Hot Chili Peppers Istanbul consert with an audience of 42,000 despite the alcohol ban in the controversiel venue after controversial ban decision.
Istanbul’s controversial concert venue Santralistanbul hosted the long-awaited U.S. band Red Hot Chili Peppers last Saturday in front of 42.000 viewers despite the overpriced tickets.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers greeted the Istanbul audience with ‘ Monarchy,’ as expected, the US band played hits from their ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik,’ “Californication,” and “By The Way,” albums, as well as new singles from their last album “I’m With You.”
The band hosted famous Turkish saxophonist İlhan Erşahin, who played a brief solo on stage. The band’s leading man Antony Kiedis was quiet but energetic bassist Flea filled his void. Flea had beef with some Turkish twitter users, after he had declared via Twitter that he has a ‘celebrity crush’ on the star of the Turkish women’s volleyball team, Neslihan Darnel.
Red Hot Chilli Basist Flea obviously had one to many drinks !
Flea shouted from the stage to express his pleasure of ezan,call to prayer in Islam, suggesting the audience to consider themselves very lucky to be able to hear that beautiful prayer five times a day. The closure of the nearly two hour show was with the band’s leading hit “Give It Away” and the closing message came from Flea who invited the audience to support music which was “the voice of people from all over the world.”
RHCP Istanbul Concert : Alcohol ban casts long shadows
And what the concert goers were doing yesterday night was nothing but supporting the music and local events despite the unpleasant conditions due to the alcohol ban in the arena which is the main campus of the Istanbul Bilgi University.
By the way, Turkish volleyball star Neslihan Darnel was not among the 42000 Red Hot Chilli Peppers, despite being invited by RHCP personally with her husband. She said, she did not want the nasty rumours going nastier by going to a concert of her favourite band. Congrats twitter, congrats ignorant Turks, who made a simple and naive celebrity crush declaration a matter of honor.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers arrived in Israel after their Istanbul concert.
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This is such a shallow review of the concert. First of all, despite the alcohol “ban” people all around me were adding alcohol to soft drinks from flasks hidden in their jackets and bags. Second of all, why does the lack of alcohol at all affect one’s ability to have a rockin’ time when the music is so dope? The chili peppers were RED HOT and I, for one, got plenty high on the adrenaline of the band. Turkish concert goers need to learn how to let go without alcohol. It was seriously a stiff and boring crowd..