The Red Hot Chili Peppers will release a live DVD/VHS in time for the holiday season. Off the Map, due December 18th, captures the Chili Peppers' September 2000 show from Portland, Oregon. The set list includes Peppers favorites like "Californication," "Otherside," "Under the Bridge," "Blackeyed Blonde" and "Give It Away," covers of Public Enemy's "You're Gonna Get Yours" and George Clinton's "What Is Soul?" and a performance of John Frusciante's "Usually Just a T Shirt #3" from his 1994 solo album Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T Shirt.
The DVD edition of Off the Map comes with an additional fifty minutes of backstage and interview footage and the tracks "Skinny Sweaty Man," "I Could Have Lied," "Parallel Universe," "Sir Psycho Sexy" and "Search and Destroy."

Meanwhile, the Chili Peppers will take part in the three day Silver Lining Silver Lake Benefit show for the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic. Elton John and Sting will headline the opening night on December 13th while the Chili Peppers and Beck play the following night with Jaguares and Jurassic 5. The final night's entertainment will be a concert version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Donovan Leitch Jr. in the title role and John Frusciante on guitar.

•Tracklist & US release data      •The first DVD Review!

Update: RHCP live DVD so far "Off The Map" of Europe
The "Off The Map" release riddle continues- sadly the first live DVD in ten years won't make it into European Christmas stockings this year, you'll have to go for a raincheck voucher ..
These new dates come straight from the WEA Marketing Department, referring to GB &
Continent editions. In case you're wondering: Due to repeated changes of release dates, the marketing department , desperately needing a definite date for announcmemnts , decided on the last Monday of the earliest possible month.
New official European release dates:
UK: 14.01.2002
European Continent: 28.01.2002

Order No.for Europe: 7599 38530-2 (DVD)

7599 38530-9 (VHS)

Country Codes: 2/3/4/5/6

Recd. Price:

€ 22,-- (DVD)

€ 10,74 (VHS)

For collectors: European edition will be pink instead of orange.

Technical and Order Info

Tracklist:

Label: Warner Bros. / WEA

Random thoughts and observations of the new DVD - Submitted by James
(Thank You James!)

The backstage stuff and interview are very cool bonuses. the interviews were amusing. Flea is such a goofball! JF was very happy and glowing.

In their little prayer circle before the show, you can hear JF softly thank everyone and say the past couple years have been the best/happiest time of his life. Really sweet.

It was weird seeing them on their own little private jet.

JF, Flea, Ant treat their numerous herbs like little kids with candy...hording, sharing, devouring. it's almost comical. Chad's the only rockstar in the band- drinking beer, smoking cigs.

Some good shots of JF and Flea stretching.JF can do some *serious* splits.

Dave Rat of Rat Sound did the sound. Rat Sound did most, if not all of their tour. Best sounding show I ever saw was RHCP in Irvine, CA 9-2-00 (still looking for that boot), which Rat Sound did.

Chad does a little solo and his drums sound flat. Inoticed the same thing in the Psycho Sex Funk vid during that solo. they don't sound as flat during the songs, though.

Ant uses an electric razor.

Ant **loves** when JF cries cuz it usually means he's very happy and overwhelmed with joy.

That's just stuff off the top of my head!
James