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Red Hot Chili Peppers had to cancel their headlining set at the final KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA, due to Anthony Kiedis being hospitalized for “intestinal flu.” The band were also forced to cancel their May 17 show in Los Angeles, CA as well.

During the festival, Flea said the following to the crowd:

“Anthony is on his way to the hospital right now and we’re unable to play this evening. We are devastated about it. We’re really sad. We love you so much. We live to rock. …. But unfortunately there’s a medical thing that happened and he needed to deal with it.”

The band then added the following on Facebook:

“Due to Anthony Kiedis’ hospitalization from complications from the intestinal flu on Saturday evening, the Red Hot Chili Peppers regretfully must postpone their upcoming concert for iHeart Radio on May 17. They would like to extend their gratitude to the fans for the outpouring of well wishes. Anthony is expected to make a full recovery soon.”

On another note, fans in attendance did get one special performance, thanks to Blink-182, who played a surprise set. You can see some footage of that, along with the set list below:

Set List:

“Family Reunion’
“The Rock Show”
“Feeling Thisw”
“Built This Pool”
“Josie”
“First Date”
“Bored to Death”
“Dumpweed”
“All the Small Things”
“Brohemian Rhapsody”
“What’s My Age Again?”
“Dammit”