One Hot Minute Tour

The One Hot Minute Tour (also known as The Wild Tour) was a concert tour by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from 1995-1997 to support their album One Hot Minute. This was the first and only major tour guitarist Dave Navarro performed on with the band. The One Hot Minute era got off to a rocky start with extensive delays in recording; once the tour was underway there was a variety of mishaps and upheavals that at one point caused Flea to rethink being part the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The U.S. leg of the tour was intended to start in 1995 however was postponed to the following year because drummer Chad Smith broke his arm in a baseball game. A total of 33 dates were canceled due various other problems including a broken arm suffered by singer Anthony Kiedis which eventually led to another drug relapse. Lack of chemistry with Navarro was also a major problem since he joined the band and continued to become a problem as the tour went on. Navarro played his final show with the band in July 1997 during a massive rain storm which cut the band's set short. After spending the entire year of 1997 doing nothing and making some minor attempts to record new music, Navarro was eventually let go in early 1998 and replaced not long after by a returning John Frusciante who quit the band in 1992.