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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea guest stars in new Star Wars spin-off, Obi-Wan Kenobi

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ iconic bassist Flea has added to his long list of acting credits with a role as a bounty hunter in the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series.

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea guest stars in new Star Wars spin-off, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Words:
Emily Carter
Photo:
Pavel Suslov

It's already been a massive year for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with the band landing the biggest-selling rock album of 2022 so far with Unlimited Love – but now, bassist Flea has gone one bigger by starring in the highly-anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series.

The first two episodes of the Star Wars spin-off hit Disney+ late last week, so we won't spoil anything for you if you haven't been able to get stuck in just yet, but Flea has added to his long list of acting credits with a role in a galaxy far, far away as bounty hunter Vect Nehru. Needless to say, it's great fun watching him attempting to carry out the task at hand…

The synopsis for Obi-Wan Kenobi reads: "The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat – the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader."

The first two episodes are available to watch on Disney+ now.

Catch Flea back on earth with RHCP live at the following:

June

4 Seville, Spain – Estadio La Cartuja De Sevilla=
7 Barcelona, Spain – Estadi Olimpic=
10 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Goffertpark=
15 Budapest, Hungary — Puskas Stadium=
18 Firenze, Italy – Firenze Rocks (festival date)
22 Manchester, UK – Emirates Old Trafford=
25 London, UK – London Stadium~
29 Dublin, Ireland – Marlay Park~

July

1 Glasgow, UK – Bellahouston Park~
3 Leuven, Belgium – Rock Werchter (festival date)
5 Cologne, Germany – RheinEnergieStadium=
8 Paris, France – Stade de France~
12 Hamburg, Germany – Volksparkstadion=
23 Denver, CO – Empower Field at Mile High*
27 San Diego, CA – Petco Park*
29 Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium+
31 Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium+

August

3 Seattle, WA – T‑Mobile Park^
6 Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium^^
10 Atlanta, GA – Truist Park^
12 Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium^
14 Detroit, MI – Comerica Park^
17 E. Rutherford, NJ – Metlife Stadium^
19 Chicago, IL – Soldier Field^
21 Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre^
30 Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium^

September

1 Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium^
3 Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park^
8 Washington, DC – Nationals Park^
10 Boston, MA – Fenway Park# (on sale date TBA)
15 Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium^
18 Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field^

=with special guests A$AP Rocky and Thundercat
~with special guests Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals and Thundercat
*with special guests HAIM and Thundercat
+with special guests Beck and Thundercat
^with special guests The Strokes and Thundercat
^^with special guests The Strokes and King Princess
# with special guests St. Vincent and Thundercat

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