Blood Sugar Sex Magik Tour
| Tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
Promotional poster for December 7, 1991
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| Associated album | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
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| Start date | January 24, 1991 |
| End date | February 24, 1993 |
| Legs | 7 |
| No. of shows | 145 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers concert chronology | |
The Blood Sugar Sex Magik Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers in support of their highly successful 1991 breakthrough album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The tour had been the band's biggest in their career at the time. Uncomfortable with the group's growing fame, guitarist John Frusciante, who only after 4 1/2 years of being a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, decided to quit in May 1992. Arik Marshall would replace Frusciante and continue out the remainder of the tour.
After many years of hardcore touring and building up a loyal following, the band finally started to generate more attention with Mother's Milk in 1989. The album brought more television and radio exposure, helping them break through to a much wider audience and garner awareness from major labels. The band was involved in a major bidding war with labels but ultimately decided to sign with Warner Bros. in 1991 to record Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The band and management knew they had a very successful album in their hands and it was evident from the album's first single, "Give It Away" and the even bigger follow-up single, "Under The Bridge". Both singles received heavy airplay on television and radio. Due to the success of these singles, the group began to sell out the majority of their shows. For opening acts at the start of the tour, the Chili Peppers invited up and coming groups such as Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins. These tour dates were landmarks for not only the groups but also for Alternative rock. By year's end all three bands were headlining their own shows and dominating television and radio.
At the time the band was riding an all-time high; however, behind the scenes, problems between Anthony Kiedis and John Frusciante were starting to escalate. The band was invited to perform on Saturday Night Live but after the show, Kiedis accused Frusciante of trying to sabotage the performance by playing different notes and singing off key. Frusciante completely denied this but troubles continued to follow the band for the next few months. Frusciante was also now refusing to support the opening acts such as Nirvana, which at one point he claimed to be a fan of but due to Frusciante's attitude and stubbornness he felt the band wasn't worth his time. Years later Frusciante admitted that he was being immature at the time and regretted how selfish he was towards his band and the opening acts.
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