{"id":362618,"date":"2026-03-24T13:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/362618\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:38:08","slug":"red-hot-chili-peppers-flea-shows-off-head-injury-from-bizarre-peeing-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/362618\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea shows off head injury from “bizarre peeing accident”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/a>\u2018 Flea<\/a> has spoken about a recent head injury he suffered after a \u201cbizarre peeing accident\u201d.<\/p>\n

The legendary bassist, trumpet player and one-quarter of California rock giants Red Hot Chili Peppers opened up about the injury during a recent interview on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, when he showed up wearing a bandage on his forehead.<\/p>\n

After being asked about the cut, Flea joked that it was the result of a heroic attack on some \u201cthugs\u201d who were walking around with weapons and mugging old ladies \u2013 before laughing it off and saying that it was actually because of \u201ca bizarre peeing accident\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was doing a radio show for Apple Music the other day,\u201d he said, referring to the recent appearance where he played a selection of his personal favourite tracks, and songs that inspired his new album \u2018Honora<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was playing a Lee Morgan song, a great song called \u2018Stopstart\u2019 with Billy Higgins on drums. There were three minutes left in the song and I said \u2018I got to go pee\u2019, so I have three minutes before I introduce the next tune,\u201d he explained to Fallon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI jump up, I run down the hallway, I pee, I\u2019m coming back. I\u2019m wearing my reading glasses, I yell something to someone, running full sprint down the hallway, and bam! Smack into a glass door, flat on my back, blood spurting out of my head.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to quip that the first thing that came to mind was that he had the television appearance on the horizon, joking: \u201cI\u2019m laying there going \u2018Oh man, I\u2019ve got to do the Fallon Show in a few days\u2026 I\u2019ll tell him I got into a fight\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also on the show, Flea broke out a live rendition of the soulful jazz cover he has done of the classic Frank Ocean track \u2018Thinkin Bout You\u2019.<\/p>\n

That song arrived last month as the third preview of the aforementioned \u2018Honora\u2019 solo album he has on the way \u2013 following on from lead single \u2018A Plea\u2019, and another new song called \u2018Traffic Lights\u2019.<\/p>\n

Speaking about why he wanted to cover Frank Ocean in the album, Flea discussed what the album it appeared on, \u2018Channel Orange\u2019, meant to him. \u201cWhen that record came out, it really blew me away. I listened to it 10 million times. It was something I just couldn\u2019t stop listening to. I loved it so much and still do. Just one of those real watershed moment records for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the cover, he added: \u201c\u2018Thinkin Bout You\u2019 is one of the many great songs on that record, and I thought it would be fun to play on trumpet [\u2026] I just wanted to get the honest beauty of the melody because it\u2019s a great song.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments align with what he told NME backstage at Reading Festival 10 years ago<\/a>, when he shared that the record \u201caffected me profoundly\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Channel Orange\u2019 was just a record that affected me profoundly,\u201d he continued. \u201cI had a real emotional connection to it, I listened to it a million times, and it just really connected with me and lifted my spirit. His voice just goes right through me. So I was excited for the new record because I\u2019m a fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the \u2018Honora\u2019 album, the title takes its name from a beloved family member, with Flea composing, arranging the music and providing vocals. It also sees the legendary bassist and songwriter returning to his early roots as a trumpet player, and leaning into his longtime love of jazz.<\/p>\n

The full 10-track album will arrive on Friday (March 27) via Nonesuch Records (pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>), and sees the artist joined by an \u201celite band of modern jazz visionaries\u201d, as well as Nick Cave<\/a> and Radiohead<\/a> frontman Thom Yorke<\/a> on vocals.<\/p>\n

Flea will showcase the record live on an intimate tour later this year, which kicks off in Chicago on May 7, before heading over to Europe for headline shows. His only scheduled UK gig so far is due to take place at KOKO in Camden Town, London, on May 26.<\/p>\n

Tickets are on sale now, and you can find any remaining UK tickets here<\/a>, and here<\/a> for North American and other international shows.<\/p>\n

The new solo project builds on Flea\u2019s wide range of material outside of Red Hot Chili Peppers, including brief stints in Nirvana<\/a> and Jane\u2019s Addiction<\/a>, and forming the supergroup Atoms For Peace<\/a>. It also comes following his work with members of The Mars Volta<\/a> in the rock group Antemasque<\/a>, and after his short-lived side project Rocket Juice & The Moon<\/a>, alongside Damon Albarn<\/a> and Tony Allen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2018 Flea has spoken about a recent head injury he suffered after a \u201cbizarre peeing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,57529,61,60,27556,640],"class_list":["post-362618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-funk","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jazz","tag-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}