Red Hot Chili Peppers Phoenix setlist: What they played — and didn't

Red Hot Chili Peppers brought their first tour with the return of guitarist John Frusciante to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday, welcoming fans with an intro jam before reaching back to "Californication" for "Around the World."

That was the first of four selections from that 1999 release that marked Frusciante's return to Pepperland, a seven-times-platinum triumph that remains one of their biggest-selling albums.

They also dusted off three highlights of the seven-times-platinum calling card that announced their arrival as the sort of band that could one day be headlining stadiums, 1991's "Blood Sugar Sex Magik," ending the encore with "Give It Away."

The 18-song performance touched on many of their greatest hits while leaving others — no "Under the Bridge" or "Dani California" — by the wayside in favor of deeper cuts (from "I Like Dirt" to "Wet Sand") and five songs from the two albums they released last year, including "Black Summer," the single that put them back at No. 1 on Billboard's Rock Airplay charts.

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"Intro Jam"

"Around the World"

"Scar Tissue"

"Snow ((Hey Oh))"

"Here Ever After"

"Suck My Kiss"

"Eddie"

"Soul to Squeeze"

"I Like Dirt"

"Wet Sand"

"Reach Out"

"Tell Me Baby"

"The Heavy Wing"

"Californication"

"Black Summer"

"By the Way"

Encore:

"I Could Have Lied"

"Give It Away"

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