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First Night's Setlist Included Live Debut of Nearly Every Song From Acclaimed New Album Honora, Unreleased Tracks & More
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Sold-Out Dates Continue Across North America & Europe This Month, Followed by North Sea Jazz Festival & Newport Jazz Festival This Summer
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May 8, 2026 - Last night at Chicago's Thalia Hall, Flea and the Honora band performed their first-ever live show, kicking off a sold-out tour that will bring them to intimate venues across North America and Europe this month. Featuring Flea on trumpet, bass and vocals, alongside an elite group of modern jazz visionaries - saxophonist and keyboardist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss, drummer Deantoni Parks- the set included the live debut of nearly every song from Flea's chart-topping new album, Honora, as well as two unreleased and previously unheard originals ("Good Night Darius" and "Shred of Hope"), all culminating in a stirring monologue and stunning audience singalong to "Lovelovelove" from his 2012 EP, Helen Burns.
"Songs encouraged reflection, rewarded close listening, and prioritized sincerity," says Chicago Tribune, continuing, "Watching Flea, routinely ranked among the finest rock bassists in history, challenge himself with a different kind of instrument and defer to his new peers seemed rather extraordinary. It showed a strain of boundless curiosity that guards against staleness, and was a reminder that we should never stop learning from others…an inspiring show from a student who just happens to be a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. We should all aspire to be so bold." See last night's setlist below, and upcoming dates at flea333.com.
Honora , the album that Flea has aspired to make for the past 35 years, marks the generation-defining musician's first full-length solo LP, and first chart debut as a solo artist. Following its release on Nonesuch Records this spring, Honora arrived as the #1 new jazz album around the world, hailed as "a dynamic listening experience that documents the progressive skill and heart of a musical multi-tasker like no other," said the Los Angeles Times. "It's intuitive and inspiring."
Learn more about Honora in Flea's recent appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Track Star, The Questlove Show, NPR's Morning Edition and Jazz Night In America, and conversations with the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Zane Lowe, Rick Beato and DownBeat for the magazine's April Cover Story.
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Photos by Atiba Jefferson
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The Honora Tour - Opening Night Setlist (May 7, Chicago, IL)
Good Night Darius
Traffic Lights
Shred of Hope
Wichita Lineman
Frailed
Morning Cry
Golden Wingship → A Plea
Free As I Want to Be
Thinkin Bout You
Maggot Brain
Lovelovelove
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The Honora Tour Dates
May 9 - Toronto, ON - The Opera House
May 10 - Montreal, QC - Théâtre Beanfield
May 12 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
May 13 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
May 16 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre
May 21 - Berlin, DE - Heimathafen
May 22 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso
May 23 - Antwerp, BE - Jazz Middelheim
May 26 - London, UK - Koko
May 28 - Paris, FR - Alhambra
May 29 - Paris, FR - Alhambra
July 11 - Rotterdam, NL - North Sea Jazz Festival 2026
August 2 - Newport, RI - Newport Jazz Festival 2026
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