The Gig Cartel - Artist profiles: The Red Hot Chilli Pipers

Red Hot Chilli Pipers + The Red Hot Chilli Dancers
20th Anniversary - World Tour 2023/2024

There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, from their
formation in 2002 and a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 with the
Darkness to opening the main stage in their own right in 2014. The past twenty
years have seen the Red Hot Chilli Pipers become the most famous bagpipe
band on the planet..ever! Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent
and a show that leaves people with warm hearts and smiles on their faces.
In 2023+2024 the band will embark on a world tour to celebrate their 20th
anniversary. The tour will be accompanied by the release of a first Best Of Live
album in the Spring of 2023, featuring new recordings of all their best loved
tunes and songs.
The bands achievements have reached incredible heights with their
groundbreaking fusion of traditional Scottish music and rock/pop Anthems
which they proudly call “Bagrock”.The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are a genuinely
unique experience.
The Chillis have never been more in demand for their infectious style of feel
good music which appeals right across the age range to people all over the
world. They have collected together an impressive group of musicians,
dancers and singers from Scotland and further afield, many holding World
Championship titles and all exceptional performers with impressive
credentials and qualifications.
In 2014 The Chilli Pipers released a live DVD and CD entitled Live at the Lake.
In an explosive evening of entertainment captured on this live DVD and CD,
The Red Hot Chilli Pipers recorded their most adventurous project to date,
bringing 16 musicians and dancers across the Atlantic to perform at
Milwaukee Irish Fest, the spiritual home of the band in the U.S.A. They
captured the unique and explosive power of the Chilli Pipers in one

unforgettable evening by the shores of Lake Michigan.
Tracks include: Insomnia, Gimme All Your Lovin',
Thunderstruck, Everybody Dance Now, Amazing Grace, Fix
You, Chasing Cars, Wake Me Up, Don’t Stop Believin and
We Will Rock You.

In February 2019 the Pipers and Tom Walker released a new
version of his massive hit “Leave a Light On”. The release
is in aid of Nordoff Robins, the music therapy charity and it went straight into
the iTunes top five. The collaboration came about after Tom performed with the
Red Hot Chilli Pipers at Murrayfield Rugby Stadium before the Scotland vs.
Italy Six Nations match.
In June 2019 the Red Hot Chilli Pipers released a new studio album, entitled
"Fresh Air”. It ?s an exciting fusion of brand-new songs and carefully selected
covers . In a new departure for the Red Hot Chilli Pipers many of the songs
include lead vocals, Some of the highlights are “Leave the Light On”
featuring Tom Walker on vocals. Leonard Cohen ?s “Hallalujah” and “Shut Up
and Dance” from the American band Walk the Moon, both songs feature the
incredibly talented singer Chris Judge on vocals.