Anthony Keidis goes surfing in Siargao

MANILA -- After their historic performance at the 7107 International Music Festival on Sunday, Red Hot Chili Peppers lead vocalist Anthony Keidis took some time off to visit Siargao, one of the most well-known surf sites in the country.

According to the surfing website My Life On Board, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee called the tear-drop shaped island "paradise."

"As soon as the sun rose on February 24, Anthony Kiedis, together with some of the locals barreled through the waves of Stimpy’s, another popular surf spot near Cloud 9 in Siargao," wrote Janice Talosig on the surfing website.

Talosig also quoted local surfer Nildie Reitenbach, who described Keidis as nice.

“I was at the peak about to take the wave since I was priority, but then I saw him charging it as well. I eventually gave it to him since it is his first time in Siargao," Reitenbach was quoted as saying.

"When he went back to the line up, he was thanking me for giving it [the wave] to him,” she added.

According to the article, Keidis surfed the whole morning, joining other locals. He also had breakfast at Siargao Inn, which is owned by Reitenbach and her husband, Rico.
 

“He acts like he’s not a bigshot celebrity and even went straight to the side of the resort, where the faucet is located and just rinsed there, instead of going to the washroom,” Reitenbach told the website.

For more details about Keidis' visit, visit My Life On Board's Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Photos courtesy of Ongster Denosta Montenegro, Ariel Becena, Osot Alcala and Manuel Melindo.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers excited to visit PH

MANILA – Members of Red Hot Chili Peppers expressed their excitement to visit the Philippines for the first time next year.

The American rock band will headline the first 7107 International Music Festival, which will be held on February 22 and 23 at the Global Gateway Logistics City in Clark, Pampanga.

In a video on the music festival’s Facebook page, band members Anthony Kiedis and Flea asked their fans in the Philippines to watch them perform.



“We’ve never gotten to come to the Philippines and we’re very excited,” said Flea in the video, which was uploaded on Sunday.

“We really hope that we get to see you in the 7107 festival,” he added.

Kiedis, for his part, said: “We’re very pleased to go to the Philippines… It’s going to be fun.”

Red Hot Chili Peppers is known for hits such as “Under the Bridge,” “Give It Away,” “The Zephyr Song,” “Scar Tissue” and “By the Way.”

The band contributed the song “Factory of Faith” to the “Songs for the Philippines” album, which aims to raise funds for survivors of super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name Haiyan).

Festival organizers recently released the initial lineup of artists for next year’s event. Some of the other performers include Empire of the Sun, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Natives, Up Dharma Down, Radioactive Sago Project, The Ringmaster, Yolanda Moon, Maude, Encounters with a Yeti, Musical O, Sleepwalk Circus, Hidden Nikki, Skymarines, Child/Ren of the Pilgrimage, The Charmes, Populardays, The Sleepyheads and Not Another Boyfriend.

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