Photos: Red Hot Chili Peppers bring Leeds Festival 2016 to an end

Red Hot Chili Peppers brought the curtain down on this year’s Leeds Festival on Sunday evening. Mercifully dry weather greeted the set after a rain-soaked performance by Foals, Live4ever’s Gary Mather has the highlights.

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Speaking to NME before they headlined the sister-event in Reading, bass player Flea admitted to struggling with the greatest hits sets demanded by festival crowds.

“There are moments of having a hard time finding the essence and spirit of a song, but in general it’s all about the people in the end,” he said. “It’s all about connecting with the people.”

“I try to keep myself in a place of being completely selfless about it and doing my best to use every song, whether it’s one I’ve heard a million times or a new one, as a vehicle for connecting with people and making them feel less alone in the world.”