
"The Heavy Wing" from Unlimited Love made its live debut, while songs including " Around the World" " Dani California", "I Could Have Lied" and "Right on Time" were performed with Frusicante for the first time in over 15 years. On June 7, 2022, the band performed in Barcelona where the setlist saw a drastic change from the first night. The setlist consists of 17 songs with the shows lasting under two hours, which has been common for the band throughout their career. It marked the band's first tour with Frusciante since their Stadium Arcadium World Tour in 2006–07 and their first ever show in Seville. The band kicked off their Global Stadium Tour in Seville on June 4, 2022. SiriusXM launched the Whole Lotta Red Hot channel on April 1, and it was announced that an exclusive concert for subscribers would air on the channel later in the year. While the band was scheduled to perform at the Billboard Music Awards on May 15, it was later announced on May 11 that, due to “unseen circumstances”, the band was forced to cancel their appearance at the awards show. The band closed the show with " By the Way" marking the first time the song closed a show since 2007. On May 1, the band performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, replacing the Foo Fighters who cancelled their appearance following the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. This performance saw the live debut of "Whatchu Thinkin'". They were the first to ever perform at the theater. The band gave a surprise invite-only performance on April 14 at the Yaamava' Theater in Highland, CA, for the opening of the Yaamava' Resort & Casino. The performance included a cover of Black Flag's " Nervous Breakdown" which was last performed by the band in 2016. On April 7, they gave a special four song performance (with Frusciante on acoustic guitar) at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, CA. On the same day, the band appeared in pre-recorded performances (filmed on March 29 and 31) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where " Black Summer" made its live debut and on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where they performed " These Are the Ways" for the first time on the rooftop of The Hollywood Roosevelt hotel where the album cover and photos were shot, On April 5, they appeared on The Howard Stern Show where they were interviewed and performed "These Are the Ways" along with two handpicked songs by Howard Stern, "Give It Away" and " Under the Bridge". The show saw the live debuts of "Here Ever After", "Aquatic Mouth Dance" and "Not the One" from Unlimited Love and George Clinton joined the band for " Give It Away". (although they did perform a three-song set, minus Chad Smith, on February 8, 2020, at a memorial service for a friend). It marked the band's first show since 2007 with Frusciante On April 1, 2022, the release date for Unlimited Love, the Chili Peppers performed a surprise show at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. Pre-tour promotional shows and performances Presales for the shows began on October 9. On October 7, 2021, the band released another KHOT News video, where they confirmed the first 32 dates for their Global Stadium Tour which would see the band performing their first North American headlining stadium shows in their career. John Frusciante appeared as himself being interviewed by the other three band members.

Anthony Kiedis played a character called Johnson Hammerswaddle, Flea played Todd the Squirrel, while Chad Smith played weatherman Randy Raindrops. The band made the announcement in a YouTube video where they dressed as newscasters for a fictional news channel called KHOT News. On September 24, 2021, the band announced that they would embark on a world tour in 2022, their first with John Frusciante since 2007 and that it would be in support of their as yet to be announced twelfth studio album. The tour was the seventh highest-grossing of 2022 grossing $177 million and is the band's highest-grossing tour to date. The tour began in Seville, Spain, in June 2022 and is tentatively scheduled to conclude in November 2023 in Buenos Aires.

The tour is the band's first in five years and their first in fifteen years with guitarist John Frusciante, who returned to the band in 2019. The Global Stadium Tour is an ongoing concert tour by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers in support of the band's twelfth and thirteenth studio albums, Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen, which were released on April 1, 2022, and October 14, 2022, respectively. Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen Promotional image for the band's 2022 tour dates
