So, it’s true! Flea was indeed in London last night, opening the BBC Electric Proms with Damon Albarn’s Africa Express.

Hard-Fi, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Johnny Marr, The Magic Numbers and Michael Flea Balzary from Red Hot Chili Peppers, teamed up with a host of African musicians to perform at Koko in London. The gig was part of the five day festival which runs from 22-26 October in London and Liverpool. Albarn and Flea also performed a short jam with a trumpet and melodica.

Go see more photos and videos on BBC

For those of you wanting to know more about Africa Express go and read their profile at BBC music. Here is a short intro:

Africa Express is an initiative that has taken Western musicians to Mali and the Congo, and brought African musicians to perform collaborations at Brixton, Glastonbury, Liverpool – and now the Electric Proms. Previous performers who have taken part in Africa Express events include Franz Ferdinand, Amadou and Mariam, Damon Albarn, Baaba Maal, Fatboy Slim and Tony Allen.

I hope those of you living in UK knew about this before I did and found some time to enjoy the performance and great music!

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