Red Hot Chili Peppers cancel concert after Anthony Kiedis hospitalized

Red Hot Chili Peppers was forced to cancel a performance Saturday after the rock band's lead singer, Anthony Kiedis,was taken to hospital.

"There's a medical thing that happened and he needed to deal with it," Chili Peppersbassist Flea, who's real name is Michael Balzary, told the crowd in Irvine, Calif., just outside Los Angeles.

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The group was supposed to headline an annual event that drew thousands of fanscalled Weenie Roast at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, hosted by KROQ.

The L.A. radio station posted a message on Twitter Saturday night, citing "illness" as the reason for the cancellation.

The band on Sunday posted a message on their website, indicating that Kiedis, 53, was suffering from intestinal flu.

"Anthony is expected to make a full recovery soon," the notice posted on redhotchilipeppers.com said.