Prepare to experience the electrifying energy of The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, the Celtic rock sensation taking the world by storm. With their unique 'Bagrock' style, these Scottish musicians blend traditional bagpipes with rock and pop anthems, creating performances that are nothing short of exhilarating. From Milwaukee to Carmel-by-the-Sea, their 2025 tour promises unforgettable nights filled with passion, musicianship, and a whole lot of Scottish spirit. Get ready to be part of an infectious musical journey that defies borders and genres.

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers: A Global Bagrock Phenomenon

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are the world’s most electrifying Celtic rock band, blending the fiery soul of traditional Scottish bagpipes with the raw power of rock music. Since bursting onto the global stage after winning the BBC’s When Will I Be Famous? in 2007, this trailblazing ensemble has taken their unique “bagrock” sound to sold-out venues across six continents, thrilling fans with explosive performances that merge hits from Queen, AC/DC, and Coldplay with beloved Scottish anthems. With a lineup of elite pipers and classically trained musicians, their live shows deliver high-octane energy, dazzling showmanship, and crowd-pleasing fun.

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Newberry Opera House

Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent. A blazing rock band and show so hot, it carries its own health warning!

Ellen Eccles Theatre

It’s Bagpipes. It's Rock. It's BAGROCK! Where AC/DC crashes into the glens of Scotland and the pipes steal the spotlight.

Rio Salado Park

There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, from their formation in 2002 and a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 with the Darkness to opening the main stage in their own right in 2014, and storming Glastonbury festival in 2024.

Red Hot Chilli Pipers featuring the Red Hot Chilli Dancers

University of Warwick

Bagpipers who Rock! It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers have bagpipes with attitudes and drums with a Scottish accent. They are a blazing hot band and show so hot, rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland. This 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers — who have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing to Melbourne and everywhere in between with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless. Make sure you come and enjoy this rocking performance live on The Bankhead stage!

Livermore Performing Arts Center

No, it's not the Red Hot Chili Peppers... it's better! It's The Red Hot Chili Pipers, bringing Bagrock—the groundbreaking fusion of traditional Scottish music with the rock/pop anthems you know and love—to Sunset Center.

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers

Sunset Center

It’s The Red Hot Chilli PIPERS – (NOT the Peppers!) — a 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers — who have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing to Melbourne and everywhere in between with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless. The band has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre

Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent, and a show so hot it carries a health warning! The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, a multi-platinum, award-winning Celtic rock back from Scotland, are bringing their signature “BAGROCK” sound back to Milwaukee.

Marcus Performing Arts Center

Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent. A blazing rock band and show so hot, it carries its own health warning! It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland.

Cheboygan Opera House

Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent, and a show so hot it carries its own health warning.

Red Hot Chili Pipers

Colonial Theater

It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland.

Washington Center Main Stage

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! Bagpipes with attitude.  Drums with a Scottish accent. A blazing rock band and show so hot, it carries its own health warning! It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland.

Egyptian Theatre

It’s Bagpipes. It’s Rock. It’s Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland.

It’s The Red Hot Chilli PIPERS – (NOT the Peppers!) -- a 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers -- who have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing to Melbourne and everywhere in between with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless.  The band has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.

Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts

There has never been anything quite like the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.

Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent, and a show so hot it carries its own health warning. The band has reached incredible heights with their groundbreaking fusion of traditional Scottish music and rock/pop anthems…which they proudly call ‘BAGROCK!’

NBPAC presents Red Hot Chilli Pipers

New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

It's Bagpipes. It's Rock. It's Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. Where rock anthems sit comfortably alongside the great tunes from the glens and the mountains of Scotland. It's The Red Hot Chilli PIPERS — (NOT the Peppers!) — a 9-piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards and drummers — who have been rocking the world from New York to Beijing to Melbourne and everywhere in between with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless.

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