Red Hot Chili Peppers at Cosmopolitan Vegas on New Year's Eve

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will ring in 2013 with legendary band Red Hot Chili Peppers at an intimate New Year’s Eve performance, marking their first performance in Las Vegas in more than seven years.

The New Year’s Eve celebration will begin at 10 p.m. inside The Chelsea, The Cosmopolitan’s unique entertainment venue that has hosted prior NYE performers including Jay-Z, Coldplay and Stevie Wonder. At 11 p.m., Red Hot Chili Peppers will take the stage pausing only to ring in the New Year with a special midnight celebration. As always, The Cosmopolitan will share the momentous occasion with the Las Vegas Strip broadcasting the entire concert live on the resort’s Strip-side 65’ digital marquee.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. PST and will be available online atwww.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com or through Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000. General admission tickets are $150 (plus applicable taxes and service charges). A limited number of VIP tables are also available and feature a premium viewing area and bottle service. Tables can be reserved by calling 702.698.7778 or at nightlifemarketing@cosmopolitanlasvegas.com. Red Hot Chili Peppers is an all-ages show. Guests must be 21+ to purchase a table or package.

New Years Eve packages are also available, which include a two-night stay in a Terrace One Bedroom (Dec. 30 and 31) with VIP Hotel Check-In, two concert tickets for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as an open bar for two (9 p.m. – midnight), priced at $1,800. Finally, package buyers will also receive brunch for two at the Wicked Spoon, voted “Best Buffet” by USA Today. Packages go on sale Sept. 6 and are available at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com or by calling702.698.7000.

One of the most successful acts in rock history, Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold more than 60 million albums, including five multi-platinum LPs, and won six Grammy Awards, including "Best Rock Album" for Stadium Arcadium, "Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group" for "Dani California," "Best Rock Song" for "Scar Tissue," and "Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal" for "Give It Away." The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in April 2012. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are currently on a world tour in support of their latest studio album, I'm With You that was released by Warner Bros. Records on Aug. 29, 2011.