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Published: 2023/01/31

Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Announce Return with 41-Date Summer Tour

After a two-decade hiatus, Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade shared they’ll set out on a goliath, 41-date summer tour touted as the Summer of Green Tour 2023. The performance will mark the ensemble’s first reunion since 2003.

Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigader–comprised of Claypool (bass), Sean Lennon (guitar), Harry Waters (keys), Paulo Baldi (drums), Mike Dillon (percussion), and Skerik (horns)–will kick off their tour in Stateline, Nev. on May 17 before winding its way throughout the country. Notable stops from the band, which was formed by Claypool in the summer of 2000 during a short break from Primus, include Denver, Asheville, N.C., Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Texas, New Orleans, Port Chester, N.Y., Boston, Los Angeles and more. During their travels, the group will also make stops at festivals like Summer Camp Music Festival, the Mountain Music Festival, the Riverbend Music Festival, and the Peach Music Festival.

“In an age of calibrated chaos, moral constipation, and conspiranoia, it is reassuring to know that certain frogs can and do fly,” Claypool shared in a press release announcing the event.

Select shows in June will include a co-headlining set with the Talking Heads members Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew, who will be on the road for their Remain In Light Tour. Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade will also enjoy support throughout the tour from Fishbone, Neal Francis, Budos Band, W.I.T.C.H., and Moon Duo.

A limited pre-sale and VIP upgrade options will go on sale on Feb. 1 at 10 a.m. local time with the code WHAMOLA. General on sale will commence Friday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. local time. Learn more and find tickets here .

Read Relix ‘s piece on the return of Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade here .

See full dates below.

Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade- The Summer of Green Tour 2023

May 17 – Stateline, NV – TBA venue ^

May 19 – Napa, CA – Blue Note Summer Sessions at TBA venue ^

May 20 – Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium ^

May 21 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North ^

May 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – TBA venue ^

May 24 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom ^

May 26 – Kansas City, MO – Grinders KC

May 27 – Chillicothe, IL – Summer Camp Music Festival

May 28 – Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheater ~

May 30 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom ~

May 31 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! ~

June 2 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre ~

June 3 – Oak Hill, WV – Mountain Music Festival

June 4 – Chattanooga, TN – TBA venue

June 6 – Richmond, VA – Brown’s Island *

June 7 – Raleigh, NC – Raleigh Memorial Auditorium *

June 9 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit *

June 10 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern *

June 11 – Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium *

June 13 – Dallas, TX – Music Hall at Fair Park *

June 14 – Austin, TX – The Moody Amphitheater *

June 16 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall Lawn *

June 17 – New Orleans, LA – Mardi Gras World *

June 19 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre *

June 20 – Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino *

June 22 – Baltimore, MD – The Lyric %

June 23 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre ~

June 24 – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre [In The Round] ~

June 26 – Northampton, MA – The Pines Theater ~

June 28 – Portland, ME – State Theatre #

June 29 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway #

July 1 – Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival

July 2 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed [Indoor] #

July 3 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre #

July 7 – Bonner, MT – Kettlehouse Amphitheater +

July 8 – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park Live +

July 9 – Forest Grove, OR – Grand Lodge +

July 11 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live +

July 13 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn +

July 14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern +

July 15 – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren +

* Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew Remain In Light

~ Neal Francis

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Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade To Reunite After 20 Years For Summer Tour

Joining Claypool and the FFFB is Fishbone, Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew, Neal Francis, Budos Band, W.I.T.C.H., and Moon Duo

After a 20-year hiatus, Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade has announced its long-awaited return with the massive, 41-date Summer of Green Tour 2023, which will mark the band’s first appearances since summer 2003. Kicking off in Stateline, NV on Wednesday, May 17th before winding its way from coast-to-coast, the tour will feature several festival appearances, including the Summer Camp Music Festival, the Mountain Music Festival, the Riverbend Music Festival, and the Peach Music Festival. Featuring Les Claypool (bass), Sean Lennon (guitar), Harry Waters (keys), Paulo Baldi (drums), Mike Dillon (percussion), and Skerik (horns), the set will include a full performance of Pink Floyd’s iconic tenth studio album ‘Animals,’ which was famously captured on the band’s second 2001 live recording ‘Live Frogs Set 2.’

“In an age of calibrated chaos, moral constipation, and conspiranoia, it is reassuring to know that certain frogs can and do fly,” Claypool comments.

Select June performances will include a co-headlining set with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew’s ‘Remain In Light’ Tour, which finds the Talking Heads members performing songs from a monumental period of the band’s history alongside a powerhouse band. Additional support throughout the tour include Fishbone, Neal Francis, Budos Band, W.I.T.C.H., and Moon Duo.

A limited pre-sale, including VIP upgrade options, will go on sale February 1 at 10am local time, using the code WHAMOLA . General public on sale is this Friday, February 3 at 10am local time. All show and ticket/VIP information can be found at http://www.lesclaypool.com/

Formed by Claypool in the summer of 2000 during a short break from Primus, the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade made its debut appearance at the Mountain Aire Festival before embarking on several celebrated US tours. Described by Claypool as “kind of a King Crimson meets Pink Floyd meets Frank Zappa type thing,” the band released two live albums in 2001, as well as a studio album ‘Purple Onion’ in 2002. The band’s most recent performance took place on May 10th, 2003 at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida.

The return of the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade follows a busy year for Claypool, who in addition to performing with Bastard Jazz on NYE and throughout winter 2022, traveled the country with Primus for the band’s wildly popular ‘A Tribute To Kings’ Tour, and appeared alongside Ween at Comedy Central’s South Park: 25th Anniversary Concert” at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Last year also saw the release of Primus’ first new music in more than five years, the sprawling 3-song ‘Conspiranoid’ EP, which included the epic 11-minute opening track, “ Conspiranoia ,” and second single, “ Follow The Fool .”

Claypool is one of the most unlikely success stories in entertainment history. His trademark voice, thumping bass lines and unique worldview have become the calling cards for a number of wildly successful and influential albums in the last two decades. But through his myriad of musical and creative projects, Claypool has also become a favorite of jam banders, funk connoisseurs and pretty much everything in-between.

“Let’s put it this way … I think, with Primus and without, I’ve played every music festival in the last ten years, except Lilith Fair,” he comments. “You could say I’m the guy who doesn’t fit in anywhere, but a little bit everywhere.”

For more information on Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, please visit https://lesclaypool.com/

LES CLAYPOOL’S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE – The Summer of Green Tour 2023 Wednesday, May 17th – Stateline, NV – TBA venue ^ Friday, May 19th – Napa, CA – Blue Note Summer Sessions at TBA venue ^ Saturday, May, 20th – Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium ^ Sunday, May 21st – San Diego, CA – Observatory North ^ Tuesday, May 23rd – Salt Lake City, UT – TBA venue ^ Wednesday, May 24th – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom ^ Friday, May 26th – Kansas City, MO – Grinders KC Saturday, May 27th – Chillicothe, IL – Summer Camp Music Festival Sunday, May 28th – Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheater ~ Tuesday, May 30th – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom ~ Wednesday, May 31st – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! ~ Friday, June 2nd – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre ~ Saturday, June 3rd – Oak Hill, WV – Mountain Music Festival Sunday, June 4th – Chattanooga, TN – TBA venue Tuesday, June 6th – Richmond, VA – Brown’s Island * Wednesday, June 7th – Raleigh, NC – Raleigh Memorial Auditorium * Friday, June 9th – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit * Saturday, June 10th – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern * Sunday, June 11th – Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium * Tuesday, June 13th – Dallas, TX – Music Hall at Fair Park * Wednesday, June 14th – Austin, TX – The Moody Amphitheater * Friday, June 16th – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall Lawn * Saturday, June 17th – New Orleans, LA – Mardi Gras World * Monday, June 19th – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre * Tuesday, June 20th – Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino * Thursday, June 22nd – Baltimore, MD – The Lyric % Friday, June 23rd – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre ~ Saturday, June 24th – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre [In The Round] ~ Monday, June 26th – Northampton, MA – The Pines Theater ~ Wednesday, June 28th – Portland, ME – State Theatre # Thursday, June 29th – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway # Saturday, July 1st – Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival Sunday, July 2nd – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed [Indoor] # Monday, July 3rd – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre # Friday, July 7th – Bonner, MT – Kettlehouse Amphitheater + Saturday, July 8th – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park Live + Sunday, July 9th – Forest Grove, OR – Grand Lodge + Tuesday, July 11th – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live + Thursday, July 13th – San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn + Friday, July 14th – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern + Saturday, July 15th – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren +

* Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew Remain In Light ^ Fishbone ~ Neal Francis # Budos Band + Moon Duo % W.I.T.C.H.

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Les Claypool: “Singing Geddy Lee parts and playing bass, or just singing Geddy Lee parts period, is f**king hard, because it’s up in the upper stratosphere”

Primus are currently on the road, playing the Rush album A Farewell To Kings in its entirety. We ask Claypool what made him embark on such a mad endeavor

Les Claypool – bassist, producer, novelist and low-end pioneer – is the frontman of the remarkable funk-rock band Primus, as well as a whole string of amazing side projects.

Admired for his thumping and plucking and his willingness to experiment with a host of fretted, fretless, whammy-barred, and multi-stringed instruments, the man can do it all. Tapping, clawhammer-style picking and high-register chords all populate his approach, but technique is as important as feel in his philosophy, with the groove of his playing the mainstay of his music.

You may know the 58-year-old Californian as the voice behind Primus songs such as Jerry Was A Race Car Driver and Tommy The Cat , or for his cameo role in the second Bill And Ted film, or maybe for writing novels, producing movies, running a vineyard and ranting wherever possible about his love of fishing.

Today, though, BP is interviewing the master about Primus’s [then-] forthcoming tour on which they’ll be playing through the whole of A Farewell To Kings by Rush. Who would undertake such a mad endeavor? And what does Geddy Lee of Rush think of it... and how does Les react when we tell him what Geddy thinks of the Claypool approach to bass?

Why did you choose to play A Farewell To Kings as opposed to any other Rush album?

“Well, any Rush album is an undertaking. You know, we always joked that we should go out and play Hemispheres in its entirety – but then we thought, ‘Well, maybe we actually should do Hemispheres in its entirety’.

“But one reason why we didn’t is that you can’t do Cygnus II before you do Cygnus I . In looking at all the Rush records, 2112 seemed a little too obvious, and some of the records have a little more keyboards than I’m comfortable with. But A Farewell To Kings was the first Rush record I ever heard in my youth, and it has Cygnus I on it, which is my all-time favorite tune by those guys.

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“It was a pretty easy decision to make, you know. A big factor was the damn keyboards. I play keyboards on this thing, and I have a couple of Moogs that are completely covered with different-colored pieces of tape, so I know where to put my fingers. You know, I’m a bass player!”

How do the bass parts compare to the rest of the Rush catalogue?

“They’re spectacular. They’re big. They’re hard! That was back in Geddy’s Rickenbacker days, and I love those Ricky tones, although Moving Pictures was on his Fender Jazz bass, and the tones on that record are equally spectacular. But it’s Geddy Lee, you know – there weren’t a lot of duds in the Geddy Lee bass-playing world.”

So you’re playing a Ricky on this on this tour?

“I’m playing a couple of Rickys, a black 4003 that Rickenbacker sent me, and then I have the double neck, which they hadn’t made in 30 years, but they made one for me. It’s pretty spectacular. The funny thing is that when I was a kid and I had no money, my dream bass was a black Rickenbacker like Geddy’s. I didn’t have one all these years, and now I finally have one, so doing this album has fulfilled one of my dreams of my youth.”

What about the backline? Did you guys go fully authentic with the '70s Rush setup?

“We’re keeping it as authentic as possible. The funny thing is, I avoided the vintage Ampeg SVT heads for my entire career. Not because I didn’t like the sound of them, but because they’re too fucking heavy, and I just never wanted to commit to hauling the damn things around.

“But I would find that I’d go on tour to South America or whatever, and the rentals were always these vintage SVTs and they always sounded amazing, so a handful of years ago, I bought a few of them and I started using them regularly on stage. So coincidentally, I happened to be playing through an old SVT, which Geddy played through back then.”

Any pedals going on?

“Oh, there’s all kinds of shit going on, and buttons to push.”

Do you think the bass parts represent a particular section of Geddy’s career as a bass player? For example, was he in a particularly flamboyant mode when he recorded them?

“Was he ever not in a flamboyant mode? It wasn’t until the '80s, when he focused more on the keyboards, that the bass parts became a little less, I wouldn’t say less prominent, but they weren’t as in your face, I should say.

“Obviously, when he got to Moving Pictures , and even Hemispheres to an extent, he was being pretty flamboyant with YYZ and La Villa Strangiato and things like that. I think there’s a little more riffage in those records. These parts are alligators that you have to wrestle every night, you know?”

How do you find singing and playing bass at the same time?

“Well, there’s a big difference between doing my voice and playing bass, and doing Geddy’s voice and playing bass. For many years, I was never very comfortable with my singing voice, so I always said I was the narrator of the band. But singing Geddy Lee parts and playing bass, or just singing Geddy Lee parts period, is fucking hard, because it’s up in the upper stratosphere.

“I talked to him about it when we were working on this. I said, ‘When you sang those parts, are they falsetto or are they full voice?’ He told me they were full voice, so that was tough. In fact, at one point my son was listening in on some of the rehearsals, and he said, ‘Dad, you need to quit trying to sing it like Geddy. Just sing it in your style. You’re trying to sound like Geddy and it’s a little cringeworthy’.”

I can see definite parallels in approach between Primus and Rush.

“It’s definitely turned around. When we toured with Rush in Europe in the UK, many years ago, we got so much shit for it, especially from the press. They were like, ‘What are you guys doing playing with these prog-rock dinosaurs?

“You know, that was when we were the cool alternative band or whatever back in the day, coming up with Soundgarden and all these other bands. We really got shit on by the press, especially in the UK, for doing that tour. It was like admitting you’re a Star Trek fan or something. In hindsight it was a wonderful, wonderful thing, but the press did not like it so much.”

Admitting you liked Rush in the '90s was like saying ‘I play Dungeons & Dragons’

Ah well. Screw the press.

“And you’re from the press, haha! But that’s exactly what I’m saying. It’s interesting how things have turned around. I was watching a documentary from years ago that I was in, and a lot of musicians stepped up and said, ‘Oh, I’ve been a Rush fan forever’.

“Well, in the early '90s, nobody would have admitted that. They would never admit they were Rush fans. It was like saying, ‘I play Dungeons & Dragons’ – not necessarily the hippest thing to admit in the days of grunge.”

What are the most challenging bass parts on the album?

“Parts of Cygnus are pretty tough, but it’s all relatively tough! Even wrestling the Rickenbacker is a whole different ballgame than playing one of my Pachyderm or Carl Thompson basses. But playing the album has gotten to be very therapeutic. You know, we go out and we do a Primus set, and I’m just like, ‘Okay, let’s get through the Primus set, because I want to play the Rush set’.

“It’s fun. It’s like a vacation. Not that playing Primus songs isn’t fun, but with the Rush thing, I look forward to it every single night. It’s just feels good to play it. So I don’t know which is more challenging, although ironically, Madrigal is probably the most challenging because it’s the most non-Rush song on the album. I don’t think those guys ever played it.”

Are you adjusting your playing with the Ricky?

“It’s heavier for one thing, especially that double neck. That’s like putting cinder blocks around your neck. The Carl Thompsons and my Pachyderm basses are like Ferraris. They’re designed so you can get around them real easy.

“Not that the Ricky isn’t, but Rickys aren’t the best for thumping and plucking, not that I do any of that on the Rush stuff. It’s just a different beast. They sound amazing, but it’s a longer scale, so it’s a little more challenging than one of my Ferraris.”

What was Geddy’s reaction when you told him you wanted to play a Rush album live?

“I actually asked him about it quite a while ago. We originally planned on doing this thing a while ago, but then we ended up taking the Slayer tour which postponed it, and then Covid hit and postponed everything.

“When we originally talked about doing it, Neil Peart was still on the planet. I just texted Geddy and said, ‘Hey, we’re thinking about doing this. What do you think?’ He said, ‘Oh, that would be great’. He was stoked on the idea.

“And Alex [Lifeson, Rush guitarist] has been very supportive too. Lor [Larry LaLonde, Primus guitarist] will call him and say, ‘What the hell chord are you playing in this one section?’ Alex has been very helpful with that, and he loaned him some guitars as well. So they’ve both been extremely supportive. We’ve yet to play it in front of them, and I’m all nervous about that.”

I just texted Geddy and said, ‘Hey, we’re thinking about doing this. What do you think?’ He said, ‘Oh, that would be great’. He was stoked

Is that going to happen?

“I imagine they’ll show up at some show. We’re going to Canada in April.”

Yes – starting off in Toronto.

“We start in Toronto? Holy shit. I didn’t even know that.”

What are Geddy’s strengths as a bassist?

“His phrasing is unbelievable. It’s different than anybody else. It’s almost like Paul McCartney, in that he is very melodic and in the way he phrases it. It’s almost lyrical, the way he phrases his parts, and Geddy has that kind of phrasing.

“You can sing Geddy Lee bass parts. Remember when he did the Big Beautiful Book Of Bass ? Well, I was in that thing, because he wanted to put one of my Italian Eko basses in there.

"When he came out to my place, I said, ‘Part of the deal of me doing this is that you’ve got to show me the proper way to play YYZ ,’ so we hung out and we played some stuff together, and he showed me how to play that song. It turns out I’ve been playing it wrong this whole time. The fingering is just different than I would think of doing it.

He’s Geddy Lee, you know. Nobody plays like him

“You know, he has his way of doing it, and it looks so effortless. You watch his fingers. When I play that song, I’m doing all this moving around with my fingers, all over the place, but he’s just barely doing anything, and he’s making all these incredible sounds. So he’s Geddy Lee, you know. Nobody plays like him.”

How are you and he similar as bass players, then?

“Well, I grew up listening to that guy. It’s me taking my influences from him. He made some comments in the press recently that I inspired him when we first toured together, but you know, I don’t see it. What I’ve always aspired to do is to have that kind of lyrical phrasing in what I play, especially when I’m doing pizzicato stuff. I often think of guys like Geddy or Paul McCartney or Chris Squire as guys that have that lyrical sense.”

Would those be your three main influences on bass?

“Well, Larry Graham is the king, but there’s a lot of them. I started off with Geddy when I was a kid, and then this one kid who was older than me said, ‘You’ve got to listen to Larry Graham and Stanley Clarke’ and I went, ‘Whoa, there’s a whole other world out there’. Eventually I got to people like Tony Levin, who is one of my all-time favorites. Every note he plays is the right note, and he has one of the best tones of anybody.”

If Geddy showed up to a show, would you let him sit in and do a solo?

“Haha! I have a band with Sean Lennon called The Delirium and we played in Toronto. Geddy told me he was going to come to the show, and I said, ‘Hey, you want to sit in?’ but he was like, ‘You know, I’m not really a sitting-in kind of guy, I’m not a jammer’. I said, ‘It’s Tomorrow Never Knows , it’s one note. If you want to do it, come on!’ And he came out and he killed it. It was amazing. It was one of the highlights of my life.”

We asked Geddy for his analysis of you as a bass player, and he told us, ‘Les has a unique rhythmic sensibility. His tone is original, deep, and true. And he’s developed a style that is deliciously eccentric’. Is that a reasonable assessment, as you see it?

“Wow. That makes me blush. I think that’s wonderful.”

Every now and again I think, ‘Geddy Lee’s a good friend of mine’. If I’d known that when I was 14, I would have ejaculated in my pants

We also asked Geddy what he thought of you doing this tour, and he said that it was a great compliment, and also a little bit nuts.

“Well, I think it is – on all fronts. It’s definitely nuts, and I get to wear a satin robe every night on stage, which is pretty spectacular. That’s another sprinkle on the cupcake of this project.

“Every now and again I think, ‘Geddy Lee’s a good friend of mine’. If I’d known that when I was 14, I would have ejaculated in my pants to even think of the notion. With my career, I’m most proud that I’ve been able to meet, befriend and oftentimes work with a lot of my heroes – and it’s been a wonderful, wonderful thing.”

The A Tribute To Kings US tour runs until June 19.

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Primus frontman Les Claypool has ventured out in a variety of bands over the years, and he's reactivating Col. Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade for 2023. The group last performed in 2005, making this their first performances in 18 years.

Making sure to make the most of their return to the road, the band will play 40 stops on the "Summer of Green" tour, spanning from mid-May through mid-July, wrapping July 15 in Phoenix, Arizona. As the name at the front of the moniker, Claypool has been the constant throughout a revolving list of musicians who have played in the group. For this run, Claypool will be joined by guitarist Sean Lennon, keyboardist Harry Walters and drummer Paulo Baldi, while saxophonist Skerik and percussionist Mike Dillon will also join the group.

While the long-awaited return of Col. Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade is the draw, the group has some solid support on the run with Fishbone, Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain in Light, Neal Francis, The Budos Band, Witch and Moon Duo all taking turns opening select dates. Each of the support acts are noted alongside their respective tour dates at the bottom of this post.

Speaking with Relix , Claypool stated, “The Frog Brigade was a wonderful conduit into this very cool world that I had always straddled. It has always been very important to me–as far as just evolving and representing a new chapter in my life, not just career.”

As part of their sets, the band will revisit their recreation of Pink Floyd 's Animals, a staple of their early era shows, along with a mix of cover songs and original material.

There will be a limited pre-sale starting tomorrow (Feb. 1) at 10AM local time, with the general public on-sale set to start this Friday (Feb. 3) at 10AM local time. Get your tickets for the run here .

Col. Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade "Summer of Green" 2023 Tour

May 17 - Stateline, Nev. @ TBA (feat. Fishbone) May 19 - Napa, Calif. @ Blue Note Summer Sessions (feat. Fishbone) May 20 - Santa Cruz, Calif. @ Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (feat. Fishbone) May 21 - San Diego, Calif. @ The Observatory North Park (feat. Fishbone) May 23 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ TBA (feat. Fishbone) May 24 - Denver, Colo. @ The Mission Ballroom (feat. Fishbone) May 26 - Chillicothe, Ill. @ Summer Camp Music Festival May 26 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Grinders KC May 28 - Louisville, Ky. @ Iroquois Amphitheater (feat. Neal Francis) May 30 - Buffalo, N.Y. @ Town Ballroom (feat. Neal Francis) May 31 - Columbus, Ohio @ KEMBA Live! (feat. Neal Francis) June 01 - Lansing, W.V. Mountain Music Festival June 02 - Detroit, Mich. @ Royal Oak Music Theatre (feat. Neal Francis) June 06 - Richmond, Va. @ Brown’s Island (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 07 - Raleigh, N.C. @ Memorial Auditorium (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 09 - Asheville, N.C. @ Rabbit Rabbit (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 10 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The Eastern (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 11 - Columbia, S.C. @ Township Auditorium (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 13 - Dallas, Texas @ Music Hall at Fair Park (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 14 - Austin, Texas @ Moody Amphitheater (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 16 - Houston, Texas @ White Oak Music Hall June 17 - New Orleans, La. @ Mardi Gras World (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 19 - Mobile, Ala. @ Saenger Theatre (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 20 - Tampa, Fla. @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light) June 22 - Baltimore, Md. @ The Lyric (feat. Witch) June 23 - Port Chester, N.Y. @ The Capitol Theatre (feat. Neal Francis) June 24 - Westbury, N.Y. @ In The Round (feat. Neal Francis) June 26 - Northampton, Mass. @ The Pines Theatre at Look Park (feat. Neal Francis) June 28 - Portland, Maine @ State Theatre (feat. The Budos Band) June 29 - Boston, Mass. @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway (feat. The Budos Band) June 29-July 02 Scranton, Pa. @ Peach Music Festival July 02 - Chicago, Ill. @ The Salt Shed (indoors) (feat. The Budos Band) July 03 - St. Paul, Minn. @ Palace Theatre (feat. The Budos Band) July 07 - Bonner, Mont. @ KettleHouse Amphitheater (feat. Moon Duo) July 08 - Redmond, Wash. @ Marymoor Park Live (feat. Moon Duo) July 09 - Forest Grove, Ore. @ Grand Lodge Hotel and Property (feat. Moon Duo) July 11 - Wheatland, Calif. @ Hard Rock Live (feat. Moon Duo) July 13 - San Luis Obispo, Calif. @ Madonna Inn (feat. Moon Duo) July 14 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Wiltern (feat. Moon Duo) July 15 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Van Buren (feat. Moon Duo)

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Les Claypool Expands Fearless Frog Brigade 2023 Reunion Tour Dates

The band's first trek in 20 years

Back in January, Les Claypool announced that he’d be taking his Fearless Flying Frog Brigade on their first tour in 20 years. The musician is keeping the reunion excitement going even further with additional 2023 shows through October.

Claypool and company are already in the thick of their previously-announced 42-date trek, which wraps up in Phoenix on July 15th. The Frog Brigade will get things going again in Oakland on October 11th, making stops in cities including Albuquerque, Denver, Chicago, and Cincinnati before the finale on Halloween in Nashville.

The Frog Brigade touring lineup includes Claypool on bass, Sean Lennon on guitar, Harry Waters on keys, Paulo Baldi on drums, Mike Dillon on percussion, and Skerik on horns. Each night, the band’s set will feature a performance of Pink Floyd’s Animals in full, reprising the Frog Brigade’s rendition of the LP that was included on 2001’s Live Frogs Set 2 recording.

You can find tickets via StubHub , where your order is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.

See all of Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade’s 2023 tour dates below.

Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade’s 2023 US Tour Dates: 06/13 – Dallas, TX @ Music Hall at Fair Park * 06/14 – Austin, TX @ The Moody Amphitheater * 06/16 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Lawn * 06/17 – New Orleans, LA @ Mardi Gras World * 06/19 – Mobile, AL @ Saenger Theatre * 06/20 – Tampa, FL @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino * 06/22 – Baltimore, MD @ The Lyric % 06/23 – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre ~ 06/24 – Westbury, NY @ NYCB Theatre [In The Round] ~ 06/26 – Northampton, MA @ The Pines Theater ~ 06/28 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre # 06/29 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway # 07/01 – Scranton, PA @ Peach Music Festival 07/02 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed [Indoor] # 07/03 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre # 07/07 – Bonner, MT @ Kettlehouse Amphitheater + 07/08 – Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park Live + 07/09 – Forest Grove, OR @ Grand Lodge + 07/11 – Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Live + 07/13 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Madonna Inn + 07/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern + 07/15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren + 10/11 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater 10/12 – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium 10/14 – Albuquerque, NM @ El Rey Theater 10/15 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom 10/17 – St. Louis, MO @ The Factory 10/18 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed 10/20 – Albany, NY @ The Palace Theatre 10/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 10/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Fillmore 10/27 – Live Oak, FL @ Hulaween 10/29 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore 10/30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Andrew J Brady Music Center 10/31 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium

* = w/ co-headliners Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew ~ = w/ Neal Francis # = w/ Budos Band + = w/ Moon Duo % = w/ W.I.T.C.H.

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LES CLAYPOOL's FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE Announces 'Hunt For Green October' 2023 Tour

As it continues to wind its way across the U.S. on a massive 41-date "Summer Of Green" tour 2023, marking the band's first appearances since the summer of 2003, LES CLAYPOOL'S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE has announced that it will return to the road this fall for 10 additional appearances. Dubbed the "Hunt For Green October" tour, the run will begin at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on Wednesday, October 11 before heading east, stopping at favorite venues like Denver's Mission Ballroom, St. Louis's The Factory, and Chicago's Salt Shed, before culminating with a special Halloween performance at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, October 31. Additional performances may be announced in the coming weeks. The news comes as media around the country praise the band's reunion, with Glide Magazine writing, "Despite the 20-year gap in their touring history, LES CLAYPOOL'S FROG BRIGADE is hitting the ground running with a setlist filled with classic covers and loved originals." Buffalo.fm called the tour "spectacular."

A limited artist pre-sale will open tomorrow, Wednesday, June 14 at 10 a.m. local time and close on Thursday, June 15 at 10 p.m. local time, using the code WHAMOLA. General public on sale is this Friday, June 17 at 10 a.m. local time.

Formed by Claypool in the summer of 2000 during a short break from PRIMUS , the FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE made its debut appearance at the Mountain Aire Festival before embarking on several celebrated U.S. tours. Described by Claypool as "kind of a KING CRIMSON -meets- PINK FLOYD -meets- Frank Zappa -type thing," the band released two live albums in 2001, as well as a studio album "Purple Onion" in 2002. The band's most recent performance took place on May 10, 2003 at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida.

The return of the FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE follows a busy year for Claypool , who in addition to performing with BASTARD JAZZ on NYE and throughout winter 2022, traveled the country with PRIMUS for the band's wildly popular "A Tribute To Kings" tour, and appeared alongside WEEN at Comedy Central's "South Park: 25th Anniversary Concert" at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Last year also saw the release of PRIMUS 's first new music in more than five years, the sprawling three-song "Conspiranoid" EP, which included the epic 11-minute opening track "Conspiranoia" and second single "Follow The Fool" .

"Let's put it this way … I think, with PRIMUS and without, I've played every music festival in the last ten years, except Lilith Fair ," he comments. "You could say I'm the guy who doesn't fit in anywhere, but a little bit everywhere."

LES CLAYPOOL'S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE 's "Hunt For Green October" tour dates:

October 11th - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater October 12th - Riverside, CA - Riverside Municipal Auditorium October 14th - Albuquerque, NM - El Rey Theater October 15th - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom October 17th - St. Louis, MO - The Factory October 18th - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed October 27th - Live Oak, FL – Hulaween* October 29th - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore October 30th - Cincinnati, OH - Andrew J Brady Music Center October 31st - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium

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“In an age of calibrated chaos, moral constipation, and conspiranoia, it is reassuring to know that certain frogs can and do fly,” Claypool comments.

A limited pre-sale, including VIP upgrade options, will go on sale February 1 at 10am local time, using the code WHAMOLA. General public on sale is this Friday, February 3 at 10am local time. All show and ticket/VIP information can be found at http://www.lesclaypool.com/

For more information on Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, please visit https://lesclaypool.com/

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“In an age of calibrated chaos, moral constipation, and conspiranoia, it is reassuring to know that certain frogs can and do fly,” Claypool comments.

Select June performances will include a co-headlining set with Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew ‘s “Remain In Light” tour, which finds the TALKING HEADS members performing songs from a monumental period of the band’s history alongside a powerhouse band. Additional support throughout the tour include FISHBONE , NEAL FRANCIS , BUDOS BAND , W.I.T.C.H. and MOON DUO .

A limited pre-sale, including VIP upgrade options, are on sale since yesterday (February 1) at 10 a.m. local time, using the code WHAMOLA . General public on sale is this Friday, February 3 at 10 a.m. local time. Head over HERE for more details.

Formed by Claypool in the summer of 2000 during a short break from PRIMUS , the FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE made its debut appearance at the Mountain Aire Festival before embarking on several celebrated U.S. tours. Described by Claypool as “kind of a KING CRIMSON -meets- PINK FLOYD -meets- Frank Zappa -type thing,” the band released two live albums in 2001, as well as a studio album “Purple Onion” in 2002. The band’s most recent performance took place on May 10, 2003 at the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida.

The return of the FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE follows a busy year for Claypool , who in addition to performing with BASTARD JAZZ on NYE and throughout winter 2022, traveled the country with PRIMUS for the band’s wildly popular “A Tribute To Kings” tour, and appeared alongside WEEN at Comedy Central’s “South Park: 25th Anniversary Concert” at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Last year also saw the release of PRIMUS ‘s first new music in more than five years, the sprawling three-song “Conspiranoid” EP, which included the epic 11-minute opening track “Conspiranoia” and second single “Follow The Fool” .

“Let’s put it this way … I think, with PRIMUS and without, I’ve played every music festival in the last ten years, except Lilith Fair ,” he comments. “You could say I’m the guy who doesn’t fit in anywhere, but a little bit everywhere.”

LES CLAYPOOL’S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE “The Summer Of Green” Tour Dates:

May 17 – Stateline, NV – [to be announced]^ May 19 – Napa, CA – Blue Note Summer Sessions at TBA venue ^ May 20 – Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium ^ May 21 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North ^ May 23 – Salt Lake City, UT – TBA venue ^ May 24 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom ^ May 26 – Kansas City, MO – Grinders KC May 27 – Chillicothe, IL – Summer Camp Music Festival May 28 – Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheater ~ May 30 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom ~ May 31 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! ~ June 02 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre ~ June 03 – Oak Hill, WV – Mountain Music Festival June 04 – Chattanooga, TN – [to be announced] June 06 – Richmond, VA – Brown’s Island * June 07 – Raleigh, NC – Raleigh Memorial Auditorium * June 09 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit * June 10 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern * June 11 – Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium * June 13 – Dallas, TX – Music Hall at Fair Park * June 14 – Austin, TX – The Moody Amphitheater * June 16 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall Lawn * June 17 – New Orleans, LA – Mardi Gras World * June 19 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre * June 20 – Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino * June 22 – Baltimore, MD – The Lyric % June 23 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre ~ June 24 – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre [In The Round] ~ June 26 – Northampton, MA – The Pines Theater ~ June 28 – Portland, ME – State Theatre # June 29 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway # July 01 – Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival July 02 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed [Indoor] # July 03 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre # July 07 – Bonner, MT – Kettlehouse Amphitheater + July 08 – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park Live + July 09 – Forest Grove, OR – Grand Lodge + July 11 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live + July 13 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn + July 14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern + July 15 – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren +

* Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew “Remain In Light” ^ FISHBONE ~ Neal Francis # BUDOS BAND + MOON DUO % W.I.T.C.H.

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A PERFECT CIRCLE, PRIMUS and PUSCIFER's Sessanta tour kickoff: See setlist and videos

Maynard James Keenan's Sessanta celebrations kicked off in grand fashion last night (April 2nd). The three-way, collaborative package tour featuring A Perfect Circle , Puscifer and Primus brought Boston's excellently named Wang Theatre an epic taste of each project, not to mention their recent collaborative Sessanta E.P.P.P.

As expected, the bands took turns performing throughout the night, with A Perfect Circle starting things off, Primus taking the second slot, and Puscifer cleaning up the first round. They didn't exactly stick to that formation, though, as you can see through the mega-sized, 29-song setlist (courtesy of Setlist.fm ) below.

The Sessanta tour's collaborative spirit saw Keenan jumping onstage to help Primus through the iconic, slap-metal funkiness of "Tommy the Cat," while Primus drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander leant two hands to A Perfect Circle on "The Hollow," and Les Claypool — wearing his finest Pork Soda mask — bowed his way through Puscifer's "Grand Canyon."

The show notably marked the live debuts of APC's "Kindred," Puscifer's "No Angel" and Primus' "Pablo's Hippos," the three tracks off the Sessanta E.P.P.P.

As is his way, Keenan asked concertgoers not to take photos or videos throughout the show, but he did finally grant folks permission to film and photograph the finale performance of Puscifer's "Grand Canyon." Watch fan-shot videos above and below.

The Sessanta tour rolls through the U.S. until the middle of May. You'll find the full run of dates over here .

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Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Announce Fall U.S. Tour

Primus vocalist/bassist Les Claypool resurrected his Fearless Flying Frog Brigade for their first tour in roughly twenty years this spring. That run is currently underway and finds Claypool and co. performing two sets each night, one of which consists of them covering Pink Floyd ‘s 1977 album “ Animals ” in full.

Newly announced from the aforementioned collective is a fall leg of dates, which has been dubbed the ‘ Hunt For Green October Tour ‘. That run is scheduled to hit the following cities:

10/11 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater 10/12 Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium 10/14 Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theater 10/15 Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom 10/17 St. Louis, MO – The Factory 10/18 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed 10/26 Live Oak, FL – Suwannee Hulaween 10/29 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore 10/30 Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center 10/31 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium

Dates for the current leg of the trek run as follows:

06/13 Dallas, TX – Music Hall at Fair Park (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light ) 06/14 Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light ) 06/16 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall 06/17 New Orleans, LA – Mardi Gras World (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light ) 06/19 Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light ) 06/20 Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (feat. Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light ) 06/22 Baltimore, MD – The Lyric (feat. Witch ) 06/23 Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre (feat. Neal Francis ) 06/24 Westbury, NY – In The Round (feat. Neal Francis ) 06/26 Northampton, MA – The Pines Theatre at Look Park (feat. Neal Francis ) 06/28 Portland, ME – State Theatre (feat. The Budos Band ) 06/29 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway (feat. The Budos Band ) 06/29-07/02 Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival 07/02 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed (indoors) (feat. The Budos Band ) 07/03 St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre (feat. The Budos Band ) 07/07 Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater (feat. Moon Duo ) 07/08 Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park Live (feat. Moon Duo ) 07/09 Forest Grove, OR – Grand Lodge Hotel and Property (feat. Moon Duo ) 07/11 Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live (feat. Moon Duo ) 07/13 San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn (feat. Moon Duo ) 07/14 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern (feat. Moon Duo ) 07/15 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren (feat. Moon Duo )

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Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade Announces The ‘Hunt For Green October Tour’

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Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade will return to the road this fall for a run of tour dates dubbed the Hunt For Green October Tour . The announcement arrives as the band continues to snake across the continent on the massive 41-date Summer of Green Tour , the group’s first outing since the summer of 2003.

The tour will kick off on Wednesday, October 11th at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA, heading east with stops at Denver’s Mission Ballroom , St. Louis’ The Factory , Chicago’s Salt Shed , and more before culminating with a special Halloween show at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN on Tuesday, October 31st. Additional performances may be added in the coming weeks.

Seattle saxophonist Skerik , who has been sitting out the summer tour dates due to a freak shoulder injury , previously expressed hope that he would recover in time for the band’s fall tour dates. However, so far, no indication has been given that he will be able to participate in the newly announced run of shows.

A limited artist pre-sale will run from tomorrow, Wednesday, June 14th at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, June 15th at 10 p.m. local time, using the code WHAMOLA. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 17th at 10 a.m. local time. Click below for a full list of tour dates, and for show and ticket/VIP information head here .

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Tuesday, June 13th – Dallas, TX – Music Hall at Fair Park * Wednesday, June 14th – Austin, TX – The Moody Amphitheater * Friday, June 16th – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall Lawn * Saturday, June 17th – New Orleans, LA – Mardi Gras World * Monday, June 19th – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre * Tuesday, June 20th – Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino * Thursday, June 22nd – Baltimore, MD – The Lyric % Friday, June 23rd – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre ~ Saturday, June 24th – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre [In The Round] ~ Monday, June 26th – Northampton, MA – The Pines Theater ~ Wednesday, June 28th – Portland, ME – State Theatre # Thursday, June 29th – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway # Saturday, July 1st – Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival Sunday, July 2nd – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed [Indoor] # Monday, July 3rd – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre # Friday, July 7th – Bonner, MT – Kettlehouse Amphitheater + Saturday, July 8th – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park Live + Sunday, July 9th – Forest Grove, OR – Grand Lodge + Tuesday, July 11th – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live + Thursday, July 13th – San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn + Friday, July 14th – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern + Saturday, July 15th – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren +

* Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew Remain In Light ^ Fishbone ~ Neal Francis # Budos Band + Moon Duo % W.I.T.C.H.

LES CLAYPOOL’S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE – The Hunt For Green October Tour

Wednesday, October 11th – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater Thursday, October 12th – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium Saturday, October 14th – Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theater Sunday, October 15th – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom Tuesday, October 17th – St. Louis, MO – The Factory Wednesday, October 18th – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed Friday, October 27th – Live Oak, FL – Hulaween* Sunday, October 29th – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Monday, October 30th – Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady Music Center Tuesday, October 31st – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium

* Previously announced

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A special pre-sale, including VIP upgrade options, will go on sale Wednesday, February 21 at 10am local time. General public on sale is Friday, February 23 at 10am local time.

Date: October 9 2023

Adverse yaw the prawn song years.

Les Claypool's 'Adverse Yaw: The Prawn Song Years' Box Set is available for pre-order. This 5 album set spans Les' solo career over the course of various projects, encompassing the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, and The Fancy Band. Enjoy 'Live Frogs Sets 1 & 2' , the long out of print 'Purple Onion' , 'Of Whales & Woe' , & 'Of Fungi & Foe' , LPs, and for the first time ever, 'The Big Eyeball In the Sky' with entirely remastered audio on limited edition, colored 180 gram vinyl. Bundles are available that include an exclusive t-shirt and limited edition screen printed poster designed by Matt Leunig. Quantities are limited.

Date: September 12 2023

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Join us in the Spring of 2024 as we celebrate Maynard James Keenan's 60th birthday.

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Date: Apr 6 2022

Primus: conspiranoid.

Digital Release April 22 Vinyl Release August 5 via ATO Records

The band announced an EP with the release of its epic, 11-minute opening track, “Conspiranoia.” "Conspiranoia" was sprouted from a seed I had planted in my notebook a year or so ago--a few lines commenting on the mental state of the contemporary world.”

Date: Apr 20 2022

Zelensky: the man with the iron balls.

Les Claypool, Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz, Stewart Copeland, Sean Lennon and Billy Strings tribute Zelensky with The Man with the Iron Balls.

Date: Feb 10 2021

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Presented by EMG Pickups, this Northern California Gold Rush story has a surprise twist you didn't see coming. Thrills, chills, suspense, and groove that won't quit. Precious Metals, a 5 star film for the masses.

Date: Oct 23 2018

The Claypool Lennon Delirium

South Of Reality, The Claypool Lennon Delirium’s epic sophomore album might be just the antidote this sick world needs. Music so potent it could repel an asteroid impact from space. These seasoned warriors of psychedelia have crafted timeless songs that may as well be chiseled in stone.

Date: SEPT 6 2018

Sean Lennon’s Chimera label is unearthing lost music from Beanpole, a demented recording project featuring performances from Primus members Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde, and Derek Greenberg and Adam Gates of Geffen-signed alt-pop group Spent Poets. All My Kin, featuring recordings from between 1984 through the late Nineties

Date: JUN 24 2018

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2022 Conspiranoid

2017 The Desaturating Seven

2014 Primus & The Chocolate Factory

2011 Green Naugahyde

2003 Animals Should Not Act Like People

1999 Antipop

1998 Rhinoplasty

1997 Brown Album

1995 Tales from the Punchbowl

1993 Pork Soda

1991 Sailing the Seas of Cheese

1990 Frizzle Fry

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2019 South of Reality

2017 Lime and Limpid Green

2016 Monolith of Phobos

2014 Four Foot Shack

Duo De Twang

2009 Of Fungi and Foe

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2008 Quest for Festroo

Electric Apricot

2006 Of Whales and Woe

2004 The Eyeball in the Sky

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

2002 Purple Onion

Colonel Claypool's Frog Brigade

2001 The Grand Pecking Order

2001 Live Frogs Set 2

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2001 Live Frogs Set 1

1996 Highball With the Devil

Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel

1994 Riddles Are Abound Tonight

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Missy Elliott to Embark on First Headlining Tour Ever, With Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland as Support

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Missy Elliott , whose career has provided the very definition of “leave ’em wanting more,” has long resisted touring, but that’s changing in 2024. Along with some high-profile support acts, the hip-hop icon will embark on a tour of arenas in 24 cities this year — shockingly, the first time she’s toured as a headliner in her entire career, which began with a bang in the 1990s.

Supporting her along the way will be a trio of figures that are also instantly recognizable to anyone who knows Elliott’s career: Busta Rhymes , Ciara and Timbaland .

Scott-Young credits a key historic milestone for spurring Elliott into action. The call that she was read came “probably after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. I think that was a seismic moment for her as well, where she realized that this was a goal and a dream that she had been working so hard to attain. And now that she felt that she had achieved that pinnacle, she wanted to really do this thing that she put off for so long, which was go out on the road. It certainly wasn’t for lack of opportunity or offers. I think it was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of it.”

The tour — dubbed “Out of This World: The Missy Elliott Experience Tour” — begins July 4 in Vancouver and wraps up Aug. 22 in Rosemont, Illinois. Key stops along the way include shows July 11 at L.A,’s Crypto Arena, Aug. 9 at Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center and Aug. 12 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The outing will also take her to cities including Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, Oakland, Seattle, Austin, Houston, Tampa, Baltimore, Montreal and Toronto.

“This is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts,'” Elliott said in a statement. “Being the FIRST female hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and now going out on my FIRST headline tour,. Fans have been asking me to tour forever but I wanted to wait until I felt the time was right because I knew if I was ever going to do it, I had to do it big, and I had to do it with family!”

The tour is being produced by Live Nation in association with Scott-Young, CEO of Monami Entertainment.

In recent years, Elliott has performed at some isolated festival dates, where she has bowled crowds over, along with a gig last year at Southern California’s Yamavaa Casino, which Variety reviewed , openly wondering why this show was not on the road. (The show was also ranked by Variety as one of the best concerts of the year at the end of 2023.)

Says Scott-Young, “I mean, look, she’s always been ahead of her time and as much as we’ve heard, ‘Well, so why did you wait so long?,’ she was just like, ‘It wasn’t that I was waiting — it’s just the timing is now.’ And Missy is very absolute about knowing exactly when she feels it is time to do something. So yeah, when we did the Yamavaa Casino, we all had the same reaction you did. Like, oh my God, this is fantastic, and we should be taking this around the country, around the world.”

The full lineup was a key part of why Elliott was willing to do this now, says the manager-producer.

“For Missy it was very important that when she embarked on this journey, she did it with what she’s calling her family,” Scott-Young says. “Busta and Missy have been twins for so long; people have compared them in terms of their unique ability to really think outside of the box, in terms of their personas, in terms of their music. So people have always wanted to see them do something together. And for me, that’s kind of a personal milestone, because I’ve managed them both for many years, and now still to this day am intricately involved with both of their careers and their lives. So to see them together on that stage is going to be a personal moment for me. And of course, Ciara has worked with her and they’ve become friends, and she looks to Missy as a mentor. She has such a dynamic stage show herself and is a pop star in her own right. And of course, Timbaland, who I call her partner in rhyme; those two have a long history.

“So from beginning to end, I will say this, it will be a seamless experience,” Scott-Young says, while declining to say exactly what format individual or collective sets might take. “I think everyone is aware they all have songs that they’ve collaborated on together. So of course we want the show to feel like a family affair.”

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Scott-Young says she’s met with disbelief when she reminds industry supporters that there has never been a proper Elliott tour, despite her rise to fame in the ’90s, even as she participated in group road shows like Lilith Fair back in the day.

“Everybody that I tell this is her first headline, they go, ‘Oh, no, no, no.’ Then they’re like, ‘Oh crap, you’re right.’ Because her presence is so powerful and we felt her throughout music for the last three decades. But the idea that she has never done great stages across the country is a little mind-boggling when you think of that, because she’s always felt so omnipresent.”

Is that just-as-elusive-a-thing — a full new album, which would be her first since 2005, if it were to come to be — also possible? “I mean, I would always say with Missy, you can never say never,” Scott-Young says. “And you can also never predict. I think we all thought this moment would never come, that we would see her headlining a tour, and here we are. So I would never say no. That’s all I will say about Missy Elliott.”

Scott-Young already had a big year ahead with a tour that will bring together XSCAPE and SWV along with Mya, Total and 702. “2024 is the year of intention for me. Everything that I’ve set my mind to and become determined to see come to life is coming to fruition. To put up these two tours within weeks of each other is unprecedented week and they were both very, very important to me personally for different reasons.”

The XSCAPE/SWV/et al. concept “came about as a result of the show that I did on Bravo, ‘The Queens of R&B,’ where the goal was to take the ladies out on a tour,” before a contretemps got in the way of that. Then, “we were able to come back together and realize that, collectively, they were stronger, leaning into just the women empowerment and supporting each other. These ladies put their differences aside to give the fans what they want. … This show is gonna be a women’s anthem from start to finish. It’s just a symbol of the resilience of women overcoming adversity, coming up on the other side, triumphant and celebrating their talents and gifts and sharing it with the world.”

As for Elliott and company, “Don’t take the tour itself for granted, the manager is urging: “All I’ll say is this: we never know when this will happen again,” Scott-Young says. “So this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I know what we’re getting ready to deliver on that stage.”

The itinerary:

Thursday, July 4 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena

Saturday, July 6 — Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge Arena

Tuesday, July 9 — Oakland, CA — Oakland Arena

Thursday, July 11 — Los Angeles, CA — Crypto.com Arena

Saturday, July 13 — Las Vegas, NV — T-Mobile Arena

Tuesday, July 16 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena

Thursday, July 18 — Austin, TX — Moody Center

Saturday, July 20 — Houston, TX — Toyota Center

Wednesday, July 24 — Tampa, FL — Amalie Arena

Thursday, July 25 — Sunrise, FL — Amerant Bank Arena

Saturday, July 27 — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena

Thursday, August 1 — Baltimore, MD — CFG Bank Arena

Friday, August 2 — Hampton, VA — Hampton Coliseum

Saturday, August 3 — Belmont Park, NY — UBS Arena

Monday, August 5 — Philadelphia, PA — Wells Fargo Center

Thursday, August 8 — Washington, DC — Capital One Arena

Friday, August 9 — Newark, NJ — Prudential Center

Saturday, August 10 — Boston, MA — TD Garden

Monday, August 12 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center

Thursday, August 15 — Detroit, MI — Little Caesars Arena

Saturday, August 17 — Montreal, QC — Bell Centre

Monday, August 19 — Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena

Thursday, August 22 — Rosemont, IL — Allstate Arena

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The event will be a benefit for longtime friend, Jimmy Hayward. Tickets will go on sale Thursday March 23, 2023 at 10am PST. Tickets & More ... After a 20-year break, Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade is back and will be canvasing the USA this Spring & Summer on the Summer of Green Tour. The band will feature Sean Lennon on guitar ...
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