Les Claypool’s three most adored projects—Primus, The Frog Brigade and The Claypool Lennon Delirium—will share one stage every night on the 25-date Claypool Gold 2026 tour, redefining the summer concert experience.
Les Claypool is done choosing sides. Instead of rotating his projects across separate tours, the funk-metal icon is stacking them together for Claypool Gold 2026, a 25-city North American victory lap that launches May 20 in Reno and wraps July 4 in Napa.
Every evening will feature Primus, jam-prog collective The Frog Brigade and psychedelic duo The Claypool Lennon Delirium—often onstage simultaneously—promising “wildly different setlists and surprises,” according to the official announcement posted on Primus’ Instagram.
Why This Tour Matters
Claypool hasn’t toured with The Frog Brigade since 2018 and last hit the road with The Claypool Lennon Delirium in 2019. By combining all three outfits, he’s effectively creating a living, breathing greatest-hits set that spans 35 years of genre-bending experimentation—from Primus’ “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” to the Delirium’s mind-bending Monolith of Phobos cuts.
Financially, the move is smart: multi-band bills routinely outsell solo-artist runs in the 2,000-to-8,000-cap shed market. Culturally, it’s catnip for Gen-X and elder-millennial fans who grew up on Claypool’s manic bass lines and left-field humor.
New Music in Tow
Day-of-announcement, The Claypool Lennon Delirium dropped a fresh single, “WAP (What a Predicament)”. The track leans into rubbery bass, Lennon’s honey-psych guitar and lyrics that feel like a fever dream about late-stage capitalism—exactly the cocktail that earned them a cult following.
Ticket Intel
A Wednesday pre-sale (password: BASTARDOS) unlocks seats for fan-club members and newsletter subscribers. General on-sale hits Friday at 10 a.m. local. VIP tiers include poster-and-pin bundles, pit access and a meet-and-greet lottery that caps at 50 people per city—expect those to sell out within minutes.
Full Routing
- May 20 – Reno Events Center, NV
- May 22 – Hayden Homes Amphitheater, Bend, OR
- May 23 – Marymoor Live, Redmond, WA
- May 25 – KettleHouse Amphitheater, Bonner, MT
- May 26 – The Lot at the Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
- May 28 – Starlight Amphitheatre, Kansas City, MO
- May 30 – The Factory, St. Louis, MO
- May 31 – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester Hills, MI
- June 2 – Jacobs Pavilion, Cleveland, OH
- June 3 – The Salt Shed, Chicago, IL
- June 5 – The Caverns Outdoor, Pelham, TN
- June 6 – KEMBA Live! Outdoor, Columbus, OH
- June 9 – Thompson’s Point, Portland, ME
- June 10 – Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
- June 12 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, NY
- June 13 – Stone Pony Summerstage, Asbury Park, NJ
- June 14 – All Good Now Festival, Columbia, MD
- June 16 – The AMP Ballantyne, Charlotte, NC
- June 17 – Firefly Distillery, North Charleston, SC
- June 19 – St. Augustine Amphitheatre, FL
- June 20 – Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA
- June 22 – Walmart AMP, Rogers, AR
- June 23 – ACL Live at Moody Theatre, Austin, TX
- June 25 – Toyota Music Factory, Irving, TX
- June 27-28 – Dillon Amphitheater, CO (two nights)
- June 30 – Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
- July 1 – Gallagher Square, San Diego, CA
- July 3 – Long Beach Amphitheater, CA
- July 4 – Meritage Resort & Spa, Napa, CA
Bottom Line
Claypool Gold 2026 isn’t just a tour—it’s a living mixtape curated by the bassist who made slap-strangeness mainstream. If you crave unpredictable jams, three-hour sets and the possibility of “Too Many Puppies” bleeding into “Cricket and the Genie,” circle Friday’s on-sale on your calendar and set three alarms.
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