Les Claypool Announces “Claypool Gold” Tour Featuring Primus, Frog Brigade, and Claypool Lennon Delirium
Les Claypool will be pulling triple duty this year on a new tour dubbed Claypool Gold. The coast-to-coast summer tour will feature the bass phenom performing with three of his beloved bands: Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, and Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade.
“Each band will take the stage every night, with unique setlists and surprises in store,” a press release promises.
The tour will kick off on May 20th in Reno, Nevada and run all the way through July 4th, where they’ll celebrate Independence Day in Napa, California at the Meritage Resort. Along the way, they’ll criss-cross the Midwest, East Coast, South, and everywhere in between.
In addition to the tour news, Claypool has released a new song called “WAP (What A Predicament)” with The Claypool Lennon Delirium. The song is described as “A warped meditation on morality, artificial intelligence safety, and the slippery slope of optimization without empathy.”
Lennon recently revealed the group has a new album in the works, making this the first glimpse of the project. According to the guitarist/vocalist, The Great Parrot Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy will be a conceptual double album dealing with the paperclip dilemma.
In other news, Les Claypool will be at the Bass Magazine Awards on January 22nd to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Be sure to check out details if you’re in the area.
Claypool Gold 2026 Tour Dates:
| Date | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| May 20 | Reno, NV | Reno Events Center |
| May 22 | Bend, OR | Hayden Homes Amphitheater |
| May 23 | Redmond, WA | Marymoor Live |
| May 25 | Missoula, MT | Kettlehouse Amphitheater |
| May 26 | Salt Lake City, UT | The Lot at the Complex |
| May 28 | Kansas City, MO | Starlight Amphitheatre |
| May 30 | St. Louis, MO | The Factory |
| May 31 | Rochester Hill, MI | Meadow Brook Amphitheatre |
| June 2 | Cleveland, OH | Jacobs Pavilion |
| June 3 | Chicago, IL | Salt Shed |
| June 5 | Pelham, TN | The Caverns |
| June 6 | Columbus, OH | Kemba Live! Outdoor |
| June 9 | Portland, ME | Thompson's Point |
| June 10 | Boston, MA | Leader Bank Pavilion |
| June 12 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
| June 13 | Asbury Park, NJ | Stone Pony Summer Stage |
| June 14 | Columbia, MD | All Good Now Festival |
| June 16 | Charlotte, NC | The Amp Ballantyne |
| June 17 | North Charleston, SC | Firefly Distillery |
| June 19 | St. Augustine, FL | St. Augustine Amphitheatre |
| June 20 | Atlanta, GA | Synovous Bank Amphitheatre |
| June 22 | Rogers, AR | Walmart Amphitheater |
| June 23 | Austin, TX | ACL Live at Moody Theatre |
| June 25 | Irving, TX | The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory |
| June 27 | Dillon, CO | Dillon Amphitheater |
| June 28 | Dillon, CO | Dillon Amphitheater |
| June 30 | Phoenix, AZ | AZ Financial Theater |
| July 1 | San Diego, CA | Gallagher Square |
| July 3 | Long Beach, CA | Long Beach Amphitheater |
| July 4 | Napa, CA | Meritage Resort |
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
