Primus Announces Spring Tour…in 3D!

Les Claypool and the boys are back! Primus recently announced a spring tour, featuring a 3D-enhanced live musical performance and two sets per evening. This tour is being promoted as a full-on psychedelic experience. Primus teamed with 3D Live from Burbank, CA to create original 3D content for the tour. Audience members will be given 3D glasses in order to fully experience a visual and audio performance like no other. The band broke its 11-year studio hiatus with the release of Green Naugahyde last September, and apparently they haven’t satiated that creative itch just yet (like that’s even possible with these guys. I mean, we’re talking about Les Claypool after all). Follow the jump for full tour dates and more info:

 

This revolutionary 21-date tour will feature Quad Surround Sound and a 3D backdrop to give the fans…well…an extra dimension! My mind just got blown. Not only are these shows designed to give audience members a fully integrated experience, but Les has promised that every show is going to be unique, depending on what the venue provides. That’s right Tool fans, every show is going to be one-of-a-kind.

Primus’ latest album, Green Naugahyde, was produced and engineered by Les Claypool in his personal studio, Rancho Relaxo, in Northern California, and features Claypool, long-time guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Lane was in an early lineup of the band, and was also in Sausage, a 1994 reunion of the 1988 Primus lineup.

Check out the video for “Lee Van Cleef,” which premiered via TeamCoco.com, here:

 

Primus also released the video for the single “Tragedy’s a’ Comin'”, which premiered on IFC.com. Check it out:

 

Additionally, Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang will be playing shows on both the East and West Coasts this spring.

 

Primus 3D Tour Dates:

3/8 – Buku Music + Art Project – New Orleans, LA

3/11-13 – Auditorio BlackBerry – Mexico City, Mexico ^

5/9 – Bottle Rock Festival – Napa, CA ^

5/10 – Eureka Municipal Auditorium – Eureka, CA

5/12 – Revolution Center – Boise, ID

5/13 – Wilma Theater – Missoula, MT

5/14 – Shrine Auditorium – Billings, MT

5/16 – City Auditorium – Colorado Springs, CO

5/17 – Santa Fe Community Convention – Santa Fe, NM

5/18 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ

5/19 – Fox Theater – Pomona, CA

5/21 – Majestic Ventura Theater – Ventura, CA

5/22 – Fox Theater – Bakersfield, CA

5/24 – Cuthbert Amphitheater – Eugene, OR

5/25 – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – Portland, OR

5/26 – Sasquatch Music Festival – Quincy, WA

5/28 – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium – Edmonton, AB

5/29 – McEwan Hall – Calgary, AB

5/31 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB

6/1 – Myth – Maplewood, MN

6/2 – Riviera Theater – Chicago, IL

6/6 – Mountain Jam Festival – Hunter, NY ^

6/7-8 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON

6/9 – Niagara River Rocks – North Tonawanda, NY ^

^ – Not 3D shows

 

Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang Tour Dates:

3/20 – Terrapin Crossroads – San Rafael, CA

3/22 – The Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA

3/23 – Pappy and Harriett’s – Pioneertown, CA

3/24 – McDowell Mountain Musicfest – Phoenix, AZ

4/18 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA

4/19 – Wanee Music Festival – Live Oak, FL

4/20 – Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA

4/22 – Haw River Ballroom – Saxapahaw, NC

4/23 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC

4/26 – TLA – Philadelphia, PA

4/27 – The Hamilton – Washington, DC

4/28 – The Gramercy – New York, NY