If one Les Claypool project per tour has ever felt insufficient, summer 2026 has you covered.
Claypool has announced “Claypool Gold,” a full-scale North American tour that collapses three of his most celebrated musical universes into a single, extended evening: PRIMUS, THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM, and LES CLAYPOOL’S FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE. Rather than rotating support slots, all three projects will coexist onstage each night, promising fluid setlists, overlapping lineups, and the kind of controlled chaos that tends to follow Claypool wherever he plugs in a bass.
The tour kicks off May 20 in Reno, Nevada, runs through more than 25 cities coast to coast, and wraps with a July 4 finale in Napa, California. Presales begin January 21, with general tickets available January 23.
According to the announcement, each show will unfold as a single evolving performance rather than neatly divided sets — which feels appropriate given Claypool’s long-standing resistance to normal tour logic.
New Music Arrives With The Announcement
Coinciding with the tour news, THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM have released a new track titled “WAP (What A Predicament)”, a warped, fuzz-heavy psych-rock meditation on artificial intelligence, morality, and modern digital disorientation. The song continues Claypool’s creative partnership with Sean Ono Lennon, whose lyrics drift between satire, unease, and existential shrugging — a familiar space for DELIRIUM fans.
The track arrives during an unusually busy stretch even by Claypool standards. In recent years, he’s overseen a full reunion of FEARLESS FLYING FROG BRIGADE, staged multiple national tours performing Pink Floyd’s Animals in full, curated extensive archival releases, and launched PRIMUS’s very public drummer search — a process that ultimately added John Hoffman to the band and resulted in the recent single “Little Lord Fentanyl.”
VIP Options For The Truly Committed
Select dates will offer VIP packages, including a front-row experience with a pre-show Q&A involving PRIMUS and Sean Ono Lennon, signed posters, early entry, and other collector-friendly perks. Because if you’re already attending a three-band Les Claypool performance, subtlety probably isn’t the goal.
“Claypool Gold” 2026 Tour Dates
May 20 – Reno, NV – Reno Events Center
May 22 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater
May 23 – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Live
May 25 – Bonner, 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 Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
June 2 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion
June 3 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed
June 5 – Pelham, TN – The Caverns Outdoor Amphitheater
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 Summerstage
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 – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
June 22 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
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 – Arizona Financial Theatre
July 1 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square
July 3 – Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Amphitheater
July 4 – Napa, CA – Meritage Resort & Spa
With “Claypool Gold,” Claypool isn’t just revisiting his catalog — he’s stacking it, blending it, and daring audiences to keep up. Whether this qualifies as a greatest-hits tour, a prog fever dream, or a practical joke with excellent musicianship depends entirely on where you’re standing — and how much bass you’re prepared to absorb.
