If you love Les Claypool (and why wouldn't you?) and want a career-spanning concert, then the 2026 Claypool Gold tour is going to be for you. The legendary bassist just announced dates for his new tour, and fans of his music are going to get a bit of everything.
Want Primus? You'll have that. What about Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade? You'll get that, too. You will get to hear the Claypool Lennon Delirium.
The tour will be an extreme experiment in how to work decades of Claypool's sound into one show. Will some fans be disappointed by some songs being left out? Likely, but let's not jump too much ahead, as we don't know which tunes Claypool and his mates are going to do.
Les Claypool announces a career-spanning tour in 2026
This is the case because all three of Claypool's bands will perform on stage together. This implies that the setlist could change every night, and the order of the songs, even if they are the same setlist as the night before, might also change. With Claypool, one never knows what they are going to get.
The run of shows will traverse the United States beginning on May 20 in Reno, Nevada. The final show will take place at a spa on July 4 in Napa, California. Seems like a fitting end.
Tickets for the shows go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 23, at 10 am. The artist's pre-sale is already happening. For more information, you can visit Les Claypool's official site.
Les Claypool (with Primus, Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, and the Claypool Lennon Delirium) 2026 tour dates:
- 5/20 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
- 5/22 Bend, OR Hayden Homes Amphitheater
- 5/23 Redmond, WA Marymoor Live
- 5/25 Bonner, MT KettleHouse Amphitheater
- 5/26 Salt Lake City, UT The Lot at the Complex
- 5/28 Kansas City, MO Starlight Amphitheatre
- 5/30 St. Louis, MO The Factory
- 5/31 Rochester Hills, MI Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
- 6/2 Cleveland, OH Jacobs Pavilion
- 6/3 Chicago, IL Salt Shed
- 6/5 Pelham, TN The Caverns Outdoor Amphitheater
- 6/6 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live! Outdoor
- 6/9 Portland, ME Thompson’s Point
- 6/10 Boston, MA Leader Bank Pavilion
- 6/12 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
- 6/13 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony Summerstage
- 6/14 Columbia, MD All Good Now Festival
- 6/16 Charlotte, NC The AMP Ballantyne
- 6/17 North Charleston, SC Firefly Distillery
- 6/19 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
- 6/20 Atlanta, GA Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park
- 6/22 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP
- 6/23 Austin, TX ACL Live at Moody Theatre
- 6/25 Irving, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
- 6/27 Dillon, CO Dillon Amphitheater
- 6/28 Dillon, CO Dillon Amphitheater
- 6/30 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre
- 7/1 San Diego, CA Gallagher Square
- 7/3 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Amphitheater
- 7/4 Napa, CA Meritage Resort & Spa