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Primus was founded in 1984 in El Sobrante, California by Les Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, who were later joined by drummer Jay Lane. Beginning as an underground act, the band slowly gained notoriety and critical acclaim after their records Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991) and Pork Soda (1993) both went Platinum, along with their records, Wynona's Big Brown Beaver (1996), Sailing the Seas of Cheese (Deluxe Edition) (2013) and Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble (2015), all three of which earned Grammy nominations. After the release of their record Antipop in 1999, the group disbanded but reformed as a touring entity in 2010 and began releasing music again soon after; Primus has released nine studio albums in total. The present lineup features Claypool on bass, Larry “Ler” LaLonde on guitar and Tim “Herb” Alexander on drums. Primus have delighted audiences all over the world with their oddball lyricism and out-of-the-box approach to music for over 40 years, and continue to be dedicated to bringing their innovative discography on the road.

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Primus 2025 Tour Dates:

Sessanta V 2.0: Primus, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle Tour Dates:

  • 04/24/25 – Palm Desert, CA @ Acrisure Arena at Greater Palm Springs
  • 04/25/25 – Las Vegas, NV @ PH Live at Planet Hollywood
  • 04/27/25 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
  • 04/29/25 – San Antonio, TX @ Freeman Coliseum
  • 05/01/25 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
  • 05/02/25 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
  • 05/06/25 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live
  • 05/08/25 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds
  • 05/10/25 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
  • 05/11/25 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
  • 05/14/25 – Manchester, NH @ SNHU Arena
  • 05/15/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at the Man
  • 05/17/25 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
  • 05/18/25 – Fairfax, VA @ EagleBank Arena
  • 05/20/25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center
  • 05/22/25 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
  • 05/24/25 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
  • 05/25/25 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom usic Center
  • 05/28/25 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
  • 05/29/25 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - St. Louis, MO
  • 05/31/25 – Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater - Summerfest Grounds
  • 06/01/25 – Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
  • 06/03/25 – Omaha, NE @ Baxter Arena
  • 06/06/25 – Ridgefield, WA @ Cascades Amphitheater
  • 06/07/25 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre 

Onward & Upward Summer Tour 2025 Dates:

  • 07/05/25 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre
  • 07/07/25 – Sandy, UT @ Sandy Amphitheater
  • 07/09/25 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
  • 07/11/25 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed Outdoors (Fairgrounds)
  • 07/13/25 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle (with Ty Segall)
  • 07/15/25 – Louisville, KY @ Iroquois Amphitheater
  • 07/16/25 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
  • 07/18/25 – Lafayette, NY @ Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards - Apple Hill Campus
  • 07/21/25 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
  • 07/22/25 – Bridgeport, CT @ Harford HealthCare Amphitheater
  • 07/23/25 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
  • 07/25/25 – Atlanta, GA @ Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park
  • 07/26/25 – Wilmington, NC @ Live Oak Bank Pavilion
  • 07/28/25 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre-New Orleans
  • 07/29/25 – Shreveport, LA @ Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
  • 07/30/25 – Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
  • 08/01/25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
  • 08/02/25 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
  • 08/03/25 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Quarry Amphitheater
  • 08/06/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
  • 08/07/25 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24
  • 08/08/25 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24

Setlists

  1. Set 1:

    1. -Clown Dream (Danny Elfman cover)
    2. 1.To Defy the Laws of Tradition
    3. 2.Last Salmon Man
    4. 3.Groundhog's Day
    5. 4.Dirty Drowning Man
    6. 5.Seas of Cheese
    7. 6.Mr. Krinkle (Tour debut)
    8. 7.The Heckler
    9. 8.Golden Boy
    10. 9.Harold of the Rocks

  2. Set 2:

    1. 10.Spegetti Western
    2. 11.Moron TV
    3. 12.HOINFODAMAN (with "Iron Man" intro)
    4. 13.Lee Van Cleef
    5. 14.Eleven (Tour debut)
    6. 15.Restin' Bones
    7. 16.Hamburger Train
    8. 17.Tommy the Cat

  3. Encore

    1. 18.Southbound Pachyderm
    2. -Pure Imagination (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley cover)
    1. -Clown Dream (Danny Elfman cover)
    2. 1.Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers (Just Danny Carey on drums)
    3. 2.Too Many Puppies (Just Danny Carey on drums)
    4. 3.American Life (Just Danny Carey on drums)
    5. 4.Here Come the Bastards
    6. 5.Harold of the Rocks
    7. 6.Groundhog's Day (>)
    8. 7.Polka Dot Rose (Oysterhead cover) (partial) (> "Groundhog’s Day" reprise)
    9. 8.Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread
    10. 9.Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
    11. 10.My Name Is Mud
    12. -Pure Imagination (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley cover)
    1. -Paint Your Wagon

  2. Holy Mackerel

    1. 1.Highball With the Devil (Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel cover)
    2. 2.Holy Mackerel (Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel cover)
    3. 3.Precipitation (Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel cover) (all 3 bands)

  3. Frog Brigade (with Larry LaLonde)

    1. 4.Thela Hun Ginjeet (King Crimson cover) (also with MIRV)
    2. 5.Rumble of the Diesel (Les Claypool cover)
    3. 6.Whamola (The Les Claypool Frog Brigade cover)
    4. 7.D's Diner (The Les Claypool Frog Brigade cover)

  4. Primus (with Bryan Mantia)

    1. -Clown Dream (Danny Elfman cover)
    2. 8.Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
    3. 9.Fisticuffs (not on written setlist; added to fill time before the New Year’s countdown)
    4. 10.Bob's Party Time Lounge (first time since 2000; with New Year’s countdown)
    5. 11.Groundhog's Day (with “DMV” and “777-9311” teases)
    6. 12.Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread (also with Mike Dillon)
    7. 13.The Antipop
    8. 14.My Name Is Mud

  5. Encore

    1. 15.Here Come the Bastards (all 3 bands)
    2. -Pure Imagination (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley cover)
    1. -Paint Your Wagon

  2. Holy Mackerel

    1. 1.Holy Mackerel (Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel cover)
    2. 2.Highball With the Devil (Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel cover)
    3. 3.Hendershot (Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel cover) (all 3 bands)

  3. Frog Brigade (with Larry LaLonde)

    1. 4.Up on the Roof (The Les Claypool Frog Brigade cover)
    2. 5.David Makalaster (The Les Claypool Frog Brigade cover) (with “Southbound Pachyderm” tease)
    3. 6.Riddles Are Abound Tonight (Sausage cover)
    4. 7.D's Diner (The Les Claypool Frog Brigade cover)

  4. Primus (with Bryan Mantia)

    1. -Clown Dream (Danny Elfman cover)
    2. 8.Restin' Bones (first time since 1997; first time played in full)
    3. 9.Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
    4. 10.American Life
    5. 11.Fisticuffs
    6. 12.Shake Hands With Beef
    7. 13.Jerry Was a Race Car Driver

  5. Encore

    1. 14.Here Come the Bastards (all 3 bands)
    2. 15.Cosmic Highway (The Les Claypool Frog Brigade cover) (all 3 bands)
    1. -Clown Dream (Danny Elfman cover)
    2. 1.The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part 3)
    3. 2.Welcome to This World
    4. 3.My Name Is Mud
    5. 4.Over the Electric Grapevine
    6. 5.HOINFODAMAN (tour debut, with “Eternal Consumption Engine” tease)
    7. 6.The Toys Go Winding Down (>)
    8. 7.Pudding Time
    9. 8.American Life (extended jam)
    10. 9.Seas of Cheese (with "DMV" tease)
    11. 10.Mr. Krinkle
    12. 11.Over the Falls
    13. 12.Conspiranoia
    14. 13.Frizzle Fry
    15. 14.Harold of the Rocks (extended jam)

  2. Encore

    1. 15.Tommy the Cat
    2. -Pure Imagination (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley cover)

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The Sessanta V 2.0: Primus, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle tour continued in 2025, with dates scheduled across North America through early June. The group then embarked on their Onward & Upward Summer Tour 2025 through early August.

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Reviews

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 based on 109 reviews
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  • Super

    by Rodriguez on 2022-05-20Centre Videotron - QuébecRating: 5 out of 5

    Excellent spectacle, visuel écoeurant qui s'arrime impeccablement avec une musique très bien rendu. Excellent show et généreux en temps de la part du band.

  • Délicieux!

    by Gerberaldine on 2022-05-20Centre Videotron - QuébecRating: 5 out of 5

    Ils ont joué de bon vieux succès! Du rush cérébral! Un show à ne pas manquer! Je trip sur Primus et moins sur Rush et j'ai adoré le show. Les vidéos qui animent la scène étaient vraiment captivants. Du Primus et du Rush à la Primus.

  • generous show, 2h20 of Primus!

    by Eric on 2022-05-20Centre Videotron - QuébecRating: 5 out of 5

    Sound was perfect, Cygnus X1 is the highlight of the night, I would like that the guys are more lightened, love to see this technical guys genius. but what a show!! thanks

  • Great experience

    by Sars on 2022-05-20Centre Videotron - QuébecRating: 5 out of 5

    My boyfriend and I got the VIP package to this show. Everything was fantastic. The q&a felt personal and was in an intimate setting, the merch was amazing too. We did not get a pour of the wine that was listed in the vip package so that was disappointing. The show itself was perfect, the sound and lights were spot on and the band was of course, awesome. They played some amazing songs that night

  • PrimRush

    by Polar Bear on 2022-05-20L'Olympia - MontrealRating: 5 out of 5

    Thank you to Primus for doing and bringing this great performance to our city, Job well done Boys.

  • Primus was excellent, crowd was horrible

    by R3nz0 on 2022-05-19L'Olympia - MontrealRating: 1 out of 5

    The band gave their best that evening, but the public was disgusting: Guys completely high backing and forth pushing people all around and not respecting at all to the rest watching the show

  • excellent show !!

    by Ben on 2022-05-19L'Olympia - MontrealRating: 5 out of 5

    Excellent show, excellent band and musicians. Happy to see Primus for the first time !! Cool place (Olympia theater, Montreal). Thank you !!!!!!

  • Couldn't see the band!!

    by Rach on 2022-05-19L'Olympia - MontrealRating: 3 out of 5

    Those musicians are so good. Why the hell couldn't we see what was going on on the stage?? We missed the solos, the instruments, the guys interactions... So much talent on stage and not a chance to see it! One or two songs with no light I would of understand, but the whole show? What a bummer!! The lighting concept was, in my opinion, very not well thought, especially playing Rush.... Come on!! Such a bummer. My boyfriend was his first time to go see Primus, still haven't seen them.

  • A Tribute to Kings

    by Matt on 2022-05-19Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    My 7th time seeing Primus in Toronto and absolutely great show! As always Primus doesnt disappoint and add to that a full album cover of Rush Farewell to Kings ! What could be better , I just wish i could have went to both shows.

  • Great Band, Great Venue

    by Dru on 2022-05-18Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    Long time fan of Primus. They did not disappoint. The Q&A session was worth the VIP, not to mention seat location. The upgrades at Massey Hall were perfect. The sound was spot on. I would highly recommend this venue for any show.

  • A witness to Kings!

    by xCaptainCanadax on 2022-05-18Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    The tribute to kings tour was absolutely amazing and the sound was the best I've ever heard at a concert. Primus was amazing and Massey Hall was an excellent venue to see them. You won't be disappointed with this show!

  • It was excellent

    by C on 2022-05-18Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    Fun great fun I loved it the kids loved it ( Ticketmaster) Please paper tickets and not at a surcharge

  • PRIMUS was amazing as always.

    by FrizzleFry on 2022-05-17Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    Great show at a great venue. I usually prefer a concert without sests but will make exceptions for Primus, especially at Massey Hall.

  • Great show at Rush home.

    by Nes on 2022-05-17Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    The only negative point is that was short!! And Geddy and Alex that were in the backstage…

  • Lacklustre

    by Gregr on 2022-05-17Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 3 out of 5

    I was very excited for this show seeing that Primus has been one of my favourite bands for 30 years. I was disappointed with the sound at Massey Hall. It was difficult to hear the vocals and the music could have sounded crisper. I understand it can be hard to do soundcheck since the place sounds different once it’s filled with people. Still a decent show and glad I went. Will try for different seats next time.

  • Mixed

    by Graz on 2022-05-16Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 3 out of 5

    Visuals were great but cover of Rush's A Farewell to Kings was disappointing. Did not play in same key as album.

  • Brilliant!

    by PhilthyF1Rush on 2022-05-16Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    Being a Rush fan for over 40 years and discovering Primus when they opened for them in 1992, witnessing A Tribute to Kings was like an out of body experience! All three members nailed A Farewell to Kings flawlessly! It sounded like the original album! Being a picky bastard (Rush fan) I was loving every second of the Rush set. Not only that, it was a Primus show as well! Excellent musicianship all around and loved the new songs Conspiranoia and Follow the Fool! Plus, Massey Hall...great acoustics! I've seen many concerts over the last 40 years and I rank this as top 3! (Not including the many Rush shows I've seen. Sorry,Eh!?)

  • PRIMUS SUCKS!

    by J on 2022-05-16Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    Soo tight best concert I’ve been to hands down not even a debate

  • Primus at Massey Hall was excellent !

    by Rick B on 2022-05-16Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 5 out of 5

    Primus Friday night at Massey Hall was a great experience ! They played their excellent material in a first set then did a fabulous tribute of Rush’s Farewell to Kings album

  • Primus does Rush

    by McTuborg on 2022-05-16Massey Hall - TorontoRating: 4 out of 5

    Massey Hall was a great venue for this tribute show. Thoroughly enjoyed this show! The Primus hits and a great rendition of an absolute classic from Rush were an incredible treat!