Les Claypool Starts Summer Escapade
Date: Friday, May 08 @ 05:00:00 UTC
Topic: Band News (tours, comings/goings, etc)


Les Claypool will take over the northern hemisphere on his summer tour starting May 26th in Charlotte, NC. This is the 2nd leg of his year-long tour in support of his critically acclaimed latest masterpiece Of Fungi And Foe out now on Prawn Song Records.

A special collectors? edition of Of Fungi And Foe will come out on vinyl May 12th. This is a MUST HAVE for all Les Claypool fans. This is a limited run so go to www.clubbastardo.com and get your copy.



Of Fungi And Foe is the expansion of material Claypool has recorded over the past few years for the video game Mushroom Men and the motion picture Pig Hunt. Being inspired by these 2 projects Claypool decided to keep creating and turn it into an album. The song "Mushroom Men" on this release is a more in depth version of the theme song from the video game. Additionally a jam session with Gogol Bordello's charismatic front-man Eugene Hutz turned into the track "Bite Out Of Life." The band is comprised of Les Claypool on bass/vocals, Paulo Baldi on drums (Cake), Mike Dillon on percussion (Ani Difranco), and Sam Bass on cello (Deadweight).

Les Claypool Summer Tour Dates:

May 23, Chilicothe, IL, Summer Camp
May 24, Thornville, OH, Hookahville
May 26, Charlotte, NC, Neighborhood Theatre
May 27, Asheville, NC, Orange Peel
May 28, Hilton Head, SC, Shoreline Ballroom
May 30, Pompano Beach, FL, Pompano Beach Amphitheater, w/ Matisyahu
May 31, Orlando, FL, House of Blues, w/ Matisyahu
June 1, St. Petersburg, FL, Jannus Landing, w/ Matisyahu
June 2, Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle, w/ Matisyahu
June 4, Memphis, TN, Minglewood Hall, w/ Matisyahu
June 5, Ozark, AR, Wakarusa
June 7, Dallas, TX, The Palladium, w/ Matisyahu
June 8, Houston, TX, House of Blues w/ Matisyahu
June 9, Austin, TX, Austin Music Hall, w/ Matisyahu
June 11, Albuquerque, NM, Sunshine Theatre
June 12, Tempe, AZ The Marquee
June 13, Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre
June 19, Sacramento, CA The Grove @ Radisson Hotel
June 20, San Francisco, CA The Warfield
June 21, Medford, OR Britt Pavilion
June 23, Boise, ID Knitting Factory
June 24, Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
June 25, Vancouver, BC Commodore
June 27, Edmonton, AB Event Center
June 28, Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall
June 30, Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings
July 1, Fargo, ND The Venue
July 4, Rothbury, MI Rothbury
July 5, Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
July 6, Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
July 7, Knoxville, TN Bijou Theater
July 9, Norfolk, VA Norva
July 10, Masontown, WV All Good Fest
July 11, Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
July 12, Burlington, VT Higher Ground
July 17, Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues

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