Les Claypool recently announced that he's resurrected his group the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade for a tour of the US this spring and summer. And much like Primus covering Rush during their recent shows, the band will be performing Pink Floyd's 1977 proto-prog masterpiece, Animals, each night on tour.
Claypool said in a statement, "After a 20-year break, Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade is back and will be canvasing the USA this Spring & Summer on the Summer of Green Tour. The band will feature Sean Lennon on guitar, Harry Waters on keys, and Paolo Baldi on drums, along with longtime cohorts Skerik on saxophone, and Mike Dillon on percussion. Each night will include a full performance of Pink Floyd's iconic album, Animals."
In 2020, Claypool reissued the 2001 album Live Frogs as Live Frogs: Set 1 & 2, which also includes a full performance of Animals recorded October 8–9 of 2000 shows at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. You can listen to the reissue below.
Dates for the Les Claypool and the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade can be found below.
w/ Fishbone
5/17 Stateline, NV – TBA [Tickets]
5/19 Napa, CA – Blue Note Summer Sessions [Tickets]
5/2 Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium [Tickets]
5/21 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park [Tickets]
5/23 Salt Lake City, UT – TBA [Tickets]
5/24 Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom [Tickets]
Fearless Flying Frog Brigade only
5/26 Chillicothe, IL – Summer Camp Music Festival [Tickets]
5/26 Kansas City, MO – Grinders KC [Tickets]
5/28 Louisville, KY – Iroquois Amphitheater [Tickets]
w/ Neal Francis
5/3 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom [Tickets]
5/31 Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! [Tickets]
6/1 Lansing, WV – Mountain Music Festival (no Neal Francis) [Tickets]
6/2 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre [Tickets]
w/ Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain In Light
6/6 Richmond, VA – Brown’s Island [Tickets]
6/7 Raleigh, NC – Memorial Auditorium [Tickets]
6/9 Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit [Tickets]
6/1 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern [Tickets]
6/11 Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium [Tickets]
6/13 Dallas, TX – Music Hall at Fair Park [Tickets]
6/14 Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater [Tickets]
6/16 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall [Tickets]
6/17 New Orleans, LA – Mardi Gras World [Tickets]
6/19 Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre [Tickets]
6/2 Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino [Tickets]
Fearless Flying Frog Brigade only
6/22 Baltimore, MD – The Lyric (w/ Witch) [Tickets]
6/23 Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre [Tickets]
6/24 Westbury, NY – In The Round [Tickets]
6/26 Northampton, MA – The Pines Theatre at Look Park [Tickets]
w/ The Budos Band
6/28 Portland, ME – State Theatre [Tickets]
6/29 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway [Tickets]
6/29-7/2 Scranton, PA – Peach Music Festival (no Budos Band) [Tickets]
7/2 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed (indoors) [Tickets]
7/3 St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre [Tickets]
w/ Moon Duo
7/7 Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater [Tickets]
7/8 Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park Live [Tickets]
7/9 Forest Grove, OR – Grand Lodge Hotel and Property [Tickets]
7/11 Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live [Tickets]
7/13 San Luis Obispo, CA – Madonna Inn [Tickets]
7/14 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern [Tickets]
7/15 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren [Tickets]
