(DETROIT – February 18, 2020) – Primus will pay homage to prog-rock legends Rush this summer with “A Tribute to Kings,” a cross-country tour that will feature the Bay Area trio playing Rush’s classic 1977 album A Farewell to Kings in its entirety, in addition to their own music. The tour is set to visit Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre as part of the Fifth Third Bank Concert Series on Friday, June 26 at 7 p.m. Wolfmother will open the entire tour with additional support from The Sword.
Tickets (starting at $29.50 on the lawn) go on sale Friday, February 21 at 10 a.m. To purchase tickets in the Crest Ford pavilion, Ford Motor Company luxury seats and on the lawn, visit 313Presents.com, LiveNation.com and Little Caesars Arena XFINITY box office or Ticketmaster.com.
A special pre-sale, including VIP upgrade options, will go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, February 19 at 10 a.m. local time. Ticket & show info at www.primusville.com.
“A little over one year ago, Ler Lalonde and I started kicking the idea around of Primus performing a series of shows featuring an iconic Rush album from our youth,” says bandleader Les Claypool. “Being that A Farewell to Kings was the first Rush record I ever heard, and that it contains my all-time favorite Rush tune, ‘Cygnus X1,’ the choice narrowed quickly. Years ago I had done something similar with Colonel Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, when we covered Pink Floyd’s Animals in its entirety. It was an insane amount of work, but ended up being one of the most enjoyable live endeavors I’ve ever done. Dubbing the tour ‘Primus: A Tribute to Kings,’ it was originally scheduled to be performed in the Fall of 2019 but, when we were asked to support Slayer on their Final Campaign, the ‘Tribute to Kings’ tour was postponed.
Geddy, Alex and Neil had been superheroes to Larry, Herb and I in our teens, so when we all became pals while touring together in the early `90s, we were pretty delighted; partially because of the musical geek-out factor but mostly because the three guys whom we had admired so much from afar, turned out to be truly great, down-to-earth humans, and like us, a tad eccentric.
The ‘Tribute to Kings’ tour will be just as it is implied, a respectful and loving tribute to three spectacular musicians, songwriters, legends and friends.”
“A Tribute to Kings” kicks off in May and spans over 40 dates through August, including Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival in Tennessee, New York City’s Beacon Theatre, LA’s Greek Theatre and a Bay Area hometown show at Berkeley’s Greek Theater.
