Les Claypool will hit the road in Summer 2026 with Claypool Gold, a wildly ambitious, full-evening tour that brings together three of his most beloved and sonically adventurous bands — Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade — for one mind-melting musical experience. Each night, all the bands will share the stage simultaneously for a fluid show featuring wildly different setlists and unexpected collaborations. The tour will perform at Meadow Brook Amphitheatre on Sunday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. Oakland University Credit Union is the exclusive presenting partner of Meadow Brook Amphitheatre.
The tour kicks off Wednesday, May 20 in Reno, NV and will travel coast to coast with more than 25 shows in cities including Seattle, Chicago, Boston, Austin, Atlanta and Los Angeles before wrapping with a July 4 celebration in Napa, CA.
Coinciding with today’s tour announcement is the release of a brand-new song titled “WAP (What A Predicament)” by The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Claypool’s mutant-psychedelic project with Sean Ono Lennon. A warped meditation on morality, artificial intelligence safety and the slippery slope of optimization without empathy, the track pairs fuzz-drenched grooves with theatrical psych-rock. Stream the new single at atorecords-ffm.com/wap.
“Like a president caught in shenanigans with the beauty queen,” Lennon intones on the opening line, “I’m guessing they may not be so innocent as they’d have us believe.” The track spirals into existential reflections on online chaos, virtual unreality and the fragility of collective memory.
The Claypool Lennon Delirium centers on the long-standing creative partnership between Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon, operating on the outer rim of genre and reason. Together, they remain a singular force, blending art-school satire, warped vision and boundary-pushing musical chemistry.
The new song arrives amid a prolific period for Claypool, following the full-scale reunion of his Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, national tours performing Pink Floyd’s Animals in full, the release of the Adverse Yaw: The Prawn Song Years box set and the launch of the Interstellar Drum Derby — a global open-call series chronicling Primus’ search for a new drummer.
In addition to his work with Claypool, Sean Ono Lennon has remained equally active, performing with avant-garde collaborators, releasing instrumental projects and earning a GRAMMY Award in 2025 for his design of John Lennon’s Mind Games boxed reissue.
With “WAP” now streaming everywhere and Claypool Gold poised to take over the summer, fans are invited to prepare for a tour unlike anything else on Earth.
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