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Primus is back

Posted by Loren on August 30, 2014

Primus is back
Primus - Primus & the Chocolate Factory

Primus will release a new album, Primus & the Chocolate Factory, on Oct. 21 on ATO Records, followed by a fall tour.

The record will be their first full-length in nearly 20 years and the line-up includes Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde, and Tim Alexander. "The idea was to combine the Frog Brigade and Primus, and do this record," Claypool says. The record pays homage to 1971's film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.

 

 

Catch Primus & The Chocolate Factory on Tour

 *10/22 – Tower Theatre – Upper Darby, PA*

*10/24 – Palace Theatre – Albany, NY*

*10/25 – Orpheum Theatre – Boston, MA*

*10/26 – Flynn Center for Performing Arts – Burlington, VT*

*10/28 – Palace Theater – Waterbury, CT*

*10/29 – Hippodrome – Baltimore, MD*

*10/31 – Beacon Theatre – New York, NY*

*11/01 – State Theatre – New Brunswick, NJ*

*11/02 – Main Street Armory – Rochester, NY*

*11/03 – The Fillmore Detroit – Detroit, MI*

*11/05 – Peabody Opera House – St. Louis, MO*

*11/07 – Taft Theatre – Cincinnati, OH*

*11/08 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA*

*11/09 – Hard Rock Live – Orlando, FL*

*11/11 – The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater – Miami

Beach, FL*

*11/12 – Ruth Eckerd Hall – Clearwater, FL*

*11/14 – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Biloxi, MS*

*11/15 – ACL live at the Moody Theater – Austin, TX*

*11/16 – The Majestic Theatre – Dallas, TX*

*11/17 – Majestic Theatre – San Antonio, TX*

*11/19 – Orpheum Theatre Phoenix – Phoenix, AZ*

*11/21 – Orpheum Theatre LA – Los Angeles, CA*

Primus is back
Primus - Primus & the Chocolate Factory

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