Primus New Album Gets Release Date (Tour)

 The new album from eccentric funk-rockers, Primus will be available from September 13th through ATO Records/Prawn Songs, reports hard rock & metal website Brave Words.

The new record, which has been produced and engineered by Claypool, will be the Californian rockers seventh album and is their first in almost eleven years. Their last full length studio outing was in 1999 with 'Antipop' and their forthcoming album, entitled 'Green Naugahyde' will feature their first batch of new material since 2003's 'Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People' EP.
'Green Naugahyde' will be the first Primus album to feature drummer Jay Lane alongside bassist/vocalist Les Claypool and guitarist Larry LaLonde.

 Tour Dates 

August 2011
3 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (w/ The Flaming Lips)
6 - Tulsa, OK - Brady District Block Party (w/ The Flaming Lips)

September 2011
23 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
26 - Richmond, VA - The National
27 - Albany, NY - Palace Theatre
30 - New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom

October 2011
1 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
2 - Portland, ME - State Theatre
4 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
5 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
7 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
8 - Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory
10 - Louisville, KY - The Louisville Palace Theatre
11 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
13 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theatre
14 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
15 - West Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
17, 18 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
20 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern