The Sword.
“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.
Posted By Jeff Niesel on Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 1:57 PM Chapman Baehler Primus will bring its Rush tribute to town in September.
Update: We had been looking forward to seeing the alt rock act Primus pay tribute to prog rock pioneers Rush last summer on its Tribute to Kings trek, but the pandemic forced the band to cancel the show that would ve taken place last year at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica. Primus simply bumped the 2020 tour to 2021; it s now announced that it s pushed those rescheduled dates back to late summer and early fall. It ll now perform on Sept. 17 at Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica.