Primus ha anunciado una nueva gira especial por América del Norte que los verá homenajear a Rush tocando el disco ‘A Farewell to Kings‘ de principio a fin. Oficialmente titulada “A Tribute to Kings”, cada noche de la gira incluirá una actuación completa del álbum más un set de Primus con canciones propias.

La agrupación liderada por Les Claypool se embarcará en una gira de de más de 40 fechas en donde se harán acompañar de Wolfmother, y en algunas fechas, de Battles y The Sword, respectivamente.

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This summer, #Primus will pay homage to prog-rock legends @rush with a "Tribute to Kings", a cross-country tour that will feature the iconic 'A Farewell to Kings' in its entirety. Special guests @officialwolfmother will be joining the tour, with @theswordofficial and @battlestheband opening select dates. "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 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 90's, 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 special pre-sale, including VIP upgrade options, will go on sale tomorrow, Wed, February 19 at 10am local time. General public on sale is this Friday, February 21 at 10am local time. Ticket & show info at www.primusville.com/tour

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Sobre la decisión de seleccionar ‘A Farewell to Kings’, quinto álbum grabado en estudio por la banda de rock canadiense Rush, Les Claypool comentó:

Hace poco más de un año, Ler Lalonde y yo comenzamos a plantear la idea de que Primus realizara una serie de espectáculos con un icónico álbum de Rush de nuestra juventud”, continuó. “Teniendo en cuenta que ‘A Farewell To Kings’ fue el primer disco Rush que escuché, y que contiene mi canción de Rush favorita de todos los tiempos, ‘Cygnus X1’, la elección se redujo rápidamente”.

Si bien “A Tribute to Kings Tour” ya llevaba unos meses cocinándose, la gira adquiere un nuevo significado tras el reciente fallecimiento del icónico baterista de Rush, Neil Peart.

Aún así, Primus está siendo muy consciente de cómo honrarán a sus ídolos musicales, “Estamos tratando de ser muy sensibles al hacer la gira y no hacer que sea,” Hey, todo es sobre Neil “, comentó Claypool. “Se trata de admiración por estos increíbles músicos y amigos”.