Primus opening for Slayer on last leg of tour

PRIMUS bassist/vocalist Les Claypool says that his band will support SLAYER on the thrash metal veterans “very last” U.S. tour.

Claypool broke the news of the PRIMUS–SLAYER pairing during an appearance Thursday (March 21) on “Bill Burr’s Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast”.

He said (around 50-minute mark in SoundCloud widget below): “There’s another thing too that’s kind of a secret, but maybe I can tell you now… So it looks like we’re confirmed — we’re gonna play the last, the very last run supporting SLAYER‘s very last tour; PRIMUS is… It’s starting at Madison Square Garden [in New York City] and ending at The Forum [in Los Angeles]. That’s the rumor.”

PRIMUS has spent the last few years touring in support of 2014’s “Primus And The Chocolate Factory”, the first album in 19 years from the band’s seminal lineup: Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLondeand drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander.

SLAYER‘s final world tour has consisted of two North American legs and one European run. The band will take its final world tour to South America, Australia and Japan this year.