Primus announce Summer season 2025 US tour with new drummer John Hoffman

Primus have introduced the Summer season 2025 “Onwards & Upwards” US tour that includes new drummer John Hoffman.

Ty Segall and MonoNeon will rotate as assist for the outing, which kicks off July fifth in Paso Robles, California, and wraps up with a two-night stand in Sacramento on August seventh and eighth. The tour will hit Chicago, New York Metropolis, Dallas, and Los Angeles, together with the famed Purple Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, amongst different stops.

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Primus mastermind Les Claypool shared the next assertion through a press launch:

“Hitting the street this summer time with Hoffer on the helm! This fiery, cheerful, octopus-like drummer from Shreveport, Louisiana has breathed a really potent breath of freshness into this band all of us name PRIMUS.

Whereas splitting the drum duties of his first gig with the mighty Danny Carey down within the Dominican Republic, John “Hoffer” Hoffman has launched himself into the PRIMUS world with all guns-a-blazin’.

Recent from their subsequent jaunt across the states with Sessanta Half 2 this Spring, Hoffer, Ler, and The Ol’ Colonel shall be taking part in some full size PRIMUS units at selection venues throughout the US, dipping into materials (primarily on the request of Hoffer) that haven’t been carried out in a a few years.

Come see why this wonderful fellow was in a position to rise above over 6100 candidates to win the Interstellar Drum Derby and grow to be the newest, and presumably the best, drummer to take a seat on the PRIMUS drum throne.

ONWARD AND UPWARD!!”

Hoffman was tapped as Primus’ new drummer after the band held open auditions, which entailed a five-day “interstellar drum derby” and jams with Primus on the West Coast.

He made his debut behind the package in the course of the band’s look at Instrument’s vacation spot pageant in February, with Danny Carey additionally sitting in on the set. In the meantime, Hoffman’s first run of tour dates with Primus is month away, when the band heads out on the “Sessanta V2.0” tour with A Good Circle and Puscifer.

See video of Hoffman’s first gig with Primus under, in addition to a full checklist of the band’s tour dates.

Primus’ 2025 Tour Dates:
04/24 – Palm Springs, CA @ Acrisure Area $
04/25 – Las Vegas, NV PH @ Stay at Planet Hollywood $
04/27 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater $
04/29 – San Antonio, TX @ Freeman Coliseum $
05/01 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Middle $
05/02 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP $
05/04 – Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheater $
05/06 – Hollywood, FL @ Laborious Rock Stay at Seminole Laborious Rock Lodge & On line casino $
05/08 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit score Union Amphitheatre $
05/10 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion $
05/11 – Virginia Seaside, VA @ Veterans United House Loans Amphitheater $
05/14 – Manchester, NH @ SNHU Area $
05/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann Middle $
05/17 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Financial institution Arts Middle $
05/18 – Fairfax, VA @ EagleBank Area $
05/20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Occasions Middle $
05/22 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage $
05/24 – Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Music Middle $
05/25 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Middle $
05/28 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Area $
05/29 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood On line casino Amphitheatre $
05/31 – Milwaukee, WI @ American Household Insurance coverage Amphitheater $
06/01 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Vitality Middle $
06/03 – Omaha, NE @ Baxter Area $
06/06 – Portland, OR @ RV Inn Model Resorts Amphitheater $
06/07 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre $

07/05 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre *
07/07 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Sandy Amphitheater *
07/08 – Jackson, WY @ Snow King Mountain *
07/09 – Morrison, CO @ Purple Rocks Amphitheatre *
07/11 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed *
07/12 – Kansas Metropolis, MO @ Grinders KC *
07/13 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle *
07/15 – Louisville, KY @ Iroquois Amphitheater *
07/16 – Detroit, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre *
07/18 – Lafayette, NY @ Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards *
07/19 – Essex Junction, VT @ Halfway Garden At Champlain Valley Expo *
07/21 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17 *
07/22 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater ^
07/23 – Raleigh, NC @ Purple Hat Amphitheater ^
07/25 – Atlanta, GA @ Synovus Financial institution Amphitheater At Chastain Park ^
07/26 – Wilmington, NC @ Stay Oak Financial institution Pavilion ^
07/28 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theater ^
07/29 – Shreveport, LA @ Shreveport Municipal Auditorium ^
07/30 – Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Manufacturing unit ^
08/01 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Monetary Theatre ^
08/02 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit score Union Open Air Theatre ^
08/03 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Quarry Amphitheater
08/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre *
08/07 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24
08/08 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24

$ = “Sessanta Tour” w/ A Good Circle and Puscifer
* = w/ Ty Segall
^ = w/ MonoNeon

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