Les Claypool, along with Sean Lennon, will perform at the 2023 Riverbend Festival, according to an announcement released by Claypool’s management Tuesday and confirmed by a Riverbend spokesperson.
Robin Derryberry with Derryberry Public Relations confirmed Claypool will perform at the festival Sunday, June 4, with the Les Claypool Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. The band is reuniting for a tour after a 20-year hiatus.
Claypool has also performed as part of Primus, which he founded in 1984; supergroup Oysterhead with Trey Anastasio of Phish and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland; as well as The Claypool Lennon Delirium with Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
The Flying Frog Brigade was formed in the summer of 2000 and will feature Claypool (bass), Lennon (guitar), Harry Waters (keys), Paulo Baldi (drums), Mike Dillon (percussion) and Skerik (horns). The set will include a full performance of Pink Floyd’s iconic 10th studio album “Animals.”
“It is reassuring to know that certain frogs can and do fly,” Claypool said in the news release.