Primus and Instrument members Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor are set to host an intimate profit live performance at The Belasco in Los Angeles on April 17 in help of the group’s “shut buddy, movie director, screenwriter, and animator Jimmy Hayward, who’s at the moment present process most cancers therapy,”
Tickets for the profit live performance are on sale now and the present will even embody some shock particular company.
Hayward has had an in depth profession within the animation business, having notably labored on Pixar movies together with Monsters Inc., Toy Story, and Discovering Nemo, alongside directing his personal options similar to Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, and Free Hen.
“Each on occasion most cancers steps into our world and pulverizes the lives of individuals which can be pricey to us,” Primus frontman Les Claypool displays in a press assertion.
“Such a factor occurred some time again with our good buddy Jimmy Hayward. Over the previous couple years, Jimmy has undergone many main surgical procedures to take away after which reconstruct main injury from a most cancers that invaded his bones. With a spouse and two very younger kids at hand, Jimmy has proven unimaginable braveness and tenacity in an unbelievably difficult time.”
He continues, “It’s at the moment that we in Primus and a few of Jimmy’s good mates within the music and leisure world have determined to provide a ‘brother a hand,’ and do a reside efficiency in his honor and for the advantage of his household. Please come down and witness a one-time collaborative music occasion in celebration of our good buddy.”
Claypool will proceed to carry out this summer time along with his group Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, who’ve reunited for the primary time in 20 years. Their 41-date Summer season of Inexperienced tour will kick off in Stateline, Nevada on Might seventeenth.
Just lately, the band additionally launched their first new music in additional than 5 years, the three-song Conspiranoid EP, which is out now through ATO Data.
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