Butthole Surfers return

The vintage-1980s lineup of the Butthole Surfers will reunite for a series of shows in the US and Europe beginning in June, says Live Daily, minus guitarist Paul Leary, who has prior commitments (Leary has become an in-demand producer and mixer, working with Sublime, the Refreshments, the Meat Puppets, U2, Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, and others).

The band last released any music in the summer of 2002, with an odds-n-sods compilation, Humpty Dumpty LSD. Their last proper album was 2001's Weird Revolution, which was a sort-of replacement for 1998's ultimately-unreleased After the Astronaut (about half of the Astronaut songs ended up on Revolution). You could call Revolution commercially disappointing (it charted at #130, then sank), but come on, "Pepper" was a bit of a fluke, right?

Surfers lead singer Gibby Haynes put out a solo album in 2004.

Butthole Surfers tour dates:
June 24 - Asbury Lanes, Asbury Park, NJ
June 26 - 9:30 Club, Washington DC
June 27 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia
July 15 - Melkweg - Amsterdam
July 17 - Minnemeers - Ghent, Belgium
July 18 - Carling Academy - Bristol, UK
July 19 - Academy 2 - Manchester, UK
July 20 - ABC1 - Glasgow, Scotland
July 22 - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton, UK
July 23 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
July 24 - Vicar Street - Dublin, Ireland
July 26 - Kentish Town Forum - London, UK
July 28 - The Stone Church - Newmarket, NH
July 29 - Webster Hall - New York, NY (Leary supposedly to play with the band)

Here's 1993's "Who Was in my room last Night?" I believe this is the video that got Beavis and Butthead all hot and bothered.