Two weeks after the only Tool concert of 2015 – a Halloween show in which the band dressed up as Led Zeppelin and covered the band’s “No Quarter” – the group has announced a new tour, which they’re calling an “unparalleled sonic and visual experience”.
Tool’s official site was updated last Thursday night with a message from what we presume to be the site’s comically cryptic runner, Blair: “For those of you who only like NEWS about TOOL, here’s something that should be of great interest,” the message offers. “The impenetrable veil of my dark scrying mirror finally cleared today – enough so, in fact – that I could perceive a large heptagram on a complexly lit stage where four performers were dwarfed by dramatic video projections. Evidently the sonic and visual extravaganza that I was receiving is a rare glimpse of future Tool U.S.A. tour dates in the month of January, 2016.”
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Today the band officially announced the first eight shows of a later trek, kicking off January 9th at San Diego’s Viejas Arena and concluding in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 26th. Tickets go on sale November 20th. Check out Tool’s official Facebook for more information.
As for the band’s new album, to say it’s been very slow coming in a follow-up to the band’s 2006 LP 10,000 Days would be subtle. Things aren’t looking too promising on a release in Q1 of next year, either. In an October Rolling Stone interview, Keenan clearly appeared to be losing his patience on the topic. “Do I seem like a lazy person to you? They’re working hard in their own way; I’m working hard in my own way, and I’ve got nothin’ for ya,” he said.
And so we wait…
Tool Tour Dates
January 9 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
January 13 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
January 16 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
January 17 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theatre
January 19 – Southaven, MS @ Landers Center
January 23 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
January 25 – Atlanta, GA @ Infinite Energy Center
January 26 – Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles Coliseum
The full text of the announcement is below:
TOOL SHOWS!
Those faint glimpses of TOOL SHOWS that I recently perceived in the scrying mirror can now be considered official. Indeed, something wicked your way comes…THE UNPARALLELED SONIC AND VISUAL EXPERIENCE OF TOOL LIVE.
TICKETS FOR THE FOLLOWING SHOWS GO ON-SALE
THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th.
Saturday, January 9 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0A004F709FB915FD
Wednesday, January 13 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/3A004F70CEC74BD0
Saturday, January 16 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/20004F7096EF6005
Sunday, January 17 – Grand Prairie, TX (Dallas) @ Verizon Theatre
http://axs.com/events/301393/tool-ticketsTuesday, January 19 – Southaven, MS (Memphis) @ Landers Center
(Ticket link to be added)
Saturday, January 23 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B004F70E3B27BA8
Monday, January 25 – Atlanta, GA @ Infinite Energy Center
http://axs.com/events/301339/tool-tickets?skin=gwinnett
Tuesday, January 26 – Charlotte, NC @ Bojangles Coliseum
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E004F6FC75B26F5
CHECK BACK SOON FOR MORE INFO…
