As hinted at the other day, it seems that Tool are really playing the River’s Edge Music Festival on Harriet Island, Minnesota. The gig, which according to the press release is “their only US date of the year” (I presume they really mean to say it’s a one off Tool show without any other dates) is happening on the 23rd & 24th of June. Also on the lineup is Puscifer, so perhaps we may see some Tool members helping out during the set, or at least drinking wine or beer on stage.
The festival costs $99 for a two day pass (though that offer expires at the end of April) which sounds like a quite reasonable fee for a two day festival, despite it being a little light on acts I’d want to see.
Not sure what effect this will have on recording, if it really is a one off show, and at time of writing it seems that way, then the band having a weekend off in Minnesota will probably have a negligible effect on their recording schedule.
I’ll be there for sure. My wife and I coming from Louisville, ky. Anyone know of any campsites on or near there? Looking forward to seeing tool, puscifer, the lips, dmb, mutemath, polica and diplo.
well how about that
24 Hour round trip journey to see an hour festival set… Hmmm sounds like a plan!
Here is a map of the festival
http://riversedgemusicfestival.com/files/Map.jpg
Decisions, decisions ….. contemplation!
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I dont think they will do just 1 off show in St Paul. It would be too much trouble for just 1 show. I hope they do a few for shows.
Gonna wait and see if they announce a few more dates but I could be headed to Michigan if not. A plus would be that my girlfriend would enjoy some of the other bands, mainly Brand New.
10000 Days tour part 8. Ridiculous!
I would LOVE to go to this show. Does anyone have any suggestions for places to check for cheap flights, rental cars, bus tix, or train tix???? The lowest I can find is like 400 dollars roundtrip- I am coming from Orlando, FL
Titmaster…I take it you missed the latest tour in January…where they played 3 songs off 10k days, one of which was extremely rare
It was more like aenima tour 2.0
And over here in Belgium we just wait… and wait… and…
Being that Tool is a heavily occult orientated band (Tool, and Puscifer mind you) i find it fitting they are playing the ‘RIVER’S EDGE’ festival. How fitting for their one off US gig of 2012.
@ Paradigm.
I always use Skyscanners for cheap flights here in Europe, you should prob check them out.
@thirdeye
I was at a show this year. They have hit the road so many times since 10000 Days and each time they make very minor visual changes and just swap a couple songs from the previous tour. To me it’s basically the same show since 2006. Every tour I have seen them from 1993 until 10000 Days they put some effort into creating a different show. I saw a couple different Aenima era shows and they were totally different. Every time they toured Lateralus it was a completely different show. Now they just very slightly change the same show year after year after year.
“NOW they have very slightly changed the same show”
In 2006, they had only a few feet of that white-coloured surface behind MJK and DC that was used as a projection surface connected to the floor of the stage. In 2010, the white surface was much taller than MJK (not hard to surpass his height, but you can picture this); a long horizontal LED screen was hoisted above the stage near the ceiling, and two additional mobile LED screens were behind Adam and Justin at certain parts of the show (the highlight of the changes, especially if you were close enough to the stage). In 2012, they added a massive LED screen to serve as a backdrop to what they already had since 2010. How this translates as “VERY slightly changed” between 2006-2012, I don’t yet understand. Can you enlighten me, TiT?
As far as setlists go, lets compare those from Vancouver as an example. There are four song changes between the 2006 and the 2010 shows, and the order of songs is much different. For 2012, another 3-4 changes were made to the setlist (some songs have not been played for ages!), and these songs were rotated in and out of the setlist after each night. These were not the same tours: neither visually, nor musically.
2006:
Stinkfist
The Pot
Forty-Six & 2
Jambi
Schism
Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)
Rosetta Stoned
Sober
Right in Two
Lateralus
Vicarious
Ænema
2010:
Third Eye
Jambi
(-) Ions
Stinkfist
Vicarious
Eon Blue Apocalypse
The Patient
Intolerance
Schism
Forty-Six & 2
Lateralus
(with Rajas’ drummer Gino Barboni)
Ænema
It just so happens that I have to work in MN that particular weekend. It’s fate I tell you, fate. Anyone know which day Tool and/or Puscifer are playing?
Tool plays the 23rd and puscifer plays right before dmb on the 24th from what I have seen!
carey + carter lateralus drum off?
What are the chances they play again in 2012, US or Europe?
I’m from Brazil, so I know they’ll never tour here, but I’m willing to go to this festival just to see these bastards live!
I would have said the chances of Tool playing again in 2012 following the winter tour were nil, but here we are. According to the festival organisers it will be the “only US date of 2012″ so I wouldn’t expect any other US shows. And I’d be pretty surprised if they took time out of their writing/recording schedule to travel overseas.
Bottom line is, if you MUST see Tool then go to this festival. Expecting them to play other shows will probably lead to disappointment.
One would hope so! DC and Chris Pennie would also be mad. Or Jeff Friedl for that matter
Guess it’s time to get that wristband then. Thanks hellboy!