Tool Big Day Out Posters

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I’ve dropped a few hints in the forums in regards to Tool Big Day Out Posters possibly being available online following the tour, and tonight I received the news that this is indeed the case.  Melbourne printers Beyond The Pale printed all of the posters for the 2011 tour (excluding Hawaii I think) and the leftovers, all unsigned are available from their website.

Limited quantities from the Melbourne side show, Melbourne Big Day Out and Auckland Big Day Out are all available, and each of them cost AU$35 plus postage.  There’s also a range of other bands posters on the website, the artwork and printing that these guys to are top quality, and they do frame poster as well, so make sure you check it out!

I was lucky enough to visit their gallery when I was in Melbourne, and though not advertised on the website, I reckon there were several other Tool posters available in the store, including the Gold Coast Big Day Out poster, and a range of other US ones I reckon I’ve seen around the place before.  If you’re down in St. Kilda one day, it’s definitely worth a visit!

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Buzz talks Aussie tour

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Buzz from the Melvins was recently interviewed by the AU Review, and the results are good:

AU: My first question is, are you looking forward to Soundwave and do you like coming down to Australia?

B: No, I hate everything about Soundwave and I hate everything about Australia.

AU: That’s good. Glad to hear someone who’s honest. Most bands just suck up.

B: No I’m kidding. I’m looking forward to it of course. I’m looking forward to coming down and playing down there and hopefully doing a headlining tour on our own maybe towards the end of the year.

It’s been too long since we’ve had a proper Melvins tour.  Please make this happen Buzz!  Also, he mentions that there’s nothing really happening in the land of Fantomas…

Maynard discusses wine, Adam Jones Metallica poster

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Maynard spoke with the guys on Australia’s Wine Week in Melbourne the other day, and in part 1 of this interview he chats about a range of wine related topics:

Maynard speaks with Wine Week

Adam provided the artwork for one of the posters in the current issue of Guitar World.  Tim was kind enough to take a photo of it for us:

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Looks pretty cool to me – if I see it in the newsagent I think I’ll grab a copy! 

My Tool trek has finished for now – only one more show left, tomorrow night at the Perth Big Day Out.  Western Australian’s don’t miss out on this amazing show!

On The Road

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Well, the time has come for me to hit the road and check out a couple of Tool shows.  As a result I’ll be largely offline the next couple of days, however via the wonders of mobile technology I will probably tweet now and then.

The first A Perfect Circle gig in the USA for 2011 has just been announced at the Rock On The Range Festival in Ohio.  As more dates come I shall tweet them, and post a summary of them when I’m back in front of the PC this weekend.  Thanks to Toolshed1502 for the tip.  My advice is keep an eye on other prominent US festivals due to be announced in the coming weeks…

Too all the Tool fans travelling to Melbourne, I hope you get there in a safe and timely manner, and hopefully I’ll be seeing you at the BBQ tomorrow afternoon!

A Perfect Circle shows Canada more love

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Just got an email from imbread_love_child who sent me a link to the Boonstock Music Festival website, and it looks like A Perfect Circle will be headlining one of the days.  The rest of the lineup looks pretty terrible, but at least there’s one act worth seeing!  The festival itself is late June, early July 2011, and there doesn’t seem to be any information on what day APC are playing.

Presumably we might see some more dates trickle down to us in the coming weeks…

Update: From A Perfect Circle’s Twitter feed

Stand by for the announcement of summer dates around North America.

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Officer Santoro speaks!

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In an article I stumbled across today, Charlie Santoro (father of Tool collaborator Matthew) speaks about being featured in Adam’s X-Files comic, as well as seeing Tool gig:

Santoro picked up multiple copies of the comic books as they were released.  Framed pages of the comic book where “Officer Santoro” is featured are hung in his Linden Circle home.  Several of the comic books’ pages were pinned up around the Quincy police station where he works.

“It’s incredible.  I’ve been to two heavy metal concerts and I’m the kind of guy who listens to Jewel!” Santoro said.

A short but interesting article!