Tool announce Rajas as support act

Posted on June 23, 2010 by hellboy

Blair has posted on Toolband that Rajas (featuring Mandala creator Vince DeFranco) will be supporting Tool for a range of dates from the 9th of July onwards:

I am very pleased to be able to announce a new WEBSITE and the debut self-titled album from RAJAS . Being the brainchild of guitarist BEN SHERAZI, the band also features PAUL JONES on bass, GINO BARBONI on percussion, and Mandala Drum and Dimension Beam inventor VINCE DeFRANCO on analog synths and the old ’69′ Fender Rhodes. As you are checking out the RAJAS website, be sure to click on the TOUR SECTION for info about their upcoming support for a certain prog-metal band (I guess it’s official after all!).

I took a quite listen and they sound alright. The dates in question are:

9th July in Vancouver
10th July in Seattle
15th in San Diego
16th in Las Vegas
All the Los Angeles gigs

Not sure if it also includes those dates between the 10th and 15th.

More Tickets Released at St Charles

Posted on June 23, 2010 by hellboy

TheNewMachine just emailed me to let me know there has been a release of further tickets for the previously sold out show at the Family Arena in St Charles. Tickets are available in all areas including the floor. Tickets are via Metrotix

I don’t expect these to be available for long, so get over there right now!

LA Ticketing Details

Posted on June 23, 2010 by hellboy

For those of you who have purchased tickets for the LA shows at the mis-advertised date, it seems as though tickets will be honoured. Also those with tickets for the show on the 21st will have the opportunity to get similar tickets at the other two shows.

Presumably, unless you signed to Ticketmaster with a false email address, you should have details on how to do this by now, but if you don’t I’d suggest giving them a call!

Dälek Confirm Support Slots, New Orleans Bootleg

Posted on June 23, 2010 by hellboy

Dälek have confirmed that they are supporting Tool on the following shows:

June 29 @ Red Rocks CO
July 1 @ Excel Center
July 4 @ MTS Center Winnipeg
July 5 @ Brandt Center Regina
July 7 @ Rexall Place Edmonton

I’m presuming there may be a different support for the remaining dates. We’ll find out eventually!

A bootleg of the New Orleans show has been found on Dimeadozen. I haven’t listened yet so I can’t vouch for it’s quality, but the torrent can be found here (you’ll need to register!).

Tool LA Dates confirmed

Posted on June 22, 2010 by hellboy

Toolband has confirmed the LA dates, listing only two of them: the 18th and 19th of July. Tickets for these shows go on sale this Friday the 25th at 10am. No word on what happens to tickets previously sold, my guess is that Ticketmaster will contact the fans who purchased them and let them know what will happen. Also no mention of the date on the 21st. Presumably this has either been cancelled or will be used as some kind of extra date to be announced after the other two sell out. Who knows!

Also on Toolband was confirmation of the Limited Tool shirts, and it also looks as though there may be some Grey shits included as well as black ones. Remember they don’t start selling them until the Cedar Park gig, and they won’t be on sale in normal stored (excluding ebay!).

Merchandise at Tool gigs

Posted on June 21, 2010 by hellboy

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Got an email from Kanaduh today, with plenty of pictures of Tool merchandise. If any wants a closer photo of a specific shirt then let me know (they’re all a little blurry though). Here’s a photo of the merchandise stand:

The limited shirts mentioned by Blair on Toolband don’t go on sale until the Cedar Park gig. In regards to pricing, Kanaduh mentioned the following:

all shirts $40
2xlarge size $45
Old poster $5
City specific poster $25
Signed $100

I also noticed a G-String in one of his pictures for the ladies or crossdressers or Fourtheye!

Tool Limited Edition Shirts, Tour Update

Posted on June 20, 2010 by hellboy

According to a recent post on Toolband, there will be 100 Limited Edition shirts featuring concert specific artwork at each show. No word yet on the cost and sizes available but I hope to have more info from Fourtheye readers soon. Here’s the Cedar Park shirt:

In other news, reports so far suggest Wovenhand are indeed supporting, at least in New Orleans. So much for the fansites being wrong! Also mentioned was that the Tool stage setup is looking quite different from that last US tour. I’m sure some pictures will come in later today. Thanks Kanudah. I imagine Tool are probably on-stage or close to it as I write this!

Basejumper also sent me an email saying that apparently Ticketmaster as listing hip-hop group Dälek as the support in Red Rocks night #2.

Anyone who feels like grabbing me one of those shirts – let me know and we can come to some kind of arrangement…

Wovenhand support Tool for selected shows

Posted on June 17, 2010 by hellboy

According to the website Antimusic, folk rock band Wovenhand will be supporting Tool on some of the dates for the coming tour:

June 19th – New Orleans, LA – UNO Arena
June 20th – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
June 22nd – Cedar Park, TX – Cedar Park Center
June 23rd – Oklahoma City, OK – Ford Arena
June 25th – Kansas City, MO – Spirit Center
June 26th – St. Charles, MO – Family Arena
June 28th – Denver, CO – Red Rocks

I took a listen to their stuff on youtube, and it’s not really my thing. I wonder who else will be supporting this tour…

As the tour approaches…

Posted on June 16, 2010 by hellboy

The next Tool tour is almost upon us, and while some of us are still waiting to buy tickets, others deep in the south of the United States wait with baited breath for some kind of change to the setlist. What will they play? Will there be any cool lights? Will Justin have a new guitar strap? All these things and more we will find out shortly!

In celebration of this I have started a new Tour 2010 section in the forum. I will create a thread for each show, and those of you that have anything to contribute (setlists, reviews, photo’s, whatever) feel free to do so. Please refrain from creating new threads unless I’ve obviously missed a show, or it’s a topic tour related that really needs it’s own thread.

This new forum will be more heavily moderated than the others in Fourtheye, mainly to make sure that they stay on topic. Anyone willing to give me a hand in doing this, let me know (make sure you’re a Fourtheye regular though, I probably won’t consider making someone I don’t know a mod).

Also, I know some people are deliberately trying to avoid Tool forums so they don’t accidentally see setlists and such. In order to make Fourtheye a safe location for these readers, from this point forward set lists can only be posted in the new Tour 2010 section. Any found in comments of normal Fourtheye posts will be deleted.