Blair has just posted an update to Toolband including dates in both Las Vegas and a new on in San Diego:
Just confirmed are shows in Las Vegas and San Diego. The on-sale date for both shows is this Saturday, JUNE 12th.
Thursday, July 15 – San Diego @ Viejas Arena
Friday, July 16 – Las Vegas @ Planet Hollywood Theater.
Note that the Vegas date is the 16th of July, not the 17th as initially reported. See the tour page for more details. Still no word on the LA dates.
Granger sent me an email today saying that he heard on the radio today an announcement that Tool will be playing at the Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino on the 17th of July in Las Vegas. No word from Toolband at this stage, nor is there anything on Ticketmaster, so lets cross our fingers for some more details soon.
Fans wanting to spend the week in Vegas will be happy to hear that Justin Bieber plays the same venue on the 24th of July…
Update: Live Nation seems to have ticketing information – apparently on sale on the 12th of June at 10am PST. Still waiting confirmation from Toolband.
Word on the Tool Hotline in regards to tickets:
The dates were announced the evening of June 3rd and went on sale the morning of June 4th, but were subsequently pulled from Tool band and Ticketmaster. According to Ticketmaster, the ticket sales were pulled from their site by the promoter but the dates still stand and the promoter will announce a future on sale date (hopefully with more than one day’s notice!). Stay tuned.
I don’t remember them being on Toolband, perhaps they were briefly. Either way, it looks like there should be an announcement and proper sale of these tickets soon.
I thought this was worth a new post in case you skimmed that last one. Tool LA Dates are confirmed on Ticketmaster and go on sale tomorrow (4th June) at 10AM. Don’t miss out!
And now some editorial content if I may indulge you:
Personally, while this doesn’t effect me directly (aside from having to read shit load of negative comments on my website), I wake up today feeling pretty disappointed about how one of my favorite bands has handled this situation. It’s hard to point fingers at anyone in particular, we don’t know who did and didn’t have information on this show – I’m the kind of person who likes to give people the benefit of the doubt, so if it wasn’t mentioned on Toolband, then I’m guessing that Blair legitimately didn’t have the heads up.
To give fans virtually no notice of the event through official channels is really disappointing and I understand why many readers here are pissed. I know if I missed out on tickets to a show locally because I didn’t hear about the gig I’d be outraged as well.
I don’t know anything about the US ticket scene, except for the fact that Ticketmaster seem to dominate. I do know that certain bands, including some that many consider to be Tool’s peers (NIN for example) have shown more initiative towards ticket sales and have gone to long lengths to help fans get to gigs. That Tool aren’t going down this road as well is frustrating to me. They may want to bury their heads and ignore certain aspects of the industry, but without bands like Tool and NIN leading the way in redefining the music industry, it will just end up going nowhere. For a band with some strong views about politics and such, and who seem to encourage themes of discovery, pushing boundaries and change, it’s disappointing that when they are big enough to influence and change the music industry, they at least publically seem unwilling to do so.
I sincerely hope that last nights/this mornings fiasco was a one off and that it never happens again.
Blair put out the May 2010 Tool newsletter on Toolband today, and it turns out that it’s his 10th anniversary as writer/content manager. Congratulations Blair, and despite what some say I’ve always felt he’s been an great webmaster give then guidelines he must work within.
Plenty of goodies inside the newsletter, though I haven’t had a chance to read the full thing, but here’s the bit I like:
Also, with the success certain Karcists are having with the fragments from the grimoire entitled “Libri Of Veneficus Pro Tool”, it would appear that I should get my passport renewed. Once that’s taken care of, hopefully I’ll have a few extra bickies to finally purchase that ILC DOVER-manufactured Extravehicular Mobility Unit that I’ve been yabbering about for years. Remember, the suit with its 3D-Textile “Red Ned” stain proof hydrophilic fibers and polyurethane-coated nylon pressure bladders (hopefully they kept in mind the problem of Chocolate Ripple Biscuits). No wucking furries about the new Assassin spider, but there’s still the usual suspects!
Take a look at the January 2007 Newsletter in particular and some may note the correlation between various terms used…. Perhaps reason enough for Aussies to start getting excited.
There are also strong hints of a website update, something many of us here have suspected for a while now.
In other news today, it seems as though Tool may be playing in LA on the 18th, 19th and 21st of July at the Nokia Center. This may or may not be Ticketmaster (not on sale yet though) and I’m about to go to bed so haven’t checked personally. I’m sure someone helpful will post below if this is really the case.
Just a quick reminder that tickets for the Sacremento show go on sale Saturday at 10am, presumably local time and via Ticketmaster. Don’t miss out!
Still no word on any further dates including LA…
Thanks to McShroom for the reminder!
Update: Word is Seattle is on sale on the 21st, and Sacremento the 22nd. Make sure you check Ticketmaster for details!
Looks like the Tool show in Seattle has been confirmed by several sites (not on Toolband though) as being on the 10th of July at Key Arena. Looks like Gorge fans will have to wait for next tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am, presumably at everyone’s favourite ticketing vendor.
I get plenty of questions from readers regarding other shows on the tour (are Tool gonna play town xyz?) and generally I don’t have any further information that what I’ve posted on the site. It’s very rare that I receive info that I’m asked to sit on, so while I’m happy to answer any questions or emails I get, be aware that it’s likely that 99% of the time the answer will be “I don’t know”.
As far as this tour goes, given that leaks are slowing down, I kinda suspect we may be getting to the end of date announcements. My gut feeling at this stage is that we’ll see the show on the 20th of July in LA confirmed, and that will probably be it. Bad luck for those that missed out, but be happy that Tool will be hitting the studio shortly afterwards, and that we should see a fuller tour hopefully next year. For all of the non-North American readers, I’m sure that means we’ll see them abroad with shows in Europe, Asia and Australasia. I sure am keen to see them again…
Blair just posted a confirmation of the two Red Rock shows, and a new show on the 13th of July in Sacramento on Toolband. Hopefully more dates to come!
While not yet confirmed on Toolband, the 93.3 Website and AEG Live are showing that Tool are playing at Red Rocks, CO on to consecutive nights on the 28th and 29th of June (not that’s June not July).
I’m not 100% convinced by those dates yet, so wait for confirmation on Toolband, but seems extremely likely that this will go ahead at this awesome venue. Two nights in a row is interesting as well, I’m sure there will be plenty of speculation in about them perhaps filming something that night…
In a recent Puscifer email, Maynard talks about some of the ups and downs in wine growing, as well as mentioning that Puscifer should have a Live DVD out in Spring next year. There are also plans for a Wine Club called the Velvet Slippers Club which I imagine will distribute a range of Arizona wines including some of Maynards own.
And just in case you’ve forgotten, here’s a range of Blood Into Wine screening dates:
Just got an email today from a reader who heard that Tool have booked to play two shows at the Red Rocks in Colorado on the 27th & 28th of July. Not sure about this source though, so definitely in the rumour category for now…