According to The Pulse:

Adrian Belew wraps up his conceptual trilogy in Side Three on the Sanctuary Records imprint, getting muddy and funky with guests Les Claypool of Primus, Danny Carey of Tool, and King Crimson bandmate, Robert Fripp.

In never really heard much of Side One and Two, though I’ve been told they’re pretty good, and Danny drumming as usual is amazing.

Aphex0 on Toolarmy says it will be out on the 18th of April.  Here are some details for you all

There’s been some requests for time conversions around the world in relation to Triple J is playing of the new Tool single Vicarious. Well, rather than listening to people bitch about how hard it is to convert, or how lazy they are, here are some common time conversions. If you live somewhere else in the world, go here and work it out for yourself:

• Nairobi, Kenya – Monday, April 18, 2006 at 2:00:00 AM
• Tijuana, Mexico – Monday, April 17, 2006 at 4:00:00 PM
• Islamabad, Pakistan – Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 4:00:00 AM
• Kuwait City, Kuwait – Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 2:00:00 AM
• Reykjavic, Iceland – Monday, April 17, 2006 at 11:00:00 PM
• Malabo, Equatorial Guinea – Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 12:00:00 Midnight

So there you have it, sorry if I missed your town….

Blair on Toolband/Army has confirmed that Tool will be playing in Japan on the 12th of August in Osaka and the 13th of August in Tokyo. I think the Osaka date is part of the Summersonic Festival, but I’m not sure if the Tokyo show is also part of this, or a standalone Tool show. Hopefully Australian dates are coming soon…..

Blair also confirmed that the German show in Berlin has been moved from the Columbiahalle to the Arena Treptow. Check Tool’s tour page for official details.

Finally, Toolbelt on Toolnavy tells us that Tool are booked to play three nights in LA on the 7th, 8th and 9th of September. No official confirmation on this yet, but it’s safe to say Tool will most likely be doing an extensive US tour around that time anyway.

Schism has been plugging a New York City Tool cover band who are celebrating the release of 10,000 Days:

Are you a TOOL fan? SCHISM – NYC’ s only TOOL tribute band (nationally touring for 5 years strong) would like to invite you to this unprecedented event on May 5th at the world famous BB Kings in the heart of Times Square.

Buy tickets for this mega celebration for the release of TOOL’s NEW ALBUM 10,000 Days for JUST ONE DOLLAR (until April 15th).

We are a group of guys like you who love and embrace the magic, mystery, and power that is TOOL and want to share it with like minded people. This an ALL AGES SHOW which is great because in the past we’ve had to turn people away due to age. Combined with special effects and a multimedia show, we bring you the TOOL xperience.

Click here (or copy and paste into your URL window) – http://www.bbkingblues.com/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=3445 – to BUY TICKETS FOR ONE DOLLAR for the 10,000 Days celebration.

visit our site at www.toolbandnyc.com

Mention Fourtheye and get a nickel off the entry fee

Bennet tells me that Utopia in Sydney will also be holding a midnight sale for 10,000 Days on at 12:01 on April 29.  If you’re in Sydney, and need a 10,000 Days fix that bad, be there!

If anyone has any tips on other Australian (or anywhere) locations that are also having midnight sales, let me know and I’ll start a list.

Madkilkor on Toolnavy brings us some highlights of a Tool interview in French magazine Rock Hard.

• They didn’t gave titles during the listening session, because the weren’t sure about them at the time. Yet Adam mentions “lost keys” and “rosetta”.
• “Lost keys” is “the introduction to “rosetta”".
• Maynard was there at the beginning of the writing process, than left before coming back. Adam says that it’s better than for Lateralus (Maynard only came when all the songs were already written), but he hopes Maynard will be here all the time for the next album.
• How Adam would define Tool : “there are a lot of maths, it’s heavy and you’re not gonna like it.”
• There is no DVD in the works. There were plans, but they prefered to make a new album. The new album and the tour are the priorities.
• They love France.
• The set for the tour will be sober, at least for the first shows.
• The album is their most personnal, it’s “coming from the guts”. Some usual rant about how Bush is stupid and how the album is about frustration. But Danny adds that the approach to politics in Tool is different from the one of APC, they don’t want to adopt a close political discourse which would be fast outdated.
• The reviewer says that Danny is more busy than ever on the drums. Danny answers that he’s not looking to play a lot of notes but wants to densify the sonic space and to dynamise the music, but that nevertheless the king in the movie Amadeus would say about his playing : “Too many notes!”.
• APC is over.
• They would like to get rid of labels and to do everything by themselves, and they think artists will be able to do so soon.
• They don’t take themselves seriously at all.

Some of the translation there is a bit rough I think, but you get the idea. Bye Bye APC!

This one courtesy of kyyuulle of Toolnavy.

This one seems to be cropped a bit on the right.  If/When I get a better image I’ll post it.

There’s some speculation as to what it is, it’s been alleged it’s either the Ark of the Covenant or a 57′ Chevy.  Feel free to speculate below.

It’s been confirmed that Triple J will be playing Tool’s new song Vicarious at 9:00am EST on Tuesday the 18th of April. Dedicated Tool fans will have probably heard the song by then, but it’s good to see Australian radio (one station at least) picking up the song. Triple J streams over the internet, so overseas listeneds can tune in via their website.

According to Mort (sorry!), Triple J have also confirmed that there will be a Tool interview coming soon.

Several people sent me some links to these images, supposedly from the 10,000 Days liner notes:

Looks good to me, and considering that would appear to be Maynard in one of the, presumably legitimate. It’s also stereoscopic if you’re eyes can cope with that.

Thanks to Grimface on Toolnavy for the info.  Thanks also to Darkmoogle for some tips regarding the ordering of the photos.  Check he comments below for some more details.
And one last thing, a couple of you may wonder why your comments containing links to these pics didn’t appear, that’s because all comments with URL’s are automaticlly required to be moderated. So if you happen to post while I’m away from the computer, expect a short delay. Thanks for the posts though!

Elgyn on Toolnavy directed me to this website which says:

Thursday 20 April 2006 THE DRIVE-THRU 17:00-19:00 with Andrew Yule

Thursday 20 April Andrew Yule has a laid back chat with Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor of TOOL on the Drive Thru (5pm – 7pm). The boys talk about their new album (due out in May) and reflect on the band’s new found standing as the elder statesmen of rock/metal.

I’m guessing this is a US radio station, most likely in LA, so make sure you tune in. Feel free to request a Tool tune in my name as well, since that’ll be my Birthday.

Edit: It’s a Melbourne radio station, maybe the same one that “played” 10,000 Days last night.  LOL