I’m back from rain-sodden Newcastle, only to wake up in rain-sodden Adelaide. Seems like the rain follows me at the moment. Any a couple of quick things for you today. jhnygsh from Toolarmy has some autographed 13th Step vinyl for sale on Ebay at the moment. Shipping only to the US, and bidding starts at US$250. If you’re keen to get some signed vinyl that’s not Lateralus, then here’s your… Read More »Back + Goodies
According to Toolband/Army Pre-Sales for several newly announced Tool shows are happening on Friday the 20th of April. Tickets then go on sale publically the next day. In other touring news, Tool are also playing with Nine Inch Nails at the Independant Days Festival in Italy this September. Thanks to Jurden and Mattia for the tip there. Finally, it looks like Alex Grey is visiting Italy later this year. Alex… Read More »Pre Sales, Italia, COSM
Back again! It’s Maynard’s Birthday today, and while it’s not in the US, let me be (maybe) the first to say Happy Birthday. Maynard related Poll coming soon! In other slightly more exciting news, a whole bunch of new US tour dates have been released: June 5 – Greenville, SC @ Bi-Lo Center June 7 – Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum June 8 – Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena… Read More »Happy Birthday Maynard, More Tour Dates
According to Toolband.hu, it looks like Tool will be playing with Napalm Death on the Sziget Festival in Budapest in August. Hi to all our Hungarian readers! Thanks to Att for the tip Oh, and for those of you that haven’t worked it out yet, the latest post regarding Danny’s injury on Toolshed is an April Fools joke.
I presume it’s not an April Fools joke! This months newsletter seems to focus on the San Antonio curse. Check it out at Toolband/Army
According to newdawn73 from Toolarmy Tool have been confirmed as playing on the German M’era Luna Festival in August later this year. Presumably this is the first of many dates for the next European tour. Just as a slight editorial, the next lot of touring (which should include Australia and New Zealand) will quite possibly be the last tour for Tool for a while. The next chance to see Tool… Read More »Tool confrimed on German festival?
It’s been a pretty slow news week, so I thought I might share this article submitted by Andrew that talks about how Heavy Metal is seen as comfort music for bright children: “There is a perception of gifted and talented students as being into classical music and spending a lot of time reading. I think that is an inaccurate stereotype. There is literature that links heavy metal to poor academic… Read More »Metal for nerds?
For all of you who have purchased tickets for the Las Vegas shows on the upcoming Tool US Tour, I’d suggest you read this latest post on Toolband/Army: VEGAS TICKET HOLDERS…PLEASE READ THIS: Ticketmaster.com purchases: “Customers that purchased tickets for the original March shows through Ticketmaster.com will receive an email today, March 20, informing them of ticketing options for the rescheduled dates. You will have the choice of keeping your… Read More »Important Ticket Information
Maynard has been interviewed by Suicide Girls’ Daniel Epstein. A pretty interesting read, and also reveals something about the recent Big Day Out tour that may explain some alleged sub-par performances: DRE: How was touring with the Big Day Out festival in Australia? MK: It was good. I got a chance to taste some wines down there as well, but I had the flu which sucked because I couldn’t taste… Read More »Maynard on Suicide Girls
A couple of posts on Toolband/Army today, both related to the rescheduled tour. Firstly it seems that the Las Vegas shows at The Pearl have been set to the 27th and 28th of April. Good news for you Nevada Tool fans I guess. Finally some Pre-Sale dates have been released, and I know that at least one of you is very keen to know when these tickets go on sale. … Read More »Las Vegas dates, Pre-Sales