This morning a Oregon radio station revealed that there would be a Tool date at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene on the 9th of March. Another source has suggested that this is legit and that further dates (at least in California and Washington) should be announced soon. Dates will all be before the Mexican shows. No word on how extensive this tour will be, but my guess is it’ll be a short West Coast one rather than a full blown tour.
In other, presumably related news, Blair has posted on Toolband an account of some happenings on January 17 in the past and suggested that on this date he will also have some news to share. Seeing as he mentioned California I’m assuming it’s related to the tour dates:
I was abruptly reminded of the 20th anniversary of the Northridge earthquake (January 17, 1994) at 5:26 this morning when a minor quake centered about two miles west of Studio City once again rattled my bookcases. At the time of the Northridge ‘shaker’, I was VERY close to the epicenter and (hopefully) will never forget the destruction that it caused. I had planned on registering with the Writer’s Guild a screenplay that I wrote about the mystery of Berenger Sauniere and Rennes-le-Chateau that very day (because of the January 17th date), but as the fates would have it, that didn’t happen. With this morning’s little wake up call, I need to keep reminding myself that it’s currently sunny and 86 degrees here in the Valley. (Oh, in case you’re wondering, the world famous Baked Potato wasn’t damaged.) And being that it is January 17, there’s something other than southern California earthquakes that I wanted to share with you…
