According to a recent post on stubbadub Chicken Switch, the much rumoured Melvins remix album will finally see the light of day on Ipecac in September. The remixes are mainly done by a range of noise artists, so for those of you whole like hearing The Melvins rock out, this could be one to avoid. 1. Washmachine Sk8tronics – Eye Yamatsuka 2. Emperor Twaddle Remix – Christoph Heemann 3. She… Read More »Chicken Switch – The Melvins remix album
According to the Tool Hotline, two-piece rock band Tweak Bird will be supporting Tool on all the non-festival dates: The Bird Brothers are extremely excited to announce this Independence Day that we will be touring the U.S. and parts of Canada supporting TOOL! We will be playing 13 shows over three weeks so check the tour page for all the show dates. We are sure this will be a most… Read More »Tweakbird to support Tool
gnjasmkr send me a link today for an interesting item on Ebay. It is a copy of 10,000 Days on red vinyl. I’ve never seen one of these personally, and will presume it’s some kind of bootleg for now, but it begs the question – is the “big thing” a release of 10,000 Days on vinyl? Edit: Link fixed!
Straight from The Melvins Myspace page: July 24 2009 Fuji Rock Festival Japan (No Down) Aug 11 2009 Showbox SoDo Seattle, Washington Aug 12 2009 Roseland Portland Aug 14 2009 The Grand Ballroom San Francisco, California Aug 15 2009 Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, California Aug 16 2009 House Of Blues San Diego Aug 18 2009 House Of Blues Anaheim, California Aug 19 2009 House Of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada Aug… Read More »Melvins Tour Dates Confirmed
Blair has released the latest Tool newsletter on Toolband/Army. This time around he talks about a recent trip to Area 51 to capture some new footage for Rosetta Stoned. Other than that there’s nothing much there in regards to Tool information. One for Blair fans only.
Adam sent me an email today to let me know that tickets for Tool‘s Kingston gig in Canada are still available: Tickets for Kingston show went on sale June 27 at 10:00am. Just checked venue site http://www.k-rockcentre.com/ at 10:50pm June 30 , still GA available and I’m assuming killer seats. Let everyone know!! Not on sale through Ticketbastard! For those of you still deciding when and where to see Tool,… Read More »Kingston Tickets Still Available
A few things came across my desk today, none of which are particularly exciting and warrant their own post. Firstly, there’s a set of gig posters from the last Tool tour up on Ebay. Located in the UK, the complete set starts at £100, or you can buy it now for £200. Next up Blair‘s Myspace page has a few interesting photo’s added recently, the most interesting of which is… Read More »Stuff that you might be interested in
I found this earlier on today which outlines Down‘s touring schedule for the summer. As previously reported, The Melvins will be the support act for this tour: August 3rd Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club August 6th Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre (feat. Voivod) August 7th Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Event Centre (feat. Voivod) August 8th Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall (feat. Voivod) August 10th Vancouver, BC – Commodore… Read More »Down/The Melvins US Tour Dates
Toolband/Army has confirmed that recently announced gigs at the Epicenter Festival Pomona and Kingston, Ontario. As outlined in previous posts, tickets are either already on sale or will be shortly. Good luck!
According to toolman1414 from Toolarmy: I joined the KROQ street team yesterday and not only do you get presale but the general admission tix are $10 cheaper. It starts tomorrow (10-24-09) at 10:00am for the radio presale. Password is: KROQEPICENTER This is for the Epicenter Festival in Pomona, CA on August 22nd and tickets are via Ticketmaster. Good luck getting tickets to possibly Tool‘s only West Coast gig. Update: Tickets… Read More »Pomona Pre-Sale