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Si emailed me today an interview that Justin has done recently with the New Zealand Herald. The article itself is in regards to their appearance on the Big Day Out Festival, but Justin drops several hints about the new album: “But we all come up with stuff on our own, and probably for the first six months we just share our ideas with each other, spending hours dithering around. So… Read More »Justin talks about the new album
In a short and to the point post on Toolband Blair confirmed the Big Day Out dates for Tool, however has made no mention of any side shows: BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL DATES Jan 21 – Auckland Jan 23 – Gold Coast Jan 26 – Sydney Jan 30 – Melbourne Feb 4 – Adelaide Feb 6 – Perth I still expect sideshow to be announced, the question is when. As soon… Read More »Blair confirms Big Day Out, no news on sideshows
The Big Day Out for 2011 have been announced and Tool are officially headlining the Big Day Out in 2011! Other acts include Rammstein, Deftones, Grinderman, Iggy & The Stooges, Andrew WK and more. Hopefully some more details will be available soon! Here’s the announcement video: Update: The Big Day Out dates are as below: Friday 21st January – Auckland, New Zealand Sunday 23rd January – Parklands, Gold Coast (tickets… Read More »The results are in….
Ganjalf pointed me towards a couple of cool Youtube videos by DunlopTV showing of Adam’s and Justin’s rigs. Great stuff and mandatory viewing for any guitar geek! Here’s Adam’s: And Justin’s: To me these videos are far more exciting than APC dates…
A few more details have come in regarding the just announced APC shows: The band itself will include Maynard, Billy, Josh Freese, James Iha and Matt McJunkins (Ashes Divide, Puscifer). According to a recent Rolling Stone interview (more on that later) Paz, Troy and Jeordie have also been invited and may appear at some shows. Live Nation has dates up for the Las Vegas shows (the 20th and 21st of… Read More »More A Perfect Circle show details
…to be an A Perfect Circle fan according to Billy’s Myspace page. Combined with a Facebook update of “Stay Tuned†we can only guess that tour dates will be announced then. Or perhaps just some more information regarding their plans. In other social media related news, Junior posted on Facebook just a little while ago that he’ll be working with Devo the next couple of months. Possibly importantly for us… Read More »Monday will be a good day….
There has been much speculation in the past few weeks, part of it from me about Tool playing the Big Day Out here in Australia and New Zealand in 2011. Blair has made several hints towards and Australian tour in recent newsletters, and just now the Big Day Out Facebook page has just released the following clue: One of the Big Day Out 2011 headline acts live in Los Angeles,… Read More »Tool Big Day Out rumours ramping up…
jsmodena emailed me a link to a new interview with Maynard on Spin. It’s pretty brief, but touches on upcoming recording/writing plans for both Tool and Puscifer: New music from Tool is also in the works. "They are getting together and writing," he says of bandmates drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and bassist Justin Chancellor. "I’ll be popping back into L.A. soon to check in."
Our buddies over at Salival.fr have done an interview with Tool collaborator Kevin Willis. Interesting read that I recommend you check out!
Blair’s August Tool Newsletter is now out. I’m not sure how long it’s been up since I’ve been without power for the last couple of days! I’ve only briefly read it, but it appears to revolve around an email he received from a Tool fan looking for somewhere to stay in LA. No doubt there are many codes and mysteries contained within that I expect you all to analyse and… Read More »Tool August Newsletter