Tool are a band from Los Angeles California. This section of Fourtheye contains all the latest Tool news and rumours.
The April 2017 Tool newsletter is out, and it pretty much reinforced the previous post where Danny hoses down album speculation: WTF!!! Are you serious? How in the world could anyone – even the most desperate Tool enthusiast make such an incredible leap? I’ve received email over the years from people who have included a 20 page treatise on the true meaning behind “Lateralus†when the song tracks are re-arranged… Read More »Tool April 2017 Newsletter
Here’s a report from the Baked Potato tonight where Fourtheye reader nxrm had the chance to chat with Danny Carey: I went to The Baked Potato tonight and caught the first set of the Doug Webb Allstars. During the break I was fortunate to talk with Danny, and I asked him how high Tool fans must be to think the band would be releasing a new album prior to this… Read More »Danny hoses down suggestions of a Tool album in June
Most of us already knew that a San Bernadino show was coming, but Tool have made a big announcement this morning telling us that the support acts for this gig will include both The Melvins and Primus as well as Live DJ Sets from The Crystal Method + a yet to be announced guest. Sounds like a great event – this time around there doesn’t appear to be a VIP… Read More »Tool announce huge San Bernadino show
Tool have added a Pennsylvania show to their tour for the 25th of May. Â It’ll be held at the Giant Center in Hersey, PA. Â Tickets will go on sale this Saturday, with VIP tickets available to Toolarmy members a few days before. Â The ticket details are much the same as the other shows. No word on the San Bernadino show yet – hopefully some good news on that front in… Read More »Tool add Pennsylvania show on May 25
There was a rumour yesterday on Reddit of a Tool show in San Bernadino, California, with the likely venue being the San Manuel Ampitheater.  Today on Toolband Blair has posted a photo of the area with the label “Tool 06-24” which on the surface of things would appear to confirm June 24th as the date. Hopefully we’ll get confirmation of it soon.  I suspect this will possibly be the final date… Read More »Tool San Bernadino show on the cards?
Three more Tool dates have been added to their jaunt in June, with Nampa, ID, San Jose and Sacramento, CA featured. As usual they have some VIP tickets available to Toolarmy (and non-Toolarmy) members. Â Details are below: NEW TOOL SHOW DATES INFO NEW TOOL SHOWS AND VIP PACKAGES Tickets for the following shows will be on-sale FRIDAY, APRIL 7 at 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME. VIP Packages Pre-sale for TOOLARMY MEMBERS… Read More »Tool Idaho and California dates added
In some completely legit news, former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar has joined Tool overnight: In an effort to nudge things forward in what seems to be an endless music writing process, Maynard James Keenan has enlisted the help of Sammy Hagar to temporarily replace him as the vocalist for the slow moving internationally recognized rock monster truck, Tool. “There seems to be this invisible speed limit we’ve been holding… Read More »Sammy Hagar joins Tool
Yesterday I saw an article on Bloomberg regarding Tool being in discussion with streaming services to get their material onto Spotify, Apple Music, etc. Â The article tells us: The rock band Tool is in talks to make its catalog available on streaming services in time for the release of its first album in more than a decade, according to people with knowledge of the matter, marking the end of another… Read More »Tool in discussions with streaming services?
Adam Jones shared a cute photo today from the new/temporary/renovated? Loft today of Tool’s new “engineer” at work: ~ *our new engineer 👶ðŸ½â¤ï¸ðŸŽ¼ðŸ’£ #TOOL #theboy A post shared by Adam Jones (@adamjones_tv) on Mar 22, 2017 at 2:47pm PDT Before everyone goes and get’s too excited, I’m not suggesting Tool are actually recording at the moment – there’s still no indication Maynard is done with his bits yet, and personally… Read More »Tool’s new “engineer”
As expected more Tool dates have been announced, including a show at The Gorge and Vancouver as rumoured. Â There’s also a few other Canadian dates which will please local fans: DATES AND LINKS – June 9: St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center (on-sale at 11am) TICKETS – June 12: Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome TICKETS – June 13: Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place TICKETS – June 15: Vancouver, BC… Read More »Northwest Tool dates announced