APC Tour 2018 discussion (includes spoilers!)

[Ettan]

Thanks for the title, Ziggy

So far my list of shows i'll attend is looking like this:

June 5 - Sweden
June 13/14 - UK
June 16 - Netherlands
June 24 - Belgium

Lots of traveling all around Europe, i'm very very hyped. Will document my travels and share with you all later.

Let's do this!

[the chill]

^Fucking awesome Ettan! I would really like to visit all of those places.

I am going to the Santa Barbara show with a lady friend, “she’s not my special lady friend”, well we are hooking up, but not making a love child like The Big Lebowski. Anyways, that was a lot of unnecessary info, but I have still yet to buy tickets to the Santa Barbara show so if anybody or you know anybody that has tickets to sell let me know, please and thank you. I would rather buy from somebody here over scalper sites. My lady friend has never seen APC live, but she has seen Tool. Very stoked for the venue, as the capacity shown on Wikipedia is only 2k seats, and so a great venue for her first show.

[lukas]

according to setlist.fm they played a bunch of the new songs live yesterday. curious to read some opinions on the new stuff. anyone?

[children]

I was at the Tucson show last night. They killed it!

Loved hearing Doomed, Disillusioned, and Talk Talk live. Hearing the other new songs for the first time ever live was awesome too.

They opened with Eat the Elephant which was beautiful, then went right into Disillusioned which was amazing.

Played several old songs, then played Talk Talk, The Contrarian, Hourglass, So Long, and Thanks for All Fish with some old songs mixed in between and then closed with The Doomed.

Eat the Elephant is kind of an intro song like Annihilation on Emotive, so some people may not be excited for that but the other three songs we haven't heard yet I think people should get excited for. At least in a live setting they made me really want to hear this album. I really don't get people who are complaining about APC. They kick ass, and anybody who thinks otherwise has not experienced them live.

[ziggy23]

June 5 - Sweden
June 12/13/14 - UK
June 16 - Netherlands
June 24 - Belgium

6 concerts
congratulations, you lucky bastard:)
Rock on!

[xZ1mM3r]

APC at Coachella. Full Setlist

[Kittaan]

I was at the Tucson show last night. They killed it!

I really don't get people who are complaining about APC. They kick ass, and anybody who thinks otherwise has not experienced them live.

Seeing them tomorrow night and looking forward to it. I agree, (and Puscifer much, much more), you have to see them live.

Did you miss Iha?

[nousername]

San Jose show kicked ass. Band sounded great. Stage production is ever evolving, getting pretty big at this point. Bigger than last year, which already was starting to get more flashy. Visualizer type screens, spinning stage lights of various colors, etc. Greg Edwards was a good fit, sounded and played excellent. He stood on a pedestal to left side of the stage just like James Iha. He didn't leave it either like Iha. Interesting, wonder if it is a coincidence or a requirement? Anyway lots of new songs were played. Which is expected, pretty much any time Maynard tours a new album, the setlist heavily relies on new material. New songs sounded great in a live setting. Had an awesome time. Glad to live in an area that is a good market for APC.

[Kittaan]

I was in SJ last night too, with some friends. Definitely enjoyed the show, but they were done by 10:30 - way too early, and no encore, not even a fake one. (Many people were yelling ‘Fuck You Maynard’ . Beta Machine started well before 8:00, missed most of their set unfortunately. Looooong intermission while APC set up.

They played most of the new album peppered throughout the show, interspersed with material from the other 3. MJK kind of apologized for playing so much new material and thanked us for helping them work it out. For me, the old songs far outstripped the new ones, with a couple of exceptions. I got more into the songs they’ve already released more than the tracks that were completely new to me, so I’m sure at least some of them will come more into focus once I absorb the album. I never got my hands on the leak, and that’s just as well.

@Tyson - Interesting to read your review, looking forward to hearing it more now.

As Nousername mentioned, sound was good, I liked the venue. Stage and lighting/screens were very well done and had a great arc to the show, as expected. Maynard sounded outstanding and very engaged. The whole band was really good. Still missing Freese, but that’s likely more sentimental as Friedl is a great drummer.

More later. Gotta run.

There was a serious phone/recording policy that was hammered in multiple ways (audio loop, signs everywhere). It was very successful, I saw zero screens the whole show. Even though I like to snag a few pics at a show, I found it very refreshing and just left my phone in my pocket for once.

[nxrm]

Saturday, November 17th - Honda Center - Anaheim, CA

[Ettan]

Winter tour in Europe is real:

Hmmm.. I might go to a few more. Why not

[hellboy]

Wouldn't surprise me to hear Aussie dates get announced for November as well.

Actually maybe not, seems there are US dates then as well:

October 20 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
October 22 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
October 24 Austin, TX Austin 360 Amphitheatre
October 29 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
October 30 Orlando, FL CFE Arena
November 1 Charlotte, NC Bojangles’ Coliseum
November 2 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
November 6 New York, NY The Theater at Madison Square Garden
November 17 Anaheim, CA The Theatre at Honda Center
November 18 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Chelsea
November 20 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre

December 2 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow Academy
December 3 Manchester, UK Victoria Warehouse
December 5 London, UK SSE Arena Wembley
December 7 Antwerp, Belgium Lotto Arena
December 13 Hamburg, Germany Sporthalle Hamburg
December 15 Kraków, Poland Tauron Arena Kraków
December 16 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadhalle
December 18 Milan, Italy Mediolanum Forum
December 19 Rome, Italy Palalottomatica

2019 it is then!

[Ettan]

Hopefully they''ll squeeze in some Aussie dates for you guys down under!

December 7 Antwerp, Belgium Lotto Arena

I'll most likely go to this one as my friend lives in Antwerp.

[brewdog123]

atlanta, fox theater, makes me tingle

[M0G]

Wouldn't surprise me to hear Aussie dates get announced for November as well.

Actually maybe not, seems there are US dates then as well:

October 20 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
October 22 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
October 24 Austin, TX Austin 360 Amphitheatre
October 29 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
October 30 Orlando, FL CFE Arena
November 1 Charlotte, NC Bojangles’ Coliseum
November 2 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
November 6 New York, NY The Theater at Madison Square Garden
November 17 Anaheim, CA The Theatre at Honda Center
November 18 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Chelsea
November 20 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre

December 2 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow Academy
December 3 Manchester, UK Victoria Warehouse
December 5 London, UK SSE Arena Wembley
December 7 Antwerp, Belgium Lotto Arena
December 13 Hamburg, Germany Sporthalle Hamburg
December 15 Kraków, Poland Tauron Arena Kraków
December 16 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadhalle
December 18 Milan, Italy Mediolanum Forum
December 19 Rome, Italy Palalottomatica

2019 it is then!

This is terrible news. Look at those dates you tell me when Maynard will get in the studio with Tool??? Fuck APC and Eat the Elephant

[xZ1mM3r]

Wouldn't surprise me to hear Aussie dates get announced for November as well.

Actually maybe not, seems there are US dates then as well:

October 20 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
October 22 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater
October 24 Austin, TX Austin 360 Amphitheatre
October 29 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre
October 30 Orlando, FL CFE Arena
November 1 Charlotte, NC Bojangles’ Coliseum
November 2 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
November 6 New York, NY The Theater at Madison Square Garden
November 17 Anaheim, CA The Theatre at Honda Center
November 18 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Chelsea
November 20 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre

December 2 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow Academy
December 3 Manchester, UK Victoria Warehouse
December 5 London, UK SSE Arena Wembley
December 7 Antwerp, Belgium Lotto Arena
December 13 Hamburg, Germany Sporthalle Hamburg
December 15 Kraków, Poland Tauron Arena Kraków
December 16 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadhalle
December 18 Milan, Italy Mediolanum Forum
December 19 Rome, Italy Palalottomatica

2019 it is then!

This is terrible news. Look at those dates you tell me when Maynard will get in the studio with Tool??? Fuck APC and Eat the Elephant

First date is about 6 months away.... Couple festival shows between now and then. But i dont see why he couldnt be working with them leading into the APC Fall tour.

[lukas]

mjk repeatedly said there won't be any more tool shows this year so stop whining. these dates do not delay the tool album process in any way

[Kittaan]

But where’s the fun if you’re not overreacting?

[tys0n]

Ah man, no new Puscifer album!

[hellboy]

This is terrible news. Look at those dates you tell me when Maynard will get in the studio with Tool??? Fuck APC and Eat the Elephant

Maynard has already made it clear that he won't be doing his vocals in studio with Tool. He'll do them in Arizona, most likely during the harvest.

[M0G]

This is terrible news. Look at those dates you tell me when Maynard will get in the studio with Tool??? Fuck APC and Eat the Elephant

Maynard has already made it clear that he won't be doing his vocals in studio with Tool. He'll do them in Arizona, most likely during the harvest.

Harvest is September Tool will likely be done minus vocals by the end of June...if Maynard didn't do this half ass APC album we would have a new Tool album this year. Fuck Maynard. #ReplaceJimmy #ToolInstrumental

[Ettan]

REDACTED

From last night, straight from Maynard himself. @ericmatisoff @AppleMusic @aperfectcircle My work is done. Words, melodies. Waiting on them to track. Then I can finish. Can’t track to music that isn’t recorded.

— Maynard J Keenan (@mjkeenan)

[M0G]

MOG get the fuck out the thread and take it in The Grudge. You spread nothing but negativity.

From last night, straight from Maynard himself. @ericmatisoff @AppleMusic @aperfectcircle My work is done. Words, melodies. Waiting on them to track. Then I can finish. Can’t track to music that isn’t recorded.

— Maynard J Keenan (@mjkeenan)

I am gonna let this one slide and take it easy on you. Do you see me telling people to get the fuck out of a thread because of a difference of opinion? I think Maynard is an arrogant, hypocritical, disingenuous jerk who has been talking out of his ass recently taking swipes at Tool fans, his Tool band mates, and coming off as a houlier than thou prick who doesn't practice what he preaches. If you don't like that position I don't give a fuck. Hopefully that clears things up. Good talk

[tys0n]

@AppleMusic?

Hmmm, reminds me of an incident with U2

[Ettan]

@MOG

Point taken. Came off too mean, apologies.