Part 2 of the Wine Week interview with Maynard is now available on Youtube: Maynard on Wine Week part 2 An interesting interview for wine fans, Maynard talks about obviously the wine, how it effects touring, and also that he has no plans to export the wine to Australia (or presumably elsewhere).
Buzz from the Melvins was recently interviewed by the AU Review, and the results are good: AU: My first question is, are you looking forward to Soundwave and do you like coming down to Australia? B: No, I hate everything about Soundwave and I hate everything about Australia. AU: That’s good. Glad to hear someone who’s honest. Most bands just suck up. B: No I’m kidding. I’m looking forward to… Read More »Buzz talks Aussie tour
Andrew McMillen from Australian magazine called Junior recently interviewed Maynard. Maynard speaks a bout a range of issues including Tool, A Perfect Circle, Blood Into Wine and more. For those of us unable to pickup a copy of this magazine (it’s a free street press type thing) Andrew has published the full transcript here. Here’s an excerpt: I saw the Smashing Pumpkins recently. It felt like Billy [Corgan] was rushing… Read More »A conversation with Maynard James Keenan
Details have been released for the Alex & Allyson Grey show in Melbourne next year. Tickets are $70 per person for the event: For the first time in history, visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey will step foot upon Australian soil to present their radiant portfolio of visionary paintings, drawings, and multimedia to art, science and music lovers across the nation. The main event in Melbourne will take place at… Read More »Alex Grey ticket details
Blair has confirmed that there will be a Toolarmy pre-sale for both Australian side shows. Details will be posted before tickets go on sale, which is at 12:00pm on the 4th of November. Technically 12:00pm is lunchtime by the way, so I presume it’s then and not midnight. I hope this gets clarified, as I’d rather no stay up until midnight the night before unless I have to…
Blair has confirmed the two Tool solo shows in Australia next year on Toolband: CONFIRMED: JANUARY 24 – BRISBANE at ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE FEBRUARY 2 – MELBOURNE at MYER BOWL TICKETS GO ON SALE NOVEMBER 4TH. I believe the on-sale date is not the 4th of November, but will actually be the 8th as advertised on the Big Day Out site. However neither of the dates appear on Ticketmaster or Ticketek,… Read More »Tool confirm solo shows
Stumbled across a tweet today from the Big Day Out feed, which mentioned the following: VIDEO HITS are doing a 1/2 hour TOOL special this Sat night at 1.20am (technically 1.20am Sunday 31st Oct) – tune in!! #VideoHitsTV #Tool Video Hits is an Australian music show, which mainly features Top 40 type music, so will be interesting to see what actually appears. I guess it’ll just be their videos, but… Read More »Tool on Video Hits, A Perfect Circle on Kimmel
There’s an excellent interview with Danny on Aussie site Faster Louder this morning. He talks about preparations for the tour and touches on the new album as well: What can we expect from this Tool show that differs from the band’s previous Big Day Out appearance in 2007? Definitely different lighting features, props and visual delights I guess! Not a lot of new music but we’ll try to mix it… Read More »Danny speaks with Faster Louder
According to the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors site Alex and Allyson Grey will also be touring Australia at the same time Tool do: For the first time in history, visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey will step foot upon Australian soil to present their radiant portfolio of visionary paintings, drawings, and multimedia to art, science and music lovers across the nation.The main event in Melbourne will take place at the… Read More »Alex Grey Australian Tour
…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….