I’ve had it suggested to me by several people that Tool are “past it”, or “irrelevant”, or that certain members of the band are no longer into it. It has also been mentioned that recent live performances have been sub-par. Personally i don’t know that I agree with all of this, but this week I ask the controversial question – should Tool call it a day?
Toolshed are reporting that the lineup for the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee was leaked last night, and that Tool were on the lineup. If this is true then it should be confirmed in the next few days. As I wrote this message, it seems these tour dates were announced on Toolband: 3/31 Baton Rouge, LA @ River Center 4/2 Pensacola, FL @ Pensacola Civic Center 4/3 Tallahassee, FL @ Leon… Read More »Tool At Bonnaroo?
The Grammy’s have been announced, and it appears that Tool have won one, and lost the other. They (really Adam) won the award for Best Recording Package for 10,000 Days, but were beaten by Wolfmother(!) for the Best Hard Rock Performance. Thanks to Stoney8 from Toolarmy for the tip. Let the Grammy bashing commence!
Justin spoke with Launch Radio Networks recently and had this to say about the upcoming US tour: “Actually, we’re kind of playing places that we didn’t play last year, so I don’t think, it won’t be, like, completely different songs, you know,” he said. “It won’t be a completely different thing, but it will be slightly more evolved. I mean, it naturally evolves as we go through time, you know.”… Read More »Justin on the Upcoming US Tour
Vuduchild comes to the rescue again with links to the recent NZ TV Danny and Maynard interview on Youtube. There’s also a bit of live footage there too, which surprises me. Would be great to see more of that…. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_dnEBxucAo&eurl= Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwelmcumSK4 Can you spot the Fourtheye connection? Update: These movies have been removed from Youtube. If anyone thought to download them before the disappeared, then let… Read More »Danny & Maynard on NZ TV
Vuduchild messaged me today and told me about this Tool collection up on Ebay. It seems to be pretty extensive and includes a Signed Lateralus Vinyl, Aenima Vinyl and much more. It is an Australia item and the starting bid is $2500 with a Buy it Now price of $4500. Instant collection I guess!
Tool Radio hosted by Justin Chancellor last Saturday can be streamed from the Triple J website. Check it out if you missed the live broadcast. NJM from alt.music.tool reckons he heard on Triple J that there will be a Tool interview on Full Metal Racket tonight. I can’t confirm this anywhere on the site, but if you want to tune in anyway, the show starts at 10pm tonight.
A few items here that I’ve neglected to post in the last few days. Firstly two more Tool shows have been confirmed for the US Tour. These are in Oklahoma City on the 29th of March and Southhaven on the 30th of March. No details on pre-sales at this stage. Here’s the list of confirmed dates so far: 2007 15 Mar Las Vegas NV US The Pearl   2007 16… Read More »New Shows, Chet Zar, Lustmord
Todays picture is not as exciting as the last few. It’s a setup shot which shows the techs setting up Tool’s video screens. Interesting, though as I said in my review, I’m not sure they got it 100% right.