Tool have plotted a headlining tour around their already announced festival dates in May. And with a new album wrapping up, the alt-metal veterans are sure to bring some of their first new material in years with them on the road.
The newly announced dates will span across seven cities in the US, mainly in the Southwest and Midwest, including: St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Des Moines, Iowa.
It will kick off, right after their performance at Welcome to Rockville, on May 7th in Birmingham, Alabama and wrap up with a festival date at the Chicago Open Air Festival. They'll head over to Europe for a full tour shortly after.
During their performances last year, Tool mainly played cuts off Ænima and Laterlus. "The Grudge" was their most performed song in 2018, but "Stinkfist" is their most performed track to date.
Their forthcoming album will be their first full length release since 2006's 10,000 Days! Frontman Maynard James Keenan promised earlier this year that the album will arrive “between mid May and mid July,” and that they would provide “more focused updates to follow as we progress.”
We got one update last week via the band's Facebook of an image of them posing with producer Joe Baressi and engineer Bob Ludwig in the studio:
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Tickets will go on sale this Friday, March 15th. The tour itinerary, so far, is mapped out below!
Tool 2019 Tour Dates
05/05 – Jacksonville, FL @ Welcome To Rockville Festival
05/07 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at The BCC
05/08 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
05/10 – Hampton, VA @ Hampton Coliseum
05/11 – Concord, NC @ Epicenter Festival
05/13 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
05/14 – Kansas City, MO @ Spring Center
05/16 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
05/17 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
05/19 – Bridgeview, IL @ Chicago Open Air Festival
06/02 – Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena
06/04 – Prague, CZ @ O2 Arena
06/05 – Vienna, AT @ Wiener Stadhalle
06/07 – Nurburg, DE @ Rock Am Ring Festival
06/09 – Nuremberg, DE @ Rock Im Park Festival
06/11 – Krakow, PO @ Impact Festival at Tauron Arena
06/13 – Florence, IT @ Firenze Rocks Festival
06/16 – Donington, GB @ Download Festival
06/18 – Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
06/20 – Copenhagen, DK @ Copenhell Festival
06/25 – Zurich, CH @ Hallenstadion
06/30 – Madrid, ES @ Download Festival Spain
07/02 – Lisbon, PT @ Altice Arena
