"They're not booing, they're saying Tool," no one said Sunday (3/8) at the Hard Rock in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

Tool fans reportedly were so upset the band played songs they'd performed the night before, some walked out while others booed.

Rumors of "booed off the stage," were unfounded, although Sunday's set was just 75 minutes when 90 minutes (as what occurred on Saturday) were promised and expected.

Saturday's set was 10 songs from their five album catalogue.

The set ended with "Vicarious" from 10,000 Days that hadn't been performed in nearly five years.

It was a solid set from a band headlining an all-inclusive, and expensive, weekend of heavy music in a tropical resort in the islands.

But from the beginning of Sunday's show, Tool kicked it off with "Fear Inoculum," which was the second tune they played the night before.

When Tool promoted the weekend they claimed there'd be unique setlists.

The second song Sunday was the newer "Ænema" followed by three songs the band played Saturday, in the exact order they were performed.

This led to confusion, anger, grumbling, and outrage because single-day tickets were not for sale, thus everyone who paid to attend did not want to hear any repeated songs from the previous night.

They wanted as many Tool songs during Tool's festival as they could get. The last four songs of Sunday's set had not been played on Saturday, but the bad taste was there and it turned bitter when, at the 75-minute mark, the show was over.

“Fear Inoculum,” “Jambi,” “Pneuma,” and “Rosetta Stoned” which were played on Saturday were also played on Sunday and the fans who had paid between $3k-$4k on average went to Reddit and social media to air their grievances.

In attendance was Stas Rusek, an attorney from Georgia, who is now gathering attendees of the long weekend (that also included sets from Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon and Primus) because the sets were not unique enough.

"There was a palpable sense of betrayal in the air as the show began the second night, and it lingered throughout the remainder of the weekend," Rusek who says the shows were his 27th and 28th Tool gigs.

"What it boils down to is that purchasers of the festival package were promised 'two unique sets' by Tool. While the comments on these posts argue about what 'unique' means, the reality is that the opportunity to see Tool play two unique sets, ie no repeats, was the determining factor for most attendees to pull the trigger on spending thousands of dollars to attend," Rusek told Metal Hammer.

It was just a few years ago that Metallica popularized the idea of a "no repeat weekend." The concept was to have two totally different setlists over two nights to both honor fans who wanted to see both weekend gigs, but also to encourage people to see multiple nights.

Metallica also sweetened the pot by including different opening acts each night.

This was probably in the minds of Tool fans when they bought into the exotic excursion.

Lest anyone think Metallica invented the no-repeat weekend, the groovy hippies from Phish would like a word.

In 2017 the jam band headlined a 13-night run at Madison Square Garden over 17 dates (7/21 - 8/6). Phish knocked out not just 2 or 3 unique sets, but 26, comprised of 237 different songs.

We also live in an era where a band named King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard exists. Just three years ago they played a trio of dates at the magical venue, Red Rocks. Each of the gigs were three hours long of entirely different material, and unlike Phish, all the tunes were originals.

KGLW are known for trying not to play any repeated songs each time they visit the same city.

The band finished the epic engagements by rocking out 86 tunes, over 8 hours of music, which they recorded and released as Live at Red Rocks '22. There were no repeats.

So did Tool renege on a deal when they played four songs out of nine on Sunday that they'd already rocked on Saturday?

Are sets not "unique" if they contain some songs from a previous night? It will be very interesting to hear what a judge has to say if a class action suit reaches a magistrate.

The band has yet to address the controversy, perhaps they will as the Tool tour continues south of the border with dates in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. Tickets available on their website.