TOUR NEWS : Tool Announces Australian & NZ Tour in 2020

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Presented by: Frontier Touring

Yes folks, the most anticipated rock tour of 2020 is confirmed!

Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce the return of triple Grammy® award-winning Californian rockers Tool, performing in arenas across Australia and New Zealand in February 2020.

Their first shows in both countries in six years. The tour comes off the back of the band’s critically acclaimed fifth studio album, their first new record in 13 years and incredible #1 ARIA Album Fear Inoculum.

Currently on a mammoth 26-date tour in the USA, Danny Carey (drums), Justin Chancellor (bass), Adam Jones (guitar) and Maynard James Keenan’s (vocals) ground-breaking live show sees a band at the top of their powers. Their immersive live visual experience is as brilliant as the band’s music itself, and a concert event not to be missed.

Tool first formed in 1990 and have released four prior multi-platinum studio albums; Undertow (1993), Ænima (1996), Lateralus (2001) and 10,000 Days (2006); two EPs: 72826 (1991) and Opiate (1992) and the limited-edition boxset Salival (2000).

Released in August 2019, Fear Inoculum debuted at #1 in Australia and New Zealand (the band’s third consecutive #1 album in both countries) with the #1 debut position also in Canada, Norway, and Belgium. In the USA, the band knocked Taylor Swift off the top spot and sold 270,000 units in its first week alone. Critics were united in praise, Rolling Stone describing Fear Inoculum as: “A formal masterpiece that should stand the test of time.”

Tour Dates:

Friday 14th February 2020 - RAC Arena | Perth, WA (All Ages) ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Monday 17th February 2020 - Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW (All Ages) ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Thursday 20th February 2020 - Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD (All Ages) ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Saturday 22nd February 2020 - Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC (All Ages) ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Friday 28th February 2020 Spark Arena | Auckland, NZ (All Ages) ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999

Ticket Sales:

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE (Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 20th November 2019 (2pm local time)

or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted) via www.frontiertouring.com/tool

GENERAL PUBLIC ON-SALE

Begins: Friday 22nd November 2019 (2pm local time)

Other Links:

Listen to Fear Inoculum

‘Fear Inoculum is a transcendent return’ – SPIN

‘Maynard is a joy to watch. The light, laser and video show is something else … At times spectacular, the visuals are the perfect accompaniment… Could other bands be this adventurous in 2019 and succeed to this extent?’ - LA Weekly

‘The visuals were provocative, with laser lights and an LED screen featuring a variety of videos – foetuses, aliens, skeletons, emaciated figures, insects, water, and fire – in line with the band’s romanticising of doom and destruction’ - Entertainment Voice

‘Absolutely gobsmacking’ – Kerrang!

‘The draw of the performance … was the chance to hear the group’s intricate, multi-movement songs at a pulverising volume that still had shape and detail thanks to an impeccable live mix’  

-Los Angeles Times

‘They’re so solid as a unit and at times it’s like watching a magician perform a magic trick. How do they do it?’ – Daily News

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