Tool Announces 2020 Spring Tour

Tool, who recently won Best Metal Performance at the 62nd Grammy Awards® (“7empest”), has added an extensive spring tour in North America with support by Blonde Redhead (April 16 – May 5) and The Acid Helps (May 29 – June 23, except Bonnaroo performance). The 27-city trek kicks off on April 16 in Miami and includes their debut performance at Orlando’s Amway Center on Friday, April 17. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 28 at 10 a.m. EST.

A limited number of VIP packages are available exclusively to Tool Army members via Toolband.com/vip-package beginning this Wednesday, February 26 at 10 a.m. EST. Visit ToolBand.com for more information.

The tour news arrives as the Los Angeles-based band wraps up a sold out Australasian tour with back-to-back sold out performances at Auckland’s Spark Arena, happening later this week. The Sydney Morning Herald described the live offering as “an immersive art-rock experience that forced you to feel a little of everything. It was an intricate collage of light, sound and imagery.” The Fear Inoculum Tour, which has seen the band performing in some cities for the first time in over a decade, has received widespread accolades–Los Angeles Times called it, “impeccable,” the Chicago Tribune described the performances as “a twisting multimedia rollercoaster of a concert” and The Arizona Republic hailed the shows as “a visually breathtaking night of dystopian art-rock spectacle.”

“Fear Inoculum” released on August 30, following years of great anticipation. The album debuted at number one on Billboard’s Top 200, shattering sales and radio records, while also earning widespread critical praise. NPR said, “Fear Inoculum was worth the 13-year wait,” The Atlantic declared the release as “precise and devastating,” Revolver dubbed the 10-track album “a masterpiece that will be dissected for years to come” and Consequence of Sound said, “Fear Inoculum finds Tool in peak performance.”

Tool formed in 1990, releasing four multi-platinum studio albums: “Undertow” (1993), “Ænima” (1996), “Lateralus” (2001), “10,000 Days” (2006); two extended plays: “72826” (1991) and “Opiate” (1992) and the limited-edition boxset, “Salival” (2000). The band has won four Grammy Awards®–Best Metal Performance (“Ænima”/1998), Best Metal Performance (“Schism”/2002), Best Recording Package (“10,000 Days”/2007) and Best Metal Performance (“7empest”/2020). Tool is Danny Carey (drums), Justin Chancellor (bass), Adam Jones (guitar) and Maynard James Keenan (vocals).

2020 U.S. Spring Tour Dates

April 16 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
April 17 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
April 19 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
April 21 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
April 22 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena
April 24 – Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms Arena
April 25 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 28 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
April 29 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
May 01 – Wilkes Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena
May 02 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Centre
May 04 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center
May 05 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
May 29 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
May 31 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
June 02 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
June 04 – Winnipeg, MB @ Bell MTS Place
June 06 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
June 07 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center
June 09 – Madison, WI @ Kohl Center
June 10 – Moline, IL @ TaxSlayer Center
June 12 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Festival
June 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
June 16 – Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
June 17 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Center
June 19 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Broadmoor World Arena
June 22 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
June 23 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center