TOOL Announces Spring 2020 North American Tour

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TOOL, has added an extensive spring tour for North America. The tour news arrives as the Los Angeles-based band wraps up a sold-out Australasian tour, with the final two shows of the trek, back-to-back 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 with the Los Angeles Times calling it "impeccable," the Chicago Tribune describing the performances as a "twisting multimedia rollercoaster of a concert" and The Arizona Republic describing the shows as "a visually breathtaking night of dystopian art-rock spectacle." The newly announced dates are: 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 Tickets for the above dates are on sale this Friday, February 28 at 10 a.m. local time, with the exception of Sioux Falls and St. Louis which are on sale at 12 noon local time. A limited number of VIP packages are available exclusively to TOOL Army members via Toolband.com/vip-package this Wednesday, February 26 at 10 am local time. Blonde Redhead opens April 16 to May 5; The Acid Helps opens May 29 to June 23 (except Bonnaroo performance). On its current tour, TOOL has been playing two-and-a-half hour sets, with vocalist Maynard James Keenan spending the entirety avoiding the spotlight, singing mostly from the shadows, on a set of risers at the back of the stage. The setlist draws from all of TOOL's five albums, with 2019's "Fear Inoculum" and 2001's "Lateralus" getting around four songs each. TOOL's lineup continues to consist of Keenan, drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Justin Chancellor. The band is promoting "Fear Inocolum", which came out in August. TOOL was honored with a Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in late January at Staples Center in Los Angeles. TOOL was nominated for "7empest", a track from "Fear Inoculum". TOOL already had three previous Grammy Awards under its belt: "Best Metal Performance" in 1997 and 2001 for "Ænima" and "Schism", respectively, and "Best Recording Package" in 2006 for "10,000 Days".