TOOL Announces Fall 2023 North American Tour

TOOL returns to the road this fall, expanding on its recently announced festival appearances (Power Trip, Aftershock and Louder Than Life) with an additional six weeks of performances, including the band’s first Canadian dates since 2019.

The tour announcement follows TOOL's debut live performances of 2023, headlining both Welcome To Rockville and the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival in recent weeks.

Tickets for all non-festival shows are on-sale this Friday, June 9 at 10 a.m. local time. In advance of the forthcoming on-sale, TOOL Army has opened additional memberships, with pre-sale tickets available exclusively to members on June 8 at 10 a.m. local time. A limited number of VIP packages will also be initially available to TOOL Army members, with remaining options, including premium tickets, soundcheck access, exclusive merchandise and more, available to the general public as the on-sale begins on June 9.

TOOL tour dates:

Sep. 22 - Louisville, KY Louder Than Life Festival
Oct. 3 - Loveland, CO Budweiser Event Center
Oct. 6 - Sacramento, CA Aftershock Festival
Oct. 8 - Indio, CA Power Trip
Oct. 10 - Salt Lake City, UT Delta Center
Oct. 12 - Idaho Falls, ID Mountain America Center
Oct. 14 - Nampa, ID Ford Idaho Center
Oct. 15 - Spokane, WA Spokane Arena
Oct. 17 - Eugene, OR Matthew Knight Center
Oct. 19 - Portland, OR Moda Center
Oct. 20 - Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
Oct. 22 - Kelowna, BC Prospera Place Arena
Oct. 23 - Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
Oct. 25 - Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
Oct. 27 - Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
Oct. 29 - Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Center
Oct. 31 - St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Nov. 1 - Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum
Nov. 3 - Knoxville, TN Thompson-Boiling Arena
Nov. 4 - Charleston, WV Charleston Coliseum
Nov. 6 - Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
Nov. 7 - Allentown, PA PPL Center
Nov. 10 - Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Nov. 13 - Manchester, NH SNHU Arena
Nov. 15 - Boston, MA TD Garden
Nov. 16 - Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Nov. 19 - Montreal, QC Bell Center
Nov. 20 - Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
Nov. 21 - Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena

Quite possibly the era's most highly anticipated album, TOOL's latest LP, "Fear Inoculum", arrived in August of 2019. Debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200, the album earned heaps of critical praise with NPR saying, "'Fear Inoculum' was worth the 13-year wait," Revolver proclaiming the album "a masterpiece to be dissected for years to come" and Consequence saying the release finds "TOOL in peak performance."

Last year, TOOL released "Opiate2", a re-imagined and extended version of the 1992 EP's title track and an accompanying short film, marking the band's first new video in 15 years. The band also unveiled the first incarnation of "Fear Inoculum" vinyl, dubbed the Ultra Deluxe edition, the limited offering included five 180-gram vinyl discs emblazoned with a unique etching and accompanied by an elaborate pictorial booklet including never-before-seen artwork.

TOOL formed in 1990, releasing five studio albums: "Undertow" (1993),"Ænima" (1996),"Lateralus" (2001),"10,000 Days" (2006) and "Fear Inoculum" (2019); two EPs: "72826" (1991) and "Opiate" (1992),and the limited-edition boxset "Salival" (2000). The band has won four Grammy Awards: "Best Metal Performance" (1998, "Ænima"),"Best Metal Performance" (2002, "Schism"),"Best Recording Package" (2007, "10,000 Days") and "Best Metal Performance" (2020, "7empest").

TOOL is Danny Carey (drums),Justin Chancellor (bass),Adam Jones (guitar) and Maynard James Keenan (vocals).

Photo credit: Travis Shinn