Tool fans looking forward to attending tonight’s Tool concert in Adelaide might want to stay at home this evening, as promoter Frontier Entertainment have decided to postpone the show until tomorrow.
The news, left right up to the wire just hours before the show was due to kick off this evening, came after doctors for frontman Maynard James Keenan advised against him performing this evening.
No further details about Maynard’s medical condition were revealed. The rescheduled show will take place tomorrow evening instead, on Wednesday 1st May.
All tickets remain valid and as allocated and do not need to be exchanged.
If a patron is unable to attend tomorrow night, they are advised to seek a refund immediately from their original point of purchase.
Doctors for frontman Maynard James Keenan advised against him performing this evening.Taking a break from recording their hugely anticipated fifth studio album, Tool are currently on tour with dates around the country.
Enigmatic vocalist Maynard James Keenan, inventive guitarist Adam Jones, virtuoso bassist Justin Chancellor, and incomparable drummer Danny Carey are in Australia for a string of headline shows at arenas in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide.
For more than two decades Tool have been sonically breaking ground, pushing boundaries, and built up enormous critical acclaim and an equally impressive since the release of their debut EP Opiate, and four subsequent, mind-altering visions of dense, textural metal and prog-lined rock.
Tool have perfected a genre-transcending sound that can be likened to fine art, interlaced with atypical time signatures, intricate drumming patterns and a resonance with a force that awakens the senses.
But it’s been a tough seven years for Tool fans. The Californian prog-metal titans’ last release came in 2006 with 10,000 Days, and the long time between drinks have left their massive allegiance of fans perpetually thirsty.
Progress of Tool’s latest album is still sketchy but is clearly travelling at a stagnant pace, particularly given drummer Danny Carey sustained a dislocated shoulder and broken ribs in a recent accident on a Vespa scooter, as reported byMetal Insider, causing the band to delay recording sessions.
Additionally, Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan told Tone Deaf in a recent interview, on the eve of his Australian tour with his solo side project Puscifer, gave us some strangely cryptic clues when asked about the state of Tool’s next release.
“I guess the biggest thing to remember is thaft I’m not lazy, and I am a responsible person that is there when I’m called on,” Keenan teased. “I do what I have to do to get a job done.” Hardly confirmation of new material, but in his own cryptic way, not exactly a denial either: “I’m not lazy – read between the lines.”
However, as reported by Classic Rock Magazine, when rumours arose that the band’s fifth instalment to their impeccable back catalogue would be releasing this year, Keenan put them to rest by admitting that he actually hadn’t yet written any songs – which wasn’t very promising.
Further trampling on fans’ dreams, guitarist Adam Jones has spoken to Revolver and revealed exactly what is going on, or rather isn’t going on, behind the scenes.
“We live kind of cushy lives now, so we get together when we want. It makes everything go slow, which is unfortunate,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that we haven’t put anything out in a while. But we’ve changed as a band. We’ve become even more eclectic and distant, so getting things done is very hard. There are a lot of other interests.”
“We had two really bad things happen, things that I’m not going to get into, that set us back emotionally and mentally,” revealed Jones, referring to drummer Carey’s accident for one, but kept schtum about what the other may be. Instead noting, “we’re past them now – everybody’s recovered and that process has actually added to us focusing on being creative. Maybe sometimes bad things happen for a reason.”
However Jones also gave some assurance to loyal fans, insisting that the long wait is going to be worthwhile, saying: “When it’s done it’s going to be good. And that’s the point – we’re not going to put out something that sucks just to put it out.”
Be sure to check out our anniversary piece on Tool’s 1993 debut album Undertow, as we look back 20 years to how the record first set the template for Tool’s unique brand of music.
Tool 2013 Australian Tour
Wed 1 May, Adelaide | AEC Arena, RESCHEDULED
Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Fri 3 May, Sydney | Allphones Arena, Show Tickets – Sold Out
Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849 VIP Packages – Available
Sat 4 May, Sydney | Allphones Arena, Show & VIP packages available
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Mon 6 May, Brisbane | Entertainment Centre, Show & VIP packages available
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Wed 8 May, Auckland | Vector Arena , Show & VIP packages available
Ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999
