LOS ANGELES – TOOL have announced a mammoth 2022 tour, with the Los Angeles-based band spending 3 months traversing the U.S. followed by a month of European dates.
TOOL elected to kick off the highly-anticipated trek in Eugene, Ore. as a nod to the abrupt halt to their 2020 Fear Inoculum tour. Slated to play the Matthew Knight Arena on March 12, 2020, the show, along with the band’s remaining tour dates, was canceled as nationwide lockdowns began to take effect that evening.
“It is with great pleasure I get to announce our return to the road,” said Danny Carey. “These past 18 months have been trying to say the least but from great trials come great lessons and great rewards. We are genuinely looking forward to sharing them with you.”
Tickets for all dates are on-sale this Friday, Oct. 1 at 10 am local time (UK and Irish dates are on-sale at 9 am local time). TOOL Army members can purchase pre-sale tickets for European dates on Sept. 28 at 10 am local time (24 hour pre-sale window), while U.S. pre-sale tickets are available on Sept. 29 at 10 am local time (36 hour pre-sale window). A selection of exclusive packages, which include a pre-sale ticket, will also be made available to TOOL Army members on Sept. 29 at 10 am local time.
TOOL’s 2022 U.S. & European Tour Dates
- January 10 Eugene, OR Matthew Knight Arena
- January 11 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
- January 13 Boise, ID Ford Idaho Center
- January 15 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center
- January 16 San Francisco, CA Chase Center
- January 18 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
- January 19 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
- January 21 Phoenix, AZ Footprint Center
- January 22 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
- January 25 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
- January 27 Denver, CO Ball Arena
- January 30 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
- January 31 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
- February 2 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
- February 4 Houston, TX Toyota Center
- February 5 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
- February 8 Orlando, FL Amway Center
- February 9 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
- February 10 Miami, FL FTX Arena
- February 19 Boston, MA TD Garden
- February 20 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
- February 22 Washington, DC Capital One Arena
- February 23 Belmont Park, NY UBS Arena
- February 26 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
- February 27 Buffalo, NY KeyBank Center
- March 1 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
- March 3 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
- March 4 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
- March 6 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
- March 8 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
- March 10 Chicago, IL United Center
- March 12 Omaha, NE CHI Health Center Arena
- March 13 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
- March 15 Kansas City, MO T-Mobile Center
- March 17 Moline, IL TaxSlayer Center
- March 18 St. Louis, MO Enterprise Center
- March 20 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
- April 23 Copenhagen, DK Royal Arena
- April 25 Oslo, NO Spektrum
- April 26 Stockholm, SE Avicii Arena
- April 28 Hamburg, DE Barclaycard Arena
- April 29 Frankfurt, DE Festhalle
- May 2 Manchester, UK AO Arena Manchester
- May 4 Birmingham, UK Resorts World Arena
- May 6 Dublin, IE 3Arena
- May 9 London, UK The O2 Arena
- May 12 Paris, FR AccorHotels Arena
- May 13 Antwerp, BE Sportpaleis
- May 15 Berlin, DE Mercedes-Benz Arena
- May 17 Cologne, DE Lanxess Arena
- May 19 Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome
- May 21 Krakow, PL Tauron Arena
- May 23 Prague, CZ O2 Arena
- May 24 Budapest, HU SportAréna
Blonde Redhead opens on dates from Jan. 10 to Feb. 10.
The Acid Helps opens from Feb. 19 to March 20.
Fear Inoculum arrived in August of 2019, following years of anticipation. The album debuted at #1 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 “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 five studio albums:
- Undertow (1993),
- Ænima (1996),
- Lateralus (2001),
- 10,000 Days (2006),
- 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)
- Maynard James Keenan (vocals).
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Feature photo (top) by Travis Shinn