Rather than postpone their North American tour until late 2020 or 2021, Tool call off all shows: “Tying up our fans’ money for months, if not a full year, is unfair”

After coming back last year with the triumphant and long-awaited album Fear Inoculum, Tool were planning to spend their spring on a North American arena tour. They were two shows into that tour when the pandemic hit. (Maynard James Keenan has instead gotten busy with his ba Puscifer side project. Puscifer released their single "Apocalyptical"

Last year, after making everyone wait for about six eternities, Tool finally came back with the triumphant album Fear Inoculum. This year, they were touring behind it. That's obviously stopped. (Fans at a tool show in New Zealand in early March may have been exposed to coronavirus.) So now frontman Maynard James Keenan has turned…

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Drummer Danny Carey hopes he can get together with his Tool bandmates during the current lockdown to record new music