High KATT/TOOL Fans,
It’s Tony Z. Despite the flat/generic Aprils Fool’s Day joke, which has become somewhat of an annual thing, there are two confirmed dates for a Tool Summer Tour.
I find it ridiculous, that Tool mocks radio as they do. The very thing that helped purchase things such as the fine grapes MJK desires to make his vino, the bookstore owned by Justin, and the Lamborghini Danny drives around in Hollywood. “Buy our records”
Hey, let’s mock radio, the very entity that even gives a sh*t to play your records. The very entity that encourages people to come to your shows, the very entity that keeps your TOOL machine running. But hey…… whatever. You are rockstars, you can do whatever you want (with a hint of sarcasm, I digress). I understand that Tool has achieved the status that they have and that they deserve every accolade that comes their way, but really? Really do ya have to knock radio. It’s the last free thing that your fans can relate to. That is unless they are catering to pay radio fans. On that note Tool fans, here are some excerpts from Blair at Toolband.com:
06 April, 2009 (05:21pm)
TOOL SUMMER TOUR - TWO CONFIRMED DATES
Jul 18 2009 - Mile High Music Festival - Commerce City, CO, USA
Aug 01 2009 - Liberty State Park - Jersey City, NJ
These two shows have been confirmed, with more to follow. I’ve been told that there will be ToolArmy pre-sales, but haven’t received the details yet. As soon as more dates are confirmed, they will be posted, along with the pre-sale information.
Tickets on sale: April 6
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MANDALA UPDATE
Musicians, here’s a MANDALA program update from Vince De Franco: “This new Virtual Brain v1.5 update is a direct response to user requests to make the program easier for people configuring and playing multiple Mandalas. Now the Main window shows and lets you configure up to 5 pads. The graphics have also been updated to light up which zone you are hitting as you play as well as the exact strike ring position.” More info HERE. Did you get all that?