Tool Announce First Hawaii Concert in Nearly 15 Years
The alt-metal heavyweights have announced a one-off performance at Honolulu's Blaisdell Arena on Dec. 19, their first show in the state since 2011.
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The Honolulu stop extends a brief international run for the band this December, which also includes newly announced shows in Yokohama (Dec. 11) and Kobe (Dec. 13). Those Japanese dates will mark Tool's first performances in Japan since 2013.
A pre-sale for members of Tool's official fan club, Tool Army, kicks off Wednesday (July 23), with general tickets available Friday (July 25) via Ticketmaster.
The Honolulu gig will see Tool return to Blaisdell Arena, where they last performed in 2011 during their 10,000 Days tour. Known for their immersive stage production and setlists blending classics like 'Schism' and 'Parabola' with newer material.
Tool's most recent studio effort, Fear Inoculum, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2019, earning critical acclaim and spawning their longest tour yet. The album also broke boundaries for the band, with its nearly 11-minute title track charting on the Billboard Hot 100—a rare feat for such an expansive song. The band's third No. 1 album bowed in with 270,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 5, 2019, in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 248,000 were in album sales.
This year, Tool also played a high-profile set at Black Sabbath's historic 'Back to the Beginning' tribute concert in Birmingham, U.K., where they performed 'Forty Six & 2' and 'Ænema and joined forces with Tony Iommi for a show-stopping rendition of Sabbath's 'Hand of Doom.'
While these December dates are currently the only shows on Tool's 2025 schedule, frontman Maynard James Keenan has hinted that 'more surprises' could be in store as the band continue to experiment with new material in the studio.
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