LA band Failure confirmed to support Tool on 2014 tour dates

Bands to tour together this month

It will awaken metal from its slumber: With each of their albums since Aenima the band have scored a No.1 on the Billboard top 200. This is something that a metal album has not managed to repeat for many many years. Not to mention it will do wonders for guitar music to have an album from a band as amazing as Tool at the top of the charts once again. The band also took headline slots at huge festivals including Coachella and Lollapalooza. Meaning if their was any band that was going to help usher in the mythical return of guitar music, it's Tool.

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Saturday 1st March 2014 by Michael Baggs

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Tool are taking to the road in 2014 for a string of live shows across America, and fellow LA band Failure have been announced to support the iconic rockers on tour.

The tour will be Tool's first tour in two years, and Failure (who recently reunited) will be joint Maynard James Keenan and co at most of their live dates.

"I’m seriously excited about these shows with Tool," said Failure’s Ken Andrews in a statement, discussing the support slot. "Looking forward to hanging with my old mates, but more importantly, it’s a chance for people to hear two bands that still really care about the long form album format and what you can do with that amount of time artistically, versus three-and-a-half minute singles."

No UK tour dates have been announced, but British fans are hoping Tool will bring their shows to our shores later in 2014.

03/04 – Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena
03/06 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
03/07 – Eugene, OR @ Matthew Knight Arena
03/09 – Reno, NV @ Reno Event Center
03/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
03/14 – Fresno, CA @ Selland Arena
03/15 – Las Vegas, NV @ Planet Hollywood
03/16 – San Diego, CA @ Valley View Arena
03/18 – Mexico City, MX @ Palacio De Los Deportes
03/21 – Veracruz, MX @ Festival Cumbre Tajin 2014
03/24 – Austin, TX @ Cedar Park Center
03/25 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
03/27 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center

Work has begun on a brand new Tool album, with frontman Maynard James Keenan recently describing the process as 'tedious', expressing his nuisance and having to wait for band members to pen music for new tracks.

"I don't write the music. They write the music," he told Rolling Stone in November 2013. "I wait for them to bring music to me. They tend to go back over and over stuff. It's a long process. For a person like me, it can be a very tedious process. In some ways, they are bigger perfectionists. But you can only help support their talent so long. They don't have to go through it 700 times. They can trust that first thought. But that's their process, so you gotta let them do it." And is that process happening? "I couldn't tell you."

Tickets for Tool's US tour are on sale now. For more information, visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.

Below: why the new Tool album will be incredible