Woke up this morning to news that I was expecting – Tool are touring in April, with dates in both Australia and New Zealand:

TOOL

APRIL & MAY 2013

Frontier Members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com/tool

12noon AEDT, Thursday 14 February to 12noon AEDT, Friday 15 February

General public on sale from 9am local time, Tuesday 19 February SATURDAY 27 April – Melbourne/ Rod Laver Arena (All Ages)

Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849 TUESDAY 30 April – Adelaide/ AEC Arena (All Ages)

Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849 FRIDAY 3 May – Sydney/ Allphones Arena (All Ages)

Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849 MONDAY 6 May – Brisbane/ Entertainment Centre (All Ages)

Ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849 WEDNESDAY 8 May – Auckland/ Vector Arena (All Ages) Ticketmaster.co.nz / Ph: 0800 111 999 www.toolband.com/ www.facebook.com/toolmusic Twitter @tool www.frontiertouring.com/tool/ www.facebook.com/frontiertouring Twitter @frontiertouring PRE-SALE & ON-SALE TIMES (again) FTC Presale: Thursday 14 (12noon AEDT) – Friday 15 (12noon AEDT) February GP Onsale: Tuesday 19 February (9am local times)

Back luck for Perth and Christchurch Tool fans. No word yet if there will be a Toolarmy pre-sale.

There’s also a new article on New Zealand site 3News where Danny and Maynard talk about their love of touring down under:

“We’re looking forward to coming down. It’s one of my favourite places to visit, so I am very much looking forward to the show,” Maynard James Keenan told me in a recent interview for Rip It Up.

“Especially because it’s going to be our own, it will be a lot more fun to be able to present a contained show, because it’s been so long.”

After the last two festival tours, I couldn’t agree more!