List of Tool concert tours


winning American metal band Tool has toured worldwide extensively.
Tool has performed songs by other artists occasionally in their live sets, including "Spasm" and "You Lied" by Peach, "Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent, "Demon Cleaner" by Kyuss, "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin, and "Commando" by The Ramones.
The song "Ticks & Leeches" is only rarely performed live due to the immense strain on Keenan's voice. However, they have performed it at least a few times during their 2001 and 2002 tours including appearances in Sacramento, California, Tacoma, Washington, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Katowice, London, and Berlin, with Keenan using heavy vocal effects and distortion. Tool added 'Ticks & Leeches' back to the set list for the 2012 North American Winter Tour.

Tour history

In 1991, Tool played a number of small clubs in the Los Angeles, area and were signed to a major label. The two live tracks of the Opiate EP were recorded during a December 31, 1991, performance. Tool Embarked on a U.S. club tour in 1992, playing only one Canadian and one Mexican date. The band often played on a small stage, with minimal or no lighting, sometimes to only a handful of people. The set list would change from night to night, but would usually include most of Opiate and a handful of then unreleased songs from Undertow. Some were performed with working lyrics such as "Undertow" and "Bottom".
Tool toured extensively in 1993. The band found themselves on many European festivals as well as the U.S. Lollapalooza festival. They were drawing such a crowd playing the second stage at Lollapalooza, that they were moved up to the main stage, midway through the tour. The band debuted the songs "Intolerance", "Prison Sex" and "Flood" on January 26, 1993. The set list would vary from night to night, depending on the time slot Tool was allotted, but "Sober" and "Prison Sex" were always played.
Tool Toured Europe and the U.S. again in 1994. The band debuted their cover of Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter" as well as the songs "Disgustipated", "Pushit" and "Stinkfist". "No Quarter" often transitioned into "Disgustipated", and "Opiate" would be played back-to-back with "Flood", transitioning smoothly between songs and skipping the lengthy intro to "Flood". During this time, Tool's stage show began to grow and better reflect the band. During a show in London at Shepards Bush, the band had a man dressed as Jesus join them on stage. At the same show, future Tool member Justin Chancellor joined the band for the song "Sober". Around the same time, tensions began between Keenan and D'Amour. As in previous years, the set list would change from night-to-night for most of 1994.
Tool only played a small number of shows during 1995, but it was a very important year for the band. Debuting the songs "Eulogy", "H" and "Ænema", all in early forms with working lyrics. Tensions were very high between Keenan and D'Amour during this time, and April 14, 1995, would be D'Amour's last live show with the band.
In 1996, Tool began their extensive touring for Ænima in Pomona, California, where they debuted "Forty-Six & 2", "Hooker with a Penis", "Jimmy" and "Third Eye". This was also Chancellor's first show with the band. "Die Eier von Satan" was played once on December 19, 1996. They also played South Park's 'Spirit of Christmas' animated Christmas card during the show. During this year, Tool started extending "Prison Sex" by adding an extra verse—known by fans as "Prison Sex OTRM" —and the intro to "Sober", which later appeared on Salival as the track "Merkaba". Tool's stage show grew with the addition of two giant projection screens. Keenan would paint himself blue and white for his performances, and Chancellor would also sometimes be painted with spots. Although the band was changing the set list up quite a bit at the beginning of the tour, they fell into a 'comfortable' set list during November which was played for the rest of the year with one or two wild card songs. A typical 1996 set list would look like this:
YearHeadliner
1991Fishbone
1991Green Jellÿ
1991Rage Against the Machine
1992Corrosion of Conformity
1992Rollins Band
1992White Zombie
1995Primus

As the headlining band

Festivals

TourRoleYears
All Points WestHeadline2009
Alternative Nation Festival1995
Area4Headline2007
Arvika FestivalHeadline1994
Big Day OutHeadline2007, 2011
Big MeleHeadline1993
BonnarooHeadline2007
CoachellaHeadline1999, 2006
Chicago Open AirHeadline2019
CopenhellHeadline2019
Download FestivalHeadline2006, 2019
EdgefestHeadline2001, 2012
EpicenterHeadline2009
Hurricane Festival2001
LollapoloozaMain stage1993, 1997, 2009
LowlandsHeadline1993, 2007
MetaltownHeadline2006
Mile High Music FestivalHeadline2009
Monster Mash Music FestivalHeadline2015
Northern InvasionHeadline2018
Norwegian WoodHeadline2002
Nova Rock Festival2006
OzzfestMain stage1998, 2001, 2002, 2013
PinkpopMain stage2001, 2006
PopwerkMain stage1993
Pukkelpop1993, 2007
Quart FestivalMain stage2006
Reading FestivalMain stage1993
River's EdgeHeadline2012
Rock am RingHeadline2002, 2019
Rock on the RangeHeadline2018
Rock WerchterMain stage1994, 2001, 2006, 2019
Roskilde FestivalMain stage2001, 2006
RuisrockHeadline2006
Southside Festival2001
Summer Sonic FestivalHeadline2006
Street SceneHeadline2006
Sziget FestivalHeadline2007
Voodoo Music ExperienceHeadline2001, 2016
Boston CallingHeadline2017
Governors Ball Music FestivalHeadline2017
ØyafestivalenHeadline2007
Firenze RocksHeadline2019
Welcome to RockvilleHeadline2019

Guest musicians

These musicians have joined Tool on stage.
Guest musicianInstrumentTouring withSongNotesReference
Heitham Al-SayedVocalsSenser,
Lodestar		multipleJoined Tool several times at their concerts in London in 1994 and 1997 for "Bottom" and "Pushit" and in Paris in 2006 for "Opiate".
Mike BordinDrumsOzzy Osbourne,
Faith No More		"Triad"Ozzfest at Donington Park in 2002 and again during the U.S. tour of 2002
King BuzzoGuitarThe Melvinsmultiple"Stinkfist", covers of Ted Nugent's "Stranglehold", and Peach's "You Lied" & "Spasm"
Dale CroverDrumsThe Melvins"Opiate",
"Triad"		Final show of the Ænema tour at San Jose, California on August 30, 1998
The Australian leg of Tool's 2002 tour
John DolmayanDrumsSystem of a DownmultipleOzzfest 2002 at Antwerp and Dublin performing "Triad", both performances in Las Vegas in 2007 he joined Danny Carey in performing "Lateralus"
Aloke DuttaTablaN/A"Pushit"Tool's spring-1998 "mini-tour"
Robert FrippGuitarKing Crimson"Soundscapes"Played during the intermission during the Tool/King Crimson mini-tour of 2001
On a few occasions, he was joined by Adam and Justin; sometimes remained onstage playing "Soundscape" as Tool went into the first song of the second set.
Tomas HaakeDrumsMeshuggah"Triad"When Meshuggah supported Tool during their U.S. tour in the fall of 2002
TrickyKeyboards
Vocals		N/A"Reflection",
"Opiate"		U.S. tour of 2001
Kirk HammettGuitarMetallica"Sober", "Lateralus"Blaisdell Concert Hall in Hawaii, August 18, 2006 and January 14, 2011
HawkmanVocalsTricky"Reflection"U.S. tour of 2001
Dave LombardoDrumsFantômas"Triad"When Fantômas supported Tool during the U.S. tour of October 2001
Herman LiGuitarDragonForce"Lateralus"Played during band's 2007 appearance at Brixton Academy
Pat MastelottoDrumsKing Crimson"Triad"Tool/King Crimson mini-tour of 2001.
On a related note, Danny Carey joined King Crimson onstage on one occasion, playing the second half of "Red" during this tour.
Perry MeliusPercussionTricky"Triad"5 Seasons Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tom MorelloGuitarThe Nightwatchman"Lateralus"Provided extra guitar during the band's 2007 Bonnaroo appearance.
Mike PattonSynthesizerTomahawk,
Fantômas		"Triad"U.S. tour of 2002
Scott ReederBass guitarKyuss"Demon Cleaner"Concerts in Los Angeles and San Diego
Zack de la RochaVocalsRage Against the Machine"Bottom"Tool concerts in Irvindale, California on August 7, 1993, and Paris, France on September 9, 1993
Chris PitmanVocalsseveral"Bottom"Concert in Ventura, California on December 15, 1995
Layne StaleyVocalsAlice in Chains"Opiate"Lollapalooza concerts in Houston and Dallas, at The Big Mele Music Festival at Kualoa Ranch, HI on August 15, 1993, a Tool's concert at Bremerton, WA on May 28 and a fundraiser concert at The Palladium, Hollywood, CA on July 1, 1994.
John StanierDrumsTomahawk"Triad"U.S. tour of 2002
StatikMachinesCollide"Triad"multiple occasions
Phil CampbellGuitarMotörhead"Sober"Arena Leipzig on December 5, 2006
Brann DailorDrumsMastodon"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, June, 4 2007 Duluth GA and September 2, 2007 Athens -
Brent HindsGuitarMastodon"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, Athens
Bill KelliherGuitarMastodon"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, Athens-
Troy SandersBass guitarMastodon"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, Athens-
Serj TankianVocalsSystem of a Down"Sober"Big Day Out 2007, Auckland-
Trey GunnBassTU"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, Texas-
Pat MastelottoDrumsTU"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, Texas-
Terry BozzioDrumsN/A"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, Austin, Texas, on November 14, 2007-
Sebastian ThomsonDrumsTrans Am"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, Victoria BC on December 1, 2007-
Jello BiafraVocalsDead Kennedys"Holiday in Cambodia"10,000 Days tour, San Francisco on December 11, 2007-
Tim AlexanderDrumsPrimus"Opiate",
"Lateralus"		Final show of the Ænema tour at San Jose, California on August 30, 1998
10,000 Days tour, San Francisco on December 11, 2007		-
Till LindemannPyrotechnicsRammstein"Lateralus"Big Day Out, Adelaide, February 4, 2011-
Christoph SchneiderDrumsRammstein"Lateralus"Big Day Out, Adelaide, February 4, 2011-
Angelo MooreVocalsFishbone"Bottom"Live in Grenoble,France on October 6, 1993
Jason Reece and Aaron FordPercussionsTrail of Dead"Lateralus"10,000 Days tour, Bologna, Italy on September 2, 2007-