Cool new video for guitar enthusiasts today with A Perfect Circle‘s Billy Howerdel giving us a detailed run through of how to play Judith. The video comes to us via Gibson TV, who hopefully one day will give us a nice Adam Jones learn to play… It doesn’t look super hard to play, so I may crank up my amp this evening and give it a go. Who else is… Read More »Billy Howerdel teaches us Judith
Tool buddies Elder have a new record out today – Through Zero. It’s great, and you should listen to it ASAP. For fans of doomy, proggy and sometimes psychedelic stoner metal/rock Enjoy! Through Zero by Elder
Tool have added another festival headline slot to their suite of shows this year, with a slot on Riot Fest 2026 over in Chicago. It’s a pretty decent lineup, with plenty that will appear to mostly older fans (like myself). The lineup features a couple of acts that have supported Tool in the past, including Tricky and Melt-Banana. It’s not entirely clear to me which day Tool are playing, but… Read More »Tool headline Riotfest 2026
A Perfect Circle hit the road in a weeks time as the kick off their European tour. Ahead of this, they’ve released a new track: Starless Not a King Crimson cover, but it’s a heavyish almost old school riff by Billy Howerdel that meanders around some measured vocals from Maynard James Keenan. It’s not uncommon to see APC releasing new tracks ahead of a tour, so I expect that we’ll… Read More »New A Perfect Circle track – Starless
Sadly the time as come to retire the Fourtheye forum. This aging phpbb3 installation hasn’t been heavily used in the last year or so, and has become a target for bots and other nefarious actors. There’s no value in saving it, so it’s now gone. I have kept a backup, so perhaps one day what’s of value may be returned in some archived form. Feel free to check out the… Read More »RIP Fourtheye Forum
New interview today ahead of Tool‘s appearance at the Sonic Temple Festival this weekend – Adam Jones and Justin Chancellor chat with 99.7 The Blitz’s Ronnie Hunter about a range of stuff: The rest of the interview plays out as you’d expect – it’s nice to hear from the guys again. Keen to see what they play this weekend!
Good news for those keen to get another dose of Maynard, with A Perfect Circle and Puscifer announcing a tour to our shores in December. The 4 date run will hit Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane: It looks like APC will headline this tour, with Puscifer as the support act. No word on whether this will resemble the Sessanta shows – I expect if Primus was going to be part… Read More »A Perfect Circle + Puscifer Australia tour announced
Another major American festival has announced its lineup today — Aftershock in Sacramento, California. As with Louder Than Life, Tool have been confirmed as headliners for the final night, supported by Queens of the Stone Age, Danny Elfman, and others. Tool will be playing on the 4th of October, and tickets are currently on sale – here’s the website. Get to it, West Coast Tool fans! Don’t forget Tool have… Read More »Tool to headline Aftershock
Just when you think all avenues of merchandising have been covered, Tool surprise us with a new piece – the Danny Carey Limited Edition Statue. For the Tool fan that already has a house full of blankets, pillows, tea towels and fetaskulls, this is the latest way to spend your fat-ass dirty dollars. The statue features Danny, in his Lateralus-themed body suit in front of his giant gong, seeming a… Read More »Danny Carey limited edition statue
The annual Louder Than Life festival, held in Louisville, Kentucky from the 17th to the 20th of September this year has announced its lineup, and Tool have been picked to headline the final night. Tool is no stranger to this festival, having headlined back in 2023. The lineup for the day is quite good, with Mastodon, Gojira, Danny Elfman, The Prodigy, The Mars Volta, Ministry, Animals As Leaders, Between the… Read More »Tool headline final night of Louder Than Life