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Two years have gone by without the pretty pain and masochistic outgivings of Tool. No perfectly starched performances backdropped by bizarre animations of human activity and, worst of all, no new albums. Since the 10,000 Days tour, I have checked in every two months with fingers crossed that Tool’s status quo would change.  Finally, it has.

Tool is headlining Lollapalooza (I can’t believe they are listed second to Depeche Mode).  Though excited to learn they aren’t dead in the water – I was a little worried – there was a bit of shock factor upon learning that their two-year hiatus will come to an end at a frat-boy festival. I never really thought of Tool as the festival-type band, but hey, if Nine Inch Nails can do it – three Grammys or not, their progressive and churning approach to metal, dark and desolate, has always been underappreciated and severely misunderstood – then so too can Tool. It’ll be interesting to see how Snoop Dogg fans receive them.
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