Tool live in concert.
ON TOUR

Tool

206
critic concert reviews
metal

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

85
%
Based on 
206
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
81
%
Based on 
34
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Tool is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 206 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Tool is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth watching. Tool concert reviews describe live shows and performances as powerful, psychedelic, intricate, intense, surreal, abstract, and astonishing.

ON TOUR

Hard Rock & Royalton resorts, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (Mar 7); Explanada del Estadio Mobil Super, Monterrey, Mexico (Mar 12); Explanada del Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico (Mar 15); Calle 2, Zapopan, Mexico (Mar 18); Parque Bicentenario Cerrillos, Los Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile, Chile (Mar 21); Hipódromo de San Isidro, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Mar 21); Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile (Mar 25); Parque Simón Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia (Mar 27); Autódromo de Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil (Mar 28)

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Latest Release

Heart, Body, Words (9 September 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
metal
Origin
Los Angeles, United States (1990 - present)
Bio
Tool is an American progressive metal band from Los Angeles. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up includes drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan.
Has Performed With
Failure

Critic Concert Reviews

Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

June 24, 2024
90
%
If you were passing through Birmingham International on a Thursday night, you’d have no idea that proggy post-metal foursome

Reflections of Darkness (Germany)

June 19, 2024
90
%
Tool - Cologne, Germany 2024

NME (UK)

June 4, 2024
80
%
Tool live in London: A mesmerising portrait of a band with a vision

Louder Sound

June 3, 2024
80
%
Tool return to the UK for the second time this decade for a masterclass in mind-boggling imagery and prog instrumentals

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (USA)

February 10, 2024
%
Tool took Phoenix fans on 'a little journey' of hypnotic intensity on 'Fear Inoculum' tour

AzCentral.com (USA)

February 10, 2024
%
Tool took Phoenix fans on 'a little journey' of hypnotic intensity on 'Fear Inoculum' tour

Dallas Observer (USA)

February 3, 2024
%
Maynard's band maintains an elegant balance of high art and musical power.

Past critic reviews published in

The Arts STL (USA), Queen City Nerve (USA), Variety (USA), Consequence (USA), V13 (Canada) and more

Image Credit

Deep Ghosh [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons