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Puscifer have announce a pair of intimate Los Angeles performances, previewing their forthcoming 2026 album.

Maynard James Keenan and company will play two sets back-to-back on August 11th at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Exchange L.A.. Tickets and VIP packages can be purchased via this location. In case of a likely sellout, fans can also look for deals or tickets via StubHub, where your purchase is 110% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

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The band’s press release implies that fans might be hearing a good portion — if not the entirety — of the new album: “In anticipation of their upcoming studio album, Puscifer invites a select number of fans to experience the album with two very special, intimate performances…”

The forthcoming LP album will mark Puscifer’s fifth studio full-length and the follow-up to 2020’s Existential Reckoning. The latter saw the group expanding its media...

It’s rare for a band’s second bite of the apple to taste better than the first, but ‘90s alt-rock outfit Failure continues to be one of the few exceptions.

The Los Angeles-based space rockers’ decade-in-the-making documentary, Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Documentary About Failure, chronicles their early ’90s origin story, beginning with the fated duo of frontman Ken Andrews and multi-instrumentalist Greg Edwards meeting each other through The Recycler’s music classifieds.

Andrews, who took over directorial responsibilities for the doc in the middle of the pandemic, then focuses on the band’s many ups and downs throughout the production of their first three studio LPs, primarily their third record, Fantastic Planet (1996), which would go on to be widely regarded as a masterwork. Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana’s Nevermind, counts it among his top albums of all time.

During Fantastic Planet’s 1995 recording sessions, heroin...

A long-in-works documentary on the alt-rock band Failure will premiere on Hulu on June 27th. The film, titled Every Time You Lose Your Mind, features interviews with Maynard James Keenan, Hayley Williams, Jason Schwartzman, Tommy Lee, Margaret Cho, the late Steve Albini, and more.

An official description of the documentary reads, “Like a falling satellite blazing across the musical landscape, Failure flamed-out in the late ‘90s – their promising rise derailed by drug addiction and record company inertia. But the pioneering trio left a profound imprint that transcended their affiliation with the LA alt-rock scene. Every Time You Lose Your Mind documents the origins, downfall and rebirth of a band that’s beloved by their peers and multiple generations of fans.”

Singer-guitarist Ken Andrews added, “Our fans have connected with the themes of depression and addiction in our music. The film crystallizes those connections and, ultimately, communicates hope. We’re a...

A long-in-the-works documentary about the alt-rock band Failure — whose three Nineties albums fomented a cult following that eventually sparked an ongoing, decade-long reunion — will finally see release this month.

Every Time You Lose Your Mind, directed by the band’s singer/multi-instrumentalist Ken Andrews, will premiere June 27 on both Hulu and Disney+, nearly a decade after the documentary about Failure was first announced.

“Our fans have connected with the themes of depression and addiction in our music,” Andrews said in a statement. “The film crystallizes those connections and, ultimately, communicates hope.

It’s been seven years since A Perfect Circle last released an album, 2018’s Eat the Elephant, but guitarist Billy Howerdel and singer Maynard James Keenan say that a new album could be on the way.

In a new retrospective interview with Revolver looking back at 25 years of A Perfect Circle, both Howerdel and Keenan addressed the potential for a new album.

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Howerdel, who composes most of the band’s music, disclosed that he’s been working on new songs that could end up on the next Apc album. “As I’m writing, sometimes I find myself [thinking], ‘Wow, I really like this, but man, this is fucking sinister,’” said the guitarist. “I’m in a not-sleeping-much and self-discovery mode. When I’m writing music, I’ve been full night-terror, waking up — like, can’t-let-your-mind-rest thing.”

Keenan added that he’s constantly writing music for all three of his bands,...

Primus have unveiled a new single titled “Little Lord Fentanyl” featuring Tool singer Maynard James Keenan. The track marks Primus’ first new song in three years, and their first recording with new drummer John Hoffman.

The new tune comes in the midst of the “Sessanta V2.0” tour, featuring Primus and Keenan’s bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. The outing is scheduled through a June 7th show in Auburn, Washington, with last-minute tickets available here.

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A press release describes the new song “Little Lord Fentanyl” as a “twisted fable steeped in groove and dark humor.” New drummer Hoffman offers playful rhythms alongside some funky bass playing by Primus frontman Les Claypool, who shares vocal duties with Keenan.

The track is Primus’ first song since the release of their 2022 Conspiranoid EP. Hoffman beat out more than 6,000 drummers in an open audition to land the Primus gig, following...

Tool are one of the bands that will play the upcoming all-star “Back to the Beginning” concert featuring the final performances of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne. However, singer Maynard James Keenan says it may take “modern miracles” to get Ozzy onstage given the metal icon’s physical limitations.

The day-long concert at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, will also feature mini-sets from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in Chains, Halestorm, Mastodon, Lamb of God, Anthrax, and more, leading up to the final performances from Ozzy and Sabbath.

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In a new interview with Loudwire Nights (as transcribed by ThePRP), Keenan discussed how Tool became involved in the concert, as well as his concerns for Ozzy’s physical condition at the show.

Keenan performed as part of a tribute to Ozzy during the latter’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction last year.

Hayley Williams has been having a blast going on musical side quests across Nashville. She’s joined both Finneas and Cyndi Lauper in recent months. Her latest included a surprise appearance with Deftones, where she joined the band on stage to lend some striking vocals and headbanging to their performance of “Minerva.”

The pop-up doubled as a reunion for Williams and Deftones, who last performed together over a decade ago. In 2010, the Paramore front woman joined the band at Luxembourg’s Rock-a-Field festival for “Passenger,” filling in for Maynard James Keenan.

Deftones‘ set at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday (March 26th) had a little added star power, with Paramore’s Hayley Williams taking the stage to perform guest vocals on the encore opener “Minerva.”

Williams looked to be in attendance as a fan, posting footage on Instagram from the back of the venue with the other concertgoers. But when it was time for the encore, the Paramore singer headed to the stage to help out with the song from Deftones’ 2003 self-titled album.

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The Paramore singer mostly lends backing vocals on the chorus drops, though she’s obviously stoked to be up there, bopping around the stage and dancing to the otherwise tempered, slow-tempo cut (as seen in fan footage below).

It marks the second time Williams has joined Deftones onstage, as she previously sang alongside Chino Moreno and company in 2010 at the Rock-a-Field Festival in Luxembourg.

Tool’s set at Lollapalooza Argentina on Saturday (March 22nd) was livestreamed, marking a rare occasion that the band let one of its full concerts be broadcast on TV or the internet. However, the veteran alt-metal act didn’t allow any close-ups of the performance, only wide angle shots from a good distance away from the stage.

The Buenos Aires concert was streamed via Flow, an Argentinian cable television and internet company, as part of a full slate of streaming performances from Lollapalooza Argentina. While it doesn’t appear that the stream was archived, rips of Tool’s set are popping up on YouTube.

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Tool played a nine-song set, including four tunes from 2006’s 10,000 Days. Amazingly, the gig marked the band’s first ever concert in South America, kicking off a run of shows that also includes Lollapalooza festivals in Chile and Brazil.

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A lawyer who attended the Tool in the Sand festival this past weekend says he’s had roughly 100 people sign up for a potential class-action lawsuit against Tool regarding the band’s performances at the Dominican Republic destination fest.

As previously reported, Tool played two sets at the three-day festival in Punta Cana, one on Friday night (March 7th) and another on Saturday night (March 8th). Video footage showed fans booing and flipping off the band during the second set as they repeated a handful of songs from the night before, after promising “two unique sets.”

Lawyer Stas Rusek, a self-described Tool fan who has seen the band live more than 25 times, was among those disappointed with Tool’s second show of the festival, and put out a call for other attendees to file a class-action lawsuit against the band.

He told Vulture that approximately 100 people have signed up for the potential legal action,...

Tool’s first-ever destination festival took place over the weekend in the Dominican Republic, and it appears that the band was booed at the end of its second show of the fest for not living up to its promise of playing “two unique sets.”

The Tool in the Sand Festival in Punta Cana kicked off on Friday (March 7th), with the band slated to play two shows over two nights, headlining a lineup that also included Primus, Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon, and more.

It seems like the band’s performance on Friday night (March 7th) was well received, as they played a 10-song set that included tracks from all five of their studio albums, including favorites like “Schism,” “Stinkfist,” and “Vicarious.”

The disappointment apparently came at the end of the band’s second show on Saturday night (March 8th), which saw the band play nine songs, four of which they performed the night before.

Paramount+ has announced a feature-length documentary titled Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, set to chronicle the metal legend’s ongoing health battles and upcoming final concert.

The documentary, which is fully sanctioned by the Osbourne family, is currently in production and will continue filming through the July 5th “Back to the Beginning” concert in Birmingham, England, marking the final show for both Ozzy and his band Black Sabbath. Once completed, it will premiere on Paramount+ in the fall.

“The last six years have been full of some of the worst times I’ve been through,” stated Ozzy in a press release. “There’s been times when I thought my number was up. But making music and making two albums saved me. I’d have gone nuts without music.”

An official description of Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now reads as follows:

“Paramount+ today announced the production of Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now,...

Paramount+ has announced a feature-length documentary titled Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, set to chronicle the metal legend’s ongoing health battles and upcoming final concert.

The documentary, which is fully sanctioned by the Osbourne family, is currently in production and will continue filming through the July 5th “Back to the Beginning” concert in Birmingham, England, marking the final show for both Ozzy and his band Black Sabbath. Once completed, it will premiere on Paramount+ in the fall.

“The last six years have been full of some of the worst times I’ve been through,” stated Ozzy in a press release. “There’s been times when I thought my number was up. But making music and making two albums saved me. I’d have gone nuts without music.”

An official description of Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now reads as follows:

“Paramount+ today announced the production of Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now,...

Paramount+ on Tuesday announced Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, a new documentary that will peer behind the Black Sabbath frontman’s public persona to reveal the devastating setbacks he has faced in recent years amid a number of health issues.

Currently in production, the project is slated to premiere on Paramount+ later this year. It’s said to spotlight Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before, detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time. Addressing his health issues and impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film showcases the central role music continues to play in Ozzy’s life, also proving his mischievous sense of humor remains resolutely intact, despite it all.

Directed by BAFTA winner Tania Alexander,...

Ozzy Osbourne is the subject of a new Paramount+ documentary, titled “No Escape From Now,” which will chronicle his health issues and upcoming final show with Black Sabbath.

The feature-length project, which is currently in production and slated to premiere on the streamer later this year, will “reveal the devastating setbacks” the 76-year-old Brit has “faced since his fateful fall in 2019,” according to a press release.

“This is Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before: an honest, warm and deeply personal portrait of one of the greatest rock stars of all-time, detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time,” the documentary’s logline reads. “Addressing his health issues and impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film...

A feature-length documentary on Ozzy Osbourne is set to premiere on Paramount+ later this year.

Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, currently in production, will peer behind the musician’s public persona to reveal the devastating setbacks he has faced since a fateful fall in 2019, as well as his Parkinson’s diagnosis.

“This is Ozzy Osbourne like you’ve never seen before: an honest, warm and deeply personal portrait of one of the greatest rock stars of all-time,” a synopsis said, “detailing how the singer’s world shuddered to a halt six years ago, forcing him to contemplate who he really is, confront his own mortality and question whether or not he can ever perform on stage for one last time. Addressing his health issues and the impact of his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the film showcases the central role music continues to play in Ozzy’s life.”

Osbourne added: “The...

Exclusive: Walters Media Group, the recently launched shingle of veteran producer Gary Michael Walters, has acquired the film rights to The Third Parent, the acclaimed creepypasta from writer Elias Witherow. Set to write and direct the feature adaptation, in his feature debut, is producer David Michaels.

The feature take is set amidst the 4th of July celebration, as a disturbing figure named Tommy Taffy emerges. Disguised as a human, he infiltrates a suburban neighborhood and imposes authoritarian rule over an unsuspecting family.

Walters will produce for Walters Media Group, along with Spencer Young (Bury This) for Enfant Terrible, and Jonathan Halperyn & Daniel Kresmery for Hero Squared. Exec producers include Jack Roberts (Remnants) for Lesnik Entertainment, as well as Drake Dowd and Kristen Gilot-Dowd for Dowd Films.

Witherow’s The Third Parent — comprising a series of short stories and novellas — appears on NoSleep, the 18+ million-member Reddit forum featuring the best in horror fiction.

After teasing new music for over a year, Tool’s Justin Chancellor has once again assured fans that a new album is on the way. Following their upcoming Latin American tour, he’s revealed that they will “dedicate the next three months” to organizing their ideas in the studio.

The comment came in a new interview with Chancellor by Summa Inferno, in which he described their album-making process as having “a lot of stages.” As it stands now, Tool’s members reportedly “all have ideas… We’ve all shared our individual ideas with each other, and we have a really good pile of stuff.”

But it’s after the “ideas” stage that things get a little more tricky, Chancellor explained. “The really difficult process is when you actually get together and make decisions about how it’s going to end up. And that becomes a little more mathematical, a little...

The band Primus is preparing for their 2025 tour alongside bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer.

In celebration of Maynard James Keenan’s 60th birthday last April, the trio of bands held their first leg of the Sessanta tour, which was limited to just seven dates in the western half of the country. Their new tour will see them make stops across the rest of the country and in parts of Canada.

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The tour is slated to kick off in Palm Springs, California, on April 24, and will continue over 26 dates until it concludes near Seattle, Washington on June 7.

Keenan previously said, “The Sessanta run was by far the most fun and delicious extended birthday party I’ve ever had thanks to all of the attendees and the master musicianship of Primus, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle. No comparison.”

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Maynard James Keenan is mourning the death of his father, Mike Keenan.

The Tool singer shared a touching tribute to his dad on Instagram over the weekend, including several photos and the following eulogy, disclosing that his father passed away “peacefully”:

“My Father, Mike Keenan, also my Wrestling coach and Hs Teacher, passed early yesterday. He went peacefully in his room. And for those of you who knew him, that sounds quite boring. He lived an interesting life. He was Recently described as “Wild and Ungovernable.” Just one example: Over a year ago he was hit by the train in Scottville on his way home from a pow wow. Survived, but refused to go to the hospital for fear they would keep him from going competitive skiing in Helsinki in 7 days. With broken ribs. Totaled the truck. My truck, btw. Hit by the train that only comes through Scottville once a month.

Primus have revealed that their new drummer is John Hoffman after an open audition that resulted in 6,200 submissions.

The Louisiana-based Hoffman is a relative unknown compared to some of the other finalists that had a chance to fill the slot vacated by Tim “Herb” Alexander, who surprisingly exited the band in October. However, he is a professional drummer who apparently plays more than 250 gigs a year and is known as “the busiest drummer in Shreveport.”

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Frontman Les Claypool revealed the news, posting a photo of himself, with Primus guitarist Larry “Ler” Lalonde and Hoffman, and writing, “Hoffington!!! Welcome aboard! @johnhoffmandrums.”

Among the drummers whom Hoffman beat out are Thomas Pridgen, Nikki Glaspie, and others.

Hoffman was part of a shortlist of drummers who were invited out to the West Coast to jam with Primus as part of a five-day “interstellar drum derby.” Among those in...

Tool surprised attendees during the Bass Magazine Awards at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California on Thursday night (January 23rd) with a two-song set. The band was on hand to celebrate Justin Chancellor’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Chancellor was advertised to perform at the event with fellow bassists Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey, as well as “members of Tool.” However, fans at the intimate setting got a welcome surprise when the entire band showed up to perform “Schism” and “Jambi.”

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Preceding the ceremony, Tool paid tribute to Chancellor on Instagram, writing, “Congratulations to our very own Justin Chancellor as he’s honored with a Bass Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his bass wizardry and alchemy with Tool, since 1995.”

The surprise gig came ahead of the band’s “Tool in the Sand” destination festival taking place March 7th-9th at the Hard Rock Hotel...

Maynard James Keenan sat down with YouTube personality Rick Beato for a new interview, and was asked by the host to name the “best-sounding” album from each of his three bands: Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.

The question came toward the latter part of Beato’s one-hour-plus conversation with Keenan, in which he also discussed his 2025 plans (revealing a new Puscifer album is coming), his thoughts on pop stars like Billie Eilish, and a Mars Volta album that he feels fell short sonically, among other topics.

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In asking about the best-sounding albums from each of Keenan’s bands, Beato clarified that he was referring to both the songwriting and the overall recording quality.

“With Tool, I think it would be, I think Lateralus,” responded Keenan (as transcribed by ThePRP). There’s just a balance to it. There’s some sonics attached to Ænima — that...

While the age-old adage "less is more" is sound filmmaking advice, the opposite applies to Jason Statham's relentless action movies. A case in point is Crank 2: High Voltage, a balls-to-the-wall action sequel that goes so far over the top that it dwarfs the absurdity of the original to leave a big, fat grin etched on the faces of hardcore Statham fanatics. Critics were also impressed, giving Crank 2 slightly better reviews than its predecessor.

Boasting a wild premise that forces Statham's Chev Chelios into a ticking-clock health scenario, Crank 2's high-voltage electricity derives from the extreme plot, flagrant fight scenes, hyper-violence, morbid humor, kinetic camerawork, Statham's breathless stunt work, and more. With the film recently celebrating its 15th anniversary, it's time to hook up the jumper cables and bring Crank 2: High Voltage back to life.

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Tool frontman and Jiu Jitsu black belt Maynard James Keenan has announced a new film about the martial art entitled The Great In Between: An Introduction to Jiu Jitsu.

The film begins streaming December 13th via Puscifer TV and is billed as a “90-minute class” that “offers a hands-on seminar tailored for beginners and the Jiu Jitsu-curious” according to Keenan’s press release.

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Shot at the Verde Valley Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy in Cottonwood, Arizona, the film sees Keenan and his fellow black belts guiding viewers through “the essential development of stabilizing muscles and myelin connections, building a foundation for success in this confidence-building, puzzle-solving martial art.”

“You can do this,” stated Keenan, who earned his black belt in Jiu Jitsu earlier this year. “We’ve got your back. Not literally. But we can also teach you how to get us off your back.

Tool frontman and Jiu Jitsu black belt Maynard James Keenan has announced a new film about the martial art entitled The Great In Between: An Introduction to Jiu Jitsu.

The film begins streaming December 13th via Puscifer TV and is billed as a “90-minute class” that “offers a hands-on seminar tailored for beginners and the Jiu Jitsu-curious” according to Keenan’s press release.

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Shot at the Verde Valley Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy in Cottonwood, Arizona, the film sees Keenan and his fellow black belts guiding viewers through “the essential development of stabilizing muscles and myelin connections, building a foundation for success in this confidence-building, puzzle-solving martial art.”

“You can do this,” stated Keenan, who earned his black belt in Jiu Jitsu earlier this year. “We’ve got your back. Not literally. But we can also teach you how to get us off your back.

Tool singer Maynard James Keenan has finally answered the question on everyone’s mind: “What’s his favorite tool?”

To his credit, the singer gave an answer during an appearance on comedian Bert Kreischer’s Bertcast podcast. The question actually came from Kreischer’s college-aged daughter Ila, a big fan of Tool who texted the query to her dad to ask on her behalf.

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After giving a mocking laugh, Keenan answered seriously, “A battery-operated pneumatic nail gun,” adding a sound effect. He continued, “I remember when it was like the canister and it would clog up and get all fucked up. The newer ones, you can charge the battery, and you can get some shit done.”

Keenan wrapped up his answer humorously with, “Does that answer your fuckin’ question?”

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Primus’ Les Claypool and Larry Lalonde have announced the abrupt departure of the band’s longtime drummer, Tim “Herb” Alexander.

In a statement posted on Tuesday, October 29th, Claypool and Lalonde explained that Alexander resigned “effective immediately” from the band via an email sent on Thursday, October 17th. “It came as a complete shock to all of us here in the Primus camp,” the statement explains.

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“On the heels of a wonderful spring & summer of touring and some fabulous plans ahead, it has been a bit bewildering for us that Herb would so abruptly opt out,” Claypool and Lalonde continue. “After several attempts to communicate with Herb, his only response was another email stating that he has ‘lost his passion for playing.’ As disappointing as that is, we respect his choice.”

The statement then goes on to explain how Claypool and Lalonde will handle Primus’ upcoming bookings.

Tool have beefed up their March 2025 tour itinerary with the addition of two shows in Mexico. The band will now be playing a total of seven concerts in Latin America, right after headlining their own recently announced three-day “Tool Live in the Sand” festival in the Dominican Republic.

The two newly announced concerts will take place March 12th at Explanada del Estadio Mobil Super in Monterrey, and March 15th at Explanada del Estadio Azteca, with tickets going on sale November 4th at noon Et. A special Tool Army pre-sale will take place this Thursday (October 31st) at noon Et for members of the band’s fan club.

As previously reported, as part of the brief tour, Tool will be playing their first-ever shows in South America, headlining Lollapalooza festivals in Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.

Meanwhile, the “Tool Live in the Sand” festival in Punta Cana will take place March 7th-9th,...

Tool have announced a new all-inclusive destination festival taking place March 7th-9th, 2025, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino & Royalton Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The three-day event will be headlined by Tool, with Primus, Mastodon, and others also on the lineup..

Dubbed “Tool Live in the Sand,” the resort festival will also feature Coheed and Cambria, Eagles of Death Metal, King’s X, Fishbone, Wheel, Cky, and Moonwalker.

Tool will play two unique sets throughout the weekend; meanwhile, they’ll be joined by their longtime visual collaborators Alex Grey and Allyson Grey. Tool is partnering with live event company Festication for the event, and it will mark the band’s first ever performance in the Caribbean.

Tickets for “Tool Live in the Sand” will first go on-sale for members of the band’s official fan club, Tool Army. The Tool Army pre-sale begins on Tuesday, October 29th 10:00 a.

The 39th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony turned Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, into a “celebration” Saturday night as Kool & the Gang, Dave Matthews Band, Mary J. Blige, A Tribe Called Quest and Cher showed up to accept inductions from Chuck D, Julia Roberts, Method Man, Dr. Dre, Dave Chappelle and Zendaya.

The event returned to the hometown of the Rock & Roll Museum for the first time since 2021. This year’s top music-industry honor in the performer category went to Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest. Musical Excellence Award honorees included Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield; Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton received the Musical Influence Award. Motown executive Suzanne de Passe received the Ahmet Ertegun Award — the fifth woman to accept the accolade.

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On Saturday, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted Ozzy Osbourne as a solo artist. It was the second time the institution recognized the singer, following his induction as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006.

The honor was long overdue. Osbourne made one of rock’s most incredible comebacks after Black Sabbath fired him in 1979. With the help of guitarist Randy Rhoads, who was posthumously inducted into the Hall in 2021, he recorded energetic, almost gothic rockers like “Crazy Train,” “Mr. Crowley,” and “Flying High Again” that helped him eclipse Sabbath’s career commercially.

Ozzy Osbourne was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday night (October 19th) in Cleveland with a rousing and highly entertaining speech by Jack Black. The Prince of Darkness was also honored with a three-song performance fronted by Maynard James Keenan, Jelly Roll, and Billy Idol.

Jack Black gave an all-time Rock Hall speech, with his face turning beet red as he hilariously screamed his way through a highly animated rundown of Ozzy’s various achievements.

Ozzy himself followed, sitting in a giant leather bat-design chair. The metal icon singled out his late guitarist Randy Rhoads and his wife Sharon during his brief speech.

The all-star performance was next, as Tool’s Maynard James Keenan sang “Crazy Train” alongside Wolfgang Van Halen on lead guitar, with a backing band of Chad Smith on drums, Robert Trujillo on bass, Andrew Watt on rhythm guitar, and Adam Wakeman on keyboards.

Dua Lipa brought a very special date with her to attend the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio!

On Saturday (October 19), the 29-year-old Radical Optimism hitmaker walked the red carpet at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse with her dad Dukagjin!

She looked as stylish as ever in a black two-piece outfit with sequin detailing while her dad opted for a classic, double-breasted suit with a bowtie.

They weren’t the only stars at the event, either. Zendaya turned the event into an opportunity to pay tribute to Cher, who was inducted into the Hall.

We’ve got photos of so many more stars on the red carpet. That way you can see who else was there and what they wore.

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Tool famously kept their music off digital platforms until finally making their catalog available to streaming services in 2019 upon the release of their latest album, Fear Inoculum. Looking back, singer Maynard James Keenan feels it was a big “mistake” for the band not to embrace the digital revolution earlier.

In a new conversation with rock personality Allison Hagendorf (watch below), the Tool vocalist was asked about the band’s decision to keep their music strictly on physical formats while most other music acts readily made their music available on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.

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Keenan emphasized that it wasn’t his choice to do so, insisting he had wanted to the band to go the digital route for 20 years, and that his bandmates finally “caved.”

“I feel like we missed the boat. Like it started with downloads, you know, 24 years ago,” Keenan told Hagendorf,...

Ozzy Osbourne’s complete solo discography will be collected on an 18-lp box set titled See You on the Other Side V2.0, set to arrive on March 14th, 2025. The release updates a 2019 box set with Ozzy’s two most recent albums, 2020’s Ordinary Man and 2022’s Patient Number 9, as well as additional goodies.

See You on the Other Side V2.0 comes at a steep price of $599.99, but it is limited to 2,000 copies, with each signed by the Prince of Darkness himself. It is available for pre-order from Ozzy’s official merch store.

In addition to all of his studio LPs, live albums, and rarities on vinyl, the box set includes 10 brand-new full-size posters of vintage photos, a gold bat vinyl slipmat, and an individually numbered vellum certificate of authenticity personally signed by Ozzy.

The announcement of the box set is accompanied by a hilarious commercial starring Osbourne’s guitarist Zakk Wylde.

Zakk Wylde is stepping away from the remaining dates of the ongoing “Experience Hendrix” tour as he prepares for Ozzy Osbourne‘s second Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.

Wylde is a man of many projects, from Black Label Society to Pantera, but the journeyman guitarist can only be in one place at a time. His involvement in Ozzy’s induction — which honors Osbourne’s solo career, including years of work alongside Wylde — has taken precedence over the remaining five shows of the Experience Hendrix tour (October 15th through the 19th).

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While the “Experience Tour” will no longer feature Wylde, fans can still look forward to seeing the likes of Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Taj Mahal, Dweezil Zappa, Eric Johnson, and more performing during the upcoming shows (get tickets here).

Wylde’s Instagram page shared the following statement announcing his departure from the tour:

“Due to unavoidable scheduling conflicts,...

Ozzy Osbourne will be honored during the October 19th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony with a speech by Jack Black and an all-star musical tribute featuring Tool singer Maynard James Keenan other rock luminaries.

It marks Ozzy’s second induction to the Rock Hall after going in as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006. This time, his induction honors his career outside of Sabbath, with the ceremony featuring a tribute to Ozzy’s legendary solo work. The event will be televised live on Disney+, with a later broadcast on ABC.

As for the musical tribute, a star-studded cast of Keenan, Billy Idol, and Jelly Roll will sing songs from Ozzy’s solo career, backed by a band including bassist Rob Trujillo (who was in Ozzy’s band before he joined Metallica), Ozzy’s trusty axeman Zakk Wylde, Wolfgang Van Halen, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens,...

The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, will get an all-star tribute at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland on Oct. 19. The recognition marks Osbourne’s second induction into the institution, following Black Sabbath’s entry in 2006. The ceremony will stream live on Disney+, and a televised special will air on ABC and be available on Hulu at a later date.

With just a few weeks to go, Osbourne tells Rolling Stone he’s still wrapping his head around the induction. “I don’t know what to think,...

A Perfect Circle, Primus, and Puscifer had such a great time celebrating Maynard James Keenan‘s 60th birthday with their joint “Sessanta” tour earlier this year, they’ve decided to do it again in 2025. The three bands have announced the “Sessanta V2.0” tour, hitting cities they missed the first time around.

The new outing will kick off April 24th in Palm Springs, California, and run through a June 7th show in Auburn, Washington. Along the way, the tour will hit such markets as San Antonio, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Milwaukee, among other cities.

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Artist pre-sales begin Wednesday (September 18th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the codes Knockknock, Birthday, or Fool. A Live Nation pre-sale follows on Thursday at 10 a.m. local time with the code Setlist, while a general on-sale begins Friday. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub,...

Tool have made a tradition of pulling a light-hearted prank on their support acts at the end of a tour, and Cali alt rockers Night Verses were the latest to get the treatment.

In a video just posted by Tool on social media, bassist Justin Chancellor and some of the band’s road crew had a surprise ready for Night Verses during their final night supporting Tool’s European tour that wrapped up in late June.

Chancellor donned a mildly terrifying Willy Wonka disguise while his cohorts were wearing massive animal costumes as they collectively invaded the stage during an instrumental breakdown in the set. The members of Night Verses threw some double takes at the bizarre spectacle — Chancellor went centerstage wielding a cane, egging on the drummer and “conducting” the band — though they remained unfazed, crushing this particular crescendo in the song.

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Danny Carey sported a new look during Tool’s recent show (June 5th) in Paris, as the drummer wore a form-fitting glow-in-the-dark bodysuit in the style of artist Alex Grey’s “Psychic Energy System” artwork.

Grey is a longtime Tool collaborator, having designed the artwork for Lateralus and 10,000 Days. Carey’s bodysuit was created by Jacob Roanhaus, who also fabricated a similar suit showing a muscular system akin to the Lateralus album cover that Carey sported a few months ago.

Tool shared a brief video of Carey performing in the “Psychic Energy System” suit on Instagram, with fans commenting that the outfit reminded them of Marvel’s Thanos and Infinity Stones, and others remarking that it had a Tron vibe. However, as seen below, it appears to be a direct homage to Grey’s 1980 Psychic Energy System painting, which falls more in line with the chakra system.

The Paris...

Puscifer have released a new song, “The Algorithm,” and its accompanying music video.

The track was written exclusively for the soundtrack to the American Psycho comic-book series. It made its premiere on Tuesday (May 28th) on SiriuxXM, and now an official music video has been unveiled.

On the metallic side for Puscifer, the song is driven by sharp guitar stabs and a steady mid-tempo groove. And yes, the track title is a reference to “The Algorithm” as we know it in social media terms. Maynard James Keenan is infamously anti-smartphone when it comes to concerts, even banning the audience from using them at shows, and here he and guitarist Mat Mitchell lay down their full thesis on “dopamine addiction through habitual social media use,” per Puscifer’s press release.

“Our approach to writing ‘The Algorithm’ was not to delicately peel back the layers of the onion, but instead, to take an axe to it,...

Maynard James Keenan has been celebrating his 60th birthday all month with two of his bands — A Perfect Circle and Puscifer — along with Primus on the “Sessanta” tour. On Saturday night (April 20th) at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, fans were treated to all three of Keenan’s bands when Tool gave a surprise performance toward the end of the concert.

The tour usually has a no-video policy until the last song of the night, which is Puscifer’s “Grand Canyon,” but Keenan said from the stage that he would permit filming of the next song because he had “picked up some strays” to join him onstage. At that point, Tool’s Danny Carey, Adam Jones, and Justin Chancellor walked out to the delight of the fans.

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Keenan joked, “Danny’s up there, like, ‘You call this a fuckin’ drum set! Where’s the rest of it?...

Maynard James Keenan is currently busy with all of his bands: Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer. And based on comments in a new interview, fans can expect new music from all three in the near future.

Revolver captured Keenan and Primus’ Les Claypool in conversation amidst their joint “Sessanta” tour — a celebration of Keenan’s 60th birthday that involves collaborative and rotating sets by A Perfect Circle, Primus, and Puscifer.

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It was at the end of the discussion when Keenan revealed his post-tour plans, which also involve opening a fried chicken restaurant and his continued winemaking operation Caduceus Cellars.

“I’ve got three bands that need to write songs, so I’m going to be doing that,” said Keenan who turned 60 on Wednesday (April 17th). “But I’m also expanding out in Arizona, opening up a fried chicken place in Cottonwood. When it...

Tool are notorious for taking their sweet time between albums, especially the 13 years between 2006’s 10,000 Days and 2019’s Fear Inoculum. Now, even singer Maynard James Keenan is insisting that the band can’t wait that long to put out the next one.

“Tool is a more complicated beast with a lot of egos and a lot of other things going on in our lives,” Keenan told Metal Hammer in a new interview. “But all the creativity’s there, the songs and the ideas can flow and the arguments ensue.”

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He continued, “As soon as we get past the arguments, we can get shit done! [Laughs] I think we could do it more efficiently. And I think everyone’s on the same page that we have to get through that, because we can’t drag this out another 14 years.”

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Maynard James Keenan’s monthlong 60th birthday celebration kicked off on Tuesday night (April 2nd) in Boston as A Perfect Circle, Primus, and Puscifer launched the “Sessanta Tour.”

The outing finds the three bands rotating on and and off the stage, with members of all three acts onstage at certain points. The 29-song setlist was divided into groups of tunes by each band.

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The evening kicked off with three A Perfect Circle songs, followed by four Primus cuts and three Puscifer numbers, and continued to rotate from there.

Highlights included Keenan singing on Primus’ “Tommy the Cat,” Primus drummer Tim Alexander sitting in on A Perfect Circle’s “The Hollow,” and Primus frontman Les Claypool jamming on the set-closing Puscifer song “Grand Canyon.”

The bands also debuted all three songs from their Sessanta E.P.P.P., a newly released EP featuring new tracks from each act.

April 2024 is poised to be a big month in music history. Beyond Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, ushering in the month and Taylor Swift’s new LP, The Tortured Poets Department, arriving on April 19th, a number of exciting tour are set to kick off, including jaunts by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, a reunited Heart, a reunited Black Crowes, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips, and many more.

There will also be a number of joint tours kicking off in April. The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie are teaming up for an outing, as are Bad Religion and Social Distortion. A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Primus will even team up for a three-act tour.

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Maynard James Keenan’s 60th birthday is on April 17th this year,...

The Sessanta E.P.P.P. featuring new songs by A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Primus is out now. All three tunes can be streamed below.

The three-song release precedes the “Sessanta Tour,” a celebration of singer Maynard James Keenan’s 60th birthday. All three tracks — “Kindred” (A Perfect Circle); “No Angel” (Puscifer); and “Pablo’s Hippos” (Primus) — were co-written by Keenan, who fronts both Apc and Puscifer.

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The Sessanta E.P.P.P. is available to order on vinyl in various bundles via a dedicated online store. Additionally, fans will be able to purchase a signed tour-exclusive variant in limited quantities at the merch table on the “Sessanta Tour,” which kicks off this coming Tuesday (April 2nd) in Boston and runs through a May 4th show in Queens, New York.

A Perfect Circle’s “Kindred” is the band’s first new music since the 2018 album Eat the Elephant.