On Sunday, October 13th, Tool provided a triumphant conclusion to Sacramento’s Aftershock festival, playing an epic 11-song set that spanned from their 1992 debut EP, Opiate, to their most recent offering, August’s Fear Inoculum, the group’s first album in 13 years. The rapturous performance served as the kickoff of the band’s ongoing North American headlining tour, featuring U.K. industrial-metal/post-punk pioneers Killing Joke opening the show on all successive dates. It also saw Tool play two new songs live for the first time: “Pneuma” and Fear Inoculum’s Active Rock chart–topping title track. Revolver Creative Director Jimmy Hubbard was there to catch all the prog-metal convolutions and synapse-frying laser lights. See some of his standout photographs, as well as the full set list and Tool’s upcoming itinerary, below.
Tool Aftershock 2019 set list (via setlist.fm):
Fear Inoculum
Ænema
The Pot
Invincible
Part of Me
Parabola
Jambi
Forty Six & 2
(-)Ions
Stinkfist
Pneuma
Tool tour dates:
October 18 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
October 20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
October 21 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
October 23 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena
October 25 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
October 27 Houston, TX Toyota Center
October 29 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
October 31 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum
November 2 Indianapolis, IN Banker’s Life Fieldhouse
November 3 Chicago, IL United Center
November 5 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
November 6 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
November 8 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena
November 9 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena
November 11 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
November 12 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
November 14 Boston, MA TD Garden
November 16 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
November 18 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
November 19 Brooklyn, NY Barclay’s Center
November 21 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Casino Arena
November 22 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
November 24 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
November 25 Washington, DC Capitol One Arena