Bands who tour behind an album released four years prior do it for one of three reasons: they’re in denial that their heyday has passed, they put out one of the best records of their career, or they have a strong fan base. Bands who tour behind a stellar album, take a break, and then resume touring again as if that record as new is quite rare. When Tool released
10,000 Days back in 2006, the record sold over 500,000 its first week. Touring took them through the fall of 2007 then saw the guys taking the following year off. 2009 had Tool appearing on a summer mini-tour of the U.S. and festivals like Lollapalooza. This brings us up to the current mini-tour that just finished in Los Angeles with two sold-out shows at the Nokia Theater. I witnessed both nights but the final night of the tour is the one I’ll be speaking of.
