TOOL "dig a couple oldies out" at Aftershock 2023: See photos and setlist | Revolver

TOOL "dig a couple oldies out" at Aftershock 2023: See photos and setlist

2 classics they haven't played since 2020
tool maynard james keenan 2023 aftershock PROMO, Steve Thrasher
photograph by Steve Thrasher

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TOOL's long-awaited 2023 fall tour continued last night at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California. In the lead-up to the trek, the band's guitarist and visual guru Adam Jones had teased that the progressive metal visionaries might be breaking out some oldies on the run, and after thrilling fans at the tour opener by playing the 10,000 Days epic "Rosetta Stoned" for the first time with vocals since 2009, TOOL dug even deeper into their catalog at Aftershock, performing Undertow's "Swamp Song."

The group hadn't played that particular cut since a show three years ago in Brisbane, Australia, and they followed last night's performance of it with another oldie, "Ænema," the apocalyptic de facto title track off TOOL's masterful second album, 1996's Ænima, which had also been retired from the setlist since 2020.

Check out photos of TOOL's Aftershock performance above and below, as well as the full setlist (courtesy of Setlist.fm).

TOOL Aftershock 2023 setlist:
Jambi
The Pot
Fear Inoculum
Pushit
Rosetta Stoned
Forty Six & 2
Pneuma
The Grudge
Invincible
Stinkfist
Swamp Song (first time since 2020)
Ænema (first time since 2020)

tool adam jones 2023 aftershock PROMO THRASHER, Steve Thrasher
photograph by Steve Thrasher
tool danny carey 2023 aftershock PROMO THRASHER
tool justin chancellor 2023 aftershock PROMO THRASHER
tool maynard james keenan 2 2023 aftershock PROMO THRASHER, Steve Thrasher
photograph by Steve Thrasher