Buoyed by critical and commercial success of their first album in 13 years, Fear Inoculum, Tool have hit the road again, prefacing their imminent North American tour (which kicks off Tuesday, October 15th) with an epic headlining performance at Sacramento's Aftershock festival. Fear Inoculum not only debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart, but also, according to Billboard, had the biggest week for any rock album in over one year and, notably, bumped Taylor Swift out of the top spot in the process.
Ahead of the LP's release, Tool had been playing two new songs, "Invincible" and "Descending" live; at Aftershock, they gave two other Fear Inoculum cuts their live debuts, "Pneuma" and the title track. Fans responded, of course, by raising their cellphones to capture the momentous performances for posterity. Check out some of the higher quality videos above and 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 13 Sacramento, CA Aftershock Festival
October 15 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
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