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A fan named Space Chimp recently tweeted Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan, “sooo any chance of us getting a release date soon? Next year’s pretty vague.”
Keenan responded, “April 1st.”
It appears that Maynard is being sarcastic. It’s unclear if he meant April 1, 2019 would be the new album release date, or the day the release date was announced. We’ll have to wait for him to release The Art of the Troll to know for sure.
Maynard James Keenan previously announced on April 1, 2017 and April 1, 2018 (yes, he did it two years straight) that Sammy Hagar was replacing him in Tool:
MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN GIVES SAMMY HAGAR THE WHEEL
In an effort to nudge the things forward in what seems to be an endless music writing process, Maynard James Keenan has enlisted the help of Sammy Hagar to temporarily replace him as the vocalist for the slow moving internationally recognized rock monster truck, Tool. “There seems to be this invisible speed limit we’ve been holding ourselves to. I believe Sammy can help us get all pistons firing and break some sound barriers.” Keenan went on to say, “Sammy is the only vocalist I’m aware of that was able to take an already established Van Halen an even greater distance. Hopefully this shift in gears will help speed things along.” 03-32-18
April 1st
— Maynard J Keenan (@mjkeenan) July 27, 2018
