ncast2523 posted the following Tool VIP Q&A notes on the FourthEye forums.
In VIP Adam [Jones] mentioned playing something “old” – whatever that means.
At soundcheck the boys sans M were jamming the beginning of Wings. Danny had the big drum samples loaded up.
Got to see most of the new Opiate video – it’s pretty sweet!
Adam also mentioned wanting to cover Cream – White Room on this tour but Maynard said no because they didn’t send him the music soon enough for this tour.
SPIN have posted a new article on why Tool’s return is something to get excited about. Below is an excerpt:
Ten thousand days haven’t gone by since that album’s release—that would be a little over twenty-seven years—but it’s beginning to feel that long. The tenth anniversary of the release of Tool’s latest album came and went at this time lastyear. Even Kabir Akhtar, the one-time superfan who founded the fansite toolshed.down.net, started to lose hope ages ago. Launched when Akhtar was a sophomore undergrad—he’s now an Emmy-winning TV editor/director who’s worked on shows like Arrested Development and New Girl as well as the Academy Awards—the Toolshed, named by Keenan himself, actually pre-dates the band’s official site. It was once a go-to destination for insider info and a haven for fans to chat with one another, before the advent of social media and blogs. Needless to say, the geek-out quotient was quite high.
By any generous measure, eleven years is an interminably long wait. There’s still no official word about when we can expect new music, even though the band has issued sheepish, none-too-reassuring hints for years now. Somehow, though, Tool continues to maintain its hold on the public without so much as trying. All but a handful of the North American dates the band is scheduled to play this May and June have sold out without the benefit of a single, aggressive promotion, or even so much as a tease for a new release. Meanwhile, these days young children perform Tool songs on YouTube, in widely celebrated clips like this one (with over 14 million views) and this one (which features Carey himself).