The Tool release of Fear Inoculum is a rare event for rock these days. Yesterday, we learned they've unseated Taylor Swift at the top of the U.S. charts, with the highest selling rock album in over a year. Although, Billboard counts Dave Matthews Band as rock (I guess!) so it could've even been longer.
But, the Tool album isn't just crushing it in the States. The band also have the #1 album in Australia, Norway, New Zealand, and Belgium. They are seeing a top 5 debut for UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and Finland.
Check out this rare statement released by The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS): “Several stores had well-attended midnight sales on Thursday (it was my store's first midnight sale in 10 years). When we returned to work on Friday morning, there were lines at the door… the TOOL release was the biggest thing to hit retail in years.” That's pretty wild!
Tool is bringing rock fans back into stores. And, they're bringing rock fans back into the arenas too. Their U.S. tour dates are all practically sold out. Check out the routing below:
October 13 Sacramento, CA Aftershock Festival [Tickets]
October 15 Denver, CO Pepsi Center [Tickets]
October 18 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena [Tickets]
October 20 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center [Tickets]
October 21 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center [Tickets]
October 23 Glendale, AZ Gila River Arena [Tickets]
October 25 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center [Tickets]
October 27 Houston, TX Toyota Center [Tickets]
October 29 Tulsa, OK BOK Center [Tickets]
October 31 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum [Tickets]
November 2 Indianapolis, IN Banker’s Life Fieldhouse [Tickets]
November 3 Chicago, IL United Center [Tickets]
November 5 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena [Tickets]
November 6 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse [Tickets]
November 8 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena [Tickets]
November 9 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena [Tickets]
November 11 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena [Tickets]
November 12 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena [Tickets]
November 14 Boston, MA TD Garden [Tickets]
November 16 Newark, NJ Prudential Center [Tickets]
November 18 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center [Tickets]
November 19 Brooklyn, NY Barclay’s Center [Tickets]
November 21 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Casino Arena [Tickets]
November 22 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall [Tickets]
November 24 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena [Tickets]
November 25 Washington, DC Capitol One Arena [Tickets]
If you somehow haven't done so yet, you can stream Fear Inoculum here and check out the band's entire back catalog of music videos recently published on YouTube here. Also, probably keep an eye out for new music videos soon.
