Tool Play Deep Cuts For The First Time In 20 Years Ahead Of Good Things Festival

Fans who scored tickets to Tool’s two concerts in New Zealand over the weekend received more than the price of admission, thanks to the startling setlists.

On their first of two nights on Saturday (22 November), Tool took over Auckland’s Spark Arena and performed Lateralus’ Disposition and Ænima’s H. for the first time since 2002, as well as Crawl Away from their debut album Undertow for the first time since 1998.

The second night on Sunday (23 November) continued with the shocks, with the fan favourite track Prison Sex played for the first time since 2002 and 10,000 Days’ Intension for the first time since 2014. Plus, the band premiered the Fear Inoculum song Mockingbeat, and their fans in New Zealand enjoyed the live debut.

Across both evenings, Tool also paid tribute to Black Sabbath by playing Hand of Doom, which they performed at the British metal icons’ Back to the Beginning farewell concert in July. The shows also had some omissions, with hits such as Sober, The Pot, and Forty Six & 2 surprisingly not played.

You can check out videos from the evenings below.

Following their New Zealand dates, Tool will perform for two nights at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre this week (28 and 29 November), and one night at Perth’s RAC Arena next week (2 December). After those shows, Tool will play in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane when they headline this year’s Good Things Festival.

At Good Things Festival, Tool will be joined by the likes of Weezer, Garbage, Machine Head, Refused, All Time Low, The All-American Rejects, Lorna Shore, Knocked Loose, GWAR, Tonight Alive, Yours Truly, and many others.

You can check out The Music’s guide to this year’s Good Things Festival here and purchase last-minute tickets here.

Tool first rose to prominence in the early 1990s with their debut album, Undertow, before Ænima, released in 1996, brought them widespread success.

The Grammy Award-winning outfit kicked off the new millennium with the release of 2001’s Lateralus and followed it up with 2006’s 10,000 Days. However, one of the longest waits for a new record preceded the eventual arrival of their eagerly anticipated fifth album, Fear Inoculum, in 2019.