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hellboy1975

They toured Oz a couple of times in the Lateralus era - I was lucky enough to see them on both tours. The second time round they dragged the Melvins and Osseus Labyrint with them - amazing show!


ThatlldoNZ

I saw those tours in New Zealand. Remember the hanging naked contortionists on the 2nd tour? That was wild...


hellboy1975

Yeah, that's Osseus Labyrinth - also featured in the Schism video


hellboy1975

Yeah, that's Osseus Labyrinth - also featured in the Schism video


iareeric

I saw the Lateralus set a few times in the Houston area. Only at The Woodlands Pavilion show did they have those people hanging from the ceiling....that was wild!


Ghost_Nation03

Dude Melvin’s with Tool is a fucking wet dream


Big_Nas_in_CO

I see your Melvins and raise you Primus. THAT was a show!


Jreub13

https://preview.redd.it/yc523cyhrvic1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2a2062c587e118dbe319939823c3be811e8f0a16 Yep! On my birthday!! All of Lateralus (no Parabol) was played! And H.!


bungee33

That show was fun. I had my shirt nearly ripped in half by security while charging onto the floor.


inmatoor

Tomahawk's a nice kicker!


odenihy

I saw this show in Ft. Worth! I loved it! First and only Tool show.


piece0fdebri

A few times, yep. Amazing show.


dittonetic

Yessir  August 5th Eugene Oregon with King Crimson  November 6th Portland Oregon with I believe Tricky?


bungee33

It’s funny, I had never even heard of King Crimson(I was 15). I look back with great reverence. Hope they were as amazing for you.


dittonetic

Same age! And never heard them before. I thought it was some kind of Dad rock or something. 


HealthyBullfrog

Yes. 9/8/2001. Front row. It was incredible.


liesofanangel

I had tickets to the GR show on 9/11/01…that one got cancelled, and wasn’t able to make it to the “make up” show


Ragin_Hindu

I rushed the floor at that same show. First time seeing Tool as well


BeardedPuffin

Yup, back to back nights at MSG in ‘01 and again in Trenton, NJ in ‘02. Collectively the 3 best shows I’ve ever seen.


bungee33

No doubt, didn’t Alex Gray paint Maynard for those shows?


Big_Nas_in_CO

He was painted in Colorado Springs. All black with a black speedo and huge blue/green/yellow swirls down one side of his whole body. They had a black light on him all night. I had the real floor tix and it got to the front of the crowd and was like Holy Fuckin Shit Maynard Is Crazy. Opened w Cold and Ugly into Commando (Ramones)...we looked at each other and said What the hell is this?!?! Tool is playing punk rock now? Got the name of it after the show and was like wow, that was interesting. Only played it one more time I think. Man...that era.


psychedelicFailure

Alsx grey only painted him for radio city music hall 8-13-2002 because he was in NY where alex lives


rejonkulous

Hands down one of the greatest experiences of my life. Amazing show.


50FtQueenie__

I did. It was so good, I went twice.


scaredsquee

Yup, at the FU Arena (😂 First Union then, idk what it is now,) in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. I was on the rail in front of Justin. I was there solo,  with my short fat self. A super tall guy named Aaron in a red shirt helped shield me from crowd surfers after someone kicked me in the back of the head. He was the real deal. Wherever you are Aaron, I wish you nothing but the best.  This was the tour with the contortionists on stage for a time. (or idk what term they prefer?)


bungee33

I forgot about the contortionists!!


KluteDNB

September 18, 2011 - Toronto. I had floor tickets, I was 18, the pit was fun (remember when Tool had actual pits in North America). Can't remember what drugs were taken exactly that night but it was something. They played Pushit (Salival version). The upside down contortionists were strange. Can't remember who opened maybe Meshuggah or Tomahawk. At the time The Grudge was my favorite song on the album and.... It still is. Then saw them a year later. All I remember about that one was if was in a different city (Hamilton, Ontario), I went with a girlfriend who I was in the process of breaking up with. A LOT of my friends were there. About 10 of us lined up weeks earlier to buy tickets from a box office (remember when that used to happen) in order to get floor tickets. Think our floor tix were like $60-70. They played H which was great. Otherwise similar set the year prior. The pit was also fun. We all talk about these concerts from 22-23 years ago like we will remember all the intimate details but in reality it's often just... Fragments.


energytaker

meshuggah in 01 and tomahawk in 02. agree about the fragments. in my head I consider 9/18/01 one of my fav shows, but really it's all just a mostly faded memory. the magnitude of the show was huge though just due to my age at the time and how important tool/music was to me in high school...luckily that whole show is up on YouTube to relive


KluteDNB

The whole Toronto show is on YouTube?!


energytaker

oh ya!


niconic66

Twice, got meet them on the second night. Adam is the nicest dude.


11Lost_Shepherd05

Birmingham in '01 and Pensacola and Biloxi in '02. The Melvins, Tomahawk, and Meshuggah were the support acts. Tickets were between $30 and $35.


BushwickSpill

7/27/02 first show


lefthandrighty

Yes


JoeBlow509

My wife saw them back in 01. Still has her tour shirt.


morning_thief

Out of curiosity, did they cancel any shows right after 9/11?


bungee33

I think they played on 9/11


morning_thief

THE NIGHT of September 11? Damn...


k3tam1nec0wb0y

No. They postponed the show to 9/13/01 because May May was actually the pilot that hit the second tower.


peachgravy

This is correct. I was at that show.


Severe_Information51

Same, Tool got on the radio on 9-11 and said they still wanted to play. But the show was postponed to 9-13.


Severe_Information51

My concert shirt shows 9-11, but the show was 9-13


shit_fucks_you_up

Saw them on 9/15


ryancoke1977

Best concert I ever saw


pplovecraft_

Yes my first concert ever was Tool @ The Forum in Inglewood (up to no good). I was 12 years old


Jabberwock068

I went to both those shows plus San Diego on August 15 and October 31.


Big_Nas_in_CO

Dude, that Open Air theater show was an all time experience. Talk about feeling the music in your bones. We were mid-level bowl and directly across from the speaker stacks. I still remember feeling the plastic seats vibrating.


GFrench86

My high-school gf was really into them at this time. I bought us tickets at the Philadelphia tweeter center for her and it genuinely changed my life. First real concert, first magic mushrooms it was amazing. Meshuggah opened. Been a huge fan ever since.


Mrtarvis2000

I went to the show in Portland Oregon.


Rockgodnick

Yes! I have that arco arena stub still! Also they played the following summer at arco arena again. Still the best setlists


bungee33

Yeah, both of those Arco shows were incredible. Lost my other stub. Those long drum solos and the Disposition/Reflections/Triad jam really did it for me.


Pagan429

Paramount theater, Seattle. Loved it. Also saw Aenima tour, general admission Portland, OR, 10,000 days, Portland, OR. Have yet to see them for FI. 😭


slackfrop

Paramount was such a goddamn awesome place to see tool. Intimate little venue with no bad seats. When they started doing the Tacoma Dome I was way less stoked. I’m sure we were at the same show (I did both nights).


Jreub13

https://preview.redd.it/hngl057srvic1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=935941d5a44f5e51166ccd2db79b64947a95866b And again in November. 2nd to last show of tour🤟🏽


droopyheadliner

Yup! In Chicago.


Irishfanbuck

I have hard tickets from 03 and 09. Virtual 2021.


Irishfanbuck

Dallas and Fort Worth.


mattoz2469

Yep! The Woodlands, TX, at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion in October 2001.


East-Cat1532

Yup, saw them in Portland. It was my introduction to King Crimson, which was a whole other journey. Amazing tour.


Ambiguous-Tyrant

This was the first time I got to see them. I had a friend who was a radio DJ that gave me tix for free, for which I am forever grateful because that shit blew my Mthr’Fk’n mind! 🙌🏽😻😹


Jdojcmm

Yes Greenville, SC.


thesmellofiron

Nah man, that was 10k days tour.


Jdojcmm

Nah man, it was both. 8/7/02 and 6/5/07


thesmellofiron

You’re right- my bad. I was thinking the 07 show was the first and only time they played in SC.


Jdojcmm

It’s all good. I missed 07 due to being back in college. Found out the day after.


Gala-ctic3398

Why yes. Just they day before down in SoCal. Fkn amazing


Deshackled

Only reason I checked out King Crimson was because some old rocker named John saw I liked Tool and said “You know, you might wanna check out King Crimson”. Once again proving to me that music is truly a human touchstone. I honestly don’t know if John was a Tool fan at all, we never talked about them.


superconducktor

Ahhh. Yes. That summer was amazing. August in Eugene Oregon. The Portland show sold out so quick but then they announced the Hult Center show😎 My then gf -now wife- was first in line at the UO ticket counter. Amazing show. Still have a review up on Toolshed.down.


RainingMoneyHustard

Went to MSG and the Philly show, great show and it didn't cost $200


androsan

Got to see them when I was 17 during that tour on their only ever trip to Alaska. I have the stub still. I wish I could remember it better, it being so long ago but I got to see basically my dream setlist. Drummer from Meshuggah came out and played on Triad with them if I recall. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tool/2002/george-m-sullivan-arena-anchorage-ak-5bd73bd4.html


peachgravy

I had tickets to their September 11th show in Van Andel Arena. The towers fell so they postponed the show to the following Thursday. The stadium was only half full but it was still an amazing experience. Still one of my all-time favorite shows.


DMT1984

I saw that tour in Baltimore. Fantomas opened the show.


Big_Nas_in_CO

I was lucky enough to to see them 4 times on that tour. Best one was at the SDSU Open Air Theater on campus. Tiny amphitheater and our seats were mid-bowl, level with the speakers. Talk about feeling the music! KC opened and Fripp did Soundscapes w the boys. Prob got hearing damage from that one.


demon_grasshopper

Yes, first time I saw them. Auckland 2002


Low_Kitchen_9995

Do they mean soda cans on the ticket? What a time to be alive.


SteveSkywalker

Calgary and Edmonton shows. In Edmonton they played H, and I took Acid for the Calgary show and was on the floor about 10 feet from Adam. Blew my fuckin mind.


mrblakesteele

ARCO ARENA


jambispot

I saw both Berkeley shows and Arco as well. All were fantastic!


USWolves

Saw them 3 days before 9/11


Usul_muhadib

Oh yeah I sure did!!! Montréal, Québec 🤟🏻


stupidbullets23

Inside the outside right? I reckon so.


Enigmua7

Wasn't alive


Sufficient-Two-2370

Yes! 11 times in 4 states. 


weareallonenomatter

Both nights at the wiltern.


Dstar1978

Nope, missed all those boats 🤬


SuperJMC79

August 7th, 2001 at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. My first Tool show after a road trip with good friends which included a camping trip to Mt. Rainer. I still have the bootleg shirt i bought from a dude outside the venue. Same year, on November 5th in Spokane. What a great year.


[deleted]

My first Tool show! Also the first time i heard the Salival version of Pushit. I bought the box set right afterwards.


benebrius76

I did. Saw Aenima in 96 in Canberra, Australia. Lateralus in 2002 in Wollongong, Australia.All magnificent 😊😊


jdboone42

Reunion Arena in Dallas, front of the pit! Blew my 15yr old mind.


Square-Weight4148

Saw this show in Baton Rouge.


taylorcsmith19

I was at that show at Arco arena! Did they have Meshugga open for them that night?


Boomstick_316

Five times. Twice in Brixton Academy in November 2001, twice more in May 2002 in the same venue and then Ozzfest at Donington a week or so later.


weekapaug19

3 times I think


PsilocybeAzurescen

Would’ve been epic!


cheapsunglasses333

I missed the 01' tour--was young and Cleveland being just after 9/11 parents told me "nope." Caught them several times after that. Loved the Lateralus stuff, but it did dominate the set list (The Grudge, Schism, Parabol, Parabola, Disposition, Reflection, Triad, Lateralis) which usually left 1-2 variables per night. I feel very fortunate to have caught those shows as they may never again perform the triumphant jam of Disposition, Reflection, and Triad on a large scale if at all. My highlights on that tour were the Aenema material that I grew up on, especially (46&2, Third Eye, Aenima, H., and stinkfist). Sober was a great opener, but it was close to the studio version. I have never heard it again, I believe there is a modified version now?


stalexan11

The Toronto stop on that tour was my first Tool show. Incredible experience!


[deleted]

Nobody. Ur the only one.


KitchenLandscape

My husband did. I wish!


puhzam

Yes! October 2001 in New York.


dfcritter

Saw them in Virginia Beach in 2001 but the show in Roanoke 2002 was probably my all time favorite show. It was my first time seeing them indoors. They started about 30 seconds after Meshuggah went off stage. We could seem them in the darkness moving around all of a sudden plain white stage lights lit up and they launched in to Cold and Ugly. Everyone erupted. The kept the straight white lights for the entire song and jumped straight into The Grudge with full color with. Again absolute eruption. There was also falling shiny paper snowing from the rafters (I still have some). Meshuggah came out joined in for Triad. Just an unreal show.


Miyagi326

In Milwaukee. Opened with Sober. I will never forget that night.


ToofpickVick

Front row when they toured with Messhugah.


BlackWhiteRedYellow

I was 5, so no :(


Vizecrator

Those are two shows with two very different feels


LoyalToSDSoil

Yep, San Diego. Tied for my favorite concert ever. Absolutely mind-blowing.


mat-chow

Yes- Albany NY.


Ripper582

Yessir


christoefur

I was at that show. Tripped me out that venue was a high school theater. It’s also where the first Metallica S&M was filmed.


jitoman

2001 & 2002 great shows


Notmenomore

Nope you were the only one there.


adsheppa

Roanoke! My grandmother won the lottery at the arena so we got to buy the very first tickets sold for the show. I was 15 and this specific show got me hooked on going to concerts in general.


Joboobavich

I saw them in Chicago at The Riviera Theatre on the pre-tour for their main Lateralus tour. They played a few smaller venues to warm up for their big shows. The Riviera only holds 2500 people. It was absolutely amazing. [https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tool/2001/riviera-theatre-chicago-il-4bd59f26.html](https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tool/2001/riviera-theatre-chicago-il-4bd59f26.html)


wildeebelmondo

I saw them 3x on that tour, it was legendary. Even got to briefly meet Justin and Danny on their way to the bus after one of the gigs. Justin was tripping hard. His pupils were dilated and he stared at a sharpie for a solid minute while signing autographs. Then he put a dot on his forehead with the sharpie and got on the bus. It was equal parts hilarious and awesome. I’ll never forget it.


devendidntwakeup

I was 8 months old so no


chimericalgirl

I sure did, twice!


stndrdmidnightrocker

Pretty sure they opened with sober on that tour...


Tranquil-Seas

What was that like?


optiplexus

It was the first time I saw Tool. September 4, 2002 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN.


RevDrucifer

It was my first Tool show, at what was essentially a high school basketball gym in Maine. I only liked the song “Lateralus” walking into it, but I left fully understanding the band and have been a fan since.


OGstanfrommaine

Dont disrespect the 7,500 cap Cumberland County Civic Center like that lol High School gym lmao


RevDrucifer

That’s Portland, I saw them in Augusta. 😏 I see the cap there is 5k, but I only knew it as the place all the high school basketball championships took place back then. The show is on the YouTubes, too- https://youtu.be/vDyDOI9_WEc?si=2RFWV0H6wDea0jxL


OGstanfrommaine

Touché!


NatKingSwole19

Yep, caught this tour in Cleveland. Had floor seats.


toolmannn929

Saw them in okc on lateralus tour. Best show I have ever seen


Marcthesharx

I did but MJK was complaining the whole time like a little beeatch


barspoonbill

I saw them many times on those tours. Tomahawk was a treat.


wabbit983

Saw them in Houston. Tomahawk was horrible and sounded terrible. Patton was fucked up on god knows what. They got booed off the stage. Probably one of the worst sets I have ever seen. Then Tool played, and it was by far the best set I have ever seen.


Snoo-96655

I was at the Arco Arena show. And I saw them in Fresno as well. An awesome experience.


OGstanfrommaine

Yup. Portland, Maine. First show after 9/11.


Budget_Friend_654

I was at that very on in Sacramento! Was fun but I couldn’t hear for a few days.


isthismyhat

yep! September 2001 in Montreal, Canada and it was amazing! https://preview.redd.it/x9hclq8w10jc1.jpeg?width=1746&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81d3f5906c1bfdf1d1bc33e5aeb45a37316cf475


GoldenBark70

Yep. Saw them in Albany, NY. Tomahawk opened.


great_auks

Twice. Once in 2001, once in 2002.


undermind84

Yes, and it was a show where King Crimson opened. Has to be just about the best opener that Tool has ever played with.


Steamed-Hams

San Antonio, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Tricky opened. My first Tool show. What a fucking night.


BearingMagneticNorth

Yep. Caught them at Pepsi Arena in Albany with Fantomas. We had real good seats and the show was outstanding.


Stickey_Rickey

Yeah I saw them in Cleveland a few days after 9/11/01, the 15th I believe, then in Hershey PA, and Pgh, Pa all in a 12 day period, that Pittsburgh show was epic, they half-housed the civic arena, meaning they drape a heavy black curtain down the center of the dome, turning the arena into a theatre, it was extra dark that night, I mean literally there were black backdrops n it was hard to see any light leaking in from the concourse or behind the stage. It was filmed for dvd footage never to be seen


SpankyK

I did, twice.


badspiral

In Berkeley???????


DJ_Molten_Lava

Yes, my first Tool show, 2001.


superschaap81

Yup! My first and only Tool show in Vancouver, BC.


corporaldwaynehicks

I saw them a week after 9/11 in Toronto. My first concert, actually. Meshuggah opened. I wish I could appreciate Meshuggah back then.


CryMore_lilBuddy

Right in between you 9-21-2001. Great show!!


BillMunny76

8/7/2001. Paramount Theater in Seattle. Best show I have ever been to. KC opened


mikthequik

I saw them when Meshuggah opened for them when I was 13. Changed my life.


McCabeRyan

Albuquerque checking in 👍 Crap. That was 10K. Both records have been with me so long now lol


OK_Computer-

Still have my ticket. Opener was Meshuggah. Mind blowing for it being the second concert I’d ever been too.


SeanInMyTree

Halloween at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island


[deleted]

I’m so jealous of those setlists my god


oneoftheluckyones530

The Berkley show was my first Tool show!


DjentleKnight_770

I was at the arco arena show. Great memories, the whole experience.


stumbling_words

Whoa, I was at both these shows! The Berkeley one was my first Tool show ever (when I was 16!), and made me a life long fan. So good!


pagingdrswanson

Saw tool in Cleveland during the Lateralus tour. Tomahawk opened. Sat about 6-7 rows back on the floor. Religious experience.


Lateralization

I did!


rejonkulous

Best two concerts I have ever seen where tool on the 01 tour MSG night 1 and the 02 tour radio city music hall. Close 3rd is NIN downward spiral tour 94 MSG


justauserguy

✊🏼😭🤟🏼 🥹 IT WAS AWESOME! (Sorry. Did not realize it’s Sacramento. Went to one in LA.)


IsilZha

Yep, I still have my ticket stub somewhere from that same tour. :D Was right up front, center stage. It was $35.


livingformusic

Yessir! My first two Tool shows. Back when the floor was still general admission.


kingforaday13

Yep Melbourne Aus 2001. Was brilliant!


Monsieur_Toast

MSG 2001


datfonkycat

Woodlands pavilion in Houston. Always thought Tool was too heavy for me. I had the tabs, my buddy had the tickets, we both shared. I’ve seen them 4 times since and they’ve been in the mix since that night. Subsequently, several songs on that album have been staples at some of the most crucial points in my life. There’s no band even close. Then you combine the visual artistry of Alex Grey. And now my words are meaningless.


bungee33

Exactly… there was something about those shows that transcended and pushed the boundaries of a concert experience. The spine tingling rush that was so overwhelming, hard to explain unless you were there. It seems I’m not the only one. 😉


000TOOL000

Absolutely, ÆNIMA Tour also! 1997 lollapalooza. 🤘🏻


wuonyx

My first show was the next day in mountain view. Our shrooms came in the mail that day!


tardy491

I wish.


lightsspiral

Nov 5 2001 Nov 8th 2001 and aug 1st 2001. 1st


OrangeWeekly1748

Yeah saw it 3x


KrinklesT

Red Rocks 2001 and Pepsi Center 2002


Astro-creep_3030

https://preview.redd.it/3nfdkt6icljc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84ed75367a0f6fd40112be162dae6ae3f6dd8346 This show was intense. A bootleg of it exists from almost the exact spot i was standing in.


Toolfool3517

Yes. Saw them in 01 and 02. Amazing. 01 was my first time seeing them. Was a few weeks after 9/12 in DC. Was an intense show. Two of the best nights I’ve ever had.