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The possibility of Tool playing at the Sphere in Las Vegas has remained an alluring proposition for the Californian band’s devoted fan base, as they are among the most visually-inclined live acts of a heavy kind, as per theprp. Danny Carey, the highly regarded drummer for Tool, claims that discussions about turning that into a reality have already started. Carey mentioned in a recent interview with the Spiral Out Network that he’d hoped to match such a mini-residency with a new Tool album, but as with anything Tool-related, one shouldn’t get their expectations up too high. The increasing gap between full-length releases from the legendary band has long been a point of contention, as any troubled Tool fan will attest.
Nevertheless, in this most recent interview, Carey did provide a hopeful new timeline for the eventual follow-up to their 13-year wait for their chart-topping 2019 comeback album, “Fear Inoculum.” Time has proven that Carey was wrong to advocate for a speedy follow-up to that record. Since then, Carey has expressed his optimism that Tool’s sixth studio album would be released sometime around 2027.
[We’re] working on a lot of new Tool songs now, hopefully 2027, that’s the goal.
Carey acknowledged that Tool is a highly visual band when it was brought up in the chat below, indicating that the band was considering playing the Sphere.
Yeah, we’re very much into that. We’re hoping when we release the new record, maybe do a stint at the Sphere, ’cause I think we’re the perfect band for that. We’ve been talking to those guys.
The preparation is pretty intense to get everything up… It’s a very expensive endeavor and it takes a while to get into the black, you know? I think it’s a few shows before you make any money, but it would be work cut out.
But has Carey ever been to the Sphere?
I just took a tour of it. I haven’t actually seen a full-on show, but we took [a tour] you know, just to show it off… It’s incredible man, I almost got veritgo.
The main reason Carey participated in this interview was to promote his new soundtrack work for the recently released sci-fi/comedy “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die,” which was directed by Gore Verbinski. In addition to this interview, Spiral Out Network obtained some more video of Carey performing with a marching band during the film’s Las Vegas premiere.
