Monday, February 24, 2020

Tool to Perform at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes Barre

John Scher/ Metropolitan Entertainment presents TOOL along with special guest Blonde Redhead at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, May 1, 2020. TOOL, who recently took home the GRAMMY Award® for Best Metal Performance for the song “7empest,” has added the Wilkes-Barre stop as part of an extensive spring tour of North America.


Tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday, February 28th at 10:00am ET via Ticketmaster. A limited number of VIP packages will be available exclusively to TOOL Army members via Toolband.com/VIP-package this Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 10 am local time. Full ticket details below.

The tour news arrives as the Los Angeles-based band wraps up a sold-out Australasian tour, with the final two shows of the trek, back-to-back sold out performances at Auckland’s Spark Arena, happening later this week. The Sydney Morning Herald described the live offering as “an immersive
art-rock experience that forced you to feel a little of everything. It was an intricate collage of light, sound and imagery.” The Fear Inoculum tour, which has seen the band performing in some cities for the first time in over a decade, has received widespread accolades with the Los Angeles Times calling it “impeccable,” the Chicago Tribune describing the performances as a “twisting multimedia rollercoaster of a concert” and The Arizona Republic describing the shows as “a visually breathtaking night of dystopian art-rock spectacle.”

Fear Inoculum (http://smarturl.it/TOOLFIa) arrived on Aug. 30 following years of anticipation. The album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200, shattering sales and radio records while also earning widespread critical praise. NPR said, “Fear Inoculum was worth the 13-year wait,” The Atlantic declared the release “precise and devastating,” Revolver dubbed the 10-track album “a masterpiece that will be dissected for years to come” and Consequence of Sound said Fear Inoculum finds “TOOL in peak performance.”

TOOL formed in 1990, releasing four multi-platinum studio albums: Undertow (1993), Ænima (1996), Lateralus (2001) and 10,000 Days (2006); two EPs: 72826 (1991) and Opiate (1992) and the limited-edition boxset Salival (2000). The band has won four GRAMMY Awards®: Best Metal Performance (1998, “Ænima”), Best Metal Performance (2002, “Schism”), Best Recording Package (2007, 10,000 Days) and Best Metal Performance (2020, “7empest”). TOOL is Danny Carey (drums), Justin Chancellor (bass), Adam Jones (guitar) and Maynard James Keenan (vocals).

TICKET INFORMATION
Friday, May 1, 2020, Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
Doors: 6pm Showtime: 7:30pm
Tickets, $65 - $125 (plus applicable fees) available online at ticketmaster.com.

There is a four (4) ticket limit per order. If tickets remain, they will be available at the NBT Bank Box Office at Mohegan Sun Arena beginning Saturday, February 29. Box Office hours: M-F 10-4pm. Sat 10-2pm.

Photo credit: Travis Shinn