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5 / 5

A+ Show

US Airways Center @

- Phoenix @

,AZ @

- Tue, Jul 21, 2009 @

Favorite moment: All of it!! @

Setlist: Jambi, Stinkfist, 46 & 2, Schism, Lost Keys, Rosetta Stoned, Flood, Aenima, Lateralus, Vicarious @

Opening act(s): Tweak Bird @

Posted 07/22/2009

by Anonymous

Location: Phoenix

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We all know Tool--the reclusive, thoughtful, meticulous rock band prone to incredible stage shows and records that will outlive us all. But they never cease to amaze me. The last time I saw Tool was three days after 9/11. Needless to say, the feeling in the air was one I'll never forget.

This time around, what will stick with me is the idea of Tool as a whole. Yes, Maynard, with his tattoos and Mohawk and crazy outfits and Hunter Thompson/Scott Weiland antics, is a huge part of why I love the band. But his adamant stance to not forefront himself as the lead man--to give credit where credit is due--is something we can all respect. Each member of the band rocks out in their own way and contributes to the notion that each part is essential to the whole.

The sound system was right on, with clear, loud, balanced music that didn't leave my ears ringing--even without earplugs. The animations, video, illustrations, lasers, lights, and overall ambiance was reminiscent of Pink Floyd in their heyday. I really have nothing bad to say about the show. Double thumbs up!

US Airways Center @

- Phoenix @

,AZ @

- Tue, Jul 21, 2009 @

Favorite moment: All of it!! @

Setlist: Jambi, Stinkfist, 46 & 2, Schism, Lost Keys, Rosetta Stoned, Flood, Aenima, Lateralus, Vicarious @

Opening act(s): Tweak Bird @

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Review 2 for Tool

5 / 5

an amesome experience

AT&T Center @

- San Antonio @

,TX @

- Fri, Jul 24, 2009 @

Favorite moment: when the light show started in unison with the music @

Setlist: pretty much the heavier side of TOOL @

Posted 11/16/2009

by Anonymous

I thought the show was overall fantastic wish maynard would have shown himself but I like to believe that I have an understanding as to why he didn't.

AT&T Center @

- San Antonio @

,TX @

- Fri, Jul 24, 2009 @

Favorite moment: when the light show started in unison with the music @

Setlist: pretty much the heavier side of TOOL @

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Review 3 for Tool

4 / 5

MAYNARD. YES!

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Linkin Park's mic going out @

Setlist: why does this form adore coldplay? @

Posted 10/22/2009

by aaaaaaaalessandro

The event was well structured. Hopping back between the two stages was a successful way of keeping patrons entertained. It seemed like space was not adequately being taken advantage of, however, as several areas remained barren and unused. Linkin park before Tool, who managed that atrocity? Surely, it would have been ideal to have SSSC prior to Tool instead of a mainstream radio-friendly band who had the gall to shamelessly promote individual side-projects! It was great when their mic momentarily went out. Atmosphere played a good set. An eclectic mix of artists that didn't seem to really fuse together, but nonetheless a great time. Thanks to Maynard for playing despite an injury.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Linkin Park's mic going out @

Setlist: why does this form adore coldplay? @

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Review 4 for Tool

4 / 5

There were the good parts and the bad parts

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Posted 09/30/2009

by lostmygroove

Location: Orange County

Top 100 Contributor

Wolfmother was great.
Alice in Chains was great.
Linkin Park was good, I've seen them better and I was really looking forward to their show, but they had technical difficulties and crowd control was horrible.
Tool sucked & I love Tool shows.
I left before the show was over.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

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Review 5 for Tool

3 / 5

coldplay sucks

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: when tool came on stage @

Posted 09/29/2009

by a4c2e0

good sound and a lot of people but buying vip tickets was a waste of money. they even ran out of vip wristbands

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: when tool came on stage @

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Review 6 for Tool

5 / 5

TOOL = Best live experience known to man

EnergySolutions Arena @

- Salt Lake City @

,UT @

- Sun, Jul 19, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Maynard: "Hello, Salt F**king Lake" @

Posted 09/27/2009

by OneHandHigh

Location: Midvale, UT

If you like good music and good visuals(Alex Grey), mixed with a blend of spiritual interest, you get the best live experience on earth. To each their own, if you like mainstream crap than this combination is WAY over your head.

WWTOOLD ???

EnergySolutions Arena @

- Salt Lake City @

,UT @

- Sun, Jul 19, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Maynard: "Hello, Salt F**king Lake" @

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Review 7 for Tool

3 / 5

Average show for a above average band!

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Alice in Chains performance by far! @

Posted 09/22/2009

by TonyMontana45

Location: Sacramento

Over all the show was ok, I had bought the vip tickets and felt that they did some what make me feel a little better about paying the extra money for them opposed to some shows that I have been to not doing so. The bands did a decent job for the most part, it was a great performance by Alice In Chains! The bummer was Tools average performance... I have seen them before and the are awsome but that night was just not what I expected. oh and Dead By Sunrise was a bore to say the least

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Alice in Chains performance by far! @

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Review 8 for Tool

5 / 5

7 years in the making!

Patriot Center @

- Fairfax @

,VA @

- Thu, Jul 30, 2009 @

Favorite moment: The pounding guitar riffs at the end of "46 & 2" @

Setlist: Jambi, 46 & 2, Stinkfist, Vicarious, Lost Keys, Roseta Stoned, Laterlus, and many more @

Opening act(s): Tweekbird @

Posted 09/22/2009

by RobtheReaper

I've been waiting to see TOOL in concert for 7 years and I finally had a show close enough to my hometown. I was not disappointed. TOOL sounds just as good live as they do on studio albums. The art and light show that went along with the music was awesome as well. I can't wait for TOOL to come back to the area. I will definitely be back. Long live TOOL!

Patriot Center @

- Fairfax @

,VA @

- Thu, Jul 30, 2009 @

Favorite moment: The pounding guitar riffs at the end of "46 & 2" @

Setlist: Jambi, 46 & 2, Stinkfist, Vicarious, Lost Keys, Roseta Stoned, Laterlus, and many more @

Opening act(s): Tweekbird @

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Review 9 for Tool

4 / 5

90s Legends Ruled the Day

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Posted 09/20/2009

by joelo

Whether it was early in the day with Tom Morello, early in the evening with Alice In Chains, or at the end with Tool, the older rockers showed there is no comparison.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

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Review 10 for Tool

4 / 5

There were ridiculous amounts of people!

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: All of Tool's set! @

Setlist: Jambi, Stinkfist, Forty Six & 2, Schism, Flood, Vicarious, Rosetta Stoned, Swamp Song (I think?), Aenima, Lateralus @

Posted 09/17/2009

by TigerTattoos

Location: So. Cal

I'm a really small person. During this show, I wedged my way up to the front so I could see and breathe, and this being my first time in a pit? Oh man. I'll tell you.. normally at shows I'm a primadonna and get to chill backstage, so I came out of this injured! However, it was a minor price to pay to see this show.
I was only there to see Tool, but I'll admit I came out of this event an Alice in Chains fan. They were great! Wolfmother was amazing. Atreyu was awful live- I couldn't recognize any of the songs until the choruses. And I'm not big on Linkin Park, but they played a great show! Chester is exceptionally good live. I was impressed.
Now, I'm a big Tool fanatic. This was their first show I've been to believe it or not, so I was extremely stoked to see them play. I was thankful Maynard even showed up, first of all. When they came out to play, he was on crutches and asked us to "acknowledge his sacrifice" because "any other arrogant a**hole musician wouldn't even show up injured." His exact words too. Thank you Maynard. haha.
I wasn't exactly disappointed with the show, but there were things that irritated me about the event. One is that I'll never go to another show hosted by KROQ (sorry guys) because of what I felt was poor planning and false advertisement of the "VIP" tickets. They promised shade, food, water, our own bathrooms, etc for a ripe price of $125 (total ended up being $150 because of insuring and getting my ticket mailed to me, etc... I was ready to pay $500 to see Tool though, so it was whatever), and we didn't exactly have any of that like you would think. It was up to par with a normal outdoor show. Needed sunscreen, it was fast food, porta-potties, etc. On top of it all, the general admin tickets were in the nosebleeds, but several of those people were able to get into the VIP ticket section so there probably wasn't much point to getting the more expensive ticket in the first place. The whole thing really seemed poorly planned... and the venue for it could have been a LOT better. We were on what's usually used as a horse track. Ah well. On to the show, right? By the time Tool went on, the one thing that really bothered me was the sound... someone messed up their sound settings. We could barely hear Maynard, and the rest of it was overly amped. Granted, as soon as I was able to grip the railing and keep my position up in the front, I zoned in with the music and had a great time.
I figure I'll go to their next show in California anyhow, so I'm not too disappointed. I still loved it, minus the bruises and scrapes. =]

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: All of Tool's set! @

Setlist: Jambi, Stinkfist, Forty Six & 2, Schism, Flood, Vicarious, Rosetta Stoned, Swamp Song (I think?), Aenima, Lateralus @

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Review 11 for Tool

5 / 5

hands down

AT&T Center @

- San Antonio @

,TX @

- Fri, Jul 24, 2009 @

Favorite moment: it's impossible to isolate one moment - non stop intensity, start to finish. @

Posted 09/16/2009

by freshandy

hands down, this show was the coolest thing i've ever seen

AT&T Center @

- San Antonio @

,TX @

- Fri, Jul 24, 2009 @

Favorite moment: it's impossible to isolate one moment - non stop intensity, start to finish. @

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Review 12 for Tool

5 / 5

K-ROQ FAN!

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Posted 09/14/2009

by GerDogg

Location: Inland Empire

Alice in Chains was rocking!
Linkin Park was utter ecstasy!
Tool was jamming, darkness creeped in and Tool's light show was superb

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- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

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Review 13 for Tool

4 / 5

Good show

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: the whole show @

Setlist: Jambi, Stinkfist, 46&2, Schism, Rosetta Stoned, Flood, Aenima, Lateralus, Vicarious @

Opening act(s): Alice in Chains, Linkin Park @

Posted 09/12/2009

by thebattleofphoenix

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

I thought the show was really good. With this being my 26th Tool show, I would rank this in the top ten. The show was only hour and twenty minutes, but it was filled with a performance that rocked any other show they did on this tour. I only wish they played with this much passion at their other shows. You know and they know that they can put on an A-plus show whenever and wherever they want. They even had a new cover song that they were supposed to debut this tour, but somewhere along the line they decided as a group not to do it. Booo!

Come on TOOL!

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: the whole show @

Setlist: Jambi, Stinkfist, 46&2, Schism, Rosetta Stoned, Flood, Aenima, Lateralus, Vicarious @

Opening act(s): Alice in Chains, Linkin Park @

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Review 14 for Tool

5 / 5

MAYNARD IS THE BOMB!

Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester @

- Manchester @

,NH @

- Sun, Aug 2, 2009 @

Favorite moment: WATCHING THE BAND SET UP IN THE BEGINNING. @

Posted 09/10/2009

by Superwoman78

Location: Massachusetts

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!! THE MUSIC AND THE VISUALS WERE AWESOME! MAYNARD, ONCE AGAIN, PUTS ON A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE... HE'S SO HOT!

Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester @

- Manchester @

,NH @

- Sun, Aug 2, 2009 @

Favorite moment: WATCHING THE BAND SET UP IN THE BEGINNING. @

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Review 15 for Tool

4 / 5

Great Line up!!

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: TTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL!!! and their laser show. @

Posted 09/07/2009

by Syne

The concert was awesome, very exhausting. Tools the best!! maynard still put up an AWESOME show, even though he was on crutches!

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: TTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL!!! and their laser show. @

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Review 16 for Tool

4 / 5

Too much sun, but good show

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Opening act(s): Street Sweeper, Atreyu, Wolfmother, Hollywood Undead, Linkin Park, Atmosphere. @

Posted 09/05/2009

by Mikkeh

Location: Tucson, AZ

Every performer seemed to put a lot into their sets. My favorites were Street Sweeper Social Club, Atmosphere, Linkin Park and Tool. Maynard was impressive with his crutches and everything. The only bad thing was the duration of the show, starting at the middle of the day. I got a pretty bad sunburn and the bottles of water (as well as the food and the merch) were really overpriced. But the music was great.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Opening act(s): Street Sweeper, Atreyu, Wolfmother, Hollywood Undead, Linkin Park, Atmosphere. @

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Review 17 for Tool

5 / 5

Holy friggin epic.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Are you kidding? Tool. - Tool Tool Tool. @

Setlist: Jambi, Stinkfist, Schism, Flood, Lateralus, Forty-Six & 2, Aenema, Rosetta Stoned, Vicarious @

Opening act(s): Hollywood Undead, Atreyu are the only I saw. @

Posted 09/05/2009

by DYm1

Location: Rowland Heights

Pros: Acts were put together so that the concert only got better on its way up to Tool.

Although Maynard went on stage with an unforeseen injury, Tool played to the fans with their stronger songs instead of foraying into any of their wider vacuous songs, save for the long intro to Flood.

Cons: Grass fields suck for allergies. It's been 3 weeks and my lungs still haven't recovered. Inconsiderate smokers don't help either. $5+ drinks. Inconsistent info as far as what you can/can't bring to the event. Turns out cameras WERE allowed. Kill Hollywood Undead, please.

Worth it? Yeah.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Are you kidding? Tool. - Tool Tool Tool. @

Setlist: Jambi, Stinkfist, Schism, Flood, Lateralus, Forty-Six & 2, Aenema, Rosetta Stoned, Vicarious @

Opening act(s): Hollywood Undead, Atreyu are the only I saw. @

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Review 18 for Tool

5 / 5

Epicenetr 09...bad ass show

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Street Sweeper Social Club's cover of MIA @

Posted 09/04/2009

by bostonrose3

Location: Las Vegas

I would have to say, all in all it was a great event. It was blistering hot but a misting tent was provided. Although there should have been more. The cost of water was also a bit elevated but other thatn that, good time. I though the selection of vendors was excellent and band choices as well.. Could've done without Hollywood Undead. AIC should've had a longer set and Linkin Park should'nt have tried to introduce Chesters new band right before TOOL. I hope they continue to do this event for years to come.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Street Sweeper Social Club's cover of MIA @

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Review 19 for Tool

3 / 5

Concert was good, wish it would have been cooler.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Posted 09/03/2009

by mmmmm9

Alice in Chains was great. Linkin Park was good, except Chesters new band was not expected and was not impresive. Wish they would have let Linkin Park play the entire time slot. Tool was good live as well.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

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Review 20 for Tool

5 / 5

Tool KILLED IT!

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

Posted 09/03/2009

by fastpaced

Highlights of Epicenter 09: Tool, Alice in Chains, and Linkin Park!

Tool sounded amazing, as I'm sure they always do. No encore though, so that was a bit of a bummer. Of course, it was great to see AIC still kicking ass after all these years.

LP was great as well, minus Chester's new band Dead by Sunrise taking the stage halfway through their set.

Fairplex At Pomona @

- Pomona @

,CA @

- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @

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