Review: Tool delivers an ear-blistering performance on Day 2 of Riot Fest
Seeing Tool in the daylight feels like a crime. The progressive metal band is best experienced in the darkest corners where its psychedelic fury and dystopic H.R. Giger-esque visuals can fester.But singer Maynard James Keenan will take what he can get.“Flight delayed. Set moved up. Storms are rolling in,” he vented during the band’s headlining set on Saturday, wasting no more energy on the unchangeable. “Let’s do this s---.” Tool performs Saturday on Day 2 Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, of Riot Fest…
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