Tool Add More Dates to March 2014 Tour

If you're a Tool memorabilia collector, you might want to check out the band's contribution to Clive Barker's Kickstarter project for a hardcover art book. They donated some signed custom tour posters. Only one is left, and it can be yours for a pledge of $2200.The status of a new Tool album remains up in the air. The band is working on new music, but a timetable hasn't been set. Keenan stated in a recent interview that the creation of a Tool album was "a long process." He also added that he doesn't write the instrumentals and was waiting on his bandmates to bring their songs to him.Work has begun on a brand new Tool album, with frontman Maynard James Keenan recently describing the process as 'tedious', expressing his nuisance and having to wait for band members to pen music for new tracks.

"I don't write the music. They write the music," he told Rolling Stone in November 2013. "I wait for them to bring music to me. They tend to go back over and over stuff. It's a long process. For a person like me, it can be a very tedious process. In some ways, they are bigger perfectionists. But you can only help support their talent so long. They don't have to go through it 700 times. They can trust that first thought. But that's their process, so you gotta let them do it." And is that process happening? "I couldn't tell you."The band's new shows will place in Fresno, Las Vegas, San Diego, Austin, Houston and Phoenix. There are still no UK shows confirmed, but hopes are high the band will bring their show to our shores before the end of 2014. Tool's full 2014 dates are below. Additional dates are in bold.

The veteran Los Angeles alternative rock band, which this year celebrates its 24th anniversary, will perform March 16 at Valley View Casino Center. The four-man group, which has won three Grammy Awards, has previously headlined at such major festivals as San Diego Street Scene, Lollapalooza and Bonaroo.Alternative-rock sensations Tool, fronted by Arizona winemaker Maynard James Keenan, will bring their latest tour to US Airways Center on Thursday, March 27.Formed in 1990, Tool released a double-platinum debut called "Undertow" in 1993 but really hit their stride with 1996's triple-platinum "Aenima" and 2001's double-platinum "Lateralus." Their biggest rock-radio hits include "Sober," "Schism," "Parabola," "Vicarious," "The Pot" and "Jambi."