Today's Day in Rock Stories

Tool Star Says 'Music Is Done' for Long Awaited New Album

The newly announce dates will be beginning October 8 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix AZ and running through October 18 at the XCel Energy Center in St. Paul MN.

The band is using the two-night event to put a spotlight on homelessness in and around Seattle, pledging a minimum $1 million donation to local initiatives addressing the issue in 2018.

Pearl Jam is challenging fans and those concerned with homelessness to help them raise at least $10 million by the end the end of the year. "Seattle is our hometown. When there are challenges here, we want to be part of the solution," explained guitarist Stone Goddard in a press release. "It's heartening so many organizations and individuals coming together to do the same. It's going to take all of us."

"We must have everyone in the fight to solve homelessness including our local government, caring philanthropists, community organizations, individuals, and artists � all are dedicated to finding innovative long-term solutions to homelessness," added Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan. "I can't wait to join this iconic Seattle band in August."

The band has not revealed the dates for their final trek but sent over a video declaring "The End Of Days Is Near" and included video footage that spans the band's long career.

Details for the trek are yet to be announced but back in 2016 Tom Araya spoke about a possible retirement in an interview. "After 35 years, it's time to like, collect my pension," he said, going on to talk about how being a family man had changed him but he still loved performing.

Following a 2013 induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Rush performed the final show of their 40th anniversary R40 Live tour at The Forum in Los Angeles on August 1, 2015, leaving fans to wonder if the Canadian rock legends would return at some point in the future.

"It's been a little over two years since Rush last toured," explains Lifeson. "We have no plans to tour or record any more. We're basically done. After 41 years, we felt it was enough.

"But I've actually been busier lately than I have been in a while," he continued. "I'm writing a lot. I'm writing on four or five different little projects. I get these requests to do guitar work with other people. It's really a lot of fun for me. It's low pressure: I get to be as creative as I want to be and I can work a little outside of the box, which is really attractive to me."

Wretzky made the big reveal to the website via text message: "My apologies to all of the Smashing Pumpkins fans out there who are excited about this oncoming reunion tour of the original members of the band. I know this is a huge disappointment for me, as well, but it's not going to happen [with me]. I only just found about yesterday that the band has decided to go with a different bass player."�

Lucius also have another connection with the great Waters. The band's lead vocalists, Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, spent much of 2017 performing with Waters on his US + Them tour. Their new album was actually recorded during breaks off from the tour.

Annie Off The Rails was early on in the band's time together. We had just finished a five song EP, and it was apparent we were still finding our sound. AOTR was one of the first riffs that really felt right.

Thomas came to our rehearsal space one day with the riff, and I was immediately drawn to it. I wasn't in the best shape at the time.

The lyrics are ever-changing and make me feel differently depending on the day. Sometimes they feel on the money; precise. On others they feel like a clusterf***.

We must have rearranged the original a million times. From shortening the break, to lengthening the solo and the turnaround. The gang vocal at the end was the final stamp and happened on the last day of recording. Thanks for the idea, Nate*.

In short, AOTR is about the struggle of addiction with an emphasis on cocaine. It's about the ambivalence of it all. The love/hate relationship you can have with the drug, and ultimately yourself.

"This is going to be a tour filled with fun as well as great music," Hall said in a statement. "I love Train and have a close relationship with Pat Monahan, going back to our Live From Daryl's House show together." Oates is equally enthused. "Looking forward to an amazing tour with our buddies from Train and seeing all our fans around the country in 2018."

Wait's first six albums, as well as the 1975 live album Nighthawks at the Diner �were all released on Elektra Asylum Records and many have long been out of print. The new series will be reissued on Wait's label since 1991, Anti- Records, with the first vinyl release - Closing Time - coming on March 9. The remaining albums - Heart of Saturday Night (1974), Nighthawks at the Diner (1975), Small Change (1976), Foreign Affairs (1977), Blue Valentine (1978), and Heartattack & Vine (1980) will be released on vinyl through 2018.

The tour is now set to kick off on April 14 with an appearance during the first week of the Coachella Festival in Indio, California. Byrne will then play a series of dates in the southwest before returning to Coachella to perform again during week two.

From there, the former Talking Heads frontman will perform throughout the U.S. and parts of Canada before wrapping up the first leg of the tour on June 9 in Minneapolis.

The video was shot in rural California and tells the story of a lovestruck couple, from the moment they met as young adults to the time they're senior citizens. Shots of the band performing are intercut with the main narrative.

"I wanted to finally tell a good ole fashion love story," said frontman Aaron Bruno. "We all have the opportunity to be the handyman (or woman) of the heart."