Tool fans were excited for the first-ever Tool Live in the Sand festival which took place March 7-9 in Mexico. The bill featured two Tool sets as well as appearances by Primus, Mastodon, Coheed And Cambria, Eagles of Death Metal, King’s X and more.
Tool played on Friday and Saturday, but fans became upset during their second performance when the band played several of the same songs that the audience heard the night before. Four songs made the setlist both nights — “Fear Inoculum,” “Rosetta Stoned,” “Pneuma” and “Jambi.”
Attendance at the festival required fans to purchase a full vacation package, and several fans complained on Reddit about the similar setlist. “The show costing an exorbitant amount hoping for a great two night of music. Tool planned to play an hour and a half each night. The first night did not disappoint. Many great songs that fans were dying to hear. The second night started with a surprise,” one fan wrote. “As far as I know you could not purchase tickets to one night of the show. Meaning that everyone here was here for two nights hoping to see an epic no repeat set… They only played an hour and mostly repeats from the first night. Why fly to the DR on a three-night ticket to watch an hour of repeat songs from the night before? Not sure what to say but this was a very disappointing show.”
The band was met with boos during their set Saturday. “Never thought I’d actually see video of tool getting booed by die hards but yeah this is kinda deserved,” another fan commented.
Yet another disappointed concertgoer chimed in: “People paid $3k for a ‘unique’ experience and setlist (which is literally what the festival claimed they would have and marketed it as such), and they ended up playing basically the same setlist they’ve played for the past two years on tour, with almost no variation from night one to night two.”
See video of Tool getting booed here: https://twitter.com/stereogum/status/1899147769111036369
