Tool Plan Their Own Festival Live in the Sand

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30 Oct

The destination festival takes place at Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic next year.

Experimental metal giants Tool are hosting their own music festival in 2025. The destination festival, Tool: Live in the Sand, takes place at Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic at the all-inclusive luxury resorts Hard Rock Hotel & Casino & Royalton Resort from Friday, March 7 to Sunday, March 9

Billed as a unique experience for music lovers, Tool will perform two sets across the weekend and be joined by a rather fetching lineup that includes Mastodon, Primus, Eagles of Death Metal, Coheed And Cambria and more.

In a statement about the festival, Tool’s Justin Chancellor said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled to share the news that Primus, Mastodon, and Coheed and Cambria will be joining us for our first-ever Caribbean performance at Tool in the Sand. 2025 is shaping up nicely. See you all there for what should be an unforgettable weekend of music!”

Unlike your usual three-day festival, tickets are sold as packages that include entry to the festival along with luxury accommodation at the resorts and unlimited food and drink. Rooms can accommodate between two and four guests.

Packages go on sale Wednesday, October 30 at 10:00pm PST, which is around 2:30am local time on Thursday, October 31. You can find all the information by visiting toolinthesand.com.

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The announcement of Tool: Live in the Sand comes after the quartet spent the first half of 2024 on the road. Tool performed concerts across North America during the early months of the year before making their way to Europe for festival season in June.

Tool have kept things quiet since finishing up in Europe, with many fans hoping that meant they were heading into the studio to record a follow-up to 2019s Fear Inoculum. While the band have kept mum on a new album, frontman Maynard James Keenan did tell Metal Hammer in an interview earlier this year that “we can’t drag this out another 14 years,” reflecting on the band’s long gap between albums.

Only time will tell if we get that long awaited sixth Tool album, but until then you can enjoy watching the band perform live in luxury at Tool Live in the Sand.

Tool: Live in the Sand takes place at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino & Royalton Resort in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic from Friday, March 7 to Sunday, March 9. For full ticketing information visit toolinthesand.com.