Kirk Hammett Says Tool Are Finishing The Artwork For Their New Album

While Tool have been slightly more forthcoming than usual with information regarding their new album, it's fallen to Metallica shredder Kirk Hammett to offer up the latest update on the band.

In a new interview with The Rock presenters Jay and Dunc ahead of ’tallica's WorldWired Stadium Tour later this year, guitarist Kirk revealed that he chats to fellow six-stringer Adam Jones regularly, and that Adam was "dealing with artwork" for the new Tool record.

"Well, I talked to Adam Jones quite a bit, you know, and the last thing I knew, he was dealing with artwork, so that's great," Kirk says. "If they're finishing the artwork, it must be close."

Given that frontman Maynard James Keenan recently stated that the follow-up to 10,000 Days will be out "somewhere between mid-May and mid-July", Kirk's assumptions that Tool are "close" seem pretty accurate, then.

Fingers crossed…

Catch Tool live at the following dates in America this year:

May

5 Jacksonville, FL – Welcome To Rockville
7 Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BCC
8 Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
10 Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum
11 Concord, NC – Epicenter Festival
13 St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
14 Kansas City, MO – Spring Center
16 Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
17 Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
19 Bridgeview, IL – Chicago Open Air Festival

And then see them live throughout Europe…

June

2 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
4 Prague O2 Arena
5 Vienna Wiener Stadhalle
7 Nurburg Rock Am Ring
9 Nuremberg Rock Im Park
11 Krakow Impact Festival
13 Florence Firenze Rocks
16 Donington Download Festival
18 Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
20 Copenhagen Copenhell
25 Zurich Hallenstadion
28 Werchter Rock Werchter
30 Madrid Download Festival

July 2019

2 Lisbon Altice Arena

Get your Download tickets now.

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