Tool reportedly facing class-action lawsuit after disappointing fans at their inaugural Tool in the Sand festival
During their performance at their own destination festival, Tool in the Sand, Tool appear to have been booed for not fulfilling their billed “two unique sets”.
The Tool in the Sand festival took place over the weekend at Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, and featured sets from Primus, Mastodon, Coheed and Cambria, and more. Tool were set to play two shows over two nights that promised unique setlists, but it seems that wasn’t the case.
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During their Friday set they performed favourites including Schism, Stinkfist, and Vicarious, but during their second show on the Saturday they performed a nine-song setlist with four repeats from the previous night, Fear Inoculum, Jambi, Pneuma, and Rosetta Stoned.
A video posted to Reddit by user Nathalyscheider [via Consequence] appears to show crowd members booing the band as well as shouting obscenities towards the stage. Comments on the post mention that tickets for the festival cost “$3k for a ‘unique’ experience and setlist” but that the band 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”.
Video of Boos and FU’s Saturday Night in Dominican Republic byu/nathalyscheider inToolBand
Typically, when bands announce unique sets it’s expected that there are no repeat songs from one setlist to the next, which isn’t something Tool have fulfilled for these performances. It’s a stark contrast to the likes of Metallica’s M72 World Tour, which featured two completely different sets over two nights, with different opening acts.
It also appears that Tool, who promised a 90-minute set, instead played around 75 minutes of material. At the time of writing, the band has not responded to any of the criticism on social media.
Some fans speculated that this could actually be good for the band, though. “It shows them that they’re not on a pedestal and immune to criticism,” wrote one Reddit user, “Hopefully it humbles them a little bit and they learn from this.”
It has since emerged that one fan in attendance, Stas Rusek, happens to be a Georgia-based lawyer, believes fans are entitled to compensation, and is asking fans to join a class-action lawsuit.
In a statement shared with Metal Hammer, Rusek says: “The potential lawsuit against the promoters of Tool In The Sand is indeed being investigated. We have had lots of interest from Tool fans who attended the festival, a category which I personally fall into.
“These were my 27th and 28th Tool shows. There was a palpable sense of betrayal in the air as the show began the second night, and it lingered throughout the remainder of the weekend.
“What it boils down to is that purchasers of the festival package were promised ‘two unique sets’ by Tool. While the comments on these posts argue about what ‘unique’ means, the reality is that the opportunity to see Tool play two unique sets, ie no repeats, was the determining factor for most attendees to pull the trigger on spending thousands of dollars to attend.
“Most Tool fans, like me, have attended multiple shows on the same tour, and we know that, due to the spectacular and complex nature of their show, most songs will be repeated. However, this is not what festival attendees were promised.”
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