Tool released their long-awaited new album Fear Inoculum in 2019, which means it’s about time to start wondering when Tool will release new music. Bassist Justin Chancellor recently said that Tool would hopefully get into the studio sometime after their 2024 tour to begin working on it, which of course set the hype train in motion. Now in an interview with Loudwire, Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan is pumping the breaks a little.

Keenan was asked if there were any concrete plans for Tool to work on new music, to which he gave a very grounded response: “I never mention anything until we actually have it in our hands, because every time I say it out loud it runs further away like Groundhog Day.”When asked if there’s ever a conversation within the band after one of its members brings up potential new music, Keenan added: “To get people wound up and excited about something that doesn’t exist, I think it’s irresponsible.”

Chancellor recently took a deep dive into Tool’s creative process, essentially saying he band simply likes to look at their material from all angles and figure out the best way to proceed. So it might be a little while longer… but hopefully not. Catch Tool at one of the dates below and maybe grab one of those super expensive tour-only CD reissues of Undertow while you’re there. Tickets are available here.

w/ Steel Beans

10/27 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
10/29 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Center
10/31 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
11/1 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum
11/3 Knoxville, TN Thompson-Boiling Arena
11/4 Charleston, WV Charleston Coliseum
11/6 Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
11/7 Allentown, PA PPL Center
11/10 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
11/13 Manchester, NH SNHU Arena
11/15 Boston, MA TD Garden
11/16 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
11/19 Montreal, QC Bell Center
11/20 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena
11/21 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena

w/ Elder

1/10 Baltimore, MD CFG Bank Arena
1/12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
1/13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
1/18 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
1/19 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
1/21 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
1/23 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
1/24 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena
1/26 Birmingham, AL The Legacy Arena at The BJCC
1/27 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum
1/31 Austin, TX Moody Center
2/2 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
2/3 Oklahoma City, OK Paycom Center
2/5 Denver, CO Ball Arena
2/9 Phoenix, AZ Footprint Center
2/12 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
2/14 Los Angeles, CA Crypto.com Arena
2/15 Los Angeles, CA Crypto.com Arena
2/17 Ontario, CA Toyota Arena
2/18 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena