Tool announce their own festival Live in the Sand with Primus, Mastodon and more

Tool have announced Live in the Sand, their very own festival which will commence next year, and have revealed the line-up.

Live in the Sand is set to be a three-day destination festival that will take place in the Dominican Republic and will include a five-star all-inclusive luxury experience at the Hard Rock and Royalton Resorts in Punta Cana from March 7-9 2025.

Tool will be headlining the Caribbean music bash with the likes of Primus, Mastodon, Coheed and Cambria, Eagles of Death Metal, King’s X, Fishbone, Wheel, CKY, Moon Walker also set to perform throughout the weekend.

A ticket pre-sale will be available for fans who are members of the Tool Army (fan club) for an exclusive 24-hour window beginning on Tuesday (October 29) at 10am PT (1pm EDT, 6pm BST). General ticket sales will commence on Wednesday (October 30) at 10am PT (1pm EDT, 6pm BST). Visit here for more information.

Speaking about the festival in a statement, Tool bassist 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!”

The band’s last full-length release was 2019’s ‘Fear Inoculum‘. In a five-star review of the LP, NME shared: “As with releases previous, there are wrinkles that will only emerge after the record is lived with and absorbed. But if you’re wondering whether ‘Fear Inoculum’ was worth the wait, then the answer is yes. If you’re wondering whether it’ll touch your heart, soul and spirt, the answer is also so.”

Speaking to NME about new material and a follow-up to their fifth studio album, Chancellor shared the band’s creative process comes at their own terms. “The only pressure comes when we announce that we’re working on something new, because then we have to make our own predictions for when it’ll come out, and obviously you feel like you let people down if you don’t release it in a certain amount of time.

“It’s a nice feeling that people still want new stuff, but also they’ve got to understand that it’s not the easiest thing to do. It’s not a simple thing and it’s not always a natural thing that comes at the time you want it to come. Art is a very strange animal and it has its own schedule.”

He continued: “When it comes to writing new music, we’re aware that people don’t manage to stay together for as long as we have, so the pure fact that we’ve made it this far makes us eager to take it to the next place and create something new. Whether we’ll be able to successfully, who knows? We’re pretty sure we can, but Tool’s approach has always been experimental, so we never quite know how it’ll come together.”