UK tribute act Tool Shed recreates the Tool live experience with a wide repertoire and psychedelic visuals at Sub89.
Tool Shed are playing Sub89 on Friday 27 November, their tribute to the American progressive metal band Tool. They're a UK act formed in Merseyside in 2018, and they've spent the years since trying to reproduce every aspect of the band's sound. That range is a fair bit of ground to cover: they go from the primal energy of Opiate and Undertow through to the mind-bending progressive passages of Fear Inoculum.
Their live show leans on bright psychedelic visuals and a wide repertoire, and they describe it as an attempt to recreate the huge Tool live experience on a smaller scale. It's a set that pulls from across the band's discography rather than sticking to one era, so you'll hear the early, raw material alongside the later, more complex stuff.
2026 is a bit of a milestone for Tool fans: it's the 30th anniversary of Ænima and the 20th of 10,000 Days, and Tool Shed are touring the UK to mark the occasion. That gives the tour a bit of a theme, and it's why those two records are likely to figure prominently in the set.
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The gig is at Sub89, 110-117 Friar St, Reading RG1 1EP, running from 7:00pm to 10:30pm. Tickets are between £14.30 and £16.50.
