I love Tool but think they are money grubbing ********. A few years ago when they put out ten thousand days, I dsigned up for their exclusive fan club. Sot me some money but as it said on the website "Get first shot at tickets to shows". So I paid my twenty bucks and promptly got my sticker of a square (yeah awesome sticker guys. I put it, well, nowhere because it was a frigging square). So they were playing the show at small clubs and I wanted to go. I waited and hoped and wished for a fan club presale.
Nope, just a presale to the scalpers. Nothing. Just plain old ticketmaster. I was on (as were four of my friends) the moment it went on sale. Sold out in three seconds. However, go on Craigslist and every ticket vendor is selling tickets for 200 bucks.
I ended up with tickets (walked to the venue on the day of the show and bought a ticket). But by this time, Maynard was rocking his gay cowboy routine. Kind of screwed up my opinion of the guy. He was always this weird little troll on stage, now there's this dude wearing skin tight jeans, a cowboy hat, and aviator glasses, dancing and swinging his hips.
The show was good and not the first time I have seen them. But I was really disappointed in the way they didn't give a rat's ass about their "true fans". I threw my square sticker away.