Assorted Rock News

According to Billboard.com, Volcano has set a May 2 North American release date for the new TOOL album, entitled "10,000 Days". The 77-minute, 11-song prog-metal odyssey, which is said to be "packed with plenty of eight minute-plus twisted riff-a-thons, odd-tempo polyrhythms and the band's trademark, eerie interludes" (according to Kerrang! magazine), is the follow-up to 2001's "Lateralus", which debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 2.3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

As previously reported, TOOL will play their first U.S. show since late 2002 when it headlines the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on April 30 in Indio, Calif. No other U.S. dates have been confirmed.

Afterward, TOOL will spend the first portion of the summer playing the European festival circuit, with dates on tap through July 9 at Finland's Turku Festival.

TOOL tour dates:

May 26 - Lisbon, POR @ Parque Tejo

May 27 - Madrid, SPA @ Festimad

May 29 - Barcelona, SPA @ Razzmatazz

May 30 - Villeurbanne, FRA @ Transbordeur

May 31 - Luxembourg, LUX @ Rockhal

Jun. 02 - Nurburgring, GER @ Rock am Ring

Jun. 03 - Nuremberg, GER @ Rock im Park

Jun. 04 - Landgraaf, NETH @ Pink Pop Festival

Jun. 05 - Hamburg, GER @ Sporthalle

Jun. 07 - Berlin, GER @ Columbiahalle

Jun. 08 - Dusseldorf, GER @ Phillipshalle

Jun. 09 - Donington, UK @ Download Festival

Jun. 17 - Nickelsdorf, AUT @ Nova Rock Festival

Jun. 19 - Milan, ITA @ Filaforum

Jun. 21 - Rome, ITA @ Foro Italico Center

Jun. 22 - Bologna, ITA @ L.R. Arena

Jun. 24 - Katowice, POL @ Spodek

Jun. 25 - Prague, CZR @ T-Mobile Arena

Jun. 28 - Paris, FRA @ Le Zenith

Jun. 29 - Werchter, BEL @ Rock Werchter Festival

Jul. 01 - Roskilde, DEN @ Roskilde Festival

Jul. 04 - Kristiansand, NOR @ Quart Festival

Jul. 07 - Gothenburg, SWE @ Metal Town Festival

Jul. 09 - Turku, FIN @ Turku Festival

The initial dates for Ozzfest 2006 have been announced. They are as follows:

Jul. 01 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater

Jul. 02 - Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater

Jul. 07 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Pavilion

Jul. 08 - San Bernardino, CA @ Hyundai Pavilion

Jul. 14 - Kansas City, KS @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Jul. 15 - St. Louis, MO @ UMB Bank Pavilion

Jul. 16 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

Jul. 19 - Detroit, MI @ DTE Music Energy Center

Jul. 21 - Columbus, OH @ Germain Amphitheatre

Jul. 22 - East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Jul. 23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center

Jul. 26 - Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion

Jul. 27 - Buffalo, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center

Jul. 29 - New York, NY @ Randall's Island

Jul. 30 - Hartford, CA @ New England Dodge Music Center

Aug. 01 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts

Aug. 04 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at The Waterfront

Aug. 05 - Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion

Aug. 06 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Virginia Beach

Aug. 09 - Raleigh, NC @ Alltel Pavilion

Aug. 13 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Sound Advice Amphiheatre

The official lineup for this year's Ozzfest is as follows:

Main Stage:

OZZY OSBOURNE (10 shows only)

SYSTEM OF A DOWN

DISTURBED

TBA**

HATEBREED

LACUNA COIL

**Major main-stage band to be announced on May 23

Second Stage:

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

ATREYU

UNEARTH

BLEEDING THROUGH

NORMA JEAN

Second Stage (rotating):

A LIFE ONCE LOST

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD

THE RED CHORD

FULL BLOWN CHAOS

WALLS OF JERICHO

ALL THAT REMAINS

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME

Both courtesy of blabbermouth.net