Tool Could Be Facing a Class Action Lawsuit for Pissing Off Fans at Their Festival
Remember how yesterday there was a report about how Tool fans were pissed off over the similar sets the band played each of the two nights of their ‘Live In The Sand’ festival? Well, it’s looking like that anger hit a lawyer in the crowd, which is always bad news because they’re filing a class action lawsuit against the band.
According to initial reports, attorney and festival attendee Stas Rusek is calling on other fans that attended the shows to join him in a class action lawsuit against Tool. Referencing the fact that the band promised two “unique” sets during the festival in question, Rusek said fans were ultimately cheated when roughly half of the second night’s setlist had already been played the night before.
“These were my 27th and 28th Tool shows. There was a palpable sense of betrayal in the air as the show began the second night, and it lingered throughout the remainder of the weekend.
“What it boils down to is that purchasers of the festival package were promised ‘two unique sets’ by Tool. While the comments on these posts argue about what ‘unique’ means, the reality is that the opportunity to see Tool play two unique sets, ie no repeats, was the determining factor for most attendees to pull the trigger on spending thousands of dollars to attend.”
Our friend Greg Kennelty over at Metal Injection personally called the Rusek’s firm and received confirmation that the lawsuit is actually real. So now he’s in the stage of trying to collect testimony from his fellow concergoers to get a class action together.
In an interview with Metal Hammer, Rusek explained why such a suit was necessary.
“The potential lawsuit against the promoters of Tool In The Sand is indeed beinddddddg investigated. We have had lots of interest from Tool fans who attended the festival, a category which I personally fall into.
“These were my 27th and 28th Tool shows. There was a palpable sense of betrayal in the air as the show began the second night, and it lingered throughout the remainder of the weekend.
“What it boils down to is that purchasers of the festival package were promised ‘two unique sets’ by Tool. While the comments on these posts argue about what ‘unique’ means, the reality is that the opportunity to see Tool play two unique sets, ie no repeats, was the determining factor for most attendees to pull the trigger on spending thousands of dollars to attend.
“Most Tool fans, like me, have attended multiple shows on the same tour, and we know that, due to the spectacular and complex nature of their show, most songs will be repeated. However, this is not what festival attendees were promised.”
