Puscifer (ft. Tool’s Maynard James Keenan) Announces ‘Existential Reckoning’ U.S. Tour — First Since 2016

Outside his work fronting prog/metal masters Tool, Maynard James Keenan has long maintained a vastly different side project, Puscifer — and later this year, the ensemble will head out on its first proper U.S. tour since 2016.

Announced on Tuesday, the Existential Reckoning tour is named after the group’s 2020 album, and will be a mix of theater and concert, according to a (highly stylized) news release:

Pusciforce Agents Merkin, Round, and Mitchell have intercepted a coded message, which appears to be extraterrestrial in nature, emanating from the mysterious and elusive Briefcase, that translates as follows: “An Existential Reckoning is imminent.”

Agent Dick Merkin went on to say, “Utilizing a hybridized form of highly classified 1st Order Triangulation and Uber Eats delivery tracking software, we have been able to construct a predictive model mapping out specific coordinates for future sightings/appearances of this afore mentioned Briefcase. We will be there. We will be ready. Let the probing Begin.”

Puscifer's first U.S. tour in six years – tickets on sale this Friday, Feb. 18 at 10 am local time. Visit https://t.co/HjHnt752ZT for links. Let The Probing Begin. @mjkeenan @carinaround #matmitchell @gunnarolsendrum #joshkmoreau #existentialreckoning pic.twitter.com/tQzcG7jTvg

— PUSCIFER (@puscifer) February 15, 2022

For an idea of the Puscifer live experience, here’s a performance of “Bedlamite,” taken from Puscifer’s 2020 live stream concert event Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti:

And the tour dates:

June 9 Las Vegas, NV The Smith Center – Reynolds Hall

June 11 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Federal Theatre

June 12 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre

June 14 Albuquerque, NM Kiva Auditorium

June 15 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall

June 16 Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium

June 19 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

June 21 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre

June 22 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center

June 24 Philadelphia, PA The Metropolitan Opera House

June 25 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre

June 26 Wallingford, CT Toyota Oakdale Theatre

June 28 Boston, MA House of Blues

June 29 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE

July 1 Rochester Hills, MI Meadow Brook Amphitheatre (Pavilion)

July 2 Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre

July 3 St. Paul, MN Palace Theatre

July 5 Omaha, NE The Admiral

July 6 Denver, CO The Mission Ballroom

July 7 Salt Lake City, UT Eccles Theater – Delta Performance Hall

July 9 Portland, OR The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

July 10 Seattle, WA McCaw Hall