Puscifer Sets Tour Dates, Plays Phoenix December 3 and 4

Arizona-dwelling Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's side project, Puscifier, has announced fall tour dates, including two shows at Phoenix's stunning Orpheum Theatre. The show, which actually allows you to see Maynard, unlike Tool's concerts, where he stands on the back of the stage, has been explained as, "a performance art...

By Martin Cizmar

September 1, 2009

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Arizona-dwelling Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's side project, Puscifier, has announced fall tour dates, including two shows at Phoenix's stunning Orpheum Theatre.

The show, which actually allows you to see Maynard, unlike Tool's concerts, where he stands on the back of the stage, has been explained as, "a performance art spectacle equal parts comedy cabaret show, guerrilla theater, lysergic animation sequences, Krautrock-inspired metallic jams and leering lunacy of various stripes."

Sounds cool to me. Better than Tool, anyway. Full list of dates below.

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October 29 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl @ The Palms

October 31 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre

November 1 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre

November 4 Oakland, CA Fox Oakland Theater

November 5 Oakland, CA Fox Oakland Theater

November 10 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre

November 11 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre

November 13 Vancouver, BC Centre For The Performing Arts

November 17 Salt Lake City, UT Capitol Theatre

November 18 Salt Lake City, UT Capitol Theatre

November 20 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre

November 21 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre

November 24 Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium - SMU Campus

November 25 Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium - SMU Campus

November 27 Houston, TX Jones Hall For The Performing Arts

December 1 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theatre

December 3 Phoenix, AZ Orpheum Theatre

December 4 Phoenix, AZ Orpheum Theatre

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