Watch Rush’s Alex Lifeson join Tool on stage for surprise performance in Toronto
nme.comRush guitarist Alex Lifeson joined Tool on stage in Toronto this week for a surprise performance.Tool wrapped up their North American headline tour this month with two shows in Toronto earlier in the week.
Performing at the Scotiabank Arena on Monday (November 20), the LA rock band welcomed Lifeson – who grew up in Toronto – to the stage for a rendition of their song ‘Jambi’.The performance also included Rush’s ‘A Passage To Bangkok’ intro and guitar solo from 1976 album ‘2112’.Check out footage of the surprise appearance below.Tool have enforced a no phone policy at their shows in recent years.
Tool guitarist Adam Jones told Metal Hammer last year: “You lose something without that connection, and you just want people to be in their own world rather than getting the whole show on their phone and then never looking at it again.”He added: “It’s a big distraction.
Have you ever been to a concert and you can’t see the show because the person in front of you is holding their phone up in front of the stage?
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