Maynard James Keenan's month-long “Sessanta Tour,” celebrating his 60th birthday and featuring his bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer alongside Primus, concluded Saturday night (May 4) at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York. Being the last show of the excursion, Keenan and company broke a couple of “60” piñatas to add a special touch to the festivities.
As we reported after the tour's kickoff show in Boston on April 2, the “Sessanta Tour” featured rotating performances by all three bands, including several moments where members of more than one band played together on stage. The April 20 Los Angeles show included a surprise performance by Tool, along with guest appearances from original A Perfect Circle members Paz Lenchantin and Troy Van Leeuwen.
Like all the shows on the tour, Saturday night's concert at Forest Hills Stadium ended with a stellar performance of Puscifer's “Grand Canyon” with members of all three bands on stage, including Les Claypool of Primus (with a pig mask) and A. Billy Howerdel of Perfect Circle.
After that final song, Keenan and company unleashed a pair of “60s” piñatas to end the “Sessanta Tour” with a bang.
The “Sessanta Tour” is over, but fans in the UK and Europe will be able to see Keenan when Tool kicks off a month-long tour on May 25 in Hannover, Germany (pick up tickets here).
Meanwhile, Primus will hit the road with co-headliners Coheed and Cambria in July for a US summer tour, with tickets available here.
See photos from the final show of the “Sessanta Tour” in Queens, New York, in the gallery below, followed by the setlist.
Photo Gallery: A Perfect Circle, Primus and Puscifer Wrap Up “Sessanta Tour” in Queens, New York (click to enlarge and scroll):
Songs list:
A perfect circle I
The package
Disappointed
The opposite
Primus Set I
Those damn blue collar tweekers
Too many puppies
Eleven
Puscifer Set I
Galileo
Little monsters
indigo children
Primus Set II
Jerry was a racing driver
my name is mud
Tommy the Cat (with Maynard James Keenan)
Puscifer Set II
postulated
thirsty mom
Bullet Train to Iowa
The disappointing
A perfect circle II
The rope
The Gap (with Tim Alexander)
The foreigner
See you later and thanks for all the fish
Puscifer Set III
The humble river
The remedy
A perfect circle III
Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of war drums
Judith
Primus Set III
Southbound Pachyderm (with Billy Howerdel and the three drummers)
Sessanta EPPP Set
Relatives
No Angel
Pablo's Hippos (with Maynard James Keenan)
The three bands – Final:
Grand Canyon
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