Tool performed two sets at the Tool in the Sand festival on March 7 and 8, and played four repeat songs on the second night. Fans expressed disappointment over the concerts, which were billed as "two unique sets.

Tool Live in the Sand was held at the Hard Rock & Royalton Resorts in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Primus, Mastodon, Coheed and Cambria and a few other bands performed at the festival, and Tool headlined it on Friday and Saturday night.

Tool promised to play “two unique sets,” but on night two, “they only played an hour and mostly repeats from the first night,” according to a fan on the band’s subreddit. “Why fly to the DR on a 3 night ticket to watch an hour of repeat songs from the night before?