System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan not too long ago took to his Instagram account and posted an image of Instrument drummer Danny Carey with the next caption:

“Even earlier than I joined the band we might sit round and marvel on the uniquely intricate drumming of Danny Carey . Instrument to me is sort of a mixture of Pink Floyd and Rush, modernizing these sounds and including an much more prolific singer . I spent many nights within the crowd throughout Ozzfest laying on the grass and having fun with the facility and sweetness amplified by the large audio system . (Their Led Zeppelin cowl is wonderful !)In some unspecified time in the future somebody had the brilliant concept of difficult them to a basketball sport ( we misplaced ). This was the second time system misplaced ( first time was to slayer , they killed us ) however we started a friendship between the bands that’s nonetheless thriving at present. Danny is on the Mount Rushmore of contemporary drummers , he balances technic and magnificence completely . For somebody as tall as he’s he’s extremely swish and there’s a marvelous liquidity to his drumming fashion . Danny is a shy , introspective individual however when you get him comfy his inside pleasure and zest for all times overtakes you. I’ve been lucky to have performed with them on stage going forwards and backwards on timbales as he performed a solo. Each time we did this was such a thrill and once more I rely my blessings that these alternatives have been afforded to me. I can’t clarify how a lot respect and admiration I’ve for Danny and Instrument generally . I pray we do a tour collectively at some point and create a large 2 or 3 drummer solo . I promise to provide you a run on your cash Danny 🤙”

It looks like Instrument are about to announce a brand new tour. Method again in February, drummer Danny Carey slyly dropped that his alt-metal crew have “an enormous tour coming within the fall” of 2023. Since then, the band have been radio silent on that entrance — till June.

In a brand new Instagram publish selling the “new and improved” Instrument military fan membership, the band teased that the tour announcement we’ve been ready for on bated breath is coming “very quickly.”

Elsewhere within the publish, the band point out that the TopFan service they’re now utilizing for the Instrument military consists of “unique pre-sale to Instrument headlining exhibits and early entry to VIP packages.”

It solely appears cheap to imagine that they’d be mentioning that info now in the event that they have been on the point of put it into impact. At the very least we hope so! Keep tuned for more information.

Instrument performed two festivals final month (Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple) and have three extra on the calendar for later this fall — Louder Than Life (September twenty second), Aftershock (October sixth) and PowerTrip (October eighth). As of now, these are the one dwell dates they’ve introduced for 2023.