Failure to Reunite for U.S. Tour [VIDEO]

Sixteen years after calling it quits, Failure have announced an 18 date U.S. tour.

That's right. The Greatest 90's band you've never heard of, is back...thanks in part to a big fan - Maynard J. Keenan of Tool. After incessant harassment from Maynard, Greg Edwards, Ken Andrews and Kelli Scott performed their first show since 1997 at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on February 13, 2014. They followed that successful show up with an opening slot on Tool's Spring tour, and will be on hand for Cinquanta, Maynard’s 50th birthday celebration at The Greek Theatre in L.A.

With all that in mind, the band opted to go one step further and begin the writing and recording process. Singer Ken Andrews told radio.com,

“We got to thinking that a lot of our fans, became our fans recently and a lot of them are younger and they never saw us play live so we have an opportunity to pick up where we left off, musically.”

Failure's "Tree of Stars" tour kicks off in San Francisco on May 14th, with the following dates on the itinerary:

05/10 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre (Cinquanta)
05/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre (Cinquanta)
05/14 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
05/15 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
05/17 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
05/18 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
05/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Varsity
05/22 – Chicago, IL @ The Metro
05/24 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
05/25 – Detroit, MI St. @ Andrew’s Hall
05/26 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
05/27 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
05/29 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
05/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
05/31 – Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony
06/01 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
06/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
06/05 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore