Tenacious D is back in full force! After announcing an upcoming sequel to their cult favorite 2006 film, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny, during their rare headlining set at Shaky Knees Music Festival, the comedic rock duo has announced their first full-length tour in five years. The tour will support an upcoming new album, reportedly a rock opera set in post-apocalyptic times.
The announcement came along with an animated tour trailer video, which sees crudely drawn versions of band members Jack Black and Kyle Gass freaking out about being able to pay the rent–”Dude, we are FUCKED,” laments the cartoon Black, worrying that it would take “like five years” to write another album. “Or are we…?” counters Gass, before text pops up across the screen:
The trailer video also contains a brief clip of music, in which Black sings “…Apocalypto, this is our time to shine.” That little snippet is in line with the “hypothetical” info Black recently divulged about their upcoming album. In an interview with Kerrang!, Black referenced the plans for a new Tenacious D project, saying, “We’ve been working on it for years. It’s a post-apocalyptic musical comedy that’s an animated series that no one wanted in Hollywood but we’re making it anyway. And it’s very cheap, and it looks cheap, but that’s what makes it funnier.”
He goes on to liken the animation style (drawn by Jack himself) to those of Beavis & Butthead, “So that’s the plan, we’re making this album called Post-Apocalypto, and it’s all a story, like a rock opera like Tommy or The Wall….just like those.” Watch the Tenacious D tour trailer video below:
Tenacious D 2018 Tour Trailer Video
[Video: Tenacious D]
You can see a full list of Tenacious D’s upcoming tour dates below. For more information, head to the band’s website.