Tool and Primus Perform Live at the Sand destination festival

The Tool Live in the Sand destination festival took place Friday through Sunday in the Dominican Republic. In addition to two headlining sets from Maynard James Keenan and company, the event featured the live debut of Primus' new drummer, John Hoffman.

Tool headlined the Tool Live in the Sand destination festival, which took place Friday through Sunday at the beach in the Dominican Republic.

The event, which was organized by the same team behind the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, also featured sets by Primus, Mastodon, Faith No More and more.

Primus kicked off the festivities on Friday with a performance that included the live debut of new drummer John Hoffman, who joined the band in February following the departure of longtime member Tim “Herb” Alexander.

Hoffman had a busy weekend, as he also played a short set with his own band, Dead Star, on Saturday.

Primus had originally announced that Tool’s Danny Carey would be manning the kit for their set, but surprised fans by having both Carey and Hoffman play drums throughout the show.

The My Name Is Mud hitmakers performed a greatest hits set that included tracks such as “My Name Is Mud,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Tommy, the Cat.”

Mastodon, who were performing without founding guitarist Brent Hinds, had Ben Eller step in on guitar.

The Blood and Thunder metallers announced Friday that they had “mutually decided to part ways” with Hinds.

Mastodon haven’t officially announced Eller as a new member, but they shared footage of them performing with him on their Instagram Story.

As for Tool’s sets, the headlines aren’t overwhelmingly positive. Some attendees felt that the band’s sets were too short and lacked variety, and were upset that the second performance repeated several songs from the first night.

Footage posted to the Tool subreddit even shows fans booing the band.