Live shows and compilation releases

The band played a few live shows in early 2013, including Soundwave Music Festival in Australia and Lollapalooza Chile , though Keenan reported that they had still yet to complete any new tracks due to their other commitments. Later in the year, the band announced two separate compilation releases for November 2013. The first, a greatest hits album entitled Three Sixty , containing one new studio recording, ” By and Down “, and the second, a box set entitled A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo . The box set contained four CDs of live music: one for each of their three entire-album performances of Mer de Noms , Thirteenth Step , and Emotive done in 2010, collectively dubbed Trifecta , and a recording of their 2011 performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, dubbed Stone and Echo . The set also came with DVD video recording of the 2011 Stone and Echo performance. In promoting the releases, Howerdel commented on future releases once again, stating that he felt they had “75% of the foundation of [the next] A Perfect Circle record ready”, though he conceded that they were still without Keenan’s lyrics or vocal melodies, and could still change depending on Keenan’s reaction to the material. He also conceded that they still disagreed on the release medium; Keenan preferred smaller releases, while Howerdel preferred the format of a full album. Shortly after, the band again fell into a few years of public inactivity, with little occurring outside of Howerdel’s 2015 commentary reiterating his commitment to the band, and Keenan’s early 2016 commentary reiterating he still hoped to return to the band.