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Rage Against The Machine Cancels 2023 North American Tour

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The Statement:
It’s been almost three months since Chicao, and I still look down at my leg in disbelief. Two years of waiting through the pandemic, hoping we would have an opening to be a band again and continue the work we started 30 some odd years ago. Rehearsing, training, reconciling, working our way back to form. Then one and a half shows into it and my tendon tears. Felt like a sick joke the universe played on me. As I write this I remind myself it’s just a bad circumstance. Just a fucked up moment.
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Rage Against The Machine Cancels UK and European Tour Dates

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Fans who’ve been witnessing the socio-political Metal that is Rage Against The Machine on these last few dates have seen singer Zack De La Rocha doing the show while seated. The singer had recently injured his leg badly during a performance but in a true “the show must go on” move, he has done the shows seated since that time. Unfortunately, this is not helping in his proper recovery and just a short time ago the announcement came that ALL upcoming 2022 dates are cancelled.

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Rage Against The Machine Postpones 1st Leg Of The “Public Service Announcement” Tour

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In what has amounted to be a wave of postponements and even full cancellations comes the news that the Rage Against The Machine “Public Service Announcement” tour has been postponed. The graphic below lines out the bands statement.

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I’ve typed this up down below if you are one who needs glasses like I do these days….sigh.
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Rage Against The Machine Announces World Tour

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The Scoop:
Rage Against the Machine have announced a worldwide headline tour. The seven month run, which kicks off on March 26th, 2020 in El Paso, TX and goes through Saturday, September 12th 2020 in Vienna, Austria, marks the first time the iconic LA band has toured together since 2011. Incendiary rap duo Run the Jewels (Killer Mike & El-P) will join RATM for all headline dates (excl. Chicago) in support of their highly-anticipated new album, RTJ4, out this spring. Through ticketing, volunteering and band donations, Rage Against the Machine will be working with multiple charities and activist organizations throughout the tour. In addition, 100% of all proceeds from El Paso, Las Cruces and Phoenix will go to immigrant rights organizations.

The Tour Dates:
Mar. 26 – El Paso, Tx – Don Haskins Center
Mar. 28 – Las Cruces, Nm – Pan American Center
Mar. 30 – Glendale, Az – Gila River Arena
Apr. 10 – Indio, Ca – Coachella
Apr. 17 – Indio, Ca – Coachella
Apr. 21 – Oakland, Ca – Oakland Arena
Apr. 25 – Portland, Or – Moda Center
Apr. 28 – Tacoma, Wa – Tacoma Dome
May 01 – Vancouver, Bc – Pacific Coliseum At The Pne
May 03 – Edmonton, Ab – Rogers Place
May 05 – Calgary, Ab – Scotiabank Saddledome
May 07 – Winnipeg, Mb – Bell Mts Place
May 09 – Sioux Falls, Sd – Denny Sanford Premier Center
May 11 – Minneapolis, Mn – Target Center
May 14 – Kansas City, Mo – Sprint Center
May 16 – St. Louis, Mo – Enterprise Center
May 19 – Chicago, Il – United Center
May 23 – Boston, Ma – Boston Calling
Jun. 19 – Dover, De – Firefly
Jul. 10 – East Troy, Wi – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Jul. 13 – Detroit, Mi – Little Caesars Arena
Jul. 17 – Ottawa, On – Ottawa Bluesfest
Jul. 18 – Quebec City, Qc – Festival D’été De Québec
Jul. 21 – Hamilton, On – Firstontario Centre
Jul. 23 – Toronto, On – Scotiabank Arena
Jul. 27 – Buffalo, Ny – Keybank Center
Jul. 29 – Cleveland, Oh – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Jul. 31 – Pittsburgh, Pa – Ppg Paints Arena
Aug. 02 – Raleigh, Nc – Pnc Arena
Aug. 04 – Washington Dc – Capital One Arena
Aug. 07 – Camden, Nj – Bb&T Pavilion
Aug. 10 – New York, Ny – Madison Square Garden
Aug. 11 – New York, Ny – Madison Square Garden
Aug. 28 – Leeds, Uk – Leeds Festival
Aug. 30 – Reading, Uk – Reading Festival
Sep. 01 – Paris, France – Rock En Seine Festival
Sep. 04 – Stradbally Laois, Ireland – Electric Picnic Festival
Sep. 06 – Berlin, Germany – Lollapalooza Berlin Festival
Sep. 08 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena
Sep. 10 – Krakow, Poland – Tauron Arena

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PiercingMetal Thoughts: So what do you readers think? Are you in? Chime in down below in the comments section. See you next time.

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Boston Calling Music Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

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Based on the recent announcements, it looks like Boston is going to be the place to be a few times this year with stuff like the announcement we shared yesterday about Aerosmith doing a 50th Anniversary performance at Fenway Park (discussed HERE). Now comes the latest Music Festival details. Check it out down below.

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Friday, May 22nd: Foo Fighters, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Brittany Howard, Noname, The Struts, Sharon Van Etten, Pup, Andrew WK, Iann Dior, The Districts, Brutus, Pony Bradshaw, The Sheila Divine, Liz Ladoux, DJ Knife and DJ Joshua Carl, Bearly yung, DJ Ryan Brown, Alingon Mitra, Will Smalley, Sam Ike, Emily Ruskowski, Shawn Carter, Drew Dunn, Katie Que.
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