Concert announcement: Rage Against the Machine, Run The Jewels bring tour to Vancouver
Credit to Author: Stuart Derdeyn| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:53:42 +0000
When: May 1, 7 p.m.
Where: Pacific Coliseum, 100 N Renfrew St.
Tickets and info: Feb. 13, 11 a.m. at Ticketleader.ca
Rage Against the Machine is hitting the road on its Public Service Announcement tour. It’s the first time that the L.A. quartet formed in 1991 has toured together since 2011. The band reported its second reunion in November 2019, with two appearances at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and other limited engagements.
The seven-month tour begins March 26 in El Paso, Texas, and ends on Sept. 12 in Vienna, Austria. Tickets for the May 1 Vancouver date go on sale on Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. at Ticketleader.ca.
News of a tour by singer Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk had been rumoured in November last year. The band denied this was the case.
In keeping with RATM’s long association with progressive charities and activist organizations, the tour will include multiple initiatives including ticketing, volunteer and band donations.
The band has announced that 100 per cent of all proceeds from the El Paso, Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Phoenix, Ariz., concerts will go to immigrant rights. Texas, Arizona and New Mexico are all states with large Hispanic populations and are on the front lines of the border wall debate.
Opening act for the majority of the tour dates is rap duo Run the Jewels. The duo of El-P and Killer Mike has a new album due in 2020, continuing its string of critically acclaimed releases.
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