Public Service Announcement Tour

The Public Service Announcement Tour is a reunion tour of the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, which will start in July 2022. This tour will mark the band's first live appearances in eleven years, and their first full-length tour in 22 years, after they completed the accompanying tour for its third album The Battle of Los Angeles. The tour was originally scheduled to start in North America in March 2020, followed by a series of European festival appearances, but it was pushed back to the summer of 2021, then to 2022 and again to 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2]

Public Service Announcement Tour
Tour by Rage Against the Machine
Start dateJuly 9, 2022
End dateApril 2, 2023
Legs1
No. of shows37
Rage Against the Machine concert chronology

Background

On November 1, 2019, it was reported that Rage Against the Machine were reuniting for their first shows in nine years in the spring of 2020, including two appearances at that year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[3][4][5]

On February 10, 2020, the band announced the dates and venues for their 2020 world tour.[6] The tour was going to begin with a North American leg in March, but it was repeatedly postponed, first to July and then to June 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

On May 1, 2020, Rage Against the Machine announced on its official website that, because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, all the tour dates that were scheduled to take place that year had been postponed to 2021:

Rage Against The Machine will commence our tour at such a time when we are confident it will be safe for our fans. The rerouted dates (heath and safety permitting) are below and YOUR TICKETS WILL BE HONORED for the postponed shows. During this difficult time we also respect the fans who want their ticket money back. We've requested and confirmed that, as of this weekend, ANYONE who wants a refund can begin the process at your point of purchase. We sincerely hope that each one of you and your families and friends stay safe and well and that music is bringing you solace and inspiration. We look forward to seeing you.[7]

Initially, however, the band was still scheduled to perform at 2020's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which had been pushed back from April to October before it was officially canceled, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1][8]

On April 8, 2021, it was announced that the Public Service Announcement Tour had once again been rescheduled to the spring and summer of 2022.[2]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
Leg 1 - North America
July 9, 2022 East Troy United States Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 11, 2022 Chicago United Center
July 12, 2022
July 15, 2022 Ottawa Canada LeBreton Flats
July 16, 2022 Quebec City Plains of Abraham
July 19, 2022 Hamilton FirstOntario Centre
July 21, 2022 Toronto Scotiabank Arena
July 23, 2022
July 25, 2022 Buffalo United States KeyBank Center
July 27, 2022 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
July 29, 2022 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
July 31, 2022 Raleigh PNC Arena
August 2, 2022 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena
August 3, 2022
August 8, 2022 New York City Madison Square Garden
August 9, 2022
August 11, 2022
August 12, 2022
August 14, 2022
Leg 2 - North America
February 22, 2023 El Paso United States Don Haskins Center
February 24, 2023 Las Cruces Pan American Center
February 26, 2023 Glendale Gila River Arena
February 28, 2023
March 3, 2023 Oakland Oakland Arena
March 5, 2023
March 7, 2023 Portland Moda Center
March 9, 2023 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
March 11, 2023 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
March 13, 2023 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
March 15, 2023 Edmonton Rogers Place
March 17, 2023 Winnipeg Canada Life Centre
March 19, 2023 Minneapolis United States Target Center
March 20, 2023
March 22, 2023 Sioux Falls Denny Sanford Premier Center
March 28, 2023 Kansas City T-Mobile Center
March 30, 2023 St. Louis Enterprise Center
April 1, 2023 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
April 2, 2023

Postponed dates
Date City Country Venue Reason
North America
April 10, 2020[lower-alpha 1] Indio United States Empire Polo Club Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9][10]
April 17, 2020[lower-alpha 1]
May 19, 2020 Chicago United Center
May 20, 2020
May 23, 2020[lower-alpha 2] Boston Harvard Stadium Canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1][11][12][13]
June 19, 2020[lower-alpha 3] Dover The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway
August 28, 2020[lower-alpha 4] Leeds England Bramham Park
August 30, 2020[lower-alpha 5] Reading Little John's Farm
September 1, 2020[lower-alpha 6] Paris France Parc de Saint-Cloud
September 4, 2020[lower-alpha 7] Stradbally Ireland Stradbally Hall
September 6, 2020[lower-alpha 8] Berlin Germany Olympiapark Berlin
September 8, 2020 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
September 10, 2020 Krakow Poland Tauron Arena
September 12, 2020 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle

Notes
  1. The concerts on April 10 and 17, 2020 in Indio were part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
  2. The concert on May 23, 2020 in Boston was part of the Boston Calling Music Festival.
  3. The concert on June 19, 2020 in Dover was part of the Firefly Music Festival.
  4. The concert on August 28, 2020 in Leeds was part of Leeds Festival.
  5. The concert on August 30, 2020 in Reading was part of Reading Festival.
  6. The concert of September 1, 2020 in Paris was part of Rock en Seine.
  7. The concert on September 4, 2020 in Stradbally was part of Electric Picnic.
  8. The concert on September 6, 2020 in Berlin was part of Lollapalooza Berlin.

References
  1. Kreps, Daniel (May 2, 2020). "Rage Against the Machine Reschedule Reunion Tour for 2021". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  2. Kreps, Daniel (April 8, 2021). "Rage Against the Machine Postpone Reunion Tour to 2022". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  3. Baltin, Steve (November 1, 2019). "Confirmed: Rage Against The Machine To Reunite In 2020, Headline Coachella". Forbes. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  4. Hartmann, Graham (November 1, 2019). "Rage Against the Machine Announce 2020 Reunion". Loudwire. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  5. Brooks, Dave (November 1, 2019). "Rage Against the Machine to Reunite for 2020 Coachella". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  6. Angie Martoccio (February 10, 2020). "Rage Against the Machine Announce 2020 Tour". Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  7. "Rage Against the Machine - Official Site". ratm.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  8. Yoo, Noah (June 11, 2020). "Coachella 2020 Canceled Due to COVID-19". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  9. "Tour Postponement". Archived from the original on December 25, 2021.
  10. "Rage Against the Machine Postpone First Half of Reunion Tour Owing to Coronavirus". Rolling Stone. March 13, 2020.
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