Public Service Announcement Tour

The Public Service Announcement Tour was a reunion tour by American rock band Rage Against the Machine, which began on July 9, 2022, at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin and concluded early on August 14, 2022, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This tour marks 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.

Public Service Announcement Tour

Tour by Rage Against the Machine
Promotional poster for the tour
Start date	July 9, 2022
End date	August 14, 2022
Legs	1 (2 cancelled)
No. of shows	19 (38 cancelled)
Rage Against the Machine concert chronology
Reunion Tour (2007–2011) Public Service Announcement Tour (2022)

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 before many of the dates were cancelled.^[1][2]

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 onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

On May 1, 2020, Rage Against the Machine announced on its official website that, due to circumstances influenced by the ongoing 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 for similar reasons as the tour postponement.^[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]

On July 11, during the tour's second show in Chicago, De La Rocha injured his leg during the fourth song of the evening. He performed the rest of the show sitting on a speaker, and remained seated for all subsequent North American performances, being assisted on and off stage. On August 11, it was announced that the European leg of the tour had been cancelled, as De La Rocha had been advised to rest as to allow for proper healing. Then almost 2 months later on October 4th, via a statement on the band's official Instagram account, De La Rocha announced they had made the difficult decision to cancel all remaining stops on the tour, including the 2023 North American leg, due to the severity of his injury.^[9]

Setlist

The following set list is from the July 12 concert in Chicago. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.^[10]

1. "Bombtrack"
2. "People of the Sun"
3. "Bulls on Parade"
4. "Bullet in the Head"
5. "Revolver" (interlude)
6. "Testify"
7. "Tire Me"
8. "Take The Power Back"
9. "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" (w/ Run the Jewels)
10. "Wake Up"
11. "Guerrilla Radio"
12. "Down Rodeo"
13. "Without a Face"
14. "Know Your Enemy"
15. "Calm Like a Bomb"
16. "Sleep Now in the Fire"
17. "No Shelter"
18. "War Within a Breath"
19. "The Ghost of Tom Joad"
20. "Snakecharmer" (interlude)
21. "Township Rebellion" (interlude)
22. "Freedom"
23. "Killing in the Name"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America
July 9, 2022	East Troy	United States	Alpine Valley Music Theatre	—	—
July 11, 2022	Chicago		United Center	24,252 / 24,252	$3,032,750
July 12, 2022
July 15, 2022^[a]	Ottawa	Canada	LeBreton Flats	—	—
July 16, 2022^[b]	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	26,709 / 26,709	$3,338,625
August 3, 2022
August 8, 2022	New York City		Madison Square Garden	68,659 / 68,659	$8,170,421
August 9, 2022
August 11, 2022
August 12, 2022
August 14, 2022

Cancelled dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
April 10, 2020^[c]	Indio	United States	Empire Polo Club	COVID-19 pandemic^[11]^[12]^[1]^[13]^[14]^[15]
April 17, 2020^[c]
May 23, 2020^[d]	Boston		Harvard Stadium
June 19, 2020^[e]	Dover		Dover International Speedway
September 4, 2020^[f]	Stradbally	Ireland	Stradbally Hall
September 6, 2020^[g]	Berlin	Germany	Olympiapark Berlin
August 24, 2022	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	Royal Highland Centre	Zack de la Rocha's leg injury^[16]^[9]
August 26, 2022^[h]	Leeds		Bramham Park
August 28, 2022^[i]	Reading		Little John's Farm
August 30, 2022^[j]	Paris	France	Parc de Saint-Cloud
September 1, 2022	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
September 3, 2022^[k]	Hanover	Germany	Expo Plaza
September 5, 2022	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
September 8, 2022^[l]	Malaga	Spain	Sacaba Beach
September 10, 2022^[m]	Madrid		Valdebebas
September 13, 2022	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
September 15, 2022	Krakow	Poland	Tauron Arena
September 17, 2022	Zagreb	Croatia	Arena Zagreb
September 19, 2022	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
February 22, 2023	Las Cruces	United States	Pan American Center
February 24, 2023	El Paso		Don Haskins Center
February 26, 2023	Glendale		Desert Diamond 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

Notes

1. part of Ottawa Bluesfest.
2. part of Festival d'été de Québec.
3. The concerts on April 10 and 17, 2020 in Indio were part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
4. The concert on May 23, 2020 in Boston was part of the Boston Calling Music Festival.
5. The concert on June 19, 2020 in Dover was part of the Firefly Music Festival.
6. The concert on September 4, 2020 in Stradbally was part of Electric Picnic.
7. The concert on September 6, 2020 in Berlin was part of Lollapalooza Berlin.
8. part of Leeds Festival.
9. part of Reading Festival.
10. part of Rock en Seine.
11. Part of Die Mega 90er & 2000er Open Air Party.
12. Part of Andalucía Big Festival.
13. Part of Mad Cool.

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