{"id":12287,"date":"2025-08-20T20:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12287\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T20:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:16:08","slug":"tom-morello-addresses-rage-against-the-machines-cancelled-dates-chances-of-future-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12287\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Morello addresses Rage Against The Machine&#8217;s cancelled dates, chances of future return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Tom-Morello\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Morello<\/a> has addressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/rage-against-the-machine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rage Against The Machine<\/a>\u2018s cancelled tour dates and commented on any chance of a future return from the band.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/tom-morello-atlas-underground-new-album-rage-against-the-machine-3061960\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Tom Morello: \u201cIn the past, I\u2019ve wanted to use music as a battering ram for social justice\u201d<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2022, the band began their \u2018Public Service Announcement Tour\u2019, which was set to run through 2023, but was disrupted after frontman Zach de la Rocha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-zack-de-la-rocha-perform-while-sitting-down-after-injuring-leg-at-rage-against-the-machine-reunion-show-3266962\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">injured his Achilles tendon during its second date on July 11 in Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>De la Rocha continued to play 17 more shows while seated onstage, before the band eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/rage-against-the-machine-cancel-2023-north-america-tour-dates-3322517\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cancelled their UK and European dates for the rest of the year in October 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Morello has commented on the decision to cancel the shows. Speaking in a new interview with Chicago radio station Q101 (WKQX), the guitarist said: \u201cThe irony was, leading up to that tour, I ruptured my Achilles. So I was in rehearsal on crutches. I was, like, I would have open-heart surgery on stage and not cancel a show. The show must go on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo then Zack \u2014 he was in such good shape,\u201d Morello continued. \u201cEverybody was doing their best to make this thing happen. And sometimes it just happens. And he popped the Achilles, and he had sort of seen my journey with it. And we finished the U.S. tour and then sadly cancelled all the other stuff after that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the future of the band has been unclear, with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/tom-morello-accepts-rage-against-the-machines-hall-of-fame-induction-alone-3530442\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Morello attending the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony alone<\/a> to accept Rage Against The Machine\u2019s induction.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/rage-against-the-machine-will-not-be-touring-or-playing-live-again-brad-wilk-3565394\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drummer Brad Wilk announced that the band \u201cwill not be touring or playing live again\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Morello also addressed the possible future of the band in this interview, saying: \u201cRage Against The Machine was always sort of a volatile situation. The fact that we got four great records, the fact that we played shows in 2022 and a new generation got to\u2026 Even when [Zack] was sitting down at those shows, those were some of the best Rage Against The Machine shows that we ever did and really connect to people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe finished with five sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden. So if there\u2019s never another show, then that\u2019s quite a way to go out,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut in the meantime, I cross my heart and hope to die, I am carrying the torch for every one of those riffs and all of the meaning in those songs as well as the other things that I\u2019ve been in. That music matters so much to me, and what it\u2019s about matters so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other Tom Morello news, the guitarist will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/judas-priest-are-getting-their-own-documentary-co-directed-by-tom-morello-3864125\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">co-directing an upcoming documentary<\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/judas-priest\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Judas Priest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also recently served as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/black-sabbath-final-show-birmingham-july-2025-metalla-slayer-pantera-line-up-tickets-3835042\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cmusical director\u201d for Black Sabbath\u2019s final gig<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-members-of-the-rolling-stones-aerosmith-red-hot-chili-peppers-rage-against-the-machine-and-blink-182-play-together-at-final-black-sabbath-gig-3876250\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where he also performed<\/a> alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/aerosmith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aerosmith<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/steven-tyler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Tyler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-rolling-stones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Rolling Stones<\/a>\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ronnie-wood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ronnie Wood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/extreme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extreme<\/a>\u2019s Nuno Bettencourt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/quiet-riot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quiet Riot<\/a>\u2019s Rudy Sarzo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/blink-182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blink-182<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/travis-barker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Barker<\/a> for a rendition of the \u201850s blues song \u2018Train Kept A Rollin\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, h<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/tom-morello-on-israels-actions-in-gaza-stop-killing-children-3884179\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">e has\u00a0criticised the Israeli government\u2019s actions in Gaza<\/a>, calling on them to \u201cSTOP KILLING CHILDREN\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/tom-morello-hails-kneecap-as-the-rage-against-the-machine-of-now-3877562\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morello has previously praised Kneecap for \u201cspeaking truth to power\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and criticising the Israeli government, saying the Irish trio are \u201cclearly the Rage Against The Machine of now\u201d. Those comments\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kneecap-respond-to-straight-up-ct-disturbed-frontman-david-draiman-3878163\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">prompted an angry response from Disturbed\u2019s David Draiman<\/a>, who called him a \u201cstraight up c**t\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Morello has addressed Rage Against The Machine\u2018s cancelled tour dates and commented on any chance of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,19,17,337,6318],"class_list":{"0":"post-12287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-rock"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}