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Brad Wilk, drummer for Rage Against the Machine, announced via Instagram that the band would not be rescheduling their canceled 2022 shows or playing live together again.
The band’s ‘Public Service Announcement’ tour had initially been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic then canceled in late August 2022 after vocalist Zack De La Rocha tore his ACL on stageforcing him to return home and head to physical therapy to recover.
The tour marked the band’s first live appearance in 11 years and their first full-length tour in 22 years. The announcement from Brad Wilk means their August 14, 2022 show at Madison Square Garden in New York City as the final ever live outing.
Meanwhile System of a Down’s John Dolymayan had extended a threat for some kind of ‘drummer tour.’ No word on what that might entail but a truly frightening prospect for all.
