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Rise Against Australian Tour

Rise Against Australian Tour

07/02/2018

Frontier Touring are excited to announce the return of Rise Against to Australia in February 2018. The politically-charged, punk four-piece will play seven shows—their biggest headline shows in our country to date—in celebration of their chart-topping eighth studio album ‘Wolves’ (out now via EMI Australia). “No one can doubt Rise Against’s passion for what they do, and their ability to put on a wild show.” –
Reverb Online “Wolves is an appealing combination of catchy songs and thoughtful, passionate lyrics.” – Loudwire “Rise Against are a band of epic proportions. Seamlessly combining political statements with punk rock that has leant itself to the rare integration into the mainstream acceptance for the past 16 years.” – Vulture Magazine Tim McIlrath, Zach Blair, Joe Principe and Brandon Barnes will make their return following a hugely successful run of sold-out shows in December 2015 and an unforgettable stadium tour as Foo Fighters’ special guests. In Australia alone, the band have achieved more than 200,000 album sales, thanks to hits such as ‘I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore’ and ‘Help Is on the Way’ and albums ‘The Sufferer’ and ‘the Witness’ (2006), ‘Appeal To Reason’ (2008), ‘Endgame’ (2011), and ‘The Black Market’ (2014). Recorded in Nashville with Grammy-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Deftones), Wolves smashed into the charts upon its release in June, hitting number five in Australia’s ARIA Albums Chart; number nine in the US Billboard 200 (and a trio of number one debuts in the ‘Hard Rock Albums’, ‘Rock Albums’ and ‘Top Alternative Albums’ charts), and number 20 in New Zealand. Featuring singles ‘The Violence’ and ‘House On Fire’, the influence of the US presidential election can be heard on Wolves. “In many ways, a Rise Against show is a safe space for our fans,” says McIlrath. “But I realised…I want to create dangerous spaces where misogyny can’t exist, where xenophobia can’t exist. I want to create spaces where those sentiments don’t have any air, and they suffocate: where those ideas die. Wolves isn’t about creating a safe space, it’s about creating a space that’s dangerous for injustice.” Joining Rise Against as special guests will be SWMRS, who released album Drive North in 2016 (via label Fueled By Ramen). The Oakland, CA rock outfit have been pals since childhood, and after tours of the US and Europe in 2017 will head down under on their very first visit to our shores. Drive North was produced by Fidlar vocalist Zac Carper. Check out the videos for ‘D’You Have A Car?’ here and ‘Palm Trees’ here. With their highly-charged live performances, Rise Against are not to be missed!