Rage Against The Machine is breaking up... again
Drummer Brad Wilk made the announcement on social media
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Your support makes all the difference.Rage Against the Machine have broken up for a third time, according to the bandās drummer Brad Wilk.
The pioneering and politically radical rap-rock group formed in Los Angeles in 1991. They released four acclaimed albums before initially splitting up in 2000.
The four-piece ā Wilk, rapper Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello and bassist Tim Commerford ā reunited to tour between 2007 and 2011. A second reunion began in 2019, but that appears to have run its course.
In an Instagram post on Wednesday (3 January), Wilk wrote that shows from their Public Service Announcement reunion tour, which were postponed when de la Rocha ruptured his Achilles tendon, would now be cancelled.
āI know a lot of people are waiting for us to announce new tour dates for all the canceled RATM shows,ā he wrote. āI donāt want to string people or myself along any further.
āSo while there has been some communication that this may be happening in the futureā¦ I want to let you know that RATM (Tim, Zack, Tom and I) will not be touring or playing live again. Iām sorry for those of you who have been waiting for this to happen. I really wish it wasā¦ā
As well as de la Rochaās injuries, the band was also dealing with Commerfordās prostate cancer diagnosis.
In 2022, the bassist announced that heād had had his prostate removed two months before the reunion shows kicked off that July.
āIāve been dealing with some pretty serious s***,ā Commerford told Spin. āRight before I was about to go on tour with Rage, I had my prostate removed, and I have prostate cancer.ā
Commerford said that he had always taken care of his health, but the cancer was simply āsomething where youāre either lucky or notā.
āYou can find yourself in a situation like Iām in where itās like, f***, my whole life changed,ā Commerford said. āWith everything that happens to me now, I wonder, am I feeling this way because I have cancer? Am I losing my hair because I have cancer? Whatever it is, it makes me wonder if itās happening because I have cancer.ā
A digital rights advocacy group named Fight for the Future has organised the boycott, calling for a ban on face-scanning technology at all live events in the country.
In a press statement, Fight for the Future campaigner Leila Nashashibi said: āSurveillance tech companies are pitching biometric data tools as āinnovativeā and helpful for increasing efficiency and security. Not only is this false, itās morally corrupt.ā
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