FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 

RISE AGAINST TO HEADLINE THE TOUR OF THE SUMMER WITH SPECIAL GUEST RANCID
 
TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED, TICKETS GO ON SALE FEBRUARY 28^TH

Rise Against announce a summer tour with punk rock legends Rancid as their special guests.  The tour kicks off June 4^th in Vancouver and continues through July 31^st.  See below for a list of U.S. & Canadian tour dates. More dates to be announced soon.

Rise Against released their fifth studio album, Appeal To Reason, on DGC/Interscope Records last fall and it debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart as well as spending one week at # 1 on the iTunes album chart. First single, “Re-Education (Through Labor),” was a top 2 hit at modern rock radio and new single “Audience Of One” is poised to top the charts as well.
 
Currently Rise Against is on a European headlining tour followed by some dates in Australia and Japan.  The band will be back in the states to play the Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, NJ on May 3rd with No Doubt. 
 
Also on the bill this summer will be Riverboat Gamblers (June dates) and Billy Talent (July dates) opening the shows. Below is a list of summer tour dates for Rise Against with special guest Rancid:

June 4^th                                Vancouver, BC                          Pacific Coliseum

June 6^th                                Edmonton, AB                           Rexall Place

June 7^th                                Calgary, AB                               Calgary Corral

June 8^th                                Saskatoon, SK                          Prarieland

June 11^th                              Denver, CO                               Red Rocks Ampitheatre

June 12^th                              Kansas City, MO                       Beaumont Club

June 13^th                              St. Louis, MO                            Pops (Outdoors)

June 15^th                              Cleveland, OH                           Time Warner Cable Amp

June 17^th                              Montreal, QC                            Parc Jean Drapeau

June 18^th                              Quebec City, QC                       Agora

June 19^th                              Ottawa, ON                              Civic Centre

June 22^nd                              Cincinnati, OH                           PNC Pavilion

June 24^th                              Detroit, MI                                Fillmore

June 26^th                              Minneapolis, MN                       Myth

July 6^th                                 Seattle, WA                               WaMu Theatre

July 8^th                                 Reno, NV                                  Reno Events Center

July 10^th                               San Diego, CA                          Cricket Wireless Amp

July 11^th                               Los Angeles, CA                       The Forum

July 13^th                               Las Vegas, NV                          The Joint

July 14^th                               Phoenix, AZ                               Mesa Arts Center

July 16^th                               Dallas, TX                                 Palladium Ballroom

July 17^th                               Austin, TX                                 Stubb’s

July 18^th                               Houston, TX                              Verizon Wireless

July 20^th                               Orlando, FL                               House of Blues

July 21^st                               Orlando, FL                               House of Blues

July 23^rd                               Myrtle Beach, SC                      House of Blues

July 24^th                               Baltimore, MD                           Ram’s Head

July 25^th                               Philadelphia, PA                         Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing

July 28^th                               Boston, MA                               House of Blues

July 29^th                               Boston, MA                               House of Blues

July 30^th                               Buffalo, NY                               Agri Center

July 31^st                               Toronto, ON                             Molson Ampitheatre