Looks like the end of the road for Rage Against the Machine.
After canceling a string of 2022 reunion concerts following an onstage injury to frontman Zack de la Rocha, the rock band’s drummer Brad Wilk has informed fans that the four-piece’s touring days are over.
“I know a lot of people are waiting for us to announce new tour dates for all the canceled RATM shows. I don’t want to give people or myself away anymore,” Wilk, 55, wrote in a post shared on Instagram on Wednesday.
“While there have been some communications that this may happen in the future…I want to let you know that RATM (Tim, Zack, Tom and I) will no longer be touring or playing live,” he continued, referring to bandmate Tim Commerford, de la Rocha and Tom Morello.
“I’m really sorry for those of you who have been waiting for this to happen,” Wilk added. “I really wish it was . . .”
He also expressed his gratitude to Rage Against the Machine fans in the caption of the post, writing: “From the bottom of my heart. Thank you to every person who has ever supported us.”
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During a show in Chicago in July 2022 — one of the band’s first shows in 11 years — de la Rocha suffered a leg injury and ruptured his left Achilles tendon. Still, he came through, finishing the set sitting down.
Rage Against the Machine played more concerts in the United States during the summer of 2022, but the group then canceled their UK and European tour in August.
In October 2022, the band announced the cancellation of their planned 2023 North American leg via a message from de la Rocha, who cited his injury as the reason.
“It’s been almost three months since Chicago, and I’m still looking at my leg in disbelief. Two years of waiting through the pandemic, hoping we’ll have the chance to be a band again and continue the work we started 30 years ago,” she wrote. singer in a statement on Instagram.
He continued: “Rehearsals, training, alignment, getting back into shape. Then one and a half comes into it and my hamstring snaps. It felt like a sick joke the universe played on me. As I write this, I remind myself that it’s just bad circumstance. Just a fucking moment.”
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“Unfortunately, this is a moment that requires a lot of work and treatment. I have a [severe] rupture of my left Achilles tendon and only 8% of my tendon remains intact. And even that part was seriously threatened. It’s not just a matter of reusability, it extends to core functionality in the future. That’s why I’ve made the painful and difficult decision to cancel the remaining shows on our 2023 North American leg,” added de la Rocha.
He also sent “love and respect” to Wilk, Commerford, 55, and Morello, 59, as well as their road crew, at the time and concluded: “I hope to see you soon.”
Rage Against the Machine was originally active on and off from 1991 to 2011.
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