Rage Against the Machine Bad News: Band Announces End of Touring and Playing Live

It's the end of an era for Rage Against the Machine.

A few days after the new year began, Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk delivered a heartbreaking message to fans decades after the band was formed.

Rage Against the Machine Will No Longer Tour or Play Live

On Wednesday, January 3, Wilk posted a message on Instagram to thank their fans who supported the band through the years. At the same time, he delivered a heartbreaking message no one saw coming.

See his full statement below:

"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 string people or myself along any further.

So while there has been some communication that this may be happening in the future... I want to let you know that RATM (Tim, Zack, Tom and I) will not be touring or playing live again.

I'm sorry for those of you who have been waiting for this to happen. I really wish it was..."

The Rage Against the Machine's official social media page and the bandmates have yet to release separate statements.

Will Rage Against the Machine Disband?

In March 2023, Tom Morello told Rolling Stone how Rage Against the Machine's future became uncertain despite their reunion.

"We'll see," Morello said. "I don't know. [If there are more shows], we'll announce it as a band. "I know as much as you do, honestly. Right now, we're in a time of healing."

According to Morello, there is no term to describe its current status. He, instead, described the band's standing instead of the ring in "Lord of the Rings" as it reportedly drives everyone mad. He noted how the public wanted the thing and made them mad.

After over a decade, Rage Against the Machine formally returned to the stage in 2022. It soon extended its return and announced the 2023 North American tour dates, but the band soon called off the plans following Zack de la Rocha's injury.

Photographer Glen E. Friedman revealed on Instagram that de la Rocha torn his Achilles heel tendon. The musician previously injured himself when he jumped onto a speaker while performing "Bombtrack" at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., in August 1997.

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