Rage Against The Machine’s Brad Wilk Says RATM ‘Will Not Be Touring Or Playing Live Again’

Rage Against The Machine founding drummer Brad Wilk stated in a social media post that the band “will not be touring or playing live again.” The news comes after RATM had to cancel dates on their reunion tour after frontman Zack de la Rocha suffered a leg injury on the second stop of the North American portion of Rage’s Public Service Announcement Tour in 2022.

While de la Rocha soldiered on through the rest of the North American leg of the Public Service Announcement Tour, the band canceled the trek’s European stint and a 2023 North American leg. It appears now that those concerts will not be rescheduled. Read Brad Wilk’s social media post below:

Wilk’s post on his personal social media accounts contradict what RATM guitarist Tom Morello said in a Rolling Stone interview published in March 2023. Read an excerpt below:

“If there is to be any more shows, we will announce it as a band,” the guitarist said. “I don’t know. I know as much as you do, honestly. Right now we’re in a time of healing.”

“Rage Against the Machine is like the ring in Lord of the Rings,” Morello added. “It drives men mad. It drives journalists mad. It drives record industry people mad. They want it. They want the thing, and they’re driven mad. If there are Rage shows, if there are not Rage shows, you’ll hear from the band. I do not know. When there is news, it will come from a collective statement from the band. There is no news.”

It sadly appears Rage Against The Machine’s final show may have taken place at Madison Square Garden on August 14, 2022.