Run the Jewels Will Join Rage Against the Machine on Global Tour

Killer Mike and El-P are set to join the reunited hard rockers for a seven-month excursion.
Run the Jewels Will Join Rage Against the Machine on Global Tour

Killer Mike and El-P are set to join the reunited hard rockers for a seven-month excursion.

Words: Mike LeSuer

photo by Daniel Medhurst

February 10, 2020

As we eagerly anticipate Run the Jewels’ fourth album called, you guessed it, Run the Jewels 4, El-P and Killer Mike have announced today that the duo will be supporting the recently revived Rage Against the Machine on their global Public Service Announcement tour, beginning in March. In case you live under a rock, or are not particularly interested in the renowned rap-rockers, this is Rage’s first set of shows in a very long time.

Having previously appeared together on a number of festival lineups, including Coachella, Boston Calling, Bonnaroo, and Firefly, RTJ and RATM are scheduled to play shows in North America and Europe from late March to mid-September (full dates below). Run the Jewels and Rage’s Zack de la Rocha have previously worked together on the iconic RTJ2 single “Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck),” while El-P also produced de la Rocha’s 2016 single “Digging for Windows.”

Details on RTJ4 have yet to be revealed, though we know El and Mike have been working with Rick Rubin at Rubin’s Shangri-La Studios, as well as Electric Lady Studios. The duo also teamed up for a collab with Danny Brown on Brown’s LP uknowhatimsayin¿ last year, with a video dropping last week.

03/26 El Paso, TX @ Don Haskins Center
03/28 Las Cruces, NM @ Pan American Center
03/30 Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena
04/10 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04/17 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04/21 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
04/25 Portland, OR @ Moda Center
04/28 Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
05/01 Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum at the PNE
05/03 Edmonton, Alberta @ Rogers Place
05/05 Calgary, Alberta @ Scotiabank Saddledome
05/07 Winnipeg, Manitoba @ Bell MTS Place
05/09 Sioux Falls, SD @ Denny Sanford Premier Center
05/11 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
05/14 Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
05/16 St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
05/19 Chicago, IL @ United Center
05/23 Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
06/19 Dover, DE @ Firefly
07/10 East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
07/13 Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
07/17 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest
07/18 Québec City, Québec @ Festival d’Été de Québec
07/21 Hamilton, Ontario @ FirstOntario Centre
07/23 Toronto, Ontario @ Scotiabank Arena
07/27 Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
07/29 Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
07/31 Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
08/02 Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
08/04 Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
08/07 Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion
08/10 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
08/11 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
08/28 Leeds, England @ Leeds Festival
08/30 Reading, England @ Reading Festival
09/01 Paris, France @ Rock En Seine Festival
09/04 Stradbally Laois, Ireland @ Electric Picnic Festival
09/06 Berlin, Germany @ Lollapalooza Berlin Festival
09/08 Prague, Czech Republic @ O2 Arena
09/10 Krakow, Poland @ Tauron Arena