Rise Against returns after three years with call-to-action "Nod"

The Chicago-based punk rock band is going on tour with Papa Roach this year.

By Emma Keates  |  January 23, 2025 | 9:36am
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Rise Against understands what it really means to be a punk band. The Chicago-based group has never shied away from the world’s injustices (“Prayer Of The Refugee” still hits nearly 20 years later), and they have no intention of starting now. “I swear to God this can’t wait/Not one more minute, one more day,” Tim McIlrath pleads in the chorus of “Nod,” the band’s first single in three years.

“Nod is about the solace we find in community,” McIlrath said of the track in a statement. “It’s about the comfort in knowing that we are not alone. This comfort can temper our anger and our frustration, at least temporarily.” The song is also a plea for that same community to wake up and face the extent of what’s really going on in the world right now. “Are you saving the world so desperately, or are you holding a gun demanding peace,” he sings in the second verse. “Because the line that is drawn between nightmares and dreams is thin like a razor, and we’re fast asleep.”

“Nod” has a similar hard-rocking, rallying cry sound as the band’s previous work. It was produced by Catherine Marks, who has previously worked with Boygenius, Foals, Manchester Orchestra, and St. Vincent, and Alan Moulder, who’s worked with Nine Inch Nails, Paramore, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Killers. 

The band is also planning a massive co-headlining tour with Papa Roach called Rise of The Roach Tour. Tickets are available on the band’s website. Check out the tour schedule below:

Jan 28 – Dublin, IE – Olympia Theatre

Jan 29 – Belfast, UK – The Telegraph Belfast

Feb 2 – Paris, FR – L’Olympia

Feb 4 – Tilburg, NL – o13

Feb 5 – Bruxelles, BE – Forest National

Feb 6 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton

Feb 8 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse Manchester

Feb 9 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy Birmingham

Feb 12 – Berlin, DE – Velodrom

Feb 14 – Dusseldorf, DE – Mitsubishi Electric HALLE

Feb 15 – Hamburg, DE – Sporthalle 

Feb 17 – Munich, DE – Zenith

Feb 18 – Frankfurt Am Main, DE – Jahrhunderthalle

Feb 19 – Frankfurt Am Main, DE – Jahrhunderthalle

Feb 22 – Zürich, CH – Volkshaus

Feb 23 – Vienna, AT – Stadhalle

Mar 6 – Rio De Janeiro, BR – Farmasi Arena

Mar 8 – São Paulo, BR – Allianz Parque

Mar 9 – Curitiba, BR – Pedreira Paulo Leminski

Mar 20 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center*

Mar 22 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center* 

Mar 23 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center* 

Mar 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre* 

Mar 26 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park* 

Mar 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum* 

Mar 29 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center*

Mar 31 – Portland, OR – Veterans Memorial Coliseum* 

Apr 1 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena* 

Apr 3 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center* 

Apr 5 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena* 

Apr 7 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena* 

Apr 9 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center* 

Apr 10 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center* 

Apr 12 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center* 

Apr 13 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center* 

Jun 4 – Hannover, DE – Glide Parkbühne

Jun 6-8 – Nürburgring, DE – Rock Am Ring 2025 

Jun 6-8 – Nürnberg, DE – Rock Im Park 2025 

Jun 9 – Leipzig, DE – Haus Auensee

Jun 10 – Münster, DE – Halle Münsterland

Jun 12 – Nickelsdorf, AT – Nova Rock Festival

Sep 10 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater*

Sep 11 – Syracuse, NY – Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater*

Sep 13 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater*

Sep 14 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center* 

Sep 16 – Washington, DC – The Anthem* 

Sep 17 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome*

Sep 19 – Allentown, PA – PPL Center*  

Sep 20 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater* 

Sep 23 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion* 

Sep 24 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park* 

Sep 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park* 

Sep 27 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheater*

Sep 28 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre* 

Sep 30 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP* 

Oct 1 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater* 

Oct 3 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre* 

Oct 4 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre* 

Oct 5 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre*

*Rise of The Roach Tour

 
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