The Appeal to Reason Tour was a concert tour by American punk band Rise Against, taking place between 2008 and 2010, in support of their fifth studio album Appeal to Reason (2008).

Appeal to Reason Tour
World tour by Rise Against
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumAppeal to Reason
Start date
  • June 13, 2008 (Pre-release tour)
  • October 2, 2008 (Official promotional tour)
End dateJuly 11, 2010
Legs9 (2 pre-release legs)
Rise Against concert chronology

The tour began with a series of summer pre-release shows, including European festival appearances and a few North American Vans Warped Tour dates. Those shows were performed as the band finished the recording of the album. The main supporting tour began in early October with the release of the album.

In the first official leg in the promotion of the Appeal to Reason album, the band was supported by Alkaline Trio, Thrice and The Gaslight Anthem through all the US (with some Canadian dates), this was followed by a series of Canadian dates in December, supported by Thursday and Sage Francis. The band then embarked on an Australian leg in the beginning of 2009, followed by a European leg, which was supported by Strike Anywhere and Rentokill, with all UK dates supported by Anti-Flag and Flobots (except the two last ones, where The King Blues replaced Anti-Flag). The band then returned to Australia, supported by The (International) Noise Conspiracy, and then embarked on a short Japanese tour, with a full-length North American summer tour. The first of it was supported by Rancid and Riverboat Gamblers, with the second part supported by Billy Talent and Rancid. The band then returned for another European leg, playing mainly festivals in the summer, with a winter headlining leg, supported by Thursday and Poison the Well.

Set list

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2008

Acoustic set

Encore

2009
  • "Collapse (Post-Amerika)"
  • "State of the Union"
  • "Re-Education (Through Labor)"
  • "Paper Wings"
  • "Long Forgotten Sons"
  • "The Good Left Undone"
  • "Chamber the Cartridge"
  • "Drones"
  • "The Dirt Whispered"
  • "Audience of One"
  • "Blood to Bleed"
  • "Savior"
  • "Survive"
  • "Torches" / "Alive and Well" / "Blood-Red, White, and Blue" / "Dead Ringer" (Varied between shows)
  • "Prayer of the Refugee"

Acoustic set

  • "Everchanging" / "Swing Life Away" (Varied between shows)
  • "Hero of War"

Encore

  • "Dancing for Rain"
  • "Give It All"
  • "Ready to Fall"
2010
  • "Collapse (Post-Amerika)"
  • "State of the Union"
  • "Re-Education (Through Labor)"
  • "Long Forgotten Sons"
  • "Injection"
  • "The Good Left Undone"
  • "Chamber the Cartridge"
  • "Drones"
  • "The Dirt Whispered"
  • "Audience of One"
  • "From Heads Unworthy"
  • "Savior"
  • "Survive"
  • "Blood-Red, White, and Blue"
  • "Prayer of the Refugee"

Acoustic set

  • "Swing Life Away"
  • "Hero of War"

Encore

  • "Behind Closed Doors" (Not played on every date)
  • "Entertainment"
  • "Give It All"
  • "Ready to Fall"

Tour dates

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Date[1] City Country Venue
Europe, Pre-release Leg
June 13, 2008 Donington England Download Festival
June 14, 2008 Interlaken Switzerland Greenfield Festival
June 15, 2008 Nickelsdorf Austria Nova Rock Festival
June 16, 2008 Milan Italy Rock the Week Festival
June 18, 2008 Bologna
June 20, 2008 Groningen Netherlands De Oosterpoort
June 21, 2008 Scheeßel Germany Hurricane Festival
June 22, 2008 Tuttlingen Southside Festival
North America, Pre-release LegAs part of the Vans Warped Tour 2008[2]
August 6, 2008 Calgary Canada Race City Speedway
August 8, 2008 Boise United States Idaho Center
August 9, 2008 George The Gorge Amphitheatre
August 10, 2008 St. Helens Columbia Meadows
August 13, 2008 Fresno Save Mart Center at Fresno State
August 14, 2008 Chula Vista Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
August 15, 2008 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 16, 2008 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 17, 2008 Carson The Home Depot Center
September 27, 2008 Queen Creek Edgefest
North America, Leg #1[3]
October 2, 2008 Cleveland United States Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
October 3, 2008 Toronto Canada Sound Academy
October 4, 2008
October 6, 2008 Worcester United States The Palladium
October 7, 2008 Norwood Newbury Comics
October 8, 2008 Wallingford Chevrolet Theatre
October 9, 2008 Albany Washington Avenue Armory
October 11, 2008 Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
October 12, 2008 Baltimore Rams Head Live!
October 13, 2008 New York City Roseland Ballroom
October 14, 2008
October 16, 2008 Philadelphia Electric Factory
October 17, 2008
October 19, 2008 North Myrtle Beach House of Blues
October 20, 2008 Atlanta Tabernacle
October 21, 2008 St. Petersburg Jannus Landing
October 22, 2008 Pompano Beach Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
October 23, 2008 Orlando House of Blues
October 25, 2008 Frisco Pizza Hut Park
October 26, 2008 Austin Austin City Music Hall
October 27, 2008 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
October 30, 2008 San Diego Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl
October 31, 2008 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
November 1, 2008
November 2, 2008
November 4, 2008 Las Vegas House of Blues
November 5, 2008
November 7, 2008 San Jose The Event Center Arena
November 8, 2008 Portland Roseland Theatre
November 9, 2008 Vancouver Canada Thunderbird Stadium
November 11, 2008 Salt Lake City United States The Great Salt Air Theatre
November 12, 2008 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
November 13, 2008
November 14, 2008 Kansas City Uptown Theater
November 16, 2008 St. Louis The Pageant
November 17, 2008 Milwaukee Eagles Club
November 18, 2008 Minneapolis The Myth
November 20, 2008 Chicago Congress Theater
November 21, 2008
November 22, 2008 Grand Rapids Orbit Room
November 23, 2008 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit
November 30, 2008 Saskatoon Canada Prairieland Park
December 1, 2008 Regina Conexus Arts Centre
December 2, 2008 Calgary The Round Up Centre
December 3, 2008 Edmonton Shaw Conference Centre
December 5, 2008 Winnipeg MTS Centre
December 8, 2008 London John Labatt Centre
December 9, 2008 Hamilton Wentworth Room
December 10, 2008 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
December 11, 2008 Montreal CEPSUM Stadium
December 13, 2008 Los Angeles United States KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
Europe, Leg #1[4][5]
February 3, 2009 Vienna Austria Gasometer
February 4, 2009 Munich Germany Postpalast Muchen
February 6, 2009 Leipzig Haus Auensee
February 7, 2009 Berlin Columbiahalle
February 8, 2009 Bielefeld Ringlokschuppen
February 9, 2009 Cologne Cologne Palladium
February 11, 2009 Saarbrücken Mechanische Werkstatt
February 12, 2009 Wiesbaden Schlachthof
February 13, 2009 Hamburg Docks
February 14, 2009 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
February 16, 2009 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
February 17, 2009 Paris France Le Trabendo
February 19, 2009 Dublin Ireland The Academy
February 21, 2009 Portsmouth England Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
February 22, 2009 Bristol O2 Academy Bristol
February 23, 2009 Liverpool O2 Academy Liverpool
February 24, 2009 Leeds Leeds Metropolitan University
February 26, 2009 Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham
February 27, 2009 Manchester Manchester Academy
February 28, 2009 Sheffield O2 Academy Sheffield
March 1, 2009 Glasgow Scotland O2 ABC Glasgow
March 2, 2009 Newcastle upon Tyne England Newcastle University
March 4, 2009 Norwich University of East Anglia
March 5, 2009 Oxford O2 Academy Oxford
March 6, 2009 London The Roundhouse
Oceania, Leg #1
March 24, 2009 Perth Australia Metro City
March 25, 2009 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
March 27, 2009 Melbourne Festival Hall
March 28, 2009 Sydney Hordern Pavilion
March 29, 2009 Brisbane Tivoli Theatre
March 31, 2009 Auckland New Zealand Powerstation
Asia, Leg #1[6]
April 3, 2009 Osaka Japan Zepp
April 4, 2009 Nagoya Zepp
April 5, 2009 Tokyo PunkSpring Festival
Hawaii & Belgium (Special dates)
April 10, 2009 Honolulu United States Pipeline Cafe
April 18, 2009 Meerhout Belgium Groezrock
North America, Leg #2[7][8]
May 1, 2009 Memphis United States Beale Street Music Festival
May 3, 2009 East Rutherford The Bamboozle
June 4, 2009 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
June 6, 2009 Edmonton Rexall Place
June 7, 2009 Calgary Stampede Corral
June 8, 2009 Saskatoon Prairieland Park
June 11, 2009 Morrison United States Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 12, 2009 Kansas City Uptown Theater
June 13, 2009 St. Louis Pop's
June 15, 2009 Cleveland Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
June 17, 2009 Quebec City Canada Agora du Vieux-Port
June 18, 2009 Montreal Parc Jean-Drapeau
June 19, 2009 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
June 21, 2009 Toronto MuchMusic Video Awards
June 22, 2009 Cincinnati United States Riverbend Music Center
June 24, 2009 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit
June 25, 2009 Milwaukee Summerfest
June 26, 2009 Minneapolis The Myth
June 27, 2009 Winnipeg Canada Rock on the Range Canada
July 6, 2009 Seattle United States WAMU Theater
July 8, 2009 Reno Reno Events Center
July 9, 2009 Oakland Oracle Arena
July 10, 2009 Chula Vista Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
July 11, 2009 Inglewood The Forum
July 13, 2009 Paradise The Joint
July 14, 2009 Mesa Mesa Arts Center
July 16, 2009 Dallas Palladium Ballroom
July 17, 2009 Austin Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
July 18, 2009 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
July 20, 2009 Orlando House of Blues
July 21, 2009
July 23, 2009 North Myrtle Beach House of Blues
July 24, 2009 Baltimore Rams Head Live!
July 25, 2009 Philadelphia Festival Pier at Penn's Landing
July 26, 2009 New York City Roseland Ballroom
July 28, 2009 Boston House of Blues
July 29, 2009
July 30, 2009 Hamburg Agri Center at America's Fairgrounds
July 31, 2009 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
August 8, 2009 Chicago United States Lollapalooza
Europe, Leg #2[9]
August 12, 2009 Oslo Norway Øyafestivalen
August 13, 2009 Gothenburg Sweden Way Out West Festival
August 14, 2009 Saarbrücken Germany Rocco Del Schlacko Festival
August 15, 2009 Neu-Ulm Wiley Open Air
August 17, 2009 Warsaw Poland Club Proxima
August 20, 2009 Salzburg Austria FM4 Frequency Festival
August 21, 2009 Munich Germany Zenith
August 22, 2009 Lüdinghausen Area 4 Festival
August 23, 2009 Hohenfelden Highfield Festival
August 26, 2009 Belfast Northern Ireland belFEST
August 28, 2009 Reading England Reading Festival
August 29, 2009 Leeds Leeds Festival
August 30, 2009 Hamburg Germany T-Mobile Festival
United States (Special dates)
September 6, 2009 Los Angeles United States Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration
October 3, 2009 Tucson KFMA Fall Ball
Europe, Leg #3[10]
October 23, 2009 Saint Petersburg Russia GlavClub
October 25, 2009 Moscow B1 Maximum Club
October 27, 2009 Helsinki Finland Kaapelitehdas
October 28, 2009 Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Rock Club
October 30, 2009 Stockholm Sweden Fryshuset
October 31, 2009 Copenhagen Denmark Lille Vega
November 2, 2009 Zürich Switzerland X-tra
November 3, 2009 Milan Italy Musicdrome
November 4, 2009 Bologna Estragon
November 6, 2009 Prague Czech Republic Roxy
November 7, 2009 Erfurt Germany Thüringenhalle
November 8, 2009 Offenbach Offenbach Stadthalle
November 10, 2009 Düsseldorf Philipshalle
November 11, 2009 Bremen Pier 2
November 13, 2009 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz
November 14, 2009 Madrid La Riviera
November 17, 2009 Glasgow Scotland Barrowland Ballroom
November 18, 2009 Newcastle upon Tyne England O2 Academy Newcastle
November 19, 2009 Manchester Manchester Apollo
November 21, 2009 London Brixton Academy
November 22, 2009 Cardiff Wales Cardiff University Great Hall
North America, Leg #3[11]
December 4, 2009 Richmond United States 102.1 The X Not So Silent Night
December 5, 2009 Charlotte The Fillmore Charlotte
December 6, 2009 Tampa 97X Next Big Thing
December 12, 2009 Los Angeles KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
December 13, 2009 San Diego 91X Wrex the Halls
December 17, 2009 Chicago Q101's Twisted 2009
December 18, 2009 Metro Chicago
Oceania, Leg #3
January 15, 2010 Auckland New Zealand Big Day Out
January 17, 2010 Gold Coast Australia
January 19, 2010 Sydney Enmore Theatre
January 22, 2010 Big Day Out
January 23, 2010
January 24, 2010 Melbourne HiFi Bar and Ballroom
January 26, 2010 Big Day Out
January 29, 2010 Adelaide
January 31, 2010 Perth
February 3, 2010 Central Area Singapore Big Night Out
North America (Special festival dates)
April 24, 2010 Mexico City Mexico Vive Latino
May 1, 2010 West Palm Beach United States SunFest
May 22, 2010 Columbus Rock on the Range
Europe, Leg #4
June 2, 2010 Skive Denmark Skive Festival
June 4, 2010 Nuremberg Germany Rock im Park
June 5, 2010 Bielefeld Ringlokschuppen
June 6, 2010 Nürburg Rock am Ring
United States (Special festival date)
June 13, 2010 Manchester United States Bonnaroo Music Festival
Europe, Leg #5
June 16, 2010 Gothenburg Sweden Sticky Fingers
June 17, 2010 West Coast Riot
June 18, 2010 Zurich Switzerland Sonisphere Festival
June 19, 2010 Prague Czech Republic
June 21, 2010 Budapest Hungary Dürer-kert
June 22, 2010 Zagreb Croatia INmusic festival
June 23, 2010 Vienna Austria Arena
June 25, 2010 Graz Orpheum
June 27, 2010 Nijmegen Netherlands Rockin' Park
June 29, 2010 Paris France La Cigale
June 30, 2010 Luxembourg City Luxembourg Den Atelier
July 1, 2010 Mainz Germany Messepark
July 2, 2010 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
July 4, 2010 Venice Italy Heineken Jammin' Festival
July 6, 2010 Lisbon Portugal Coliseu dos Recreios
July 8, 2010 Bilbao Spain Bilbao BBK Live
July 9, 2010 Ruissalo Finland Ruisrock
July 10, 2010 Punchestown Ireland Oxegen
July 11, 2010 Balado Scotland T in the Park

Support acts

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As a support act

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Personnel

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Songs Played

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From The Unraveling

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  • Alive and Well
  • Stained Glass and Marble
  • Everchanging

From Revolutions per Minute

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  • Heaven Knows
  • Dead Ringer
  • Halfway There
  • Like the Angel
  • Blood-Red, White, and Blue
  • Broken English
  • Torches

From Siren Song of the Counter Culture

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From The Sufferer & the Witness

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From Appeal to Reason

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References

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