Former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello will be joining Bruce Springsteen’s spring tour.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announced their “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour, which includes a May 19 stop at PPG Paints Arena. Morello will perform with the band on select songs.
Morello and Springsteen shared the stage in January at Morello’s “Defend Minnesota: A Concert of Solidarity and Resistance” in Minneapolis.
“After Bruce joined me last month in Minneapolis for our ‘Defend Minnesota’ charity concert, I was reminded how important our platform is, and how crucial the resistance work is that our music can do together at this dangerous historical juncture,” Morello said in a statement. “Together, Bruce, the E Street Band, and I are going to turn a spotlight on the current threats to democracy and human rights happening all around us on the ‘Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour’ in the spirit of freedom, justice and rock n roll.”
Morello, a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, also starred in Audioslave as well as his solo career.
Rage Against the Machine covered Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad” in the 1990s, and Morello toured with Springsteen and the E Street Band from 2012-15. Morello appears on two Springsteen albums — “Wrecking Ball” and “High Hopes” — and Springsteen guests on Morello’s 2021 album, “The Atlas Underground Fire.”
