Minneapolis' twice-delayed Rage Against the Machine concerts are delayed again

The May 15-16, 2022, dates with Run the Jewels at Target Center will be rescheduled.

January 21, 2022 at 4:24PM
JOEY MCLEISTER • jmcleister@startribune.com Minneapolis,Mn.,Weds.,Sept. 3,2008] Rage Against the Machine lead singer Zack de la Rocha sang the third song of the concert.
Zack de la Rocha last performed with Rage Against the Machine at Target Center during the Republican National Convention in 2008. (Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Oh great! Rage Against the Machines in Minnesota have even more reasons to be peeved now.

The seminal rap/rock band's already-twice-delayed two-night stand at Target Center on its reunion tour with Run the Jewels has been postponed again along with 17 other spring shows.

Makeup dates are in the works but have not yet been finalized. Impatient fans have a 30-day window to seek refunds via point of purchase.

No reasons were given for the postponements, but the assumption is COVID played a role yet again via the omicron wave. The latest tour itinerary was slated to start March 31 in El Paso, Texas, and wind up in Minneapolis in mid-May.

One upside for Minnesota fans: The tour is now slated to kick off July 9 at Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wis. (five or six hours from the Twin Cities by car). The band then heads to Chicago for two gigs at the United Center, July 11-12.

Another consolation for Twin Cities metalheads: Target Center just announced Slipknot's first show in town in 13 years, an April 9 date with In This Moment and Jinjer. Tickets for Knotfest 2022 went on sale Friday morning via Ticketmaster.

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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