Appeal To Reason Tour

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 album	Appeal to Reason
Start date	June 13, 2008 (Pre-release tour) October 2, 2008 (Official promotional tour)
End date	July 11, 2010
Legs	9 (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

2008

• "Drones"
• "State of the Union"
• "Give It All"
• "Re-Education (Through Labor)"
• "Injection"
• "Ready to Fall"
• "Broken English" / "Everchanging" (Varied between shows)
• "Bricks" / "Halfway There" / "Heaven Knows" (Varied between shows)
• "Collapse (Post-Amerika)"
• "Behind Closed Doors"
• "Life Less Frightening"
• "Chamber the Cartridge"
• "Like the Angel"
• "Blood to Bleed" (Not played on every date)
• "The Good Left Undone"

Acoustic set

• "Hero of War"
• "Swing Life Away"

Encore

• "Survive"
• "Under the Knife" / "Minor Threat" (Minor Threat cover) / "Audience of One" (Varied between shows)
• "Prayer of the Refugee"

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

Date	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

• A Death in the Family (March 25–27, 2009; January 19, 2010; January 24, 2010)
• 50 Lions (March 28, 2009)
• After Midnight Project (December 4, 2009)
• Alkaline Trio (October 2–November 30, 2008)
• All That Remains (July 30, 2009)
• AM Taxi (December 17, 2009)
• Antillectual (June 20, 2008)
• Anti-Flag (February 21–March 4, 2009)
• Advent (December 5, 2009)
• Badday Down (March 29, 2009)
• Billy Talent (July 6–30, 2009)
• CF98 (August 17, 2009)
• Donots (July 1, 2010)
• Down by Law (June 29, 2010)
• Fitacola (July 6, 2010)
• Flobots (February 21–March 6, 2009)
• Killswitch Engage (July 30, 2009)
• Landmines (December 4, 2009)
• Lighthouse Project (October 27, 2009)
• Kong Way Down (June 20, 2008)
• Miles Away (March 24, 2009)
• Misconduct (June 16, 2010)
• Noise By Numbers (December 18, 2009)
• Oneword (October 28, 2009)
• Paranoid Visions (February 19, 2009)

• Poison the Well (November 2–4, 2009; November 7–22, 2009)
• Rancid (June 4–July 31, 2009)
• Red Lights Flash (June 5, 2010; June 23–25, 2010)
• Regulations (October 30, 2009)
• Rentokill (February 3–17, 2009; August 21, 2009)
• Rival Schools (August 21, 2009)
• Riverboat Gamblers (June 4–27, 2009)
• Sage Francis (December 1–12, 2008)
• Saint Alvia (July 31, 2009)
• Semmi Komoly (June 21, 2010)
• Sent by Ravens (December 5, 2009)
• Street Sweeper Social Club (December 17, 2009)
• Strike Anywhere (February 3–17, 2009)
• The (International) Noise Conspiracy (March 24–31, 2009)
• The 20 Belows (October 31, 2009)
• The Bollweevils (December 18, 2009)
• The Demise (February 19, 2009)
• The Gaslight Anthem (October 2–November 30, 2008)
• The King Blues (March 5–6, 2009)
• Thrice (October 2–November 30, 2008)
• Thursday (December 1–12, 2008; November 3–4, 2009; November 7–22, 2009)
• Uncommonmenfrommars (June 29, 2010)
• Versus You (June 30, 2010)
• Whitechapel (July 30, 2009)

As a support act

• Green Day (July 1, 2010)

Personnel

• Tim McIlrath – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Joe Principe – bass, backing vocals
• Zach Blair – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Brandon Barnes – drums, percussion

Songs Played

From The Unraveling

• Alive and Well
• Stained Glass and Marble
• Everchanging

From Revolutions per Minute

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

From Siren Song of the Counter Culture

• State of the Union
• Life Less Frightening
• Paper Wings
• Blood to Bleed
• Give It All
• Dancing for Rain
• Swing Life Away

From The Sufferer & the Witness

• Chamber the Cartridge
• Injection
• Ready to Fall
• Bricks
• Under the Knife
• Prayer of the Refugee
• Drones
• Behind Closed Doors
• The Good Left Undone
• Survive

From Appeal to Reason

• Collapse (Post-Amerika)
• Long Forgotten Sons
• Re-Education (Through Labor)
• The Dirt Whispered
• From Heads Unworthy
• The Strength to Go On
• Audience of One
• Entertainment
• Hero of War
• Savior