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Santa Monica, California, July 14, 2008 – You will be seeing a lot more of Rise Against this fall! The Chicago based band have announced a fall headlining tour to coincide with the release of their new album Appeal To Reason.

The Live Nation produced tour will include openers Alkaline Trio, Thrice and The Gaslight Anthem. Official tour dates to be announced soon.

Rise Against are putting the finishing touches on their fifth studio album, Appeal To Reason, which will be released on DGC/Interscope Records October 7th. The band teamed up with Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendents) and Jason Livermore to record at the Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, CO– the same production team and studio used for “The Sufferer & the Witness” and “Revolutions Per Minute.?

Rise Against are vocalist Tim McIlrath, bassist Joe Principe, drummer Brandon Barnes and guitarist Zach Blair. In spring 2001, the band released their debut CD “The Unraveling” on Fat Wreck Chords. After two years of solid touring, Rise Against recorded “Revolutions Per Minute” (2002), followed by “Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture” (2004) produced by Gggarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Melvins, Sick Of It All). “The Sufferer & the Witness” was released in 2006 and debuted at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.