Alkaline Trio x Rise Against Team Up for a Split Single Ahead of Co-headlining Tour
BY SYDNEY CARPER
JUST A COUPLE weekS AGO, two beloved Chicago based bands Alkaline Trio and Rise Against released a split single, covering iconic songs from the others’ discography with Alkaline Trio takes on Rise Against’s “Re-Education (Through Labor)” and Rise Against giving their spin on Alkaline Trio’s “Private Eye.”
This comes just before the bands set off on a major co-headlining tour across the U.S. starting this week and continuing through October, just shortly after both bands took on their home city’s Riot Fest this past weekend.
On top of being available digitally across streaming platforms, the split single is also available on limited edition 7” vinyl available for preorder now.
Speaking on the new releases, Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba shared:
"It's so much fun and such an honor to be swapping cover tunes with a band we've known personally and loved since we both formed and came up from our shows at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago. To see Rise Against become the band they are today has been a blast to track and to be a small part of through the years. To reconnect with this band and these people once again the way are via tour and this release feels the way it did when we first started: it's almost completely for the love of each other and each other's band. It feels like a tradition we started decades ago that naturally comes back to us, we are grateful to say.”
This momentous occasion stands for so much more than two bands simply paying homage to one another. After decades of companionship and watching each other grow from the ground up, this is a full circle moment for them to reconnect with one another on a deeper level while also paying respect to the city that raised them.
Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath had this to say about the bands’ shared history:
“The connection between Alkaline Trio and Rise Against actually pre-dates both bands' inceptions, so we’ve all been there for both the awkward first steps and the flashes of promise. We have an understanding and appreciation of each other's bands that could only come from being from the same scene. To still be standing this many years later is a testament to the fertile Chicago musical soil we come from and are proud to represent. We had so much fun sinking our teeth into their legendary song ‘Private Eye’.”
With the split single, fans can get a taste of what’s to come on tour this fall.
ALKALINE TRIO x RISE AGAINST TOUR DATES 2026
September 22 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
September 23 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
September 25 – Clearwater, FL – The Baycare Sound
September 26 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
September 27 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
September 30 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
October 1 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
October 3 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
October 4 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
October 6 – St. Louis, MO – The Factory
October 7 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
October 9 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove
October 10 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave / Eagles Club
October 12 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
October 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
October 15 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel Entertainment Center
October 17 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
October 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
October 20 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater
October 22 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
October 23 – Irvine, CA – Great Park Live
