Morello Hits Ferguson Tonight, Tours

Rage Against the Machine guitarist—a.k.a. The Nightwatchman—to play acoustic and electric sets on tour for The Fabled City. Appears on

By Randy Harward

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello will be on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson tonight, performing "Whatever It Takes" with Flea on bass. He's also hittin' the road to support his solo album The Fabled City, which came out Sept. 30. The tour starts Nov. 1 in at The Fillmore in San Francisco through Dec. 12 at the Anaheim House of Blues. More dates will be announced.

The Fabled City is the first album to bear Morello’s birth name as opposed to his alias The Nightwatchman. It’s also the first to feature both the protest-folkie acoustic material he recorded as The Nightwatchman and the manic, bounding electric rock material for which he’s best known. System of a Down’s Serj Tankian and outlaw country scion Shooter Jennings make appearances on the record. On tour, Morello will play an acoustic set and full-band electric show. Boots Riley (The Coup) will open all the shows. Michael Franti will appear on the Philly date.

“I want to start off with the darker acoustic songs and then build to some of the wildest electric guitar playing I have ever unleashed on stage in my career,” says Morello. “The idea is half Dylan/half Hendrix. I have been practicing my ass off and can’t wait to rock.”

The Nov. 3 show in Seattle will be with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready's band Shadow '86 and Stone Gossard with the Hank Khoir to promote voter participation. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Oct. 11.  

THE FABLED CITY TOUR * More dates to be announced:

11/1 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

11/2 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom

11/3 Seattle, WA Showbox Theatre ** Get Out The Vote Show w/ Members of Pearl Jam

11/5 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom

11/7 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot

11/8 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen

11/9 Boulder, CO Fox Theater

11/11 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Caf�

11/12 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom

11/13 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue

11/15 Detroit, MI Majestic Theater

11/16 Toronto, ONT Opera House

11/17 Boston, MA Middle East

11/19 Baltimore, MD Sonar

11/20 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

11/21 New York, NY The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza

12/9 Los Angeles, CA El Rey

12/11 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up

12/12 Anaheim, CA House of Blues

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