The Sufferer & the Witness Tour

The Sufferer & the Witness Tour was a concert tour by punk band Rise Against, that took from 2006 until 2007, in support of their second major label album (fourth overall), The Sufferer & the Witness.

The Sufferer & the Witness Tour
Tour by Rise Against
McIlrath performing with Rise Against during the 2006 Warped Tour in Vancouver
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
  • Asia
Associated albumThe Sufferer & the Witness
Start dateJune 15, 2006
End dateDecember 21, 2007
Legs11
Rise Against concert chronology
  • Siren Song of the Counter Culture Tour
    (2004–2005)
  • The Sufferer & the Witness Tour
    (2006–2007)
  • Appeal to Reason Tour
    (2008–2010)

The tour began with the band headlining the 2006 Vans Warped Tour in the summer, a few weeks before the release of the album. The band then embarked on a short European summer leg, with A Wilhelm Scream and Berri Txarrak supporting. The band then returned for a full-scale North American tour with co-headliners Circa Survive, Billy Talent and Thursday though Billy Talent were forced to cancel the first 5 dates and were replaced by Evergreen Terrace. This followed a short Australian tour, followed by another North American leg, which consisted of a Canadian tour, co-headlined by Billy Talent, Anti-Flag and Moneen and the rest were US dates, where the band supported My Chemical Romance. The band then returned for another European leg, supported by Cancer Bats and The Bronx.

Upon returning to the States, the band co-headlined a summer tour with Silverstein and Comeback Kid, with various guest supporting acts, including 2Cents, Smoke or Fire, Sum 41 (1 date), Pennywise and Strung Out (1 date), and Holy Roman Empire, whose singer Emily Schambra contributed vocals to the band's album.

The band then co-headlined the Taste of Chaos 2007 International Edition Tour, in Australia, Japan and Europe. The band performed a shorter than usual set, with co-headliners The Used, Aiden and Gallows, with Drop Dead, Gorgeous and The Bled (in Japan only) and The Blackout (in Europe only). The band finished the tour with a few US special Christmas shows, like the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas special.

Set list

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2006[1][2]

Encore

  • "Survive"
  • "Under the Knife"
  • "Heaven Knows"
  • "State of the Union"
  • "Chamber the Cartridge"
  • "Give It All"
  • "Bricks"
  • "The Good Left Undone"
  • "Like the Angel" / "Blood to Bleed" (Varied between shows)
  • "Behind Closed Doors"
  • "Black Masks and Gasoline"
  • "Worth Dying For" / "Dancing for Rain" (Varied between shows)
  • "Injection"
  • "Ready to Fall"

Acoustic set

Encore

  • "Alive and Well" / "Tip the Scales" (Varied between shows)
  • "Drones"
  • "Prayer of the Refugee"
Taste of Chaos Tour 2007[6][7][8]
  • "Under the Knife"
  • "Behind Closed Doors"
  • "Heaven Knows"
  • "State of the Union"
  • "Ready to Fall"
  • "Chamber the Cartridge"
  • "The Good Left Undone"
  • "Survive"
  • "Give It All"
  • "Blood to Bleed"
  • "Like the Angel"
  • "Prayer of the Refugee"

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North American Leg I[9]
As part of the Vans Warped Tour 2006
June 15, 2006 Columbia United States Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 16, 2006 Columbus Germain Amphitheater
June 17, 2006 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater
June 18, 2006 Minneapolis Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
June 19, 2006 Kansas City Sandstone Amphitheater
June 21, 2006 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre
June 22, 2006 Jacksonville Metropolitan Park
June 23, 2006 Tampa Vinoy Park
June 24, 2006 Miami Bicentennial Park
June 25, 2006 Orlando Tinker Field
June 26, 2006 Ladson Exchange Park
June 27, 2006 Raleigh The Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
June 28, 2006 Atlanta Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre
June 29, 2006 Haddonfield MarsRED
June 30, 2006 Houston Reliant Center
July 1, 2006 Dallas SuperPages.com Center
July 2, 2006 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 3, 2006 Las Cruces NMSU Practice Field
July 4, 2006 Phoenix Cricket Wireless Pavilion
July 5, 2006 Claremont Rhino Records
July 6, 2006 San Diego Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
July 7, 2006 Pomona Fairplex
July 8, 2006 San Francisco Pier 30/32
July 9, 2006 Fresno Selland Arena
July 11, 2006 Ventura Seaside Park
July 12, 2006 Los Angeles Dodger Stadium
July 13, 2006 Sacramento Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 14, 2006 Boise Treasure Valley Speedway
July 15, 2006 George The Gorge Amphitheatre
July 16, 2006 St. Helens Columbia Meadows
July 18, 2006 Vancouver Canada Thunderbird Stadium
July 20, 2006 Calgary Race City Speedway
July 22, 2006 Salt Lake City United States Utah State Fair Park
July 23, 2006 Denver Invesco Field
July 25, 2006 St. Louis UMB Bank Pavilion
July 26, 2006 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 27, 2006 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion
July 28, 2006 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 29, 2006 Detroit Comerica Lot
July 30, 2006 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
August 1, 2006 Darien Darien Lake PAC
August 2, 2006 Fitchburg Fitchburg Airport
August 3, 2006 Philadelphia Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
August 4, 2006 Scranton Toyota Pavilion
August 5, 2006 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
August 6, 2006 Old Bridge Englishtown Raceway
August 8, 2006 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Lot
August 9, 2006 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Lot
August 10, 2006 Bristow Nissan Pavilion
August 11, 2006 Cleveland Tower City Amphitheatre
August 12, 2006 Toronto Canada Park Place
August 13, 2006 Montreal Park Jean Drapeau
European Leg I[10]
Support acts: A Wilhelm Scream and Berri Txarrak
August 25, 2006 Reading England Reading Festival
August 26, 2006 Leeds Leeds Festival
August 28, 2006 Cologne Germany Live Music Hall
August 29, 2006 Hamburg Markthalle Hamburg
August 30, 2006 Berlin SO36
August 31, 2006 Wiesen Austria 2 Days a Week
September 1, 2006 Munich Germany Backstage Werk
September 2, 2006 Konstanz Rock am See
September 3, 2006 Milan Italy Rock In Idro
September 4, 2006 Frankfurt Germany Batschkapp
Support act: Alexisonfire
September 6, 2006 Zürich Switzerland Abart Music Club
Support acts: A Wilhelm Scream and Berri Txarrak
September 7, 2006 Antwerp Belgium Hof Ter Lo
September 8, 2006 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
September 9, 2006 Paris France Le Trabendo
September 10, 2006 Birmingham England O2 Academy Birmingham
September 11, 2006 Manchester Academy 3
September 12, 2006 Glasgow Scotland The Garage
September 13, 2006 London England London Astoria
North American Leg II[11][12]
September 23, 2006 Devore United States KROQ LA Invasion
September 28, 2006 Hamilton Canada Hamilton Convention Centre
September 30, 2006 Tempe United States Edgefest
w/ Circa Survive, Thursday and Evergreen Terrace
October 23, 2006 Lake Buena Vista United States House of Blues
October 24, 2006 Fort Lauderdale Revolution
October 26, 2006 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
October 27, 2006 Austin Stubb's Bar-B-Q
October 28, 2006 Fort Worth Ridglea Theater
w/ Billy Talent, Circa Survive and Thursday
October 30, 2006 Las Vegas United States House of Blues
October 31, 2006 San Diego Soma San Diego
November 3, 2006 Los Angeles The Wiltern LG
November 4, 2006 Irvine Bren Events Center
November 5, 2006 San Francisco The Warfield
November 6, 2006 Portland Roseland Theater
November 7, 2006 Seattle Premier
November 9, 2006 Magna The Great Salt Air Theatre
November 10, 2006 Denver The Fillmore Auditorium
November 11, 2006 Kansas City Beaumont Theatre
November 12, 2006 Minneapolis Myth
November 14, 2006 Chicago Congress Theater
November 15, 2006 Detroit State Theatre
November 16, 2006 Columbus Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
November 17, 2006 Niagara Falls Dome Theatre
November 18, 2006 Worcester Palladium
November 20, 2006 Philadelphia Electric Factory
November 21, 2006 New York City Roseland Ballroom
November 22, 2006 Atlantic City House of Blues
Oceania Leg I[13][14]
November 29, 2006 Brisbane Australia The Arena
November 30, 2006 Sydney University of NSW Roundhouse
December 1, 2006 Melbourne Palace Complex
December 2, 2006 Adelaide Fowlers Live
December 5, 2006 Perth Club Capitol
December 7, 2006 Auckland New Zealand St. James Theatre Complex
North American Leg III[15][16]
Supporting My Chemical Romance, w/ The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
December 13, 2006 Milwaukee United States Riverside Theater
December 15, 2006 Chicago Aragon Ballroom
Support acts: Death by Stereo and Planes Mistaken for Stars
January 17, 2007 Spokane United States Knitting Factory
w/ Billy Talent, Anti-Flag and Moneen
January 18, 2007 Victoria Canada Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
January 19, 2007 Vancouver Pacific Coliseum
January 21, 2007 Kelowna Prospera Place
January 23, 2007 Lethbridge ENMAX Centre
January 24, 2007 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
January 25, 2007 Edmonton Rexall Place
January 27, 2007 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
January 29, 2007 Winnipeg MTS Centre
January 30, 2007 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
February 1, 2007 North Bay The Wall-Nipissing University
February 2, 2007 Toronto Air Canada Centre
February 3, 2007 Ottawa Ottawa Civic Centre
February 5, 2007 Montreal Bell Centre
February 6, 2007 Quebec City Colisée Pepsi
February 8, 2007 London John Labatt Centre
Supporting My Chemical Romance
February 22, 2007 Manchester United States Verizon Wireless Arena
February 23, 2007 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 24, 2007 Hartford Meadows Music Theater
February 25, 2007 Philadelphia Liacouras Center
February 26, 2007 Cleveland Wolstein Center
February 28, 2007 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
March 1, 2007 Rosemont Allstate Arena
March 2, 2007 Topeka Kansas Expocentre
March 3, 2007 Lincoln Pershing Center
March 4, 2007 Denver Magness Arena
March 6, 2007 West Valley City E Center
March 7, 2007 Las Vegas Orleans Arena
March 9, 2007 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
March 10, 2007 Inglewood The Forum
March 11, 2007 Anaheim Anaheim Convention Center
March 13, 2007 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
March 14, 2007 Fresno Selland Arena
March 15, 2007 Oakland Oracle Arena
Supporting My Chemical Romance, w/ Taking Back Sunday and Underoath
March 16, 2007 Reno United States Lawlor Events Center
Headlining date
March 30, 2007 Los Angeles United States Kodak Theatre
European Leg II[14][17][18]
Support acts: Cancer Bats and The Bronx
April 10, 2007 Essen Germany Weststadthalle
April 11, 2007 Bielefeld Ringlokschuppen
April 13, 2007 Bremen Schlachthof
April 14, 2007 Leipzig Werk 2
April 15, 2007 Saarbrücken Garage
April 16, 2007 Stuttgart Longhorn
April 18, 2007 Zürich Switzerland Rohstofflager
April 19, 2007 Lausanne Le Romandie
April 20, 2007 Bologna Italy Estragon
April 21, 2007 Milan Rainbow Club
April 23, 2007 Prague Czech Republic Lucerna Music Bar
April 25, 2007 Vienna Austria Outdoor Arena
April 26, 2007 Nürnberg Germany Der Hirsch
April 28, 2007 Meerhout Belgium Groezrock Festival
April 29, 2007 Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
May 1, 2007 Dublin Ireland Temple Bar Music Centre
May 3, 2007 Cardiff England Cardiff University Great Hall
May 4, 2007 Oxford O2 Academy Oxford
May 5, 2007 Norwich The Waterfront
May 6, 2007 Leeds Leeds Metropolitan University
May 7, 2007 Glasgow Scotland Queen Margaret Union
May 9, 2007 Wolverhampton England Wulfrun Hall
May 10, 2007 Manchester Club Academy
May 12, 2007 London London Astoria
North American Leg IV[17]
May 19, 2007 Irvine United States KROQ Weenie Roast
May 20, 2007 Vancouver Canada Virgin Festival
w/ Silverstein and Comeback Kid
June 15, 2007 Dallas United States The Palladium Ballroom
June 16, 2007 Austin Stubb's Bar-B-Q
June 18, 2007 St. Petersburg Jannus Landing
June 19, 2007 Orlando House of Blues
June 20, 2007 Atlanta DuPre Excelsior Mill
June 22, 2007 North Myrtle Beach House of Blues
June 23, 2007 Charlotte Tremont Music Hall
June 24, 2007 Norfolk Norva Theatre
June 25, 2007 Philadelphia Electric Factory
June 27, 2007 New York City Nokia Theatre Times Square
June 28, 2007 Hartford Webster Theater
June 29, 2007 Sayreville Starland Ballroom
June 30, 2007 Milwaukee Summerfest
w/ Silverstein and Comeback Kid
Support act: 2Cents
July 2, 2007 Dartmouth Canada Alderney Landing
July 4, 2007 Quebec City Centre du Foire
July 5, 2007 Montreal Olympia Theatre
July 6, 2007
July 7, 2007 Mississauga Arrow Hall
w/ Silverstein and Comeback Kid
July 9, 2007 Williamsville United States Evolution
w/ Silverstein and Comeback Kid
Support act: 2Cents
July 10, 2007 Pittsburgh United States|

Club Zoo

July 11, 2007 Cincinnati Bogart's
July 13, 2007 Green Bay Riverside Ballroom
July 14, 2007 Saint Paul Myth
w/ Silverstein and Comeback Kid
Support act: Holy Roman Empire
July 16, 2007 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Convention Centre
July 17, 2007 Saskatoon Prairieland Park
July 18, 2007 Edmonton Shaw Conference Centre
July 19, 2007 Calgary Canada MacEwan Hall
July 20, 2007
July 22, 2007 Victoria Victoria Curling Club
July 23, 2007 Seattle United States The Fenix Underground Inc.
July 24, 2007 Portland Roseland Theatre
July 26, 2007 Boise The Big Easy
July 27, 2007 Reno The New Oasis
July 28, 2007 San Francisco The Warfield
July 29, 2007 Sacramento Empire Events Center
w/ Silverstein and Comeback Kid
Support act: Smoke or Fire
August 16, 2007 Baltimore United States Rams Head Live!
August 17, 2007 Boston Avalon Ballroom
August 18, 2007 Providence Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
August 19, 2007 Clifton Park Northern Lights
August 21, 2007 Allentown Crocodile Rock Café
August 22, 2007 Cleveland House of Blues
August 23, 2007 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit
August 24, 2007 Chicago Congress Theater
August 27, 2007 Grand Rapids Orbit Room
August 28, 2007 Sauget Pop's
August 29, 2007 Kansas City The Beaumont Club
August 30, 2007 Omaha Sokol Auditorium
w/ Silverstein and Comeback Kid
September 4, 2007 Tulsa United States Cain's Ballroom
September 5, 2007 Albuquerque Sunshine Building
September 6, 2007 Mesa Mesa Amphitheatre
September 7, 2007 San Diego Soma San Diego
September 8, 2007 Ventura Majestic Ventura Theatre
September 11, 2007 Las Vegas House of Blues
September 12, 2007 Magna The Great Salt Air Theatre
w/ Silverstein, Comeback Kid and Sum 41
September 13, 2007 Denver United States Red Rocks Amphitheatre
w/ Silverstein, Comeback Kid, Strung Out and Lagwagon
September 15, 2007 Long Beach United States Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
w/ Silverstein
Support act: Holy Roman Empire
September 19, 2007 Chicago, Illinois United States Congress Theater
Oceania Leg II (Taste of Chaos International Tour 2007)[14][18][19]
w/ The Used, Aiden, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, The Bled and Gallows
October 19, 2007 Perth Australia Burswood Entertainment Complex
October 21, 2007 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
October 23, 2007 Melbourne Hisense Arena
October 25, 2007 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
October 26, 2007 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
October 28, 2007 Auckland New Zealand St. James Theatre Complex
Japanese Leg I (Taste of Chaos International Tour 2007)[20]
w/ The Used, Aiden, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, The Bled and Gallows
November 1, 2007 Osaka Japan Namba Hatch
November 2, 2007 Nagoya Zepp
November 4, 2007 Tokyo AgeHa
European Leg III (Taste of Chaos International Tour 2007)[18]
w/ The Used, Aiden, |Gallows and The Blackout
November 7, 2007 Tilburg Netherlands 013
November 8, 2007 Luxembourg Luxembourg Den Atelier
November 9, 2007 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
November 11, 2007 Vienna Austria Gasometer
November 12, 2007 Cologne Germany Palladium
November 13, 2007 Saarbrücken E-Werk
November 15, 2007 Munich Zenith
November 16, 2007 Bologna Italy Estragon
November 17, 2007 Basel Switzerland Z7
November 19, 2007 Portsmouth England Portsmouth Guildhall
November 21, 2007 Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham
November 22, 2007 Cardiff Cardiff International Arena
November 23, 2007 Newcastle upon Tyne O2 Academy Newcastle
November 24, 2007 Glasgow Scotland O2 Academy Glasgow
November 25, 2007 Leeds England Leeds Metropolitan University
November 27, 2007 Manchester Manchester Apollo
November 28, 2007 London Brixton Academy
North American Leg V
December 1, 2007 West Palm Beach United States WPBZ Buzz Bake Sale
December 2, 2007 Tampa 97X Next Big Thing
December 8, 2007 Universal City KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
w/ Pennywise and Riverboat Gamblers
December 20, 2007 Edmonton Canada Jingle Bell Rock Show
December 21, 2007 Calgary

Personnel

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  • Tim McIlrath – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Joe Principe – bass, backing vocals
  • Zach Blair – lead guitar, backing vocals (2007)
  • Chris Chasse – lead guitar, backing vocals (2006–2007)
  • Brandon Barnes – drums, percussion

Support acts

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Co-headlining

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  • Billy Talent (October 30–November 22, 2006; January 18–February 8, 2007)
  • The Used (October 19–28, 2007; November 1–4, 2007; November 7–28, 2007)
  • Aiden (October 19–28, 2007; November 1–4, 2007; November 7–28, 2007)

As a supporting act

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  • My Chemical Romance (February 22–March 16, 2007)

Songs played

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From The Unraveling

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  • Alive and Well

From Revolutions per Minute

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  • Black Masks and Gasoline
  • Heaven Knows
  • Like the Angel
  • Any Way You Want It (Journey cover)

From Siren Song of the Counter Culture

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

From The Sufferer & the Witness

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

Others

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  • Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover)
  • Tour Song (Jawbreaker cover)

References

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