Rage Towards the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who turns 60 years outdated immediately (Might thirtieth), has been introduced because the recipient of the 2024 Woody Guthrie Prize.
The ceremony will happen September twenty fifth on the Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and can embrace a Q&A with Morello, in addition to an acoustic efficiency. Tickets and VIP packages go on sale June third at 10 a.m. CT through the Woody Guthrie Heart web site.
Per a press announcement, “This prestigious award acknowledges Morello’s excellent contributions to music and activism, embodying the spirit of Woody Guthrie’s social consciousness and musical legacy.”
Morello himself said, “Woody Guthrie was a fearless agitator, a six string instigator, a poetic reality teller and a harmonizing hell raiser. He was the unique punk rocker whose life, music, artwork and lyrics had been beacons of justice and liberation for the downtrodden and oppressed. In my very own work Woody has been an inspiration to inform it like I see it with out compromise or apology and to play my songs (and his songs) on the picket line and on the barricade every time and wherever individuals are taking a stand.”
Earlier Woody Guthrie Prize recipients embrace Pussy Riot, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Chuck D, and John Mellencamp.
Previous to the ceremony, Morello will hit the UK and Europe for a run of solo concert events and competition gigs in June and July. He’ll additionally play the Louder Than Life and Aftershock festivals within the States this fall. Choose up tickets to his upcoming reveals right here.
Tom Morello 2024 Tour Dates:
06/12 – Belfast, IE @ Belsonic Competition
06/13 – Camden, UK @ Electrical Ballroom
06/15 – Derby, UK @ Obtain Competition
06/16 – Paris, FR @ Accor Enviornment
06/18 – Tilburg, NL @ O13
06/20 – Copenhagen, DK @ Copenhell Competition
06/22 – Grenchen, CH @ Summerside
06/23 – Maxeville, FR @ Heavy Weekend
06/26 – Köln, DE @ Stay Music Corridor
06/28 – Clisson, FR @ Hellfest
07/01 – Budapest, HU @ Budapest Park
07/03 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Competition
07/05 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/06 – Lucca, IT @ Lucca Summer time Competition
07/08 – Villafranca Di Verona, IT @ Castello Scaligero
07/10 – Turin, IT @ OGR Torino
07/12 – Madrid, ES @ Mad Cool Competition
07/14 – Novi Unhappy, RS @ EXIT Competition
07/16 – Pireas, GR @ Peace and Friendship Stadium
07/18 – Casa Do Infantado, PT @ Tremendous Bock Tremendous Rock
09/25 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom (Woody Guthrie Prize ceremony)
09/27 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life
10/13 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock