Anti-Flag Unveil New Song Featuring Rise Against's Tim McIlrath And Bad Religion's Brian Baker
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Josh Massie
Anti-Flag have revealed a new song.
The Fight Of Our Lives featuring Rise Against's Tim McIlrath and Bad Religion's Brian Baker is a punk protest anthem with a hardcore breakdown that arrives with a politically charged video.
The track is the latest preview of their 13th studio album, 'Lies They Tell Our Children', due out on January 6. It follows previous cut Laugh. Cry. Smile. Die. with Silverstein's Shane Told. The band said:
"To us, this song is a unique demonstration of the power of community. Bringing in Tim and Brian was just to drive the nail home that this shit takes all of us. The predication of punk rock, to leave things better than you found them, to give a fuck about more than just yourself… The planet can't spare another day before we take massive steps to stop catastrophic human-made climate disaster. Nuclear arsenals are on the rise. Millions are displaced around the world. From Ukraine to Yemen, there are currently 27 major conflicts on the planet. Corporate and terrorist networks are reaping massive profits from the bloodshed and division being sewn.
"A growing international neo-fascist crusade is spreading across the world hell bent on furthering a movement rooted in racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and every other kind of bigotry imaginable. Extremist religious movements grow more emboldened to seize power over the world's governments enacting laws such as the Supreme Court has in the United States, where the human right to an abortion is being banned.
"We are truly in the fight of our lives. It's a time to stand up and be counted. We are at a historic tipping point in human civilization where we can swing towards peace, empathy, optimism, justice, and human rights for all, or we can swing towards more of this ominous rising tide which has already brought so much inequality, pain and death."
Having recently completed the UK leg of their Welcome To 1984 European Tour, the Pittsburgh band will hit the road again this fall for a North American tour, which will also include a number of festival appearances. Tickets are on sale now.
Anti Flag Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri September 16 2022 - SOUTH BURLINGTON - Higher Ground - Ballroom (USA)
Sat September 17 2022 - ALLSTON Massachusetts - Brighton Music Hall presented by Citizens (USA)
Sat September 24 2022 - CHARLESTON South Carolina - Music Farm - Charleston (USA)
Sat October 01 2022 - MCKEES ROCKS Pennsylvania - Roxian Theatre (USA)
Fri October 07 2022 - SEATTLE Washington - El Corazon (USA)
Sat October 08 2022 - PORTLAND Oregon - Mcmenamins Crystal Ballroom (USA)
Thu October 13 2022 - RICHMOND Virginia - Canal Club (USA)
Fri October 14 2022 - VIRGINIA BEACH Virginia - Elevation 27 (USA)
Sat October 15 2022 - SAYREVILLE New Jersey - Starland Ballroom (USA)
Fri November 04 2022 - CHICAGO Illinois - Metro Chicago (USA)
Sat November 05 2022 - HAMTRAMCK Michigan - Sanctuary (USA)
Sun December 04 2022 - PHOENIX Arizona - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix (USA)
Fri December 09 2022 - BUFFALO New York - Rec Room - Buffalo (USA)
Sat December 10 2022 - TORONTO Ontario - Danforth Music Hall Theatre (Canada)
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