Chicago pop-punk legends Rise Against and Alkaline Trio have just released a split single featuring a song from each band’s discography, ahead of their highly anticipated co-headlined US tour. Rise Against’s rendition of “Private Eye” and Alkaline Trio’s take on “Re-Education (Through Labor)” feel like one and the same; two longtime faces of the pop-punk scene, whose histories are deeply intertwined, acting as a homecoming between the two acts. They’re not simply covering each others music; they’re paying homage to the scene that they grew from.
The project has been over 20 years in the making for Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba, who said that…
“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.”
Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath echos that exact sentiment, saying that…
“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’.”
This split single releases right before the two acts hit the road for their extensive US co-headline tour.
Stream the new split single here.
ALKALINE TRIO x RISE AGAINST TOUR DATES 2026
Buy your tickets to the tour here.
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
