RATM Reunite for Coachella Festival

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Rage Against the Machine will reunite for Coachella Valley Music Festival. April 27, 28, 29.

http://www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=65693

Also on the bill is Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bjork, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Air, Tiësto and Kings of Leon.

sonofsam

holy sh*t..................................:D

(Link is dead by the way)

gucci

wow wat a line up!! RATM and even bjork!! would be a serious gig to go to for Rage and the other bands on the bill, pity it costs too much and is a little bit far away!!:(

MunkyHed

I've never used the following four letters before i swear but OMFG...

http://www.nme.com/news/rage-against-the-machine/25962

Still all rumours i know but imagine it.
Surely they'd play Reading or some UK festival if thats the case.

po0k

Get them over here for TheFestivalFormerlyKnownAsLeechrum

Jamey

World Tour! World Tour!

acquiescefc

Would love to see them one more time.

projectmayhem

hopefully this does a few things:

1. re-unites RATM on a long-term basis
2. kills audioslave
3. brings forth the return of soundgarden

Alucard II

so far its only for one show, but if the guys are getting along again, then maybe/HOPEFULLY we'll see more gigs in the future. i read this last night, about an hour after it was confirmed, and spent the rest of the night fretting over missing the biggest musical event in the new millenium, bar Floyd playing at Live 8.
ironically enough, the only thing which cheered me up was listening to Rage at high volume.

seanironmaiden

best day of my life...... I can'tbelieve it. I'm goin

Patricide

I WANNA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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alas im now broke as i need a new mp3 player

dr.bollocko

YEEARGH!!!!!
Bleurggh!
PUKE!
Jizz!
|Oh my mother****ing god.
TRABOPALINE EVEN!
Man they cant reform for just one show. Its Rage.
They'll have to play at least a worldwide stadium tour.....

Mushy

Hahahha, brilliant! We want Rage and we want them here. They cant just do one show, bands always say that and it always multiplies.* Wow, great news altogether.


*may be factually incorrect

honru

Jesus and Mary Chain ****.

o1s1n

Jesus that is some lineup. I'd even go to that just to see VNV Nation and Infected Mushroom.

Time to start saving. :eek:

acquiescefc

The Frames!!! In the same sentence as Rage.....

The worlds gone mad.

Lemming

ZOMG :eek:

*breathes deep into brown paper bag*

John

Normally I'd be suspicious of a band reforming but Rage should have never split. I hope they return with a new album with all the fire and excitement that Audioslave never had. Plus I hope they ditch Sony and do everything independently. They can do it. I believe in them.

MrJoeSoap

Oh lord.

Best.News.Ever.

plonk

Hopefully it wont be a one off i would love to see them live

destraynor

http://www.ratm.com/

This is good news...

Mongo

So wheres the nearest airport to Coachella?

MrJoeSoap

Mongo wrote:

So wheres the nearest airport to Coachella?

Probably San Diego.

Rockee

WOOHOOO!!!!!!

I note too that Crowded House are playing. Didnt even know they were back playing either. Madness go léir.

plonk

Flights are only 572 return from dublin to la, which seems to be as close as san diego.Add another 200 for ticket and 500 spending money--- 1400 to see ratm and a trip to la. Not bad:D

MrJoeSoap

Tickets will surely be like gold-dust though...

plonk

Theres always ebay

MrJoeSoap

plonk wrote:

Theres always ebay

Then I think you might have to revise your €1400 figure!

plonk

Indeed One of my mates is a huge fan and id say hed go if he could get a ticket. Id love to but dont have 2000euro and I have exams around that time. If i didnt have exams id seriously consider going

seanironmaiden

well, I'm there for sure. wow, imagine Zack releasing 7 yearsof anger onstage at this gig. It will be unreal....

oh, and seein' as I have all the Rage-heads together... here's a video of Wake Up, by my band Bulls On Parade (RATM Tribute)... there's footage from gigs in Doran's and The Music Centre that some of ya's may have been at..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M14atVp_Yys

just finished it today... before I heard the good news, strangely enough..
wow, today is a good day. there's no way they could walk offstage after this show and not want to play more...

Zack refuses to comment on the re-union.. my guess is we'll hear nothing from them until they walk onstage.... "Good Evening we're Rage Against The Machine from Los Angeles California..." *and into Testify........*

wow, *shivers*

Shiminay

Oh.

My.

Fúcking.

Gods!

I can't even begin to describe my excitement as to the possibility of this happening. I'm actually gonna so some serious sums to see if there's any remote possible way I could go to this gig.

gucci

how bout we do like the new walkers ad and drag our country over to the west coast of america?? we can all save a few euros that way.

they will reform and be better than before.......what i have been convincing myself since the day i heard they split, could be the best comeback since ROCKY!!

Ho-Hum

Great news indeed, not to mention unexpected.

*Prays for Irish gig

Undergod

Wow.

Just...



heh. Wow.

Frank Bullitt

great news,im still in shcok so im not totally excited yet,i mean i love audioslave but the foundation of audioslave is this band,rage changed everything,even if it is just for one show,for music in general its a great bit of news,id like to see RATM but i still love the slave and chris,we will have to wait and see what happens over the next few days,but seriously....rage are back man,holy S_H_I_T.

seanironmaiden

ok, theres a presale on for the next 12 hours.. until 6 in the mornin

www.ticketmaster.com the password is DAYTRIPPIN for 1 day tickets and PEOPLEOFTHESUN for 3 day

just got our tickets!!! I'm Goin to see RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

BEWARE OF AT LEAST €25 SERIVCE CHARGE PER TICKET. ROBBIN BASTARDS...

The Freeman

wish i could afford it, great news none the less.......

The Free Man

The Freeman wrote:

wish i could afford it, great news none the less.......

change your god damn name.....




but yeah, amazing news

dimerocks

dj shadow is there too! ah man.

Mushy

seanironmaiden wrote:

just got our tickets!!! I'm Goin to see RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Allow me congratulate you. But we expect full on brilliant photos and videos now. I think I might just live and hope for an Irish date, if it ever happens

Malice

I wonder what the chances of them doing the Download festival in Donington Park are? That would be far easier to get to thanks to the East Midlands airport being within walking distance of the festival. Plus there's the small matter of all the other bands that would be playing

gucci

not a notion of an irish date, if these guys are earning 5.5million dollars (to quote seanironmaiden from another thread) they wont come to ireland. best we could hope for is reading or wacken?? but i wouldnt hold my breath....then again i never thought they would reform

pkumohideeile

does anyone have a guess to why they're reforming in the first place? i mean probably its politically driven. but audioslave are going fine so whats the deal.

pkumohideeile

what was the reason for them breaking up in the first place?

seanironmaiden

pkumohideeile wrote:

does anyone have a guess to why they're reforming in the first place? i mean probably its politically driven. but audioslave are going fine so whats the deal.

Audioslave didn't tour their last album at all.. Cornell went off and did the Bond thing and now he's doing a solo album and touring it when it's out. bad move chris..... plus, there's the fact that in the last 7 years we "needed" Rage more than ever... (from a political standpoint)

as far as them not playing here because they wouldn't get $5 million or whatever.. I don't think the money is a main factor and it certainley won't be once the play Coachella and remember how much ass they kick! I would imagine their not making too much plans until they see how this one show goes and taking ti from there. Hopefully they're considering some European festivals...

Motley Crue

Its funny to see Damien Rice tucked away under their name, I wonder if he'll be playing near the same time as the lads, a load of metallers pushed up the front through his set waiting for Rage

Motley Crue

pkumohideeile wrote:

what was the reason for them breaking up in the first place?

Musician Saul Williams has suggested that de la Rocha left the band because he did not want Renegades to be released, and the rest of the band wanted to put it out against his wishes.

Those three members sought out separate management of their own and managed to secure the immediate release of the album.

On October 18, 2000, de la Rocha released the following statement:

“ I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed. It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively as a band, and from my perspective, has undermined our artistic and political ideal. I am extremely proud of our work, both as activists and musicians, as well as indebted and grateful to every person who has expressed solidarity and shared this incredible experience with us. „

Motley Crue

I wonder will we see any more of this? Whatever you think of Rage, this particular move may have been a mistake

LundiMardi

I vote RATM for Slane:)

Would love to see this though, i think if De La Roche and co. can put away differences for this gig then i can't see there NOT being any more gigs to come tbh.

MunkyHed

Seems to be a good lot of Irish goin. Got my ticket in the presale. Cant wait! See ya there seanironmaiden!

ExoduS 18.11

Motley Crue wrote:

I wonder will we see any more of this? Whatever you think of Rage, this particular move may have been a mistake

what may have been a mistake? Yea looks interviews with tom morello suggest a reunite although its not in stone!!

Check out NME for some news, Morello states that although he verifies its a once off gig, he does not rule out future activity. Apartently they're hell bent on attacking the Bush administration . Imagine a new album phoaaaaaaaaaaaaar :P