It looks like Rage Against the Machine reunited just in time. After causing havoc at the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago over the weekend, the agit-rock heroes have now set their sights on the upcoming Republican National Convention, which takes place September 1-4 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The band just announced an additional tour date at Minneapolis’ Target Center September 3 and if history is any indication, things will most likely spill over into the streets at some point. Rage played a free show at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles in 2000 that ended in chaos when police attempted to break up the crowd with heavy doses of tear gas and pepper spray.
Guitarist Tom Morello has already announced that he will be performing at a union rally September 1 at St. Paul’s Harriet Island, along with fellow singer-songwriter and muckraker Steve Earle.
Rage singer Zack de la Rocha was forced to stop the band’s Lollapalooza set three times to ask surging fans to settle down.
It should be an eventful week. —Aidin Vaziri