Two decades after Rage Against the Machine first broke out of California they found themselves topping the charts in the UK due to the effects of a Facebook campaign that was aimed at keeping X-Factor winners away from stealing the top spot.
Although Facebook only one of the marketing campaigns they were involved in, Rage was pretty gracious over their win and re-paid fans by playing a free gig in Finsbury park for thousands of eager fans.
Not to ignore the reason that Rage was performing, the set began with a spoof of an animated Cowell introducing the band as they started to strum the beginning chords of “Testify.” Although most band sets are paced to include up and down tempos, Rage gave it their all on this particular night choosing to keep every song rapid and fast causing the crowd to go virtually wild.
One disappointment may be the fact that even having been reunited for three years, Rage still has not played or released any new material but the show did hold a special surprise cover of “White Riot” by the Clash.
It was hard to miss the possibility of new material however from the crows as Rocha was all over the stage playing passionate music in between lecturing the audience on British music and Gaza.
Noteworthy was a break in the set in which Jon and Tracy Morter, the creators of the Facebook campaign, were brought onto the stage and handed a huge check that they were instructed to offer up to their favourite charity, which shows Rage is still willing to give back in more ways than one.
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