Rage at Coachella!

[jackrock]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-coachella22jan22,1,6747076.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

[TurdBerglar]

i can't see that!


is ratm gonna perform???


if so copy and paste that shit!

[jackrock]

Link works, link doesn't work, link works, link doesn't work. Bah!

Rage Against the Machine, the seminal L.A. band that made heavy music into political manifesto, will reunite after a seven-year lull for one show as the headliners at the 2007 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Sources say Rage, which played the main stage at the first Coachella in 1999, will be joined by other familiar faces for the eighth edition of the festival, which covers three days this year and begins April 27: Red Hot Chili Peppers, which headlined in 2003, are back, as is Björk, who topped the bill in 2002.

Organizers were mum this weekend and it was not clear which day Rage or the other acts were slotted to play; that announcement is expected in the next few days. Other acts expected in the eclectic lineup: Arcade Fire, Interpol, Willie Nelson, the Roots, Manu Chao, the Decemberists, Arctic Monkeys, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Air, Tiësto and Kings of Leon.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, via Ticketmaster. Three-day passes will cost about $250 and there will be a limited number of single-day passes available.

The headliners are not novel, but they are potent. The Peppers are up for their first best album Grammy right now, and Björk remains a mesmerizing figure to fans of avant pop. But in Southern California rock circles, there is very little that could compete with the excitement of a Rage Against the Machine reunion. The quartet's hybrid of funk, rap, metal and leftist ideology was as subtle as a Molotov cocktail; in the 1990s, its aggro-anthems made it the only band that mattered to a fan base that included East L.A. protest kids as well as those in Hollywood punk circles, college dorms and mainstream rock festival mosh pits, where politics were secondary to the group's feral energy.

The band is vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Their split came amid rumors of bad blood between De la Rocha and his mates, who went on to work with Chris Cornell in Audioslave. However, Morello and De la Rocha appeared together at a 2005 rally for the urban farmers of a South Los Angeles community garden.

high five

[TurdBerglar]

hot shit

[Genocide Tulips]

I feel this wont happen at the last minute, which would suck a lot.

[jennyb]

omgomgomgomgogmgogmmgogmoggmgm :D

[Documad]

You missed the REAL news -- Crowded House are playing again???

[mikizee]

crowded house eh... obviously they'd need a new drummer!

but that would be cool

[Documad]

crowded house eh... obviously they'd need a new drummer!

I was thinking the same thing. :(

[jennyb]

Sonic Youth:)
Bjork:D
and Rage Against the Machine:eek:

Yeah def bustin out the credito card for my 3 day pass. :( But who cares... ahhhhh this is awesomeness. I. can't. wait.

Oh and RCHP too? Jeez I'm pretty stoked.

[ggirlballa]

coachella gets blazing hot

[BBboy20]

About damn time.

[DroppinScience]

That's... wow.

[Randetica]

sounds like they are always the same bands every year

[TAL]

I guess Zack needs some money again.

[paulb]

ill be flyin out to see this show!

[Mr Films]

while this is very piss-your-pants type news. it has a very "not ever really gonna happen" vibe to it.

[paulb]

while this is very piss-your-pants type news. it has a very "not ever really gonna happen" vibe to it.


im pretty sure it will happen. How can they announce a huge gig like that, if the band werent 100% committed.

[Mr Films]

eh, nothing's ever really 100% until they're on stage. even then, things are iffy.

[Kid Presentable]

I bet they suck.

[Thundercracker]

HOLYYYYYYY SHIT
hurrayyyyyyyy!
these are by far the most awesome news i'v ever heared about through the internet.



but...
mannnnnnn it sucks so much that i can't be there
the fucking army will never let me go... :(

[HEIRESS]

sweet mother of all that is holy

I want to go

[jennyb]

from 91X, San Diego radio station's page... :eek: Holy Moly!!! I'm so excited!!!

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS AND BJORK
TO HEADLINE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2007,
SET FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 27, SATURDAY, APRIL 28 AND SUNDAY, APRIL 29

TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY, JANUARY 27.

Rage Against The Machine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bjork are confirmed as the headliners for the 2007 COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL. Set for Friday, April 27, Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, COACHELLA will again take place at the breathtakingly beautiful and peaceful Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA.

For the first time in its eighth outing, COACHELLA expands to three days, giving concert-goers an additional day of music to experience the eclectic mix of acts for which the festival has become known.

The preliminary line-up (as of January 22) is as follows, with the list growing in the months leading up to the festival. Exact dates and times for the acts will also be confirmed at a later date. Thus far the list of artists includes Tiesto, The Arcade Fire, Interpol, Manu Chao, Willie Nelson, Air, Happy Mondays, Decemberists, Faithless, Gotan Project, The Good, The Bad and The Queen, Paul Van Dyk, Arctic Monkeys, Roots, Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Placebo, Satellite Party, Stephen Marley feat Jr. Gong, Kings of Leon, DJ Shadow, Kaiser Chiefs, Kokono No. 1, LCD Soundsystem, Nickel Creek, Travis, Damien Rice, Black Keys, Blonde Redhead, Infected Mushroom, New Pornographers, Peeping Tom, Placebo, Rufus Wainwright, The Rapture, Explosions in the Sky, Richie Hawtin, !!!, Benny Benassy, Felix Da Housecat, Hot Chip, Jacks Mannequin, Julieta Venegas, Lily Allen, Lupe Fiasco, Ozomatli, Peaches, Ghostface Killah, Jose Gonzales, Amos Lee, Brazilian Girls, Fountains of Wayne, Regina Spektor, VNV Nation, Coco Rosie, Cornelius, Gillian Welch, Junior Boys, Pharaohe Monche, Roky Erickson and the Explosives, Soulwax, Sparklehorse, The Kooks, Tilly and the Wall, Andrew Bird, Peter, Bjorn & John, The Frames, Gogol Bordello, Comedians of Comedy, Justice, MSTRKRFT, We Are Scientists, Yeva, Grizzly Bear, Amy Winehouse, Avett Brothers, Circa Survive, The Coup, The Cribs, CSS, Digitalism, Erol Alkan, Evil Nine, Girl Talk, Klaxons, Noisettes, Spank Rock, Tapes 'n Tapes, The Fields, Tokyo Police Club, Rodrigo Y Gabriella, DJ Heather, The Feeling, Fratellis, Mike Relm, Silversun Pickups, Busdriver, Brother Ali, Nightwatchman, Bojones, Mika, Pop Levi, Anathallo and Fair to Midland.

[GreenEarthAl]

Now they can finally reunite and go on tour with the Beastie Boys and I can tickets again and this time I can actually go to the show. (Quick, somebody confiscate Mike D's bike).

[HEIRESS]

I hate myself everyday for not hitting up the beastie boys/RATM tour

basically, yeah.

[TAL]

A bit silly hating yourself for something that didn't happen.

[Echewta]

Love to go but I have a wedding.

@&^@$%&@$%&@$%YWGH$^@#WHQ@#$ETA

Plus most of the cheap and close rooms are booked or the hotels will only let you have a room for a min of 3 days.

Bjork didn't tour the states for her last album. Curse her. J/K Bjork lol

[jennyb]

it's official

www.coachella.com

check it!

:D



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Darn it! I wish I wouldda right clicked/saved as that line-up listing when I had it up... now it says new website coming this week... aargh. It was beautiful. Sigh.

[MC Moot]

Just when I thought I had sworn off festivals forever....they pull me back in!!!!

[jennyb]

Thank god for temp internet files! (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/366173068_a920fa829d_o.jpg)

Here's the poster!!!!!!

[b-grrrlie]

Jesus and Mary Chain!!!!!!
Roky Erickson And The Explosives!!!
:eek: :eek: :eek:



!!!
Air
Bjork
The Black Keys
Manu Chao
Jarvis Cocker
Cornelius
CSS
DJ Shadow
Fountains Of Wayne
Ghostface Killah
Gogol Bordello
Jose Gonzales
Happy Mondays
Hot Chip
Interpol
The Kooks
Kaiser Chiefs
Kings Of Leon
Peaches
Peter, Bjorn & John
Pharaohe Monche
Placebo
Rage Against The Machine
The Rapture
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Damien Rice
The Roots
Sonic Youth
Sparklehorse
Regina Spektor
Rufus Wainwright
We Are Scientists


WOW!!!!

[bigblu89]

I guess I'm too mainstream, or it's becasue I listen to only 6 bands and that's it, but I could never see myself sitting through that much music I've never heard of.

I can't handle sitting through a 30 minute opening act, I definitely couldn't see myself sitting through 12 hours of it.

[Laver1969]

I guess I'm too mainstream, or it's becasue I listen to only 6 bands and that's it, but I could never see myself sitting through that much music I've never heard of.

I can't handle sitting through a 30 minute opening act, I definitely couldn't see myself sitting through 12 hours of it.

Hahaha...that's me. Except it's 4 bands.

Although I would definitely be into seeing RATM again.

[bigblu89]

Well Rage is one of the 6 bands that I listen to religously, so yeah, if this was on the east coast, I'd definitely go.

[HEIRESS]

it seems as though I am going

how is camping there?

Ive basically slept in a hole full of mud before on a camping trip, so I think we'll survive

[cosmo105]

i haven't done it, but from what i've seen and heard it's nasty. i mean wilderness would be much > than coachella camping. it never seems like the staff is prepared for the volume of people. but hey, we might be getting a real big suite eh? :cool:

[afronaut]

i'll be honest. coachella seems a little bit lame. even though bonnaroo is a big hippyfest, still seems like it beats the hell out of coachella.

[cosmo105]

some of the acts are mainstream lameness. but some of them are pretty awesome. i always have fun. this'll be my...hrm...4th time going?

[DroppinScience]

I guess I'm too mainstream, or it's becasue I listen to only 6 bands and that's it, but I could never see myself sitting through that much music I've never heard of.

Probably a bit of both. ;)

[HEIRESS]

i haven't done it, but from what i've seen and heard it's nasty. i mean wilderness would be much > than coachella camping. it never seems like the staff is prepared for the volume of people. but hey, we might be getting a real big suite eh? :cool:

le prrrrrr le mrrrawrrrr!

looks like I will potentially be driving down with a big carload of boys, so tis gonna be a dirty ass weekend
:/

[The Notorious LOL]

I give it 75/25 odds that Rage will not play.

[TurdBerglar]

or 3/1 odds?

[The Notorious LOL]

1500/500 odds

[wavin_goodbye]

i wonder how this was set up.. apparently they were offered a huge amount of money to do one show at some point last year.. tom seemed to have flatly rejected it though.

I would love to see them - my first band really.. can't really shell out $350 canadian.. plus cross continent plane ticket and accomodation.


Maybe zack will bust out some of the rhymes he's been keeping for his "solo project"...?

[HEIRESS]

the trip would easily end up costing me about 800 bucks

probably more, meh!

[DroppinScience]

Jesus and Mary Chain!!!!!!


That is equally :eek: and (y) !!

[Mr Films]

while the rage reunion is cool and all, there just seems to be no point.

sure, it's gonna sell the fuck out of tickets so from that standpoint it's genius.

I just don't feel like Rage is relevant anymore, this comes off like a novelty.

I saw them live in 1999 on what ended up being their final full tour.

Gang Starr opened. It was tight.

Then I had tickets to the Rage/BBoys tour but.... yeah.

[Randetica]

lol oh thats the drama about

i forgot that they had a split up but i also forgot that odb died

[paulb]

hope to see some of the bbmb there...

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

hope to see some of the bbmb there...

Your definitely going Paul?

[The Notorious LOL]

I just don't feel like Rage is relevant anymore, this comes off like a novelty.




thats true, politics are in good shape these days!

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

while the rage reunion is cool and all, there just seems to be no point.

sure, it's gonna sell the fuck out of tickets so from that standpoint it's genius.

I just don't feel like Rage is relevant anymore, this comes off like a novelty.

I saw them live in 1999 on what ended up being their final full tour.

Gang Starr opened. It was tight.

Then I had tickets to the Rage/BBoys tour but.... yeah.

I totally disagree. If anything, the world is in more of a mess than when Rage was in their hey day. Besides, I don't get the feeling this is a show strictly for politics. There'll probably be some anti-Bush shit in there...but I think this is something for the fans.

[Mr Films]

thats true, politics are in good shape these days!

sarcasm? from you?

no but that's what I'm saying. Fucking EVERYONE does the political shit in their music now.

I guess what I'm saying is I don't care that Rage is doing this and I don't see the point in plonking down $1,000 to hear "Bulls on Parade"

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

$1,000

I'm trying to plan this...and I've not been to Coachella before. Are tickets really that much?

[Mr Films]

I'm trying to plan this...and I've not been to Coachella before. Are tickets really that much?

3 day passes are $250.

But I don't live in Cali so for me it'd be tickets, lodging and airfare.

I guestimated for dramatic effect.

[Calimero jr.]

Jesus and Mary Chain!!!!!!
Gogol Bordello
Sonic Youth

(y)

[wavin_goodbye]

Gang Starr opened.



that's pretty cool.

[Jim wont fix it]

this is the best thing to have ever happened ever

[jennyb]

hope to see some of the bbmb there...

oh really

[paulb]

oh really


not you. lol

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Anyone know what time exactly on Saturday the tix go on sale?

[zorra_chiflada]

what's cornell gonna do when rage are playing? just stand to the side looking sad and uncomfortable?

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

what's cornell gonna do when rage are playing? just stand to the side looking sad and uncomfortable?

He's got a stalker, he'll probably be busy running from him.

[TurdBerglar]

what's cornell gonna do when rage are playing? just stand to the side looking sad and uncomfortable?


he's been working on solo shit

[zorra_chiflada]

i'd prefer soundgarden to have a reunion

[TurdBerglar]

Rage is so overrated.


what does that have to do with what you quoted?

[MC Moot]

what's cornell gonna do when rage are playing? just stand to the side looking sad and uncomfortable?

He'll be rehearsing with Temple of the Dog......

[Thundercracker]

Rage is so overrated.


phhaaa!
if anything, they are underrated!

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Rage hasnt played in soooooo long, they are probably going to suck ass.

It definitely will be interesting to see how rusty they are...

[paulb]

im hoping they will be in tip top shape...im sure they will rehearse before the gig....

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Rage won't be the only good shit going down that day.... I'm looking forward to The Roots, Willie Nelson, and Lupe Fiasco (y)

[jennyb]

I'm a tad curious as to the dollar amount Rage was offered to do this.

[hpdrifter]

Just when I thought I had sworn off festivals forever....they pull me back in!!!!


Me too. I was right in the middle of planning my summer trip to hawaii with my crew. Sonofabitch, now I'm flipping out.

Peaches, DJ Shadow, and Sonic Youth.

*Head explodes*

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

It's going to be quite the weekend.

I'm almost looking forward to the road trip just as much as I am Rage.

[GreenEarthAl]

I have to work in the morning and I can't stop watching YouTube. So much for getting rid of my tv, I guess I have to get rid of the internet too now.

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

'Twas quite the show. Rage was definitely on point...

[paulb]

'Twas quite the show. Rage was definitely on point...


you got that right man. That show kicked major ass! my top 5 for the weekend was

Rage Against THe Machine
Justice
Arcade Fire
Bjork
Mstrkrft/Steve Aoki

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Yo paul....do you know anyone that has the full show on audio or video?

[paulb]

Yo paul....do you know anyone that has the full show on audio or video?


I just got the 1st 7 tracks taped from the audience and the 1st 3 songs pro shot on video...

[roosta]

review please.

playlist please.

[Laver1969]

I'm a tad curious as to the dollar amount Rage was offered to do this.

I heard it was something like twelve dollars. (y)

[jennyb]

I posted this over here (http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showpost.php?p=1464142&postcount=22639). :( I'm sure paulb can give you a much better review. He was in a much better spot in the crowd. I'm quite jealous. But I am proud of myself that I survived this. Shit was nuts. I was literally scared of the crowd throughout the set. :(

"Rage Against The Machine! I'd been dying for this moment, but honestly when the crowd filled up and I noticed a heavy concentration of shirtless sweaty drunk dudes with tribal tats and hemp necklaces, I began to worry and yeah... as soon as RATM took the stage it became one of the most uncomfortable environments. I got so pissed and felt like I'm not going to let these shitheads ruin this moment for me so I tried to rock out, found myself shoving big dudes outta my way, getting elbowed in the head and shit... one even grabbed my ass and was like 'oh honey you are strong' and I was like 'yeah and I'm going to kill you if you don't stop it'... fuck it was annoying and awful... but I was impressed that rage's performance was so tight having been the first one in a mighty long time. It was special despite the lamest crowd ever. I'm still sore though from beating up all the assholes."

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

I heard it was something like twelve dollars. (y)

According to a co-worker of mine (whose family is allegedly tight with Zack) he's bankrupt, so that motivated him to do some shows.

I haven't heard a single thing about this anywhere else, and it just seems a bit fishy to me. I don't really buy it, but I just thought I'd throw that out there.