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Crowd Crush Halts RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Show

August 26, 2008

According to The Pulse of Radio, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's headlining set at England's Leeds Festival on Saturday (August 23) was halted midway through the fourth song by festival organizers because of crowd issues. Concertgoers at the front were apparently being crushed against the barriers by fans pushing from behind, leading organizers to cut the band's sound and lights. After a brief meeting with security, singer Zack de la Rocha announced, "We don't want to have to stop the show. Help our brothers and sisters up front. Everyone take a couple of steps back."

The rest of the show, which had started half an hour late, proceeded without incident.

The previous night (Friday, August 22) at the Reading Festival, the band came onstage in prison outfits worn by Guantanamo inmates.

RAGE's performance at Chicago's Lollapalooza festival earlier this month was also marked by tense crowd conditions.

The politically explosive quartet next plays on Wednesday (August 27) in Denver during the Democratic National Convention, before heading to Minnesota next week to play in protest of the Republican Convention.

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