Politically-charged rockers Rage
Against The Machine will reunite for their first performance in seven years at
Coachella this spring. Rage Against The Machine, which parted ways in 2000,
tops off a stacked lineup featuring Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arcade Fire,
Sonic Youth, Air, the Roots, Willie Nelson, Interpol, Manu Chao, Ghostface Killah and Fountains Of Wayne. A number of other
buzz bands will also appear, including Jarvis Cocker, the Good, the Bad and the
Queen, Hot Chip, Peeping Tom, the Decemberists, the Happy Mondays, Arctic
Monkeys, Tiesto, Kings Of Leon, Travis, Placebo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lily
Allen, Paul Van Dyk, Gotan Project, Kaiser Chiefs,
Silversun Pickups, Faithless, LCD
Soundsystem, DJ Shadow, Satellite Party, Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong,
Konono No. 1, Nickel Creek, the Black Keys, the New Pornographers, Rufus
Wainwright, the Rapture, !!!, Richie Hawtin, Explosions In The Sky, Junior
Boys, Sparklehorse, Soulwax, the Kooks, Felix Da Housecat, Blonde Redhead,
Damien Rice, Lupe Fiasco, Jose Gonzales, Brazilian Girls, Regina Spektor, Ozomatli, Peaches, Cornelius, We
Are Scientists, Amy Winehouse, the Comedians of Comedy, Spank Rock, Tapes 'n
Tapes, the Klaxons, Girl Talk, CSS, the Coup, Andrew Bird and Peter, Bjorn and
John will play.
Rage Against the Machine's
performance looks to kick off what fans are already describing as "the
summer of reunions." Jam-pop trio Dispatch recently sold out its third
reunion spot at New York's Madison Square
Garden, while the Police
are rumored to make their first public appearance in over 21 years this summer.
A range of other artists, from Genesis to the Greyboy Allstars, will also return
to the public eye this summer.
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