Rage Against The Machine, Rage Factor Review

The Rage Factor
Sunday 6th June 2010, London, UK, Finsbury Park,

Finsbury Park will host the victory party to end all victory parties!

The US group Rage Against The Machine reached the 2009 Christmas No. 1 spot thanks to those that bought the single and they have put on a massive 'Thank you' gig for free to those lucky enough to register and obtain a free ticket for the event, Rage Against The Machine managed to get the Christmas 2009 No. 1 beating the heavily favoured X Factor single. Following the massive Facebook campaign to make the 1992 track top the Christmas charts Rage Against The Machine decided to play a free concert in celebration of this incredible triumph.

On the day the opening acts were the brilliant punk band GALLOWS, followed by London rap artist ROOTS MANUVA and radical rebel rockers GOGOL BORDELLO, Whilst DJ'ing through out the days event were L'AMOUR LA MORGUE and SOUTH CENTRAL.

The one-off gig at Finsbury Park went down as a massive hit, The event was well organized With good facilities, There was  plenty of different food stalls and with three massive beer tents getting a drink was easy with very little queuing as well as good toilet facilities, The are of the park that was fenced off for the event was of a very large size that gave the 40,000 spectators plenty of room to move as well as lay down or sit on the grass to enjoy the London sunshine, Although early in the day there was rain the ground soon dried out in the sun, A little shower later in the day tried to dampen peoples spirits but to no effect as by this time every one was enjoying the great sounds of the headline act, The support bands kept the crowds entertained and won over many new fans.

Opening their set with 'Testify' the band led by Zack de la Rocha were relentless with their energetic sounds throughout.This Rage Against The Machine energetic set  included the favorites ‘Know Your Enemy’, ‘Township Rebellion' and ‘Bullet In The Head’ as well as the grand finale track which sent the crowd in to a frenzy which was the US band's 1992 hit ‘Killing In The Name’ that was the 2009 No. 1 which made the whole Rage Factor gig possible, The Rage Factor event will top many other gigs/concerts or festivals that will take place this year and the best thing about it all was that it was 100% FREE.