Rage Against The Machine Wake Up Reading Festival

[tree0ff]

The Red Star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BIGBEARabc123]

Fuck Faux News.

[maserati1990]

whenever i need motivation i just listen to rage. one song does the job and keeps me going for afew months.... ;) you can just feel that fucking energy

#1 live band in the world in my opinion

[TristPerrin]

I was there, man. Shit was intense. When he said "Tony Blair should be right there along side him(Bush)" it nearly bought a tear to the eye at the time lol. Best gig ever? Maybe...

[thecultofjonnybighed]

i don't remember much of rage's set. it's a shame that i only had their first album at the time, i was absolutely knackered and i can't remember much. however seeing rage i discovered a song from about 7 years before that i loved but didn't know that name of; that would be 'guerilla radio'. i'm going again this year. should be awesome

[richard2durant]

hey i was like 5 metre from this spot... fucking epic

[holliday666]

"i switch and move like i was cassius"

[hoodedstranger666]

shame they refused to be filmed for bbc lol

can understand censorship etc lol

[tonedeafmunkey]

i hope they release a dvd of the tour last summer

[tonedeafmunkey]

I THINK I HEARD A SHOT!

[kazzum27]

i love his song so intensely because it reminds me that there are some who can really see. its the song i link with them most because of the fury it boils up in me when i hear it, as the band name suggests. thankyou for the music and the ongoing action. but i say anyone who loves this music MUST find out how to go and be as involved as these guys, or as involved as we can be, mobilise! anyone who says that they dont have time is full of shit, and i love you all

[VCK9009]

Also, Brad's drumming in the breakdown is fucking badass.

[TheNormanator]

Agreed.

No question this was the highlight of Reading 08, along with the pit during Killing in the Name and Justice's performance.

[JousterinJudge]

@TheNormanator I couldn't agree with you more, my two hilights of my festival experiences, and i hate reading!

[VCK9009]

7.40, the crowd literally does "wake up".

[PsychosisFire]

"Fist In The Air In The Land Of Hypocrisy!"

[GeorgeMillo]

damn rage were awesome, but the sound at reading was so shit. almost all the bands were way too quiet, in this video you can hear people near the cameraman talking to eachother clearly.

[perfecttothebones]

i'm pretty sure it was because of sound laws or something? i heard someone saying that the sound had to be quieter this year cause some people were complaining?

[pendevil]

Good luck trying to make Rage sound quiet. :P

[Lawman05]

@ 7:45 Wow the crowd goes Crazy

Come back to England Rage :p

[Bangors]

Freedom and liberty to all..They dont put shackles on u physically, they shackle the minds of the people with all the bullshit and mediocrity in the media, distracting us from the truth, peace and love to all mankind

[bodulayLV]

'What Was The Price Of His His Head?'

[hhwha1]

Leeds was much less political...

[jakerobbins]

thats because its leeds

[frusciante39]

yeah the most important political issue in leeds is the price of gravy

[avfcmickdaly]

@frusciante39 ..so funny...even 12 months and a big xmas number 1 later

[usucmehardutube]

Its good but he dont sound as mad as he did 10 years ago. getting old sucks.

[heyitsdanyarly]

I lost my voice because of this song.

[moff83]

haha no but check out my highlights vids as well, ashes in the fall is in one of them

[nevillongbottom]

Have done mate, top work. Just so pleased that i can see some of the best gig of my life again, i love you

[nevillongbottom]

Amazing, sends chills down my spine every time. Was front right going mental in the pits, anybody there for the break dancing to ashes in the fall?

[pughdafis]

i was in a small pit front right goin nuts too!!! i was a dying by the end, it was fukin amazing!!!

[thenewsonsblues]

5mins before this set starts iam out side with no ticket.....1 tout £150 later and one lucky me....iam at the front ROCKING THE FUCK OUT!....AWESOME!

[pja9292]

best band ive ever seen live! this was soooo good!!!

[Kynan22]

OMG I wanted to be there so badly. I was in Africa :( I wish I could of flown back for rage! Best band ever!!! Its a same it wasn't televised though.

[mrjoecool]

i was in africa as well. But i had such an incredible time im torn between what i would rather have done. If rage do another tour then i can put my mind at rest, haha,

[cragnog]

one of the best sets of reading this year by far.. my favourite headliners

[thefreeone23]

that was amazin i was standing next to the guy with the pirate flag and when everybody was screamin wake up it just went crazy

[SirBassline]

i was on the barrier for this! FUCKING SICK

[IheartNirvana2]

ah i hate you! But only out of pure jealousy

[seanweasel]

best band best gig ever awesome intro and they dont stop helll yeaahahahahaha

[kitelooperrr]

lol we burnt that american flag in the gap before freedom and KITN-this was the best thing I've ever seen..wanna see them again!!

peace and love

[waterz08]

Yeah boiii!

That was me and my two mates that started that :D

This was such a powerful song it was just awesome!

[workingclassbum]

Best show ever some random girl asked me if she could sit on my shoulders in the third song but I could only hold her up for one song because I dislocated my shoulder the night before. Still fucking amazing in everyway. The speech was incredable.

[colibri1]

I loved how someone nearby said "Which one?" after Zach started talking about "the president". We Americans tend to forget that our president isn't the only one.

Great show, though. I last saw them in '97 and love that they're rollin again.

[bobdolejamroll]

greatest gig...fuck it, that was the best moment of my life!

[tonedeafmunkey]

Holy shit that speech gave me goosebumps all over.Zack is a truly great frontman..i saw them at oxegen in ireland and no band will EVER compare to them live..

[th0890]

best

fucking

night

of

my

life

[Catfoodmadeofdogfood]

Me too man

[Finlaymaguire]

Right on.

[CuJo33]

im so glad that someone has put this video up :) as during this speech i was in the pit as a massive wall of death opened up. and they were shouting "who are ya" at each other which fucked me off as i couldnt hear. so thank you

[waterz08]

Yeaaah! I was in that pit :P

Truley great speech, with the power to even scare politicians!

Best show ever... Nothing will top it.

[t0r0y0o]

This was fucking amazing, everyone was so quiet while he was talking, just like, listening to the truth and then WAKE UP.

Fucking awsome, best band at Reading, easily.

[adt4949]

yeah it wasnt loud enough!

you could hear metallica from the other end of the campsites.

as much as a love babyshambles, there was no way i was gonna miss rage. guys singing that song were jokers

[numbnil]

I must be the luckiest....i was offered to work at reading festival at the last minute and on top of that during this time there was a guy to cover me so that i can watch rage perform i enjoyed every bit of it....fking was shouting so loud that i loud lost my voice and cudn't work proply next day....but they were awesome...best performers ive ever seen...rage |m|,

[LittleMat01]

I was there!! Absolutely amazing and Zack's speech was great. Such a good atmosphere around everyone that night! Definately gonna see rage again someday...

[HiMyNameIsDave182]

RAGE > BABYSHAMBLES

end of.

[FeliceFawn]

I think I just had an orgasm.

Rage. Against. The fucking. Machine.

Love it.

[SPCotter]

Just to correct.. as my mate created this legendary chant..

"If you saw babyshambles your a cunt If you saw babyshambles your a cunt If you saw babyshambles and you were standing at the front Then your gonna fucking die you fucking cunt!"

And anyone that admitted to seeing Pete + co trippin out over rage got a special rendition!

Legendary Rage!

[whiteshits]

agreed rage were absolutely amazing i would never miss them, best band to play at reading/leeds festival

[GeorgeMillo]

Some guys walked past my campsite singing that Babyshambles song, and I completely agree with it.

[SpideyPunk]

spine tingling.

[poalman]

Yea I got in the crush haha.. had a sprained/twisted knee and a nasty limp until mid sunday. so worth it though

Best gig of my life.

[rawjohnson87]

Yeah I was there and yes it was the best gig ever but it could have been even better if they just turned the volume up!

You could have a conversation whilst they were playing and there was no ringing ear at the end! That is my only complaint mind, everthing else was off the fucking chain!

[mophead94]

if you went to babyshambles you're a cunt

if you went to babyshambles you're a cunt

if you went to babyshambles then it means you're a cunt

if you went to babyshambles you're a cunt

haha everyone sang it that night, rage was the best show i've ever seen

[iabusepeopleforfun]

i cant get over how fitting the speech was

so gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooood

[snare123]

This set was fucking mind blowing.

By far they where best band there. Anyone who went to see babyshambles needs to seriosly sort themselves out lol

[Elrohirthe1]

best fucking gig i've ever seen. i had a headache before they even started and didnt think twice. these men are gods

[19JedTaylor91]

right at the front here :P my phone got completely smashed in my pocket but once i found out about my phone it didnt even start to put me down from rage's fucking awsome performance rage rock !

[fred5644]

HOW COULD I MISS THIS!!!?? :(

[saifed123]

oh man it was immense i was like 3 heads from the centre front :P

[Merid]

yeah i was in that crush, it was mental, 100 people fell over! Fuckin best gig i've ever been to!

[Whatdoesittakeeh]

Best band of the whole weekend. Was anyone else in the massive crush about halfway through. I think some girl behind me broke her rib!!

[adamj135]

Fucking savageee!

[themanofmysterie]

This was fucking awesome

[moggiemorgan]

just got back from reading and gota say that was the best set ive EVA seen!!! luv the vid but i'll never forget being there!!

[mattandmickbros1]

5 STAR

[moff83]

yeah i got another 25mins of footage on a video camera. look at my other videos from when i saw them in Sydney. they are better

[Catfoodmadeofdogfood]

Sweet man, cheers

[pijaminha23]

Portugal

[gosiapaul]

i saw rage in 1996 and there still rock.........love um...

[Catfoodmadeofdogfood]

Man, how on earth did you make such a good recording? The view is decent and the sound is great! Did you make any more? The gig was amazing, they weren't quite as good at Leeds though: the speech and the jumpsuits were missing and the fucking security stopped the gig

[saifed123]

:O why did they stop the gig??

[Catfoodmadeofdogfood]

Apparently people were getting too crushed which is bullshit cos it was pretty tame, especially comparing to Reading.  They cut Timmy C's bass half way through Bombtrack and Zack was like "alright, can you just take two steps back and give the brothers and sisters upfront here room to breathe" and then they just went straight back into it so it was pretty cool but it spoilt the atmosphere some. Awesome gig but Reading was better

[LeylandLatic]

How do you know it was better at Reading, did you go to both?! I don't think it ruined the atmosphere at all tbh, took some of the charge out but it quickly built up again.

[Catfoodmadeofdogfood]

Yeah, got 2 day tickets, had to be done, best band ever. Yeah, you are right, it built back up and it was cool the way Zack handled it and it's still one of the best things I've seen but it was pretty tame, I mean you could walk through a circle pit and not get bumped, that doesn't happen often.

[Fuji505]

Excellent. I love Rage so much. The world needs bands that stand up to politicians over war.

[redmen1515]

great speech as usual, and another great performance

[mikecoultas1988]

I was there, Zach's speech was awesome.

Best gig I've ever been to!

[ManicSupressive]

Me too man. It was fucking insane