Rage Against the Machine played their first show together as a band in 11 years last night at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. It was so bittersweet to think of what voice they could have brought to the live music scene over the past few years of chaos, and it was painful to see it postponed as long as it was due to the recent times. Based on what went down, it looks like this band is going to be back and bigger than ever over the next few years and bringing along the dynamic duo of Killer Mike and El-P (aka Run The Jewels) to warm up the crowd will set the right tone.
For those just scanning for the quick details, here’s what the setlist from the show looked like:
Rage Against the Machine @ Alpine Valley, East Troy WI 7.9.22
Intro, Bombtrack, People of the Sun, Bulls on Parade, Bullet in the Head, Testify, Tire Me, Wake Up, Guerrilla Radio, Without a Face, Know Your Enemy, Calm Like a Bomb, Sleep Now in the Fire, War Within a Breath, The Ghost of Tom Joad*, Freedom / Township Rebellion, Killing in the Name
Notes:
* – Bruce Springsteen cover
You can download audio from the show here. Scroll down to see some videos from the show, and more are popping up on YouTube as I type this.
Videos
Full Show:
![Rage Against the Machine - Live at Alpine Valley - 2022.07.09 [Full Show 4K]](https://livemusicblog.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-youtube-lyte/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F901wskvIUWk%2F0.jpg)
Here were some of the cool posts that were dropped on social media:
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Just saw a guy wearing a "Make America Rage Again" hat. Brilliant #rageagainstthemachine
— Christina Meyer (@nikkinana) July 9, 2022
Ready!
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE#RATM pic.twitter.com/8AF6GKl2JU
— Wake ✊🏾 De La Rocha (@ThaWake) July 9, 2022
Tonight. @RATMofficial pic.twitter.com/sBzbhKNbJc
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) July 9, 2022
Walking into Rage Against the Machine…and wow, wearing a Biden 2024 shirt was a bad idea.
— Stage Banter Guy Fieri (@TweeterReprise) July 9, 2022
My god the anticipation – Rage Against The Machine any minute now pic.twitter.com/vOP4GcPawV
— selena fragassi (@selenafragassi) July 10, 2022
https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/1545967812648345602
— Rage Against the Machine Street Team (@RATMStreetTeam) July 10, 2022
Mannnnn this #RATM tour and the Guys themselves are Just Grand! Love and Respect ya fellas! Me and El appreciate ya pic.twitter.com/tIOT0QvnkY
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) July 10, 2022
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf0TdAZjoG4/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY%3D
Rage Against the Machine was incredible. The world really needed that show. pic.twitter.com/CFOPPg0JI5
— Stage Banter Guy Fieri (@TweeterReprise) July 10, 2022
