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Originally Posted by titansrule
Well I got Leeds Tickets to see Rage (My favourite band) and Im absolutely buzzing, cant wait. No-One I personally know has seen them (for obvious reasons)
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I saw them on Saturday. Un****INGbelievable. I don't know how else to describe it. Best concert I've ever seen.
I started off in about the 3rd row. There was no pre-arranged seating, it was just a free for all. Everyone was just getting smashed. People were passing out... it was insane. I had to get out after Bulls on Parade or I thought I wouldn't make it. Here's what someone wrote about it:
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Rockers RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE stopped their performance at the Lollapalooza festival three times on Saturday (02Aug08) when surging crowds threatened to crush fans nearest the stage.
Thousands of revellers flocked to watch the band headline the event in Chicago, Illinois - including a number who had broken into the venue by hopping over fences.
The crush was so severe, singer Zack De la Rocha stopped the gig after three songs to plead with fans to step back. Later he paused again to consult with security bosses.
It's unknown if any injuries were suffered during the performance, but MTV reports at least 12 people were admitted to the medical tent.
Local newspapers have reported at least one breach of the venue's perimeter fence.
Rage Against the MAChine were joined at Lollapalooza by Chicago native rapper Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West, who closed the event on Sunday night (03Aug08).
I also applaud last night’s headliners, Rage Against the Machine, and not just because they rocked my face off. There’s an example of a band doing exactly what they’ve always done-- playing the hits, and playing them loud, and expending enough energy in a single song to power Radiohead’s entire global-warming-conscious light show-- but I think the most important thing they showed last night was maturity, i.e. the sense to know that the situation at the front of the stage was completely out of hand, and they needed to stop playing or people were going to die. The admittedly weak picture above is my shot from a staircase far from the stage where I took refuge after not making it into the photo pit; all it took was 30 seconds of “Testify” for me to realize the photo pit was not a place I wanted to be, and thank my lucky stars for the distance.
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From what I read, there were 75,000 people there (although not all of them were at Rage) and about 2,000 broke through a fence to come in. Complete insanity.