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Report: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's LOLLAPALOOZA Set Turns Ugly
BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News — According to MTV News , the crowd surge during RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 's set on Saturday (August 2) at Lollapalooza got so bad that the group's frontman Zack de la Rocha stopped the show on three separate occasions, pleading with fans to take a step back to avoid crushing the audience members up front. At another point during the set, Lollapalooza 's head of security conferred with the members of the band and their team at the front of the stage. The relentless fury of the music, combined with the sense of chaos in the crowd, made for some tense moments. Concertgoers ...

Inside Pete Wentz' Lollapalooza After Party
Oh No They Didn't! — After 12 hours of sun, sweat and music, we thought we were ready to stick a fork in Saturday (especially after Rage Against The Machine beat us into submission). But when Pete Wentz extends an invitation, you accept (after all, he’s kind of MTV family now). So there we were, tucked away in the closest thing that his Angels & Kings club has to a quiet spot hanging with Cobra Starship, The Academy Is… and, of course, our host (and the Mrs). Pete was fresh from Grant Park where he took in as much of Lolla as he could (though he told us that, ironically, an “artist” credential ...

Rage Against the Machine Crushes Lollapalooza
IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com — An unknown number of fans without tickets reportedly breached the security fence at Lollapalooza on Saturday during Rage Against The Machine's set. It caused a crowd surge that seriously injured fans and security personnel near the main stage. The band, stopping their set several times, pleaded with fans to back up. They didn't. MTV reports: The reunited group opened with a trio of their bombastic best, including "Testify" and "Bulls on Parade," setting off multiple circle pits in the crowd and sending a stream of bodies — which appeared to be equally comprised of ...