‘Power To The People‘, the upcoming protest-music minded festival being overseen by Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, has expanded its lineup. That event has been scheduled for October 03rd at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. While officially described as, ‘a non-partisan celebration of peace, justice, solidarity, music, and community action,’ the bill for the event is largely stacked with musicians known for speaking freely on their political beliefs.
Among the latest additions to take part are Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, Nathaniel Rateliff, Stephen Stills, State Radio and The Last Internationale.
Actor/musician Jack Black will also be performing at the event, once again joining forces with Tom‘s son Roman Morello, Scott Ian‘s son Revel (also of XCOMM), Yoyoka Soma, and Hugo Weiss. While that collective were among the original performers announced, it’s since been revealed that they will be performing under the moniker of ‘Jack Sabbath‘ at this event. They previously filmed a cover of Ozzy Osbourne‘s ‘Mr. Crowley” that aired during last year’s Ozzy/Black Sabbath sendoff, ‘Back To The Beginning‘. Given their new moniker, it’s safe to assume that they’ll be delivering some Sabbath covers at the fest.
With Morello‘s longtime friend Bruce Springsteen set to appear as a special guest , the current roster for ‘Power To The People‘ now runs as follows:
Foo Fighters
Dave Matthews
Tom Morello
Joan Baez
Public Enemy
Jack Sabbath
Dropkick Murphys
Cypress Hill
Nathaniel Rateliff
Killer Mike
Serj Tankian (System Of A Down)
Stephen Stills
Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes)
Taylor Momsen (The Pretty Reckless)
Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
The Linda Lindas
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels (RUN-D.M.C.)
Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, ex-Pearl Jam)
State Radio
Scott Ian (Anthrax)
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The Last Internationale
The Neighborhood Kids
Shepheard Fairey (DJ set)
