The 1975 pay tribute to Rage Against The Machine at Reading Festival: “We love them”

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The 1975 paid tribute to Rage Against The Machine during their headline set at Reading Festival tonight (August 28).Earlier this month, The 1975 were announced as the last-minute replacement for Rage Against The Machine’s headline appearance at Reading & Leeds 2022; the latter band were forced to pull out after frontman Zack de la Rocha suffered a leg injury on their North American tour.Closing out the third and final day of Reading earlier tonight, an interlude in The 1975’s performance saw frontman Matt Healy begin by asking the crowd if they enjoyed Saturday’s (August 27) headlining set from Arctic Monkeys.He then riled punters up, urging them to “get your Doctor Martens, and your fishnets and your vinyl… get it all out” before addressing their role as a replacement act, and apologising for the fact that Rage Against The Machine couldn’t appear.“We fucking love Rage Against The Machine,” Healy said. “Give it up for Rage Against The Machine.

If we had the time, we would have done a cover of Rage Against The Machine. If it was the other way around, they definitely wouldn’t do that!”Healy’s speech also addressed some comments he made during their show at Leeds Festival two nights prior (on Friday August 26).

According to Leeds Live, Friday saw the singer took a swing at Rage Against The Machine with his stage banter: “I’m sorry we’re not Rage Against The Machine but who’s Rage Against The Machine?

I mean give it up for the greatest rock band of the previous generation, ladies and gentlemen please… Being literally in Rage Against The Machine and having a gammy leg is quite funny though.”During tonight’s Reading set, Healy poked fun at critics of that joke while assuring The 1975’s fondness for Rage Against The Machine,.