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Artist News
Morello on his Xmas No 1
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 21 December 2009
Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello has just issued a statement regarding his band topping the UK Christmas singles chart yesterday.
And here’s what he says: “Rage Against the Machine are honored to have been drafted by this historic grassroots campaign to make our song ‘Killing In The Name’ the number one song on the UK Christmas week pop chart. This is a huge victory by and for fans of real music and we extend our heartfelt thanks to every fan and freedom fighter who helped make our anthem of defiance and rebellion the Anarchy Christmas Miracle of 2009”.
He continued: “As promised we will play a free concert in the UK in celebration of this incredible upset victory over the heavily favored ‘X-Factor’ single. We are also pleased that so much money has been raised for homeless charity Shelter and are happy to donate as well to aid this important cause. While there are many lessons that can be drawn from this historic upset, the main one is this: that ordinary people, banding together in solidarity, can change ANYTHING, be it the pop charts or the world”.
