It looks like the One Day As a Lion shows this weekend won’t be the only news concerning frontman Zack De La Rocha. Los Angeles’ own Rage Against the Machine is back to perform its first Los Angeles show in 10 years—and it’s for a very important cause. Teaming up with Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Rage Against the Machine will perform at a special benefit show for organizations fighting Arizona’s SB1070. The concert will be held at the Hollywood Palladium on Friday, July 23, a few days before the law goes into effect on July 29.
Tickets for the special Rage Against the Machine show are not on sale yet, but we’ll keep you posted when additional information is announced. Stay tuned for more news concerning the upcoming Rage Against the Machine show at the Hollywood Palladium, Scenestar readers.
Official press release:
SOUNDSTRIKE ARTISTS RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND TO PLAY HISTORIC CONCERT TO BENEFIT ARIZONA ORGANIZATIONS FIGHTING SB 1070
LOS ANGELES, CA: In their first concert in their hometown of Los Angeles in 10 years, Rage Against the Machine will take the stage at the Hollywood Palladium on July 23rd, 2010 to support organizations combating SB 1070, law set to go into effect July 29th. Projected proceeds from the concert along with donations raised by The Sound Strike Fund are expected to exceed over $300,000. This will provide much needed resources to community organizations, student groups, legal defense funds and assist activists targeting key voting districts for voter registration. These two organizations need immediate assistance to fight SB1070 on the ground: Puente, Arizona, and The Florence Project.
Puente, Arizona has been recognized as an organization that has stood on the frontlines in the struggle for civil and human rights in Arizona for years.Puente Arizona has been instrumental in community outreach that has produced the largest public mobilizations against SB 1070. Known for their tireless community organizing, Puente Arizona works directly with communities who will be most affected by SB 1070.
The Florence Project provides and coordinates free legal services, and related social services to the men, women, and unaccompanied children detained in Arizona for immigration removal proceedings. The Florence Project strives to ensure that detained individuals have access to council, understand they’re rights under immigration law, and are treated fairly and humanely by our judicial system.
The concert is part of a week of national actions culminating in the July 29th day of noncompliance in resistance to the law which is set to be enacted that same day. For more information about the week of national action go to www.altoarizona.com. For more information about upcoming concert events to help defend immigrant rights go to www.thesoundstrike.net.
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