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Rage Against The Machine keep free gig promise

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Sun, 14 Feb 2010 5:14a.m.

Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha

Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha

Rockers Rage Against The Machine have kept their promise to reward fans for helping them top the UK Christmas charts - they have booked a massive free gig in London in June.

The Californian band snatched the coveted top spot from the winner of Simon Cowell's talent show The X Factor, following an internet campaign to stop a four-year run of reality show stars ruling the festive charts.

The group topped 18-year-old Joe McElderry with the re-release of their 1992 hit ‘Killing In The Name’ in December.

They pledged to hold a free show for their fans if they managed to reach the number one slot - and now they have revealed they will stage the concert at the British capital's 40,000-capacity Finsbury Park on 6 June.

Tickets for the event will be distributed in a ballot system - fans have until 14 February to register their details for the ticket lottery.

Speaking on the UK's Radio 1, guitarist Tom Morello says, "We promised to play a free show if our song was number one at Christmas and here we come. We were very happy that our song was a vehicle for what was truly a grassroots people's revolution. It was not so much the band as the people who toppled the X Factor giant - frankly it was a shock wave around the world."

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