Tom Morello promotes new album and Power to the People festival

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Tom Morello released Everyone Gets Everything They Want, his heaviest record in years, and in October staged the all-star pre-midterms Power to the People festival shortly after the album’s release. The record stretches into his singer-songwriter side and even features him rapping on the track "Soldier in the Army of Love," with guest appearances from Serj Tankian, Irish rap trio Kneecap, and Morello’s 15-year-old son Roman. Morello opened 2026 with a protest concert in Minneapolis and in March joined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band onstage for an anti-Trump tour. In interviews Morello framed the album and festival as political interventions, saying if it behaves like fascism it is fascism and urging cultural resistance. At Power to the People Serj Tankian joined Morello to play the Rage-ish single "Adjourn It" and, according to JOLT, they dedicated an Audioslave cover of "Like a Stone" to Chris Cornell. Morello called the new record a statement of the full range of his artistry and said it may be his last record before more severe political crackdowns, framing the festival as action at a historical crossroads for American democracy.

Chris⚖️Justice

@chrisjustice01.bsky.social

“This Land is Your Land” ~ Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Dave Matthews, Tom Morello and others / Power to the People concert

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Sherry7

Almost every artist of the day was on stage for the finale And 20,000 attendees sang along

Captain of Stardust2

Love this. Power to the people concert together with demonstrations should wake everyone up.

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Miranda Yaver17

I’ll never forget singing “This Land is Your Land” on Central Park West the night before Trump took office in 2017 (then crying as Natalie Merchant sang “Motherland”)… and we had no idea how bad it would get.

Citizen Bernard3

A-FREAKING-MEN !! This land was made for you me baby

Curb Your Malthusiasm2

Usually when live performing Don’t Drink the Water (a song about the genocide of indigenous people in America), Dave Matthews does a very cynical chorus of This Land is Your Land before the finish, so this antithesis to that is kinda cool

profpolisci.bsky.social2

“Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me” -Woody Guthrie

albert2021.bsky.social2

❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 We are taking our country back!!!! bsky.app/profile/chri...

Marquis

@resurrectedmarquis.bsky.social

People are surprised the guy behind Rage Against the Machine didn't vote for the machine?

Tom Morello didn't vote for a genocider.

144h ago

Marquis5

Of course the pedophile's offended that Morello has standards.

Prometheus. Palestinians will be free.1

There were a variety of choices in 2024: refuse to vote; support a pro-austerity candidate who was complicit in genocide and who vowed to continue it; support a pro-austerity fascist who vowed to continue the genocide; support a socialist party that promised to end the genocide. I chose the latter.

conifergirl.bsky.social

@conifergirl.bsky.social

years after he wrote “This Land is Your Land,” his work continues to echo. “This is still America,” Springsteen told the audience of the administration’s tyranny, “and this will not stand. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-...

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Giles MacDonogh

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Both in person and in the live stream of the concert, artists urged Americans to remember that they have the power to throw the Trump administration out of office and, together, to build a better nation. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-...

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Erin

@enbailey22.bsky.social

Bruce’s full set at the Power To The People Festival. #Springsteen

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Awbraxt

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@tommorelloofficial.bsky.social Thank you. Your Festival was FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC! "POWER TO THE PEOPLE ". When is the next one. I so enjoyed it. I watched from beginning to end.👍👍👍👍👍❤️

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Olivia Rodrigo Updates

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Olivia Rodrigo with Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist) at Power to the People Fest! 🖤🎸 Photo via #tommorello on Instagram. #oliviarodrigo #powertothepeoplefest

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@bluerootsradio.com

“Every act of art is an act of resistance.” ~Tom Morello "Power to the People" festival 10/03/26 October 3, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-3-...

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Lisa Pierce

@labsp61.bsky.social

Oh no no no no no no no no...NOT Tom Morello The men just keep out-disappointing each other.

14h ago

Brandy

@3dogz.bsky.social

Tom Morello: ‘If It Kills Like Fascism, Brothers and Sisters, It’s Fascism’ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Captain of Stardust

@thecosmicwhisper.bsky.social

Love this. Power to the people concert together with demonstrations should wake everyone up.

23h ago

JamesJamesMorrisonMorrison

@cormaca.bsky.social

Yesterday the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, took place at the Merriweather Post Pavilion. Rock, alternative & hip hop royalty joined together to remind Americans of our agency to reclaim democracy. -HRC

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Justin Wells

@rollsonshabbos.bsky.social

There’s a whole bunch of disdain for Tom Morello on Twitter bc he did not vote for Kamala Harris. Not sure that people really got the point RATM was trying to make!

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m. a. 🦋

@missarabesque.bsky.social

Incrível como TODO ANO de eleição tem gente descobrindo que o Tom Morello é de esquerda. Bolsonarista é burro que dói.

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Alan

@fairhopeman.bsky.social

Tonight Morello reminded the audience: “Every act of art is an act of resistance.” “𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮,” Springsteen told the audience of the administration’s tyranny, “𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱.”

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rocktoroll.comRock Heavyweights Unite for Power to the People Festival joltmagazine.comSerj Tankian joins Tom Morello for Audioslave cover at Power to the People — JOLT yahoo.comTom Morello: ‘If It Kills Like Fascism, Brothers and Sisters, It’s Fascism’

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