Rage Against The Machine have, in a move long anticipated by fans, reportedly reunited for a second time.
The iconoclastic rock funk band haven't played together since 2011, when they appeared at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Now they’re set to set to play a string of dates across the US in 2020, including at cult music festival Coachella.
The first date will be in El Paso on March 26, with further dates leading up to their Coachella appearances on the weekends of April 10 and April 17.
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The return to the spotlight was made with little fanfare via the band’s Instagram account. Wayne Kamemoto, a longtime associate of the band confirmed to Forbes: "The band's social media is accurate."
In their two long lay-offs some members of the band have worked together in bands such as Prophets Of Rage and Audioslave while frontman Zack de la Rocha has pursued a solo career.
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Both this reunion, and their first return after splitting in 2000, have coincided with presidential elections in the US. The band have long been known for their anti-authoritarian approach and political activism.
The band's debut album, Rage Against the Machine, reached triple platinum status, and their 1996 followup shot into Billboard's Top 200 chart at number one.
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In January 2000, filming of the video for "Sleep Now in the Fire", directed by Michael Moore, resulted in a scuffle that caused the doors of the New York Stock Exchange to be closed and the band to be escorted from the site by security.
In 2009 their classic single Killing In The Name soared to the Christmas No.1 spot, beating X Factor winner Joe McElderry's The Climb, after an online campaign..
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In October of that year the band split. De la Rocha released a statement saying that the group was just too volatile to stay together: “ We would even have fist fights over whether our T-shirts should be mauve or camouflaged! It was ridiculous. We were patently political, internally combustible. It was ugly for a long time”.
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