Nathaniel Rateliff, Stephen Stills, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler, State Radio, Anthrax’s Scott Ian and The Last Internationale have joined the lineup for the upcoming Power to the People event. Curated by Tom Morello, the “once in a lifetime day of peace, love, justice and music” will take place at Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion outside Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 3. They round out a stacked lineup that already includes: Morello, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Jack Black, Bruce Springsteen, Public Enemy, Joan Baez, Brittany Howard, Cypress Hill, Killer Mike, Dropkick Murphys, Serj Tankian, The Linda Lindas, Taylor Momsen, Matt Cameron and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, among others.
State Radio was Dispatch co-founder Chad Stokes’ politically charged primary project between 2002-2013, though the band has been inactive for the past 13 years. Black has also confirmed that his backing combo for Power to the People, dubbed Jack Sabbath, will feature Tom Morello’s son Roman Morello and Scott Ian’s son Revel Ian, as well as Yoyoka Soma and Hugo Weiss.
