<P> On April 30, 2014, drummer Brad Wilk stated that Rage Against the Machine's 2011 performance at L.A. Rising may have been their final show . In February 2015, Tim Commerford precised that uncertainty was typical of the band's functioning, speculating: "It could be tomorrow; it could be 10 years from now". </P> <P> On October 16, 2015, the 2010 gig in Finsbury Park was released as a DVD and Blu - ray called Live at Finsbury Park . </P> <P> In May 2016, the band launched a countdown website, prophetsofrage.com, with a clock counting down to June 1 . Accompanying the clock was an image of a broken slash through a circle with silhouettes of five people all extending their arms and clenched fists with the hashtag "#takethepowerback" underneath the timer . This led to speculation of the return of the band later in the year . However, a source close to Rage Against the Machine told Rolling Stone that the Prophets of Rage website had nothing do with the announcement of a "Rage - specific reunion", but added that "some of the members" of the band have been working on a project that will include live shows . </P> <P> It was confirmed that Prophets of Rage is a new supergroup formed by Morello, Wilk and Commerford, with Chuck D of Public Enemy and B - Real of Cypress Hill . The band toured through the remainder of 2016 and played the songs of the three bands in which the members of this group participated in before . </P>

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