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RZA Calls For Rage Against The Machine & Wu-Tang Clan To Finish Ill-fated 1997 Tour

"That'd be crazy."

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA has called for the newly-reformed Rage Against The Machine to reunite with the rap group to finish a joint tour both acts embarked on over 20 years ago. 

Wu-Tang Clan pulled out of the 1997 tour with Rage guitarist Tom Morello saying at the time, ""It is my understanding, through the twisted labyrinth that is the communication system of the Wu-Tang Clan, that they're not playing any more shows on the tour in part because of difficulties they're having within their own group".

Speaking to TMZ, RZA welcomed the news of Rage's forthcoming return at Coachella 2020 and said he would love nothing more than to tour with the legendary rock outfit again. 


"If the stars line up right, I would love to see, when they finish that Coachella run, to hook up with Wu-Tang and finish that tour we never finished. That'd be crazy," the rapper said. 

RZA also laid out his plans to contact Rage, saying, "I think I'll start with Tom [Morello] and then reach out to [frontman Zack de la Rocha] and see what can happen".

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