Watch Jack Black, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and more come together for Tom Morello’s inaugural Power

Tom Morello has held the inaugural edition of his Power To The People festival, and it saw some huge one-off collaborations with Jack Black, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and more.

The festival took place at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, last Saturday (October 3), and was designed by the Rage Against The Machine guitarist to be a “day of peace, love, justice and music”.

Back in May, it was confirmed that Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Joan Baez, System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black, Cypress Hill, Killer Mike and more were on the bill, and last month, a second wave of names were announced, including Black Sabbath‘s Geezer Butler, Anthrax‘s Scott Ian, Pearl Jam‘s Mike McCready.

Organizado para “reunir artistas, fãs, ativistas, organizações e líderes comunitários para um dia inesquecível celebrando o poder da música e da ação coletiva para inspirar mudança”, o evento contou com algumas colaborações únicas quando começou cedo no sábado.

One of the biggest moments of the festival came when acting legend Jack Black took to the stage alongside Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Cypress Hill, Tom Morello, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, and Anthrax’s Scott Ian to break out a cover of Aerosmith’s ‘Walk This Way’.

Black also performed earlier in the day too, joining Morello’s son Roman, Scott Ian’s son Revel, and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler for a cover of ‘War Pigs’.

Foo Fighters came together to perform ‘Times Like These’, ‘All My Life’, ‘The Pretender’, ‘My Hero’, ‘Best of You’, and ‘Everlong’, as well as a cover of ‘Young Man Blues’ (originally wrote by Mose Allison but famously covered by The Who).

O vocalista Dave Grohl também se juntou a Morello para colaborar em uma versão de “Rock and Roll All Nite” do KISS, e ele também falou com a plateia – lembrando tanto de seu tempo de campanha para o Advogado e ex‑secretário de Estado dos Estados Unidos John Kerry, quanto dando um elogio ao seu “novo amigo, Jack”, presumido a ex‑assistente U.

S. attorney and special counsel Jack Smith who was seen in the audience (via Consequence).

One of the most star-studded moments of the festival was the all-star jam session that came at the very end of the night. It started out with Springsteen on the stage solo, performing his politically charged song ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’, before inviting Baez to join him to cover ‘Chimes Of Freedom’ by Bob Dylan.

Later, Morello joined to help them perform The Clash’s ‘Clampdown’ and ‘The Ghost of Tom Joad’, and they were then joined by Dave Matthews and Nathaniel Rateliff to play Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Fortunate Son’.

Dave Grohl então se juntou ao jam de estrelas, subindo ao palco para interpretar “Rockin’ In The Free World” de Neil Young, e todos os demais artistas subiram ao palco para um último medley de “This Land Is Your Land” de Woody Guthrie e “Power to the People” de John Lennon.

A portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales (plus 100 per cent of the net proceeds from VIP tickets) were donated to VoteRiders and HeadCount. The former is a pro-democracy, pro-voter organisation working to restore and strengthen democracy by eliminating confusing and restrictive ID-related barriers to the ballot box.

The latter is a charity that helps fans register to vote and learn more about how to participate in upcoming elections.

Find more footage from the festival below.

Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl et Tom Morello réunis sur « Rockin’ in the Free World » de Neil Young. 🔥🎸.

Festival Poder ao Povo — Columbia, Maryland, 3 de outubro de 2026. pic.twitter.com/pWsegz3cq0.

Pouco antes do festival começar, Morello lançou seu novo álbum solo, ‘Everyone Gets Everything They Want’, que apresenta uma colaboração com Kneecap em ‘Unconquered’.

Last summer, the guitarist – a longtime critic of President Trump – shared a “Fuck ICE” playlist, and he was one of the many figures from the entertainment world who attended the anti-ICE protests.

In 2024, he spoke to NME backstage at Download Festival about the power of music to spark political change, while listing his all-time favourite protest songs, and earlier this year, Morello used his set at Download 2026 to send a message to the British far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Since then, he has also teamed up with Serj Tankian for the powerful single ‘Adjourn It’,a nd spoken to NME again about working with Kneecap on his new solo record.

A colaboração com Springsteen no festival de um dia ocorre logo após Morello ter feito turnê com The Boss na lendária turnê 'Land Of Hope And Dreams' nos EUA este ano.

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