Rage Against The Machine take a pounding

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It did, by 50,000 downloads, so they duly appeared with a big cheque for the homeless charity Shelter and much talk of revolutions and history-making.

Cowell was roundly mocked as a cartoon with an Australian accent for some reason, Joe McElderry’s meek number two hit was given a mocking airing, and no one mentioned the fact that the music mogul remains permanently on television and there’s just as much rubbish in the charts as ever.

Though one type of music proving more popular than another seemed a frivolous cause for this most political of bands to get behind, it made a fine excuse for a party. The fans were giddy with triumph all the way to the back, producing a forest of middle fingers during the final famous refrain: "Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me."

Rapper Zack de la Rocha had plenty more angry slogans where that came from, and Tom Morello, a guitarist with more incredible effects than Avatar, had the riffs to give them weight.

System suitably smashed, it was time to head home and catch up with Britain’s Got Talent.

Rage Against The Machine
Finsbury Park
N4 2LF