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Linkin Park members Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong will be holding a private event at the Helpful Honda Music Lounge, an intimate space in Los Angeles that has played host to many iHeartRadio events in the past. Details on what the event will entail are currently unknown, but it's coming up very soon, on November 21.

Alternative radio station ALT 98.7 is offering not just passes to that exclusive event, but also tickets to the Linkin Park show at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, scheduled for September 2025 as part of the From Zero world tour.

Outside of this event, the next public appearance for Linkin Park that we know of will be their headline slot at Soundstorm Festival next month.

Source: ALT 98.7 on Instagram

Colin Brittain from Linkin Park has turned up in a new video from Drumeo, billed as "the world’s biggest online drum education platform". The hour-long YouTube episode, titled "Learning Every Song On Linkin Park’s New Album On The Spot", features Brittain appearing on video to address Drumeo's content director Brandon Toews, and challenging him to learn every song off the new Linkin Park studio album From Zero within a day. This is already an intimidating prospect, and that's before Toews reveals that he hasn't yet listened to the album front-to-back and will hear many of the songs for the first time.

The video then features an approximate replication of Brittain's Linkin Park drum kit, where Toews sits, listens through the album and reacts to the songs, before methodically learning them all one at a time - he is shown playing his final takes over drumless mixes of the studio tracks. Brittain also provides insights on the drum parts and recording process on each song, and brief excerpts from this are shown in throughout the video. He additionally also later appears on video call to converse with Toews directly and provide further commentary on the songs.

Despite the video being so long, it still unfortunately compresses Toews' 7 hours or so of learning the songs down into a single hour, so a lot of his process figuring out the songs is naturally truncated. This is not his first brush with Linkin Park's music on the Drumeo channel - last year, he did a 5-minute video breaking down the drum parts in one of the band's iconic hits, "In the End":


Source: Drumeo on YouTube via @Casualty

Linkin Park has posted the latest episode of the LPTV series on YouTube, detailing the filming of the music video for "Two Faced", the latest single off "From Zero". The video was directed by the band's very own Joe Hahn. Check out the episode below.

There are some fun collisions, bike riding, on-stage madness with the crew, and even an injury. What did you think of the episode and the music video, now that it has settled in a bit? Join the discussion in the forums!

Source: Linkin Park YouTube

To the members of Linkin Park:

It has been that seven and a half years since we as a fan base got to wake up one morning and listen to a brand new Linkin Park album.

These were not seven and a half ordinary years. For you and your fans, they were not what anyone asked for or could have imagined. Losing Chester Bennington was shaking and devastating. He was, and still is, a voice for our grief - a source of comfort and energy and life. But he was there, and then he was gone. And it was inexplicable.

And the years weren't just hard for us. They were hard for everyone. The world underwent a lot during this time: war, a global pandemic, political upheaval. Everywhere on this earth, people have felt the ground move beneath them. For so many, it's probably felt hard to find a whole lot of joy in the state of things.

We as fans found moments of fun, of release, and of sympathy. There was the Tribute show to Chester; a bittersweet moment for all Linkin Park fans. Mike Shinoda's Post Traumatic gave us an important and necessary opportunity to walk the path together from grief to hope as a community. The Hybrid Theory and Meteora 20-Year anniversary releases, and Papercuts, gave us unreleased songs that allowed us to hear Chester's voice on a new song a few more times (I still savor every listen of "Lost" and "Friendly Fire"). We as a fan site even managed to entertain ourselves, rigorously ranking Linkin Park's songs and unveiling our findings over a podcast.

But still, our connection to you felt shut off - a flow of inspiration and catharsis stopped at its source.

All throughout that time, we wondered. Would the band ever come back? Could they? Would we want a new singer? Who could it even be? Would we be okay if they just started over as something else? Could they just tell us what's going on? It went on and on. An unthinkable amount of messages have been exchanged between our staff over the past seven years, opining on those questions and oscillating between hope and resignation. We even wondered what it meant for our website and fan community, contemplating in earnest whether it made sense to stick around.

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That god forsaken countdown you guys put on your website changed everything.

It counted down. And then it started counting up. It glitched. It showed us things - all pointing to a date: September 5th. We quickly shifted to speculation, and there was a buzz we hadn't felt in a long time.

As someone who had the fortune of going to Universal Studios that day, I can't fully describe the emotions that came with those final moments of simply not knowing. Between the lines and the buses, the soundstage and the instruments, the large artwork on the side of the building, the lanyards... It was completely and utterly surreal already. And suddenly, seven and a half years of not knowing were over. You got on the stage. A song I hadn't heard before started playing. A new singer and drummer emerged. Linkin Park was back with a new album, a new tour, new members, and a new single.

I flew home that night in a state of shock. Throughout the show itself and all the way up until my head rested on my pillow, I felt overwhelmed. I felt weird. I reflected on how much of my life I've lived with your music in it, and these moments in time that meant so much to me: seeing you live, meeting you, talking to you even for short moments, the tribute show, the Post Traumatic shows. And then, September 5th. I felt all those things - my age, among them - but I felt something else too.

I felt excited. And I felt...joy.

That excitement and joy has been a constant over the past two months. During that time, and I believe I speak for our staff and for many fans, I have started to feel a deep sense of gratitude to the band. You didn't have to come back. No one would have blamed you.

But now, we have From Zero in our hands, and it is so many things. Refreshing. Familiar. New. Screamy Pants. Intrepid. Satisfying. We didn't know we'd ever get it, but we will be eternally grateful for it.

So with that, we must thank you, Linkin Park. Thank you Mike, Brad, Dave, and Joe for coming back. Thank you to Emily and Colin for joining us and putting up with us as fans (we're a lot). Thank you for this album. We can't wait to see you all on stage again in 2025. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Thank you, Rob, for everything you've done for this group and for crushing it for so long. And thank you, Chester, for everything. Man, you'd be so proud.

On behalf of LPA Staff and our community,
Louis

A new long form interview with Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong has just been released and uploaded to YouTube. The two singers are this time interviewed on the Zach Sang Show, an Amazon owned podcast that Mike has previously appeared on in 2017 and 2023. In this episode of the podcast Mike and Emily cover a large selection of topics, like how they first started working together and how Rob Bourdon wanted to introduce Emily to Mike, how Emily wanted to perform at the Chester memorial show, make-up and hair routines and a whole lot more. You can watch the episode below.

What do you think of the episode? Did you learn something new? Come and discuss in our forums.

Source: Zach Sang Show on YouTube via @Casualty

Music website AltWire have published an interview with Mike and Emily regarding From Zero, with topics delving into the new album, the recording process, the new band dynamic with Emily and Colin and much more. Check out a few excerpts below and read the full interview conducted by our very own Derek at AltWire.net.

AltWire [Derek]: Having two new band members means bringing two new dramatically different creative energies to the studio. Mike, in what ways did working with Colin and Emily inspire you and the rest of the original band creatively? What fun new things did they bring to the table?

AW: Emily, preparing for the set list has allowed you to not only look back over the band’s entire discography but some of their deeper more obscure cuts as well. What Chester era song is your absolute favorite and which yet to be unreleased From Zero track are you most excited about?


AW: Let’s talk about that beast of a scream Emily did on HITC! Emily or Mike, how did that part come about? Was it always planned to be an extended scream or was it one of those serendipitous studio moments?

Read the full interview at AltWire.net.

Source: AltWire.net

Linkin Park's new album has finally arrived, with their eighth studio album out today on Friday, November 15 2024 both physically and digitally on a number of platforms.

The album marks Linkin Park's return after a seven-year hiatus following the death of Chester Bennington, with new lead singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, who takes the place of Rob Bourdon who is no longer with Linkin Park.

Let us know your thoughts on the album, favourite tracks and which versions of the album you bought on our forum.

Linkin Park has been announced as one of the headline acts for the 2024 edition of Soundstorm, a Saudi Arabian music festival put on by Middle Eastern lifestyle/entertainment brand MDLBEAST that saw its first year in 2019. This line-up addition was announced by a post on Soundstorm's official Instagram account only very recently, and public confirmation on Linkin Park's end (via an Instagram Story) arrived shortly after. The announcement of this headline slot has come immediately after the reveal of a massive world tour that the band plans to embark on in 2025 in support of their new album From Zero.

This year's Soundstorm will run for three days, December 12 through to December 14, and will take place in the neighbourhood of Banban in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Linkin Park is set to perform on the first day of the festival, December 12, and Soundstorm's line-up section tells us that they will be playing a stage called "Big Beast", described as a stage focused on "superstar headliners". The band will share that stage with accomplished names including Eminem, Alesso and Martin Garrix - Eminem and Linkin Park are listed as the date's "featured" acts, befitting their headliner statures.

Information on the considerable variety of ticket packages can be seen here, with separate pages dedicated to providing details on each option. Per the FAQ section on Soundstorm's website, tickets to the festival are only available via a ticketing platform called NOFOMO.

What is the NOFOMO app?
The NOFOMO app is our new app designed to make your entry experience into all of our events drama free! This will be the only way to receive your ticket for our events. Please make sure to download the App on Google Play or the Apple App store to get your ticket.

Despite the festival happening so soon, Linkin Park is still not the final headliner to be announced, as none of the big acts for the 2024 festival's final date have been unveiled yet.

Source: Soundstorm on Instagram

The date of release for From Zero. In front of a crazy Brazilian crowd. And it will be livestreamed. That's right. Linkin Park is hitting the stage for two sure-to-be fantastic shows on November 15 and 16. For the November 15th show they’ll be livestreaming it so we the fans all around the world can take part of the show. There’s a ton in store for these shows, and we’ll get into all the details soon.

Before diving into the specifics of Linkin Park’s former São Paulo shows, let’s take a moment to appreciate Brazil’s significance in the band’s journey through South America. Brazil has always been a favourite stop for Linkin Park, and it’s not hard to understand why: the crowds are always fantastic and it's understandable why the band has played nine shows there over the years, Brazil stands out as the band’s most popular destination in the region by far.


Today and tomorrow, Linkin Park will celebrate their tenth and eleventh performances in Brazil—and their fourth and fifth appearances in São Paulo. The band’s history with this city goes back twenty years, to their unforgettable first show there in 2004. That night, they closed out the Meteora album and tour cycle at the Chimera Music Festival, performing for a record-breaking crowd of 80,000+ fans—the largest audience they’d played for at the time. In 2012, Linkin Park returned to São Paulo during their LIVING THINGS era as part of their South American and South African tour that year. Then, in 2017, they once again brought the energy back to São Paulo as part of their four-date South American tour. Let's take a look at an old classic from 2012, Bleed It Out with Sabotage over the bridge!


Now, as for that show in Bogota, Colombia. It was the first show in the country for the band, and the fans turned out and made sure they showed that the band was wanted there. The show was plagued by technical issues, for example, Emily performed a big part of Over Each Other without working monitors, there also seemed to be problems with her guitar during the song. The Emptiness Machine had so many issues that the band decided to replay the song after the fans chanted for it. After The Catalyst the band even had to step off stage for a few minutes in order for the crew to fix some technical issues.


As for what the band played the Bogota show, Given Up was dropped for the first time on the tour with Casualty taking its place. In the encore rotation spot they played A Place for My Head, and Mike rapped There They Go over the Bleed It Out bridge. I'm not gonna link to a specific song for you to watch, I'm just gonna give you a video of the full show to watch. Technical issues aside, it was a good show with an amazing crowd.


The show today on the 15th will be livestreamed, both on cable channel Multishow as well as on Brazilian streaming platform Globoplay, but also partially on Linkin Park's YouTube Channel. It says in the description of the video that only the first act will be live on YouTube, so that would mean all songs up to The Emptiness Machine. As for what we can expect at the show, the band released Two Faced a couple of days ago and all new singles the band has released have been worked into the set, so it's very likely that we will see the debut of the song.

Are you going to this show? Have you attended any shows on this tour? Come and discuss in our forums.

Setlist (November 15):
01. Somewhere I Belong
02. Crawling
03. Lying From You
04. Two Faced
05. New Divide
06. The Emptiness Machine
07. The Catalyst
08. Burn It Down
09. Waiting for the End
10. Castle of Glass
11. Joe Solo (With Colin)
12. When They Come for Me / Remember the Name
13. Casualty
14. One Step Closer
15. Lost
16. Breaking the Habit
17. What I've Done
18. Leave Out All the Rest
19. My December
20. Over Each Other
21. Numb (Numb/Encore Intro)
22. In the End
23. Faint
24. Papercut
25. Lost In the Echo
26. Heavy Is the Crown
27. Bleed it Out

Setlist (November 16):
01. Somewhere I Belong
02. Crawling
03. Points of Authority
04. Two Faced
05. New Divide
06. The Emptiness Machine
07. The Catalyst
08. Burn It Down
09. Waiting for the End
10. Castle of Glass
11. Joe Solo (With Colin)
12. When They Come for Me / Remember the Name
13. Casualty
14. One Step Closer
15. Lost
16. Breaking the Habit
17. What I've Done
18. Leave Out All the Rest
19. Friendly Fire
20. Over Each Other
21. Numb (Numb/Encore Intro)
22. In the End
23. Faint
24. Papercut
25. Heavy Is the Crown
26. A Place for My Head
27. Bleed it Out

2025 is going to be a big touring year for Linkin Park, the band has just announced 59 shows that they will play during the year, and it's always possible they will add more depending on how well tickets sell. All info about tickets and pre-sales can be found on the bands official website.

As you can see in the image above, the band will be joined be various openers throughout the year. Starting of the year with a short Mexican three date tour, joined by AFI. Grandson then joins them on some spring dates in the United States, before Linkin Park heads over to Europe and are joined by Architechts, Spiritbox and Jpegmafia. Starting on July 29th the band heads back to North America for a US & Canada leg of the tour, taking Pvris, Jean Dawson and Jpegmafia with them, before ending the tour in November in South America.
Are you going to any of these shows? Are you going to multiple ones? How anxious is your wallet looking at this? Come and discuss in our forums.
Source: LinkinPark.com via Twitter

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