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Tonight, the From Zero World Tour is coming to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Linkin Park will be playing a show at BOK Center, an arena, with support from grandson.

Some would say Linkin Park has had quite a history when it comes to Oklahoma, actually beginning with two performances in Tulsa in late 2000. Firstly, on October 12, 2000 (so before the Hybrid Theory release), the band performed at a venue called Cain's Ballroom as a support act for Kottonmouth Kings on their Ridin' High tour, with session bassist Scott Koziol still part of their touring line-up. Then, later that year on November 20, they returned to the same venue again, this time playing a support slot for P.O.D.'s Kings of the Game tour - founding member Phoenix returned to the Linkin Park line-up just prior to this tour leg, making it his first tour with the band for the Hybrid Theory cycle.

Linkin Park has not returned to Tulsa since, but they have stopped in Oklahoma a few times. On December 12, 2000, the band performed at a place called Travel & Transportation Building (AKA the T&T Building) in Oklahoma City, supporting Papa Roach on their Master Bay Tour 2000. On February 18, 2002, there was headline show at Jim Norick Arena in Okahoma City on the very first U.S. Projekt Revolution tour. This was essentially the band's only tour leg in 2002, as they spent most of the year working on their sophomore album Meteora. Two years later, on the Meteora World Tour, the band played a show at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK on February 22, 2004.

Years later, Linkin Park returned to Oklahoma City and played at Ford Center on February 29, 2008, part of a North American leg of the Minutes to Midnight touring cycle. This headline show was notable for a number of setlist changes, mostly to accommodate Chester Bennington being ill but not wanting to cancel the show. Various songs were swapped out, or moved elsewhere in the set, or shortened, while a few songs were altogether skipped and not replaced.

On May 23, 2015, Linkin Park was ready to perform as headliners at the Rocklahoma festival in Pyror, OK, but an extreme weather event prompted the event organisers to cancel that set. After that, Linkin Park was scheduled to perform a headline show at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City in August of 2017; unfortunately, Chester Bennington's sudden passing in late July 2017 led to Linkin Park going on an immediate hiatus, cancelling all tour dates on the schedule for that year and bringing the One More Light album cycle to a halt.

All of this means that tonight's show at BOK Center in 2025 marks Linkin Park's first show in Oklahoma since 2008 - not just that, but also the band's first time performing in Tulsa since 2000 - it's been a long time coming, and fans attending can look forward to LP's triumphant return with the new line-up they unveiled last year.

This is the second show in this 2025 North American stint in support of 2024 album From Zero, and it has a lot to live up to after the tour's opening night in Austin. Linkin Park didn't deliver a wildly-different setlist to their usual as of late, but this new setlist, A5, did have some curveballs here and there. "Lying From You" appeared very early in the setlist for the first time this year, having been in the first act occasionally for the 2024 shows, which relegated "Crawling" to the third song. This show also saw the live debut of the band's recent single "Up From the Bottom", taking the spot in the set where "Over Each Other" has been for every other 2025 show to date; "Over Each Other" was instead played between "Lost" and "What I've Done" with "Good Things Go" consequently omitted.


Perhaps the biggest surprise of all was "Waiting for the End" being prefaced with a transposed and shortened arrangement of the Fort Minor signature song "Where'd You Go" with Emily Armstrong and Mike Shinoda delivering vocals and Colin Brittain playing drums. This was the first time the song has ever been incorporated into a Linkin Park show, but some LP fans will no doubt recall Shinoda's "Waiting for the End / Where'd You Go" mash-up, a staple of his Post Traumatic live sets throughout 2018 and 2019.


Much later on in the set, in the middle of the "When They Come for Me / Remember the Name" medley, Shinoda also surprised the Austin crowd with a verse from the LIVING THINGS deep cut "UNTIL IT BREAKS", marking the song's first appearance in a Linkin Park live set since 2017 (though it did appear occasionally in Shinoda's 2018-2019 Post Traumatic shows). Lastly, he delivered a verse from the Fort Minor B-side "There They Go" during the bridge of "Bleed It Out", the first time this has happened in a 2025 set.

While much of the set wasn't significantly different from what we've come to expect off previous 2025 shows, these surprise throwbacks were nonetheless very exciting and welcome. Linkin Park fans going to tonight's Tulsa show will no doubt be waiting to see if these new additions to the set remain, or if there are other surprises coming. The band's most recent single, "Unshatter", has yet to be performed, for instance, and there are still some songs on From Zero that haven't made their live debuts either ...

Whether you're attending this show or just desperately hoping someone livestreams it for you to watch from home, come and discuss it on our message board!

After a two-month break from touring and the release of two singles from the upcoming From Zero deluxe edition, Linkin Park is about to start up another leg of live shows! To kickstart this next stretch of their 2025 world tour, the band is starting with a performance in Austin, Texas, capital of the Lone Star State. They'll be taking the stage tomorrow, with opening support by grandson, in the Moody Center arena at the University of Texas.

Austin has been having a multi-day Linkin Park takeover leading up to this show, with several local businesses hosting activities and pop-up shops with exclusive merch offered to attendees of this From Zero Fest. Among the businesses partnering is the chain Torchy's Tacos, started in Austin, which yesterday offered the exclusive and iconic "Linkin Pork" taco. Also of note is a handsome porcine mascot with a Linkin Park hat featured on social media promotion; the band has also featured it on some of the exclusive From Zero Fest merchandise.


Suffice to say, Linkin Pork Park is going ham for their visit to Austin.



The band also hosted a local Linkin Park Underground listening party for the upcoming deluxe edition of From Zero, meaning residents of Austin in the LPU have been the first in the world to hear the remaining unreleased song, "Let You Fade."

Linkin Park has a storied history in Texas, having an entire live album (Live in Texas) dedicated to outtakes from two back-to-back performances in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area on Metallica's 2003 Summer Sanitarium tour. However, their touring history in Austin specifically is quite limited. In fact, this is the first time in over 24 years that Linkin Park has performed in the city! The band's last performance in Austin was on October 14, 2000, opening for Kottonmouth Kings on their Ridin' High tour. Their only other known Austin performance was two months prior on August 12, 2000, supporting Union Underground on their An Education in Rebellion tour. This will be their first performance in Austin as headliners, now armed with eight albums of material since their last visit, before the release of their debut album. A lot has changed since then!


There is one slight caveat to this: Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington did come to Austin to feature during a show by rock supergroup Camp Freddy in December 2012. Mike and Chester featured on several covers, including their own Linkin Park hit "One Step Closer." Austin has most likely heard the song performed by Chester and Mike three times, in technicality!


In terms of setlist, it seems likely Linkin Park will make some tweaks but keep things relatively consistent with the new setlist debuted earlier this year. The band's Mexico and Asia runs remained relatively consistent, rotating between an A, B, and C setlist in order. These setlists shift the transitional pieces used for the setlist, as it was with their 2024 sets, and have two rotating song slots:


Fans also saw the live debuts of the From Zero tracks "Good Things Go" and "Overflow," a new hybrid version of "Lost" combining the piano ballad format with the studio version, the return of "From the Inside" for the first time since the band's final performance with Chester, and a new extended bridge for "Bleed It Out" featuring Mike's bridge verse from "Cut the Bridge."


There has been plenty of speculation about setlist changes for the 2025 From Zero world tour as time has gone on—from Mike's asides about Emily Armstrong liking "Blackout" and "LIES GREED MISERY" to Colin Brittain's comment on TikTok about the fan-favorite deep cut "QWERTY" being a "good song" they could rehearse. Any one of these songs making a return would be a great surprise for fans. The band laid a few surprises on Texas fans on their last visit to the state, in Arlington, including the first-ever performance of "All for Nothing" from The Hunting Party, so it seems hard to rule anything out entirely these days. It's also possible the band could debut "Stained" or "IGYEIH" tomorrow, the only songs from the album yet to be performed live in any capacity; they wasted no time bringing out "Overflow" and "Good Things Go" in January!


Two additional obvious picks for addition to the band's setlist are the singles "Up from the Bottom" and "Unshatter." The former will be just under a month old by the time they take the stage at Moody Center, while "Unshatter" has just been released as of today. The high-energy songs both would be perfect fit to add energy to the band's set. Will fans get to see live performances of Joe Hahn's "Up from the Bottom" DJ solo or the heavy guitar riffage of "Unshatter" tomorrow?


We will see what surprises Linkin Park has in store! The band are certainly hyping up their performance in Austin sufficiently with the city takeover.

Are you going to this show? Will you be watching for any fan livestreams? Do you think the band will be packing any big surprises for their return to Austin? Come discuss in our forums!

It seems we may be getting a slow-drip release of behind-the-scenes footage for the creation of From Zero! This is the third week in a row we have gotten an episode of LPTV for a song on From Zero, and we are continuing in chronological order with "Heavy Is the Crown," the album's second single.

Linkin Park has already given fans a brief look into the creation of "Heavy Is the Crown," sharing a short video of Emily Armstrong recording the bridge scream at Mike's home studio. This LPTV episode also includes some footage of another take by Emily on that section of the song!

All the footage in this LPTV episode comes from 2024 sessions at EastWest Studios, where the band is shown discussing lyric interpretation, weighing a mellower versus heavier chorus, and tracking parts with Mike, Emily, and Colin. We also briefly get to hear earlier versions of the hook from "Heavy Is the Crown," which Mike has mentioned before, noting how he changed the groove and sound of these samples after feedback from Joe Hahn and Mike Elizondo. This video also gives more valuable insight into Colin Brittain's role as producer, as he and Mike dialogue on vocal melodies.

Though the band obviously went with the more aggressive interpretation of the song, the cleaner vocal melody we hear Mike and Emily testing out went on to feature in the score for Arcane, the spinoff TV series based on Riot Games' League of Legends.

Stayed tuned next week as we anticipate a new episode for "Over Each Other," the next track on From Zero. Let us know your thoughts and discuss in our forums!

Source: Linkin Park on YouTube

The second of three new songs available on Linkin Park's upcoming deluxe release of From Zero, "Unshatter" has now been released on digital platforms around the world, following the announcement earlier this week. The band has released an official visualiser for the track - a fairly minimalistic work with a monochromatic neon look, showing a series of vector patterns in motion.

Along with the other bonus tracks, "Unshatter" was briefly described by Linkin Park in a short blurb introducing the From Zero deluxe edition:

“Unshatter” was an early track we made while recording From Zero; Emily’s huge vocal in the bridge was one of the moments that gave us an indication of what was possible together.

As a non-album cut, much like "Up From the Bottom", "Unshatter" fits neatly with the songs that actually made the final From Zero tracklist, particularly the more straightforward rock numbers that make up the bulk of the album. The song is built around a meaty guitar riff and some Motown-style drums that will instantly remind Linkin Park fans of "Bleed It Out" and "Cut the Bridge", setting the stage for vocalists Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong to rap and sing lyrics about being lied to and betrayed.

And we'll never, ever put it back together
I should've known better / you're lying

First-time listeners might be surprised to realise that "Unshatter" is not a random working title but actually a linchpin in the song's chorus lyrics, representing a yearning for the past:

Unshatter the picture I was trying to see myself in
Unshatter the promise that I couldn't help believe

After two choruses, the song breaks down for some tense whispering, building up to the bridge with the promised "huge vocal" - during what is easily the heaviest section of the song, Armstrong cuts loose and delivers one of the angriest performances to have come out of the From Zero recording cycle.

The deluxe edition of From Zero drops next month on May 15, and will feature "Up From the Bottom", "Unshatter", and a third song, "Let You Fade", which is as-yet unreleased. For now, you can check out "Unshatter" on platforms such as YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music.

Full lyrics:

And we'll never, ever put it back together
I should've known better / you're lying

Maybe I made it more complicated than it had to be
Maybe I'm mistake but it's taking something out of me
Maybe I'm too patient 'cause I waited until now to see
Take what you say and I ruminate away reality

But we'll never, ever put it back together
I should've known better / you're lying

Unshatter
The picture I was trying to see myself in
Unshatter
The promise that I couldn't help believe
I don't know how we got so cold
But my chest is a hole and the hole won't fill in
Unshatter me

I was waiting patiently / saving judgment for too long
When the hesitation would set the stage that I'd lose on
You were only aiming to pass the blame and, then, move on
You just turned the tables and made my right to a new wrong

And we'll never, ever put it back together
I should've known better / you're lying

Unshatter
The picture I was trying to see myself in
Unshatter
The promise that I couldn't help believe
I don't know how we got so cold
But my chest is a hole and the hole won't fill in
Unshatter me

But / you don't know me
You don't know me / I don't owe you anything
Go / you don't know me
You don't know me / I don't owe you

Go
I don't owe you anything
I don't owe you anything
You / you don't know me
You don't know me / I don't owe you anything
You / you don't know me
You don't know me / I don't owe you

And we'll never, ever put it back together
I should've known better / you're lying

Unshatter
The picture I was trying to see myself in
Unshatter
The promise that I couldn't help believe
I don't know how we got so cold
But my chest is a hole and the hole won't fill in
Unshatter me

Source: Linkin Park on Twitter

Linkin Park has shared a new behind-the-scenes video featuring drummer Colin Brittain as he walks through his current live setup for the From Zero world tour. The video was recorded at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan ahead of one of the band’s two back-to-back shows there in mid-February.

Joined by his drum tech Yoshi, Brittain gives a quick breakdown of the drum kit he has been using on tour. Throughout, he demos using parts from the From Zero track "Overflow," which made its live debut in Mexico City in January. Colin highlight the various pieces in his acoustic kit, as well as custom triggers on thekick and snare to layer drum samples alongside his acoustic hits.

Linkin Park is set to next take the stage in just three days, kicking off the next leg of the tour in Austin, Texas!

Source: Linkin Park on YouTube

On the evening of Tuesday, April 22, Linkin Park band members Phoenix and Emily Armstrong made an appeared as guests on Loudwire Nights, a rock-focused radio program by Loudwire which is hosted by Chuck Armstrong (no relation), and which airs daily on various radio stations throughout North America. The entire interview segment from the program has now been made available by Loudwire, and you can check it out in their post about it here.

During the segment, the Linkin Park musicians converse with Armstrong mostly about the band preparing for the U.S. tour leg launching on April 26, and the big Wembley Stadium show they've got coming up at the end of June. Armstrong takes a moment to look back on the unforgettable Dallas show last year which he attended, and Emily and Phoenix relate the excitement of performing new music, as well as the band's deep gratitude for supportive crowds. Phoenix also heaps praise on Emily and Colin Brittain, Linkin Park's newest members, for giving the band a new perspective and outlook.

A lot of the points touched on throughout the interview are covered in the aforementioned post on the Loudwire website.

Phoenix said that when Linkin Park played their first show in 2024 with Armstrong, he was feeling nervous like he hadn't felt in a long time.

"I didn't know if I was getting sick or what was going on, but like, in my guts, everything was just kind of clenching and moving," Phoenix admitted.

"Thankfully, it was just nerves. It really made me think that if I don't have that a little bit...then something's off. It's awesome to be able to still care enough to have that doing things in your body."

You can check out the full 11-minute interview segment on the Loudwire website, or on podcast platforms including Spotify.

Source: Loudwire on Instagram

Linkin Park has just announced on their social channels that their a new song called 'Unshatter', from the 'From Zero Deluxe Edition' will be released on Friday, April 25th. This makes it the second song from the deluxe edition of the album to be released after 'Up from the Bottom' came out with the announcement of the album on March 28th.

Friday, April 25 is the day before the bands next leg of shows begins, so it's likely that both 'Unshatter' and 'Up from the Bottom' will have their live debuts the day after.
Are you looking forward to the song? Will 'Let You Fade' also be released before the deluxe edition comes out? Will the new songs debut live on Saturday? Come and discuss in our forums.

Source: Linkin Park Twitter

At the beginning of March, we kicked off Remix From Zero, inviting music-makers from the Linkin Park Association community and beyond to deliver remixes of songs from Linkin Park's eighth studio album From Zero. After giving you guys a month to work on and submit your tracks, LPA staff carefully sifted through the entries and each voted for our five favourites, using a weighted points system to arrive at our consensus favourite.

Before we announce our winner and runners-up, we want to thank and acknowledge all of our contest participants who helped to make Remix From Zero a success! It has been a privilege to witness your creative talents and to be trusted with your submissions. It was a joy seeing notifications for new tracks in the inbox every other day. We've been involved in quite a few remix contests over the years, and we're happy to point out that all of these Remix From Zero entries stayed firmly within the rules we laid out, so none of them had to be disqualified. We hope to see many of you again if another opportunity like this arises.

Now, let's get to it:

OUR WINNER: IGYEIH (XEFUZION REMIX)

XEFUZION has dropped in with a scorching industrial trap take on From Zero's nu-metal deep cut "IGYEIH". The track shows off X's signature punchy and cinematic style, built around a pair of violent drops that combine distorted bass stabs, sliced-up guitar phrases, whirring alarm samples and more, all underpinning excerpts of Emily Armstrong's no-holds-barred vocals from the original song.

A regular and well-known presence in the world of fanmade Linkin Park remixes, X isn't one to say much, instead establishing his reputation in the greater LP community purely by the quality of his tracks.

XEFUZION is the lucky winner of a From Zero vinyl signed by the band.

In addition to our big winner, we also wanted to highlight a couple of other submissions that stood out after the votes were tallied:

RUNNER-UP: GOOD THINGS GO (REMIX BY P4MUSIC)


P4Music gives us a sparse electronic take on From Zero's heartwrenching closing track "Good Things Go". This version outfits the song with an insistent four-to-the-floor rhythm, deep bass and plucks that lean towards minimal house, but P4 pairs these elements with some gorgeous string parts that give the chorus vocals maximum emotional heft during the breakdown. Stick around for P4's clever bridge rearrangement.

RUNNER-UP: TWO FACED (INTENSITY REMIX)


This remix of the nu-metal banger "Two Faced" by INTENSITY starts off mysteriously with some soft piano chords and glitchy rhythmic elements, eventually revealing dark drum & bass drops for Shinoda's rap verses to fire over. More musical phrases and elements from the original song are referenced throughout the rest of the arrangement, but all with an electronic twist that removes them from their rap-rock origins.

Thanks again to all who participated, and once again, congratulations to XEFUZION for his winning entry.

Linkin Park's 2025 U.S. dates are commencing soon with a show in Austin, TX at Moody Center on April 26. To celebrate, the band has put together From Zero Fest, a series of pop-up events taking place throughout Austin between Thursday, April 24 and Sunday, April 27. This announcement comes in the form of social media posts using graphics designed by the band. These visuals are also going to be featured on merchandise items which fans will have opportunities to obtain.

All throughout the From Zero Fest window, fans can stop at Desnudo Coffee and order a "Linkin Latte", described in the Instagram post as "a limited-edition Desnudo coffee with fermented strawberries and cold foam". Desnudo has two coffee trailer locations throughout Austin, and the beverage will be available to order at both. Each day, the first 20 fans to order will get them for free, and attendees will additionally get the chance to win stickers and "golden tickets". In addition to being involved in Linkin Park's From Zero Fest, Desnudo has also partnered with the band for a donation to Tree Folks, an Austin-based organisation that promotes reforestation.

Alongside that, on April 24, there will be a "Linkin Pork" takeover launching at Torchy's Tacos' flagship store in Austin, where attendees can "relive your nu-metal era—with pork", including free tacos and drinks for the first 100 people in. This takeover runs from 9 AM through to 8 PM local time, and does not require RSVPs.


The Torchy's Tacos website reveals that there will actually be a "Linkin Pork" taco (not a joke), as well as other details like attendees getting access to exclusive merchandise and even a chance to win VIP tickets to the Austin show:

With doors opening at 9 a.m., fans of all ages are invited to Torchy’s flagship (1822 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704) for the exclusive drop of the Linkin Pork taco. The Linkin Pork taco features slow-roasted pork carnitas, green chiles, pickled onions, Jack cheese, and chipotle sauce, wrapped in both house-made corn and flour tortillas.

The band will be kicking off the weekend by treating the first 100 guests to the Linkin Pork taco and an event-exclusive LINKIN PARK x Torchy’s Tacos bandana on Thursday morning!

Throughout the day, fans can enjoy:

• Prize taco giveaways, including VIP tickets to the April 26 show
• A LINKIN PARK merch pop-up and artwork showcase
• A live DJ set and margarita happy hour from 4–8 p.m.

On April 25, there will be a 6 PM - 10 PM event at Mohawk, a bar venue, promising a "carnival-style evening" where attendees can enjoy games and prizes, check out a custom hat station, and ride a mechanical bull. This takeover is described as "a fan-focused second-day activation" on the Torchy's website. There are once again free tacos (presumably the aforementioned "Linkin Pork" variety) and drinks for the first 100 people to turn up. Even though Mohawk serves alcohol, the event is open to people of all ages. Fans can find out more and RSVP for this event on Mohawk's website - RSVPs are not strictly necessary to attend, but nonetheless encouraged.


This From Zero Fest takeover event resembles the Hamburg takeover from last year, although much smaller in scale. It remains to be seen if Linkin Park might do it more than this once during their 2025 tour schedule.

Source: Linkin Park on Instagram

For the second week in a row now we've just gotten a new LPTV episode showing the making of for a song of off From Zero! This time we're looking at 'Cut the Bridge', starting all the way back in 2022 and the earliest form of the song, with Mike and Dave working on the guitar and bass with some scratch vocals. We then move to 2023 with Colin joining the other 3 in Mikes home studio (The Stockroom), going over lyrics. It then moves into Eastwood Studios in 2024, with Mike recording verses and the band going over the vocals. Check out the episode below.

What do you think of the new episode? Weill we get the making-of for 'Heavy is the Crown' next week? Come and discuss in our forums.

Source: Linkin Park YouTube

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