Linkin Park Live Guide - 2003 Summary

Summary: Linkin Park began 2003 with something new by coming out with the LP Underground Tour, which was a tour that specifically allowed LPU members free access to the shows where the band debuted their new live material off of Meteora. The tour hit six European cities, with stops at Top of the Pops and CD:UK Headliners in London as well, followed by 10 US shows, featuring an exclusive MTV 2$ Bill Show in Detroit on March 17, and two back-to-back shows in their hometown of Los Angeles centered around the release date of Meteora. Highlights of the LP Underground Tour include the debuts of eight Meteora songs, as well as the first 17 song setlist the band has ever done. Soon after the conclusion of the tour, the band spent no down time by immediately starting their second annual Projekt Revolution Tour, which in 2003 hit the smaller cities that the band had not been to before. After having to cancel the opening night of the tour in Rochester due to a snow storm, the tour kicked off in full session in State College the following day. The setlist was very unique, with the band debuting a Reanimation song, P5HNG ME AW*Y, and also having featuring two very special guests during the set with Xzibit dropping a verse on Nobody's Listening (which was played for the first time) and Christian from Blindside joining Chester on P5HNG ME AW*Y. Chester's throat problem forced them to cancel an Indiana date, and as fate would see, Chester developed severe abdominal and back pains, which caused the band to cancel the last three Projekt Revolution dates as well as its entire June tour in Europe. LP went back and played Rochester, Council Bluffs, and Valley Center as side shows from the Summer Sanitarium tour, and played Berlin, Prague, Madrid and Lisboa in September, therefore playing over half of the shows they canceled. The band played a rehearsal gig in Las Vegas in late June, and then kicked off on Summer Sanitarium in support of Metallica, which took them across the USA to sports stadiums of all shapes and sizes. In Dallas and Houston, the band shot their first live concert and released 'Live in Texas' on CD/DVD later in the year. LP wasted no time in returning to Europe after Sanitarium, and played several dates that they had canceled earlier in the year as well as a few other shows. In October, they headed to Australia, where they headlined a major festival, and Asia to play, and then went to the UK in November. After playing several holiday shows in late 2003, LP wrapped up the entire year with a webcasted performance at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas in Los Angeles on December 13.

Great audience recordings:
-San Francisco, CA 03.23.2003 (AUD - full show + M&G)
-Reading Festival, UK 08.22.2003 (DVD - full show)
-Tokyo, JP 10.24.2003 (AUD/DVD - full show)
-Tokyo, JP 10.25.2003 (AUD/DVD - full show)
-Tokyo, JP 10.27.2003 (AUD - full show)
-Manchester, UK 11.21.2003 (AUD - full show)

List of proshot recordings:
-Nottingham 03.03.2003 (FMR - full show)
-Top of the Pops 03.06.2003 (TV - two songs)
-CD:UK Headliners 03.08.2003 (TV - 7 songs)
-Detroit 03.17.2003 [MTV 2$ Bill) (TV - 11 songs)
-Houston 08.02.2003 (Live In Texas CD/DVD - full show (split between Houston/Dallas, minus intro))
-Dallas 08.03.2003 (Live In Texas CD/DVD - full show (split between Houston/Dallas, minus intro))
-Seattle 08.07.2003 (FMR unreleased - full show)
-Jimmy Kimmel 08.11.2003 (TV / LPU 3.0 CD - 3 songs + interview)
-Kerrang Awards 08.21.2003 (TV - 1 song + acceptance speech)
-Reading Festival 08.22.2003 (TV - 3 songs)
-KROQ Los Angeles 12.13.2003 (Webcast - full show)

Touring Bands:
-LP Underground Tour: Blindside (US leg only)
-Projekt Revolution: Mudvayne, Xzibit, Blindside
-Summer Sanitarium: Metallica, Deftones, Mudvayne, Limp Bizkit
-European Tour: (coming soon)
-Australia and Asia Tour: (coming soon)
-UK November: (coming soon)
-Holiday Radio Shows: (coming soon)

Canceled Shows:
-Rochester 04.08.2003 - Reason: Snowstorm
-Evansville 04.11.2003 - Reason: Chester had a throat infection
-Council Bluffs 04.28.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Valley Center 04.29.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-North Little Rock 04.30.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Nürburg 06.07.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Nürnberg 06.08.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Landgraaf 06.09.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Copenhagen 06.11.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Hultsfred 06.12.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Oslo 06.13.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Berlin 06.15.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Prague 06.16.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Paris 06.18.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Barcelona 06.21.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains
-Madrid 06.22.2003 - Reason: Chester had severe back / abdominal pains