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Finally, the band has a bit of a break. The second amercian leg is the most packed. Emily still sounds great and there are no signs of voice fatigue. I was worried at start of the tour, but now I know that she can manage voice perfectly. The future looks bright.

this post! 💯 hope you're doing good buddy! Chester forever will be in our heart no matter what. and for LP, they will always be my #1 band forever!

Show seemed awesome from what I’ve seen. I’m glad they mentioned Chester after all, now maybe people will finally shut up. (I doubt it) While I miss Chester and idolized him myself, and his death absolutely crushed me. I don’t want to say I’ve moved on, but I’ve accepted it. Here’s a personal story for you, just to show people where my journey with this has taken me on the last 8 years, because I feel it’s kinda relevant to this topic: July 20th, 2017 was and probably still always will be one of the worst days of my life. I don’t remember much of that time frame unfortunately, all I do remember is just straight up zoning out every day for about 8 months and not caring about life. The Post Traumatic cycle was very helpful in learning to start the process of acceptance. During this time as well, I actually went to therapy and one of the things I mentioned was Chester. He said something that stuck with me, he said “would Chester want you to be miserable?” Over time I’ve learned to heal and accept his passing. It’s not that I don’t miss him, of course I do, but I don’t need them to mention him at every single opportunity or show because I’m one of those people who it would open up old wounds for. I don’t need to be constantly reminded that he’s gone, because that fact sucks enough as is. I’d rather focus on the here and now, the band’s back, they’re absolutely crushing it a year in. Emily is not trying to replace Chester, and Mike’s not trying to “erase” him. Last night proved that. TL;DR Some people need therapy.

Phoenix had a great setlist. Best rotations IMO.

Great show from what I saw online. Anyway, I'm not surprised by the obvious new accounts coming here to stir the poit only because they're extremely attached to a famous guy who passed 8 years ago and still not understanding the situation and how everyone has dealt with his loss properly like mature adults. I am though let down (no pun intended) by a long time user speaking out like a newcomer.

This. he even confirmed this in an interview. Also: if they did something for Chester at every single show, how sincere would that feel? They play over 60 shows this tour. I think talking about Chester every time would just feel like a point from a todo list at some point. I think it’s better if they just do or say something in the right moment. Like when they notice a beautiful drawing of Chester on a poster or something like that. In Berlin for example, the camera showed a lot of posters people brought and when a picture of Chester was shown, the stadium erupted in cheers. It wasn’t planned and they didn’t even need words, but it created a beautiful moment.

You needed to be there at the time but if you look up pretty much any interview on YT from some band members, especially Mike, he came off as if he was trying to prove something with the album like if they wouldn't had made any heavy songs before. I didn't mind it but at times it was too damn much, so much 3 years later they made their poppiest/softest record ever. You didn't need to prove anything, you needed to make a good record, which apparently they failed (kinda) to do as promised they made that album to be played live. Maybe I'm cherry picking with some words but I still have a big gripe with that era.

I'm paying 9,99$ so I'm not complaining, but I do wish we've had better perks like back then. If they're gonna release any LPU CD it's gonna be new stuff (FZ demos), anything involving Chester makes a crap ton of money so Warner is keeping it for anniversary/compillations only I assume.

I like that they did some much different stuff to make this show more special.

LP in their songs touches the problem of mental illness and they are a symbol for people with mental illnesses, so it's no wonder that it has one of the most difficult fanbases. XD

You literally made up a scenario in your head, in which Mike is angry at Chester and resents him for dying, and then wrote an essay about how it’s wrong for Mike, who has never shown any indication that he feels that way, to feel that way. You even put ruin in quotes, saying that Chester’s goal wasn’t to “ruin” the band. No one in the band has ever said that. I am a hardcore fan and have been since 2001. Mike literally wrote an album about processing Chester’s death, and then did an entire tour where he spoke about Chester every single night, usually sharing a memory or story about him that related to whatever city he was in. I have no idea why you’re saying they’ve failed to honor the past. They literally spoke about Chester tonight on stage. What exactly do you want from them? What would make you feel satisfied that they’re honoring the past? A video montage and a eulogy for their friend at every concert?

This was my first ever Linkin Park concert I've ever been to... and IT WAS AWESOME!

You paying?

Nah some of you are weird and very bored.

it’s not that we are tired of hearing how much you love him - probably quite the contrary. It’s more the fact that one little detail gets people so caught up about this that we can’t take a step back and appreciate what’s going on. No need to belittle the band or the show because it doesn’t meet your own personal criteria, and in fact hasn’t shown any indication that they will. It’s obvious this is the first Emily era and they want to keep things focussed on that, but there’s no “erasure” going on, it’s simply just playing their show and promoting their new era, keeping things focussed. ever take a second to think that maybe mentioning Chester is hard on them too? like when Mike had to shorten Over Again because of the emotional toll it took on both him and the crowd. I’m sure maybe you’d light up at the mention but others will still feel some sort of way if they did - not everyone is in the same boat as you are with this. Don’t you think, as a Chester superfan, that this is what he would’ve wanted anyway? For them to be able to move forward without the anchor of his passing holding them back? It’s not easy anyway you look at it, but its pointless at being upset at it. anyway, one and a half hours til show time! awesome story! as a little aside, I actually do listen to the shows I link in the pre-show posts while I write them. I usually go into the show pages and add more info (more in line with how we’d do them today - I added a lot of details on the Phoenix 2007 and Phoenix 2000 pages! EDIT: After all this arguing... lol Mike Shinoda: "We're feeling very grateful to be here, in the birthplace of Chester Bennington... and as luck would have it, a year since the relaunch of the band. So a lot of emotions for us, thank you guys very much for supporting the journey and the band and the new music."

Looking forward to your result tomorrow.

you did the right thing and whoever is sharing all the photos on Facebook an X by LPLive w Chester photos and mentions about his hometown also did the right thing. What's awful its that some people try to make us look like crazy people stuck in the past just because we love him so much and its our childhood hero our opinion matters too.

My best guess: the apprentice who was assigned to LPU was fired or maybe he found another company and now they have nobody to finish it. Thats the best case, because if THAT was made by anybody with ANY sort of reasonable development experience, then sorry, the person has chosen a wrong job. I could shit out better everything in less than a day. Including the ticketmaster API connection, discord connector and a lpu Music/Video catalogue thats not hosted externally (lmao). Its insulting how bad the LPU experience is, considering it has been created with hardcore fans in mind who often spend thousands of dollars on the band. At this point just drop it, ngl. Just call it LP Concert Pre-Sale Center, charge ten bucks for it, but don't pretend to have a fan club, because it is not a fan club by any measure. Sorry guys, but this shit makes me mad af. (and you should mad as well)

Yeah, the digital pass is good for the pre-sale and early entry, that's pretty useful, especially in places where people may line up extremely early. But the full package is very lackluster. Not gonna lie. Plus the whole thing last year where they put they were adding new features for the lpu passport seems like a false promise at this point, idk if that was just hinting at the discord integration or something else, but if you put something in coming soon, I would expect itnto release before the next yearly subscription renewal.

Couldn’t have said it any better myself

I couldn't have said myself better.

Agreed completely

But do they really believe that? You guys that are always online and on reddit/forums might think that. The average show crowd wont give a fuck. Apart from 10/20 hardcore-stuckinthepast fans. Grow up, move on, understand why things are being done the way they are, and enjoy a band that a year ago we thought was done

Imagine people watching the astounding return of Linkin Park, singing his songs and sharing his legacy with hundreds of thousands of fans all over the world in the biggest celebration of his work imaginable, and still thinking... 'Man, I can't believe they don't honour Chester'

I feel like my GTA quote summed that up pretty well.