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This thread killed the got news sub forum.

The only reason this sub-forum is still exist is because LPL attitude that members should be more involved and can post the news by themselves. Basically, everything we're not posting on the Newswire can go to Everything Linkin Park or Live Talk.
As you can see by yourself, this thread is full of links with almost zero discussion, and this is the exact point - squeezing 100 empty threads into a useful one.
In case you've got any more ideas how we can improve this section or another, feel free to contribute your opinion in the Site Improvement Suggestions thread.
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So they are still in the studio, no album name, no time frame, etc. Awesome. He says we can expect new music at the beginning of the year. It's December now. The new year starts next month. Does he mean single maybe in January? Would be cool. But the band members have said time frames loosely like that over the years and sometimes they are way off.

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So maybe single in January, nice.

And.. "...it's going to be a very special album" - this is promising

 

I don't want to let you down but when they say 'early 2017' they can also be referring to April or even May. So maybe the album will be out between May and June.

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I don't want to let you down but when they say 'early 2017' they can also be referring to April or even May. So maybe the album will be out between May and June.

 

That's kind of what I took it as. But maybe they'll put out the single a few months early like they did with LT and THP or something, at least we might have that.

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Linkin Park have finally given up on sounding like Linkin Park

 

Everything There's nothing in it that would give you any clue that you were listening to Linkin Park and not just another generic pop production.

https://www.joe.co.uk/music/linkin-park-have-finally-given-up-on-sounding-like-linkin-park/113526

Linkin Park is an outlier. The band’s risky creative choices—swinging wildly from song to song, album to album—are a hallmark of their career. Few artists effortlessly blend genres, emotions, and ideas with a voice as signature as Linkin Park's. They are, after all, the architects of the inimitable “Hybrid Theory,” the only band proven to be as at-home on stage with Jay-Z as with Metallica, Steve Aoki, and Paul McCartney.

 

For any career artist, making new material matter can be the biggest challenge. Inspiration is a fickle thing, and past success often draws a bar that is hard to overcome. But once in a while, unexpectedly, lightning strikes—and an artist we think we know goes somewhere we didn’t know was possible.

 

Miraculously, Linkin Park’s seventh studio album One More Light does just that. And it doesn’t achieve it by being louder or bigger, more avant garde or more dramatic.

 

It achieves it by being more human.

 

One More Light is a moment in time. It’s built on personal stories, sweat-stained and reeling from injuries—the product of six voices, each coming clean about their lives and struggles, as if it were the first time. We get an unobstructed view into what makes the band tick as people, fathers, husbands, musicians, and friends.

 

“In the beginning, we wanted to challenge ourselves musically…but then it became more about our lives,” explains vocalist Chester Bennington. “I sang things in the lyrics of this album that only my wife and closest friends know. I did it because I know there are other people out there who have gone through the stuff I have, and it feels better to know you’re not alone.”

 

Looking back, there were signs of One More Light in Linkin Park’s earlier releases. There has always been a catharsis in the lyrics, and genre-bending in the sounds. One More Light continues that tradition, but with a perspective and craftsmanship that only a band of this caliber could command.

 

Vocalist / producer Mike Shinoda recalls, “Normally, our songs will start with a riff or a beat. But these songs started with a conversation. We’d say, ‘what do I feel like singing about today? What’s on my mind?’ Starting with the concept and lyrics was the complete chronological opposite of our normal writing process. It turned the whole writing process on its head, starting with words. Once vocals and chords were written, we got to do the fun part, which was making each song sound cool.”

 

“We can’t wait to take these new songs on the road,” guitarist / producer Brad Delson says with a smile. “Our fans know how much love we put into our live show already, and how much we enjoy the connection when we play a fan-favorite on stage. The emotional and sonic content of this new batch of songs is going to bring a whole new dimension to the show.”

 

If time has proven anything, Linkin Park’s creative output is, like the six human beings in the band, connected, complex, adaptable, and full of life. As they’ve grown, so have their ideas, their families, and their stories—all of which have been channeled into One More Light.

 

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STATS

 

Linkin Park is the biggest band on Facebook, and command a massive Youtube channel of over 3 billion views and 7 million subscribers. Their first album, Hybrid Theory is the best-selling debut of this century, certified diamond (10 million) in the US. They have won 2 Grammy Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 MTV VMA Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and 3 World Music Awards.

 

They have sold out stadiums around the world, headlining some of the biggest music festivals including Download, Reading and Leeds in the UK, Rock in Rio in Portugal and Summer Sonic in Japan, as well as the distinction of being the first and only western rock band to play a 5 stadium tour in China. Their most recent tour was the band’s most successful World Tour to date - playing to over 1.5 million fans in 16 countries.

 

In 2005, the band founded Music For Relief, a 501 © (3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to victims of natural disasters and the prevention of such disasters. Since it's inception, MFR has raised over 7 million dollars for multiple victims across 4 continents, including Hurricane Katrina, China’s Wenchuan earthquake, a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, earthquakes in Haiti and Japan in 2010, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

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