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2015.08.22 - St. Pölten, Austria - FM4 Frequency


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The final leg of The Hunting Party Tour is underway, making it's rounds through Europe. The second show of the tour is taking place in St. Pölten, Austria at the FM4 Frequency festival on August 22, 2015!

Linkin Park has been no stranger to Austria. Since their first show there back in 2001, this show will mark the TENTH performance in the country! The band's first show there occurred early in 2001, when they opened for the Deftones on their Back To School Tour. The band returned later in the year as the headlining act - a show where Wes Scantlin from Puddle Of Mudd joined the band for 'One Step Closer'!

After canceling a performance at the Aerodrome festival in 2004 during negotiations, the band didn't return to Austria until 2007, on the Minutes To Midnight Tour. They ended their European Tour at the NovaRock festival, giving the country its first taste of songs from both Meteora and Minutes To Midnight. The band was direct support for Pearl Jam, but shared the stage with the likes of Hinder, Bright Eyes, and Thirty Seconds To Mars. The band returned yet again in 2008 with Enter Shikari to perform a headlining show in Graz, where they performed a new version of 'Wake', entitled 'Wake 2.0', as well as other fan favorites like 'A Place For My Head' and 'Pushing Me Away'. When touring for 'New Divide' in Europe in 2009, the band returned to Graz again, where Mike rapped the second verse of 'Hands Held High' over the 'KRWLNG' Intro for 'Crawling' for the first time.

The band visited Linz in 2010 on the third stop of the A Thousand Suns European Tour, still getting used to playing new tracks like 'The Catalyst' and 'When They Come For Me'. The band yet again played at the NovaRock festival in 2011, opening their Summer Tour there, coincidentally sharing the stage with Thirty Seconds To Mars yet again. This was the second of three shows on the entire A Thousand Suns World Tour to not feature 'Jornada del Muerto' before 'Waiting For The End'. Before the show, Mike chopped up his fingers in a blender, making for a pretty gruesome scene. Luckily, Mike pulled through and played the show without problem!

The band returned once more to the NovaRock festival at the beginning of the Living Things World Tour in 2012, albeit without Thirty Seconds To Mars this time. The band had to shorten their setlist at this show due to severe storms, dropping some older rarities like 'With You' and 'Runaway' to cope with their shortened time limit. What wasn't dropped were the new songs from Living Things, 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Burn It Down'. A show was rumored in Austria in the Fall of 2012 and the Spring of 2013, but both instances seem to have been cancelled during negotiations - the Living Things Tour never had a proper European Tour! But, The Hunting Party Tour did. The band visited Austria late last year in November, on their German European Tour with Of Mice & Men. LPU Members were given a taste of the upcoming LPU XIV CD at the meet and greet, being the first time fans would hear the demo, 'Rhinocerous'. That brings us today's show in St. Pölten!

While this show shouldn't be anything short of great, don't expect many surprises. It seems the band has finally settled on a setlist they feel comfortable with (for the festivals, anyway) and will be sticking to that for their festival appearances this tour. That's not to say you won't have a good time - it's a pretty solid setlist, after all. It's the first since 2014 to feature both 'Rebellion' and 'Points Of Authority' in the same setlist, as well as (upsettingly) having one of the highest number of The Hunting Party songs in it this year - a whopping 4 songs are in this set, as opposed to the 6 [and a half] the band has debuted from the album at some point or another on the cycle. As upsetting as it may be, there are more songs from Hybrid Theory in the setlist than there are The Hunting Party. Maybe we'll see that change in the headlining shows coming up?


If you take a look at that pretty banner at the top of the post (courtesy of moi, might I add), you may notice the inclusion of Fort Minor in it. While there won't be much solo Fort Minor activity in Austria besides the shortened performance of 'Remember The Name' and 'Welcome' mid-set during Linkin Park, Mike WILL be doing solo shows in three locations: Copenhagen, Berlin, and Düsseldorf. Copenhagen and Berlin will both be full, headlining Fort Minor shows while Düsseldorf will be during the Rock im Sektor festival, before Linkin Park plays. In case you missed it, Fort Minor played a solo show in Los Angeles back in June, with only Mike performing with backup instrumentals. He did quite a bang up job, and can only continue to get better from here!

There's no telling what Mike will play at these shows. There is a chance that the setlist will be the same as Los Angeles (in Rock im Sektor's case, likely shortened), but who knows? Mike said when coming up with songs for Fort Minor's set, he can simply practice ideas in his bedroom or even on the way to the venue, since it is only him performing. This is easier than rehearsing a song with the full band, which evidently takes a few days' rehearsal time to get down. Though, Linkin Park did do some rehearsing (a good week of it), much more than we could have expected for a setlist they performed without rehearsing at all (save for a quick soundcheck) last month. Who knows, maybe Linkin Park (and/or Fort Minor) has a suprise up their sleeves... We'll wait and see.



Will anyone be heading to the show? After this show, the band plays the Rock 'N' Heim festival in Germany before starting their run of headlining shows in Poland and Belarus. Be sure to RSVP if you're heading to one of those shows! If you're heading to the show in Belarus, we have a special event planned for it - on August 26 (a day before the show), we'll be hosting an LPLive Meetup at the TNT Rock Club in Minsk! If you're heading to that show, be sure to check out our event and meet some fellow LPLers!

If you're a fan of collecting Linkin Park audio, listening to their shows from home, or even just wanting to re-experience a show you may have been to in the past, this might appeal to you. From 2007 to 2012, Linkin Park sold DSPs for their shows, allowing for most of them to be purchased at some point after the show ended in order for the fans to have a copy of them. It ended in 2013 due to poor sales, but we think they could make a big comeback. Read our new petition for more details, and be sure to sign it - this could be big not only for future shows, but to get some old shows with special rarities for fans all over to enjoy! Help us reach our goal of 10,000 signatures - knowing how big and passionate the fanbase is, that shouldn't be too hard to crush!

In other Linkin Park news, Joe will be hosting an LPU VyRT chat on August 27, before (or during - he doesn't do much during the eight-minute long experience that is 'A Line In The Sand', after all...) the show in Minsk. Be sure to prepare some questions for him! You can submit YOUR music for the upcoming Download To Donate 3.0 compilation album, which submissions will be judged by several major authorities in the music industry, including Mike himself. If you purchased a 'Welcome' vinyl, help LPCatalog build their interactive wall, which will ultimately (hopefully) be complete some time soon! Lastly, be sure to check out our new exclusive, a new audience DVD of the band's show in 2008 at Milton Keynes.

For immediate updates on Linkin Park, be sure to keep track of us on social media: like our Facebook page, and follow us on Instagram for awesome pictures. For updates on the show, check back here or follow us on Twitter.

Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2015 touring schedule here.
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It's the first since 2014 to feature both 'Rebellion' and 'Points Of Authority' in the same setlist, as well as (upsettingly) having one of the highest number of The Hunting Party songs in it this year - a whopping 4 (4 and a half, arguably), as opposed to the 6 [and a half] the band has played at some point or another on the cycle.

 

I can't tell if you mean that 6 and a half songs have been played from THP or if 6 and a half were played at once. If it's the first, then this is phrased kind of weirdly, but if it's the second, then it's just wrong.

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What is the half THP song of the setlist?

The current set? No clue. Unless I've completely forgotten something, it's just Wastelands, Rebellion, Final Masquerade, and A Line In The Sand. The last set (with Mashup Intro #2) had parts of The Summoning in the intro.

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Fixed for clarity. Didn't think it was that hard to understand... Four songs in the set, as opposed to the six songs from the album they played at some point throughout the cycle.

When you say as opposed in that context, it implies that they've played six songs together at some point. "They're playing 4 as opposed to six". Something like "They're playing four songs of the six and a half they've debuted" would just sound better. Not a big deal, though. Just nitpicky stuff. Good post.

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When you say as opposed in that context, it implies that they've played six songs together at some point. "They're playing 4 as opposed to six". Something like "They're playing four songs of the six and a half they've debuted" would just sound better. Not a big deal, though. Just nitpicky stuff. Good post.

Fair enough. I think it worked either way but the update is more clear

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