RogueSoul Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Today truly gave Linkin Park fans a shock with the announcement of the 2025 From Zero World Tour, and they slipped perhaps an even more surprising show announcement under the radar - they will be performing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the new Soundstorm Festival, alongside other headliners Eminem, Muse, and Tyler, The Creator! The band will play on the first night of the festival - Thursday, December 12, 2024 (this year)! The festival features a lot of electronic acts and DJs with rock artists mixed in - friends of the Linkin Park family including Thirty Seconds To Mars and Steve Aoki will be on the bill with them on the other days, so seeing a collaboration onstage isn't too far-fetched either! Perhaps Jared Leto will come out and perform a single with them ('In The End' would be fun, and Thirty Seconds To Mars have covered part of 'Crawling' before), and we all know that Steve Aoki could mean the potential revival of 'A Light That Never Comes' or even 'Darker Than Blood' - or both! After the band debuted 'All For Nothing' with Page Hamilton in Arlington, Texas earlier this month, we now know that we should always be expecting the unexpected on this world tour. And of course, the band will be headlining on the same day as Eminem, who will presumably be playing at the same time. But will a long-awaited collaboration between the two artists finally be possible? Linkin Park has not performed in the Middle East since 2010's A Thousand Suns Tour, where they played shows in Israel (which featured the famous mashup of 'The Messenger' and Bob Marley's 'No Woman, No Cry') and the United Arab Emirates. Mike Shinoda also visited Israel with two shows in Tel Aviv on his Post Traumatic Tour in 2019. This'll definitely be a very interesting and telling show for the band - how will they be received here? It should be noted that Saudi Arabia's clothing policies have been relaxed in recent years as they try to expand their tourism industry with sports and entertainment - WWE hosts a myriad of events in the city, including women's events, where they can compete while wearing long sleeves and covering up their legs. There are still some rules to follow, but the country has become much more lax on this side of things in recent years, and Emily's normal attire should be more than admissible. So for everyone worried for Emily's well-being - don't worry! This is slated to be Linkin Park's final show of 2024 (as of right now). From Zero is out TODAY, November 15! Linkin Park performs two shows in Brazil in celebration of the album release - stick with us for coverage of those shows and this one on our social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, and Facebook), and sign up on the forums! Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifeijo Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Don't know about it, it's a little bit uncomfortable. Just as the Qatar World Cup. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudit Posted Friday at 04:14 PM Share Posted Friday at 04:14 PM Was surprised when I saw that Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimaLP Posted Saturday at 03:54 AM Share Posted Saturday at 03:54 AM Yeah, shitty government. As a middle eastern myself, I'm too familiar with that. It sucks more than you'd know. But I'm so happy for the LP fans in the area to get the opportunity to see them for the very first time. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerothree Posted Saturday at 09:46 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:46 AM (edited) 2 hours ago, Chesterisinmyblood90 said: Pretty epic for the band to play somewhere like this, just hope they are safe. They definitely need to do India and Australia/New Zealand at some point, I always see posts from fans from both places. Hello from New Zealand! It's been since 2013, prior to that it was 2007. Edited Saturday at 09:46 AM by zerothree Error Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
javignacio Posted Saturday at 11:08 AM Share Posted Saturday at 11:08 AM 7 hours ago, NimaLP said: Yeah, shitty government. As a middle eastern myself, I'm too familiar with that. It sucks more than you'd know. But I'm so happy for the LP fans in the area to get the opportunity to see them for the very first time. that's the thing. the show's for the fans, they have bad luck being from those places, but LP is for the fans Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimaLP Posted Saturday at 12:18 PM Share Posted Saturday at 12:18 PM 1 hour ago, javignacio said: that's the thing. the show's for the fans, they have bad luck being from those places, but LP is for the fans Exactly. I'd love to go to that show. Geographically, it's the closest they get to where I live (Iran), but the traveling costs here are insane, let alone the tickets and hotels. Third world sucks lol. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-Benningstrong Posted Saturday at 12:40 PM Share Posted Saturday at 12:40 PM It's forbidden to play One More Light songs in Saudi Arabia. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentEznor Posted Saturday at 02:32 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:32 PM 10 hours ago, NimaLP said: shitty government Just government? Religion plays a massive part of it too and generally the idea of (straight) men being the centre of society, not just there but in many places. Wouldn't be an hypocrite myself saying they shouldn't play shows where human rights are being violated, because they would cancel half of the shows next year. But anyway, stay safe and have fun. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabi Posted Saturday at 02:40 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:40 PM 2 hours ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said: It's forbidden to play One More Light songs in Saudi Arabia. why? source? Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimaLP Posted Sunday at 05:08 AM Share Posted Sunday at 05:08 AM 14 hours ago, RentEznor said: Just government? Religion plays a massive part of it too and generally the idea of (straight) men being the centre of society, not just there but in many places. Wouldn't be an hypocrite myself saying they shouldn't play shows where human rights are being violated, because they would cancel half of the shows next year. But anyway, stay safe and have fun. I fully understand what you're saying since I'm living in the middle east and seeing all the terrible shit with my own eyes. The issues here are way too deep and fucked up that we could talk about them for weeks and it still wouldn't be enough. Human rights mean nothing to those murderers at the top. Hopefully this post here won't be used against me at the court if I get arrested for political reasons! (don't worry i'm joking... but am i?) Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFNL14 Posted Sunday at 10:57 AM Share Posted Sunday at 10:57 AM Man they couldn't come here at a worse time. If it was mid 2025 or later, I definitely would've made. Really bummed about it. Good luck to everyone going though. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFNL14 Posted Monday at 09:47 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:47 PM 15 hours ago, Chesterisinmyblood90 said: Why can’t you go? I hope you can make it somehow. Family stuff. Desi family system sucks Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-337982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFNL14 Posted Tuesday at 09:43 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:43 PM 17 hours ago, Chesterisinmyblood90 said: That sucks. I hope you can try and go. You were one of the few people who asked about me in 2017 when Chester passed and I’ll never forget that. Thanks man. That was a dark time. I'm glad you are ok Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17876-linkin-park-performing-in-saudi-arabia-for-the-first-time-at-soundstorm-festival-2024/#findComment-338036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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