Emily's abuse of letting the crowd sing

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

Does anyone think that this is actually a problem?

I think that its cool when as a fan the band gives the crowd their moment to sing a part of the song, like the In The End bridge which is really iconic.

 

I've been watching some  shows and its absurd the number of times in which she doesnt sing her parts... its way too much.

At my show i heard some fans complaining about it, i prefer not to quote them.

 

In my experience it kinda kills the vibe for me to not listen to the actual performer and having a karaoke party w bad singers (which i could hear very loud because of the low volume at the show)

 

 

Whats the matter? is she trying to save energy? 

She should find a way to create a balance and do her job.

Edited April 22 by JZLP-Benningstrong

[Qwerty18]

Didn't get that vibe at the Hamburg show. From the other performances I've watched, she reaches the threshold of "enough" singing as far as I'm concerned.

 

I also would prefer if she'd sing everything, but yeah.  To be fair, there are a couple of points to take into account here

 

• They play 2 hours shows, which is longer than during any of the previous cycles
• They're doing more shows this year than they have in a very long time
• The current setlists are leaning towards the more agressive/heavier end for LP standards (Casualty-Keys-Given Up in rotation at every single show is a pretty intense spot alone)

The above is a big toll on its own, and we know that Chester performances circa 2014-2017 were pretty strained in spots, and 2009-2012 had already been a tad bit less legendary than 2007-2008. I'd prefer Emily to be a bit too cautious with her voice, than not enough. LP songs don't go easy on vocal chords.

 

 

Edited April 22 by Qwerty18

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

@Qwerty18 I dont know man I dont buy, she shares vocals with Mike and they got a lot of time to rest (the interludes, Mike solo, Joe Solo) 

If she's trying to save energy Mike should have more time for himself like more solo songs (Step Up, Its going down, his FM or solo songs) that would be better.

 

It would be awesome to have more songs w Mike doing lead.

[MMM]

Recently I watched a concert from this year and I came to the conclusion that the best solution for such a hard tour would be to come back with 3 vocalists (including Mike). Preferably one who plays the guitar. In songs where the other would sing, Emily would play the guitar and vice versa. The band wouldn't need Alex then. xD

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

4 hours ago, MMM said:

Recently I watched a concert from this year and I came to the conclusion that the best solution for such a hard tour would be to come back with 3 vocalists (including Mike). Preferably one who plays the guitar. In songs where the other would sing, Emily would play the guitar and vice versa. The band wouldn't need Alex then. xD

Mike said that when he was figuring out the new band lineup that he didnt know if the band should have 3 vocalists.

[Astat]

I really feel like Chester did this a lot more than people seem to remember him doing.

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

8 hours ago, Astat said:

I really feel like Chester did this a lot more than people seem to remember him doing.

 

There is basically no difference between that approach in 2014 and the way they perform it in 2025.

[nomad]

I don't think that is a problem as long as they keep the vibe strong. Live shows are more about vibes and atmosphere than perfect performance imo.

And indeed, Chester did it too.

[LPLStaff]

That massively sped up Crawling has to be one of the worst-sounding things they have ever done live. The 2014 setlists were a total mess with the shortened DJ-style songs. Goodness.

 

Why in the world would you speed the song up that much?

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

18 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

That massively sped up Crawling has to be one of the worst-sounding things they have ever done live. The 2014 setlists were a total mess with the shortened DJ-style songs. Goodness.

 

Why in the world would you speed the song up that much?

Nothing better than that synths during the verses that sounded like a maschine gun due to the higher BPM lol

[bloodbath]

On 4/22/2025 at 7:59 PM, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

Does anyone think that this is actually a problem?

No

[Soeffingnaive92]

As someone who is not that big on the LP 2.0, especially live, I don't think it's a big issue, on the classic songs Chester used to do that a lot too, as someone already pointed out, on stuff like Crawling or the bridge of Numb and ITE. And yeah WTF was wrong with the shortened songs in THP tour ? Ykes 

[bloodbath]

6 hours ago, Soeffingnaive92 said:

As someone who is not that big on the LP 2.0, especially live, I don't think it's a big issue, on the classic songs Chester used to do that a lot too, as someone already pointed out, on stuff like Crawling or the bridge of Numb and ITE. And yeah WTF was wrong with the shortened songs in THP tour ? Ykes 

Well, for me it the shortened versions were another variation of certain songs, after having multiple intros, outros... It would have worked on a in-between albums tour cycle (much like 2009), not for a whole world tour

[Vinescence]

On 4/22/2025 at 2:59 PM, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

Whats the matter? is she trying to save energy?

 

From Emily herself: “There’s so many fans that have been wanting to see Linkin Park for so long, you know?” she says, brandishing an enormous bottle of electrolyte-orange water. “So I look at it as: this is your moment to sing. And you sing it better than I do at this point!”

 

Source

 

 

[RentEznor]

On 7/14/2025 at 3:57 PM, LPLStaff said:

That massively sped up Crawling has to be one of the worst-sounding things they have ever done live. The 2014 setlists were a total mess with the shortened DJ-style songs. Goodness.

 

Why in the world would you speed the song up that much?

 

Good god I half forgot about this.

 

I still have my big gripes with that whole era, don't make me throw more crap onto it. Still really enjoy some of those perfomances but that type of shit is why I enjoyed the short OML ride so goddamn much in comparison. Why play those songs just to short them up? Get rid of them if you really don't enjoy it at that point (don't care if they're the big singles and they were somewhat obligated to play them, felt so odd to hear it that way).

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

i liked the sped up version of Crawling, at this point it seemed like the band was tired of playing the song so instead of removing it they played it fast as fuck which gave another dynamic to the song.

 

Sucks that they never played KRWLNG full

 

This guy recreated what KRWLNG could have been live.

 

 

[JZLP-Benningstrong]