2025.04.26 - Austin, Texas

[RogueSoul]

It's time to get busy, everyone. Linkin Park kick off the next leg of the From Zero World Tour on Saturday, April 26 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas! This marks the beginning of what will be the band's heaviest touring schedule in nearly a decade - starting with this one, it'll be a nearly non-stop ride until we reach the South American tour dates in Brazil in November. 

 

 

After having stopped at three cities throughout the United States in 2024's run of shows (Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Dallas), the band will be embarking through most of the rest of the country over the next few months! United States Leg 1 dots the Midwest and Eastern Seaboard as they trek from Texas to Oklahoma and Michigan. They then bounce east for shows in Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina, before rounding things off with two festival appearances in Ohio and Florida. Spring is here and LP is bringing it to a rocking start!

 

You'll be surprised to find out - as the LPLive staff were when we looked it up earlier today - that this will only be the band's third performance in Austin, and their very first headlining show in the city. The only other shows the band played there were all the way back in 2000! And it gets even better - the band hadn't even released Hybrid Theory yet when they had last been in Austin. Additionally - on top of the obvious Emily and Colin, this will be Phoenix's first show with the band in Austin, as Scott Koizol was touring with them in mid-2000 due to Phoenix's obligations with his other band Tasty Snax (you can read more about this on Phoenix's Linkinpedia page). The first show in the city was at the climax of Union Underground's An Education In Rebellion Tour in August, while the second was in mid-October (two weeks before Hybrid Theory came out!) in the middle of the Kottonmouth Kings' Ridin' High Tour. Both shows were at the Back Room bar/club. With only a partial setlist known amongst the two shows, there's not much we can confirm from these shows, but it's certain that the crowd were treated to raw, early performances of songs like 'One Step Closer' and 'With You.' 'By Myself' is confirmed to have been performed on the Ridin' High Tour, and the first known performance comes from a show only three days before their Austin one, in Springfield, Missouri. Needless to say, Austin fans have been waiting a long time for Linkin Park to return to their city! 

 

 

Linkin Park performing 'By Myself' live at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on November 10, 2000. Their last performance in Austin in 2000 is only the second confirmed performance of the song ever!

 

The band's first few shows of 2025 showed that they are ready to blow fans away for the rest of the year. The band performed three shows in Mexico in January and early-February before flying over to Asia for two shows in Japan and one in Indonesia, and even between the six shows, the band kept the surprises rolling! The band reorganized the setlists from 2024 a little bit for the first six shows, introducing new rotations, live debuts, and even a welcome return. Set A4 kicked things off in Mexico City, the interludes and set-structure remaining the same, but with some new additions! 'Overflow' and 'Good Things Go' made their live debuts, as well as a new version of 'Lost' that goes from the piano version they were playing last year into the full band version! 'Over Each Other' and 'Two Faced' changing their positions in the setlist, while other songs were ultimately dropped: the early-set rotation featuring 'Points Of Authority' and 'Lying From You,' while 'Leave Out All The Rest,' 'Breaking The Habit,' and the 'My December' and 'Friendly Fire' rotations were replaced by new songs. Another From Zero track made a debut of sorts as well, in the flashiest way possible: Mike sang the bridge to 'Cut The Bridge' during the extended bridge of 'Bleed It Out.' No matter how many times I type that, it will always feel insane. 'A Place For My Head' replaced 'Lost In The Echo' as the Set A rotation.

 

The band's next show in Zapopan revealed more changes, with 'Casualty' rotating out with 'Keys To The Kingdom' for some The Hunting Party representation and 'Lying From You' becoming the Set B rotation - it featured in the encore for the first time since Taipei 2013 at the end of the Living Things World Tour! The finale of the Mexican Leg in Monterrey revealed the final rotations, and perhaps the most surprising ones for Set C: 'Given Up' was added to the "scream" rotation, and 'From The Inside' made its Emily and Colin debut as the rotation song in the encore! It was the first song to be "revived" with the new lineup since 'All For Nothing' in Arlington (or arguably the first since 'A Place For My Head' since 'All For Nothing' was a live debut), and the first time the song was ever featured in the encore. The rotations persisted in Asia, though with little surprises thrown in. The band's two shows in Saitama coincided with Mike's and Phoenix's birthdays, which were celebrated both nights. Since the band played back-to-back shows at the same venue, they added an extra rotation for Night Two, performing 'Points Of Authority' in the place of 'Crawling.' The tour ended with the band's first show in Jakarta since 2011, at the end of the A Thousand Suns World Tour. Mike, Emily, and Colin also debuted an acoustic version of 'The Emptiness Machine' on the Japanese TV show DayDay. All of this happened in only six shows, so we can only imagine what's ahead of us!

 

 

Linkin Park performing 'From The Inside' live for the first time with Emily and Colin in Monterrey, Mexico on February 5, 2025. What's the next song Linkin Park will bring back out of their locker?

 

The two months between the last shows and this show was the longest break the band gets all year, and they've been quietly rehearsing for at least a few weeks now. They've released two new songs (with 'Unshatter' dropping on Friday!) as well as announced the release of the Deluxe Edition of From Zero, so they certainly didn't rest too much! With that being said, let's talk about what we might expect to see the band whip out throughout the rest of the year. It's all but confirmed that the band will be debuting 'Up From The Bottom' with Mike confirming they will be "playing the song on tour" on the red carpet of the iHeartRadio Awards, and with 'Unshatter' dropping the day before the tour kickoff, it seems like the band want the fans to learn it a bit before they hear it live! In a recent interview, Mike said they had been rehearsing "three... or five" new songs, leaving a lot of possibilities! It seems like the band will be changing up their setlist a bit more, with a promise that their sets on the tour will be diverse. From From Zero, 'IGYEIH' and 'Stained' are yet to be performed at all, and 'Cut The Bridge' still needs a proper live debut. Colin mentioned 'QWERTY' in a TikTok livestream earlier in the month, leading to a great deal of speculation that the song may be coming to the sets soon (though he later joked about how much trouble he got in for mentioning it)... He also mentioned last year that he'd like to play 'Runaway' live. Emily has stated that she would like to perform 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Blackout,' while the one song Mike mentioned ('From The Inside') has already entered the rotation. This lineup of the band seems to be enjoying the heavy side of the music lately, so songs like 'QWERTY' could fit right in with the energy (and would fit real nicely in the "screaming" rotation they've got going on). The LPLive team is hoping for songs like 'No More Sorrow,' 'Guilty All The Same,' and the return of 'Lost In The Echo' - what songs do you hope the band bring back out in 2025?

 

 

Linkin Park performing 'Good Things Go' live in Zapopan, Mexico on February 3, 2025. The band seems really excited to perform everything from the new record live - with only two (and a half) songs left, which one will be next?

 

grandson is returning open for the band once again on this upcoming leg of the tour! Anyone who saw the American or European shows in 2024 with grandson opening knows that he is as ecstatic as the rest of us that the band is back and kicking, and he definitely put on a show worthy of celebrating a monumental occasion. For his opening sets in 2024, he kicked his shows off with a snippet of his collaboration with Mike from Post Traumatic, 'Running From My Shadow' before diving into his own '6:00.' He delivered heart-touching moments with songs like 'Heather' while also exploding on his own tracks like 'Blood // Water.' It's a performance you don't want to miss, so be sure to get there early if you can to catch him!

 

 

grandson performing 'Running From My Shadow' and '6:00' at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, California during his opening set for Linkin Park on September 11, 2024. Who's excited to see him again? Maybe you'll see him in the mosh pits! 

 

Who's going to the show? Weatherman Rogue Soul's got his job back now that pre-show posts are back (despite government defunding...) and can report that it'll be a cloudy and wet day... but less wet than it has been for the rest of the week with some showers early in the afternoon leading to overcast skies! So dress for some spring showers but be ready to jam. LPLive founder Hahninator will be flying in to the city to see the tour kickoff, so if you see him be sure to say what's up! The band continues north through the interior U.S. for the next shows, with their first show in Oklahoma since 2008 on Monday, April 28 and their return to Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 31. 'Unshatter' drops on Friday, April 25, so be sure to run it up on streaming services so you'll be ready to sing your lungs out in case they debut it at the show! The band is also releasing plushies in collaboration with Youtooz on April 29, so ready your wallets for those too.

 

We'll have you covered on everything the band does at this show and everything they whip out for the rest of the year, so be sure to sign up on the forums and follow us on social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!

 

In memory of Nick Kramar, we dedicate this pre-show post and our coverage of the show to him.

[xxHybridXeroxx]

Fingers crossed for QWERTY, would be amazing. No More Sorrow or Guilty All The Same would slap. I’d love to see Emily’s take on Pushing Me Away or With You as well. Final Masquerade too. 

Edited yesterday at 02:35 AM by xxHybridXeroxx

[javignacio]

I want more deepcuts, and heavy songs. let's goo

[Luki98]

I would really like A Line In The Sand to come back, because is one of my favorite songs of theirs. I think Alex would do it great, with a great solo, because he's a good solo guitarist. 
My other wishes: QWERTY, IGYEIH, No More Sorrow, The Messenger, maybe War/Wastelands and With You/Runaway.

[BartBart91]

I would like to see

 

Reading My Eyes

And One

With You with Reanimated Intro

Runaway

Forgotten Guitar + 2000 Beat Intro

Pushing me Away/P5hng me A*WY

High Voltage Mike Shinoda Remix

It's Goin' Down

Hit the Floor

More the Victim

Qwerty

Hands Held High

No More Sorrow with Long Intro

In Pieces

Robot Boy

Blackout

Wretches and Kings

Iridescent

I'll be Gone

Roads Untraveled Ext. Intro

Wastelands

Mark the Graves

Final Masquerade

A Line in the Sand

Good Goodbye

Cut the Bridge

IGYEIH

[hybridcloudyfz]

obviously QWERTY is top on most of our lists, glad you mentioned no more sorrow & returning lost in the echo as well. anything anyone else has mentioned/will mention is gonna be fine with me so i'm not gonna start listing any others 😂 very excited for this tour to start up again!

Edited yesterday at 09:42 AM by hybridcloudyfz

[LPLStaff]

Looking forward to it. Anything they want to bust out is great and it’ll probably be a surprise to us what it is. Could totally see Up From the Bottom, Unshatter, and Blackout get played. 

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

I would love more Mike vocals 

If he can do them i would prefer if he does the job.. similar to what they did with POA.

 

If they do Blackout it would be awesome if Mike does Chesters rap and Emily just take the big ass screaming chorus.

There are so many songs that Mike can take over.

[YRQRM0]

Just heard let you fade at the listening party here in ATX, great stuff! I think the fans will like it a lot 

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

16 minutes ago, YRQRM0 said:

Just heard let you fade at the listening party here in ATX, great stuff! I think the fans will like it a lot 

more infooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[YRQRM0]

49 minutes ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

more infooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

My friend said it reminds him of Foo Fighters

 

It starts with a piano that makes it seem like it will be slow like RU, but "drops" into guitars that remind me of something between Foo Fighters and No Roads Left

 

Lots of Mike singing, then it transitions to Emily singing the chorus. Mike has a rap in verse 2, and the rap comes in on top of the last chorus in classic LP fashion (Easier to Run, WFTE). I don't remember all the lyrics, but they're basically along the lines of "I will always remember you, I won't let you fade" and "This next time could be the last" and "How did we get to where we are today". A common comment under this song will be something along the lines of "this is Mike letting us know he'll never let Chester's memory fade"

 

Compared to UPFB and Unshatter, it's the biggest departure from FZ's sound. Not many electronic elements, reminds me of MTM and stuff like NRL, PTB, WWDK.

 

Mike sings the bridge in a very raw and vulnerable way. Easily the most "raw" sounding thing from LP 2.0 besides Emily's vocals at the end of IGYEIH

 

Emily doesn't go crazy with vocals at any point, but brings that "high octave" energy in the same way Chester does on stuff like Rebellion singing alongside Mike

 

Feels like a solid song that the band consciously listened to but decided "let's not make this album feel too sentimental/stuck in the past" 

 

 

[MMM]

So song structure is more experimental. A good prognosis for the future.

[GreyFox-AFCA]

24 minutes ago, YRQRM0 said:

 

My friend said it reminds him of Foo Fighters

 

It starts with a piano that makes it seem like it will be slow like RU, but "drops" into guitars that remind me of something between Foo Fighters and No Roads Left

 

Lots of Mike singing, then it transitions to Emily singing the chorus. Mike has a rap in verse 2, and the rap comes in on top of the last chorus in classic LP fashion (Easier to Run, WFTE). I don't remember all the lyrics, but they're basically along the lines of "I will always remember you, I won't let you fade" and "This next time could be the last" and "How did we get to where we are today". A common comment under this song will be something along the lines of "this is Mike letting us know he'll never let Chester's memory fade"

 

Compared to UPFB and Unshatter, it's the biggest departure from FZ's sound. Not many electronic elements, reminds me of MTM and stuff like NRL, PTB, WWDK.

 

Mike sings the bridge in a very raw and vulnerable way. Easily the most "raw" sounding thing from LP 2.0 besides Emily's vocals at the end of IGYEIH

 

Emily doesn't go crazy with vocals at any point, but brings that "high octave" energy in the same way Chester does on stuff like Rebellion singing alongside Mike

 

Feels like a solid song that the band consciously listened to but decided "let's not make this album feel too sentimental/stuck in the past" 

 

 

Holy shit, if these lyrics are somewhat correct it does sound like a Chester tribute.
Wish we had a song like that on the album in the first place.

[ChaseChief]

2 hours ago, YRQRM0 said:

 

My friend said it reminds him of Foo Fighters

 

It starts with a piano that makes it seem like it will be slow like RU, but "drops" into guitars that remind me of something between Foo Fighters and No Roads Left

 

Lots of Mike singing, then it transitions to Emily singing the chorus. Mike has a rap in verse 2, and the rap comes in on top of the last chorus in classic LP fashion (Easier to Run, WFTE). I don't remember all the lyrics, but they're basically along the lines of "I will always remember you, I won't let you fade" and "This next time could be the last" and "How did we get to where we are today". A common comment under this song will be something along the lines of "this is Mike letting us know he'll never let Chester's memory fade"

 

Compared to UPFB and Unshatter, it's the biggest departure from FZ's sound. Not many electronic elements, reminds me of MTM and stuff like NRL, PTB, WWDK.

 

Mike sings the bridge in a very raw and vulnerable way. Easily the most "raw" sounding thing from LP 2.0 besides Emily's vocals at the end of IGYEIH

 

Emily doesn't go crazy with vocals at any point, but brings that "high octave" energy in the same way Chester does on stuff like Rebellion singing alongside Mike

 

Feels like a solid song that the band consciously listened to but decided "let's not make this album feel too sentimental/stuck in the past" 

 

 

“I’ll remember you, I won’t let you fade”

 

that’s gotta be written about Chester, do you remember any line in the rapped verses?

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

1 hour ago, ChaseChief said:

“I’ll remember you, I won’t let you fade”

 

that’s gotta be written about Chester, do you remember any line in the rapped verses?

100 bucks theyll get asked about this and will say that it isnt about Chester.

[alyeska39]

If they play QWERTY I will lose my shit. Seriously though, I'd love to see Victimized or Rebellion, and of course I'm always happy to see APFMH. I think we can expect Up From the Bottom and Unshatter.

I'll be there, up in the balcony! I'm so excited that they're coming back to Austin finally! I somehow managed to make it to the 9/5 LA show, but that still feels like a surreal fever dream. This is like, this is real, they're touring, and they're coming here. 

[javignacio]

3 hours ago, ChaseChief said:

“I’ll remember you, I won’t let you fade”

 

that’s gotta be written about Chester, do you remember any line in the rapped verses?

 

I don't think they'll ever write a song about Chester, and fans will be connecting every song to him, but it will never be

[ChaseChief]

2 hours ago, javignacio said:

 

I don't think they'll ever write a song about Chester, and fans will be connecting every song to him, but it will never be

Looking for an answer is definitely about Chester though, if you count it as an official LP song.

[MMM]

I think they will play UFTB, FTI, QWERTY.

[BartBart91]

12 hours ago, YRQRM0 said:

 

My friend said it reminds him of Foo Fighters

 

It starts with a piano that makes it seem like it will be slow like RU, but "drops" into guitars that remind me of something between Foo Fighters and No Roads Left

 

Lots of Mike singing, then it transitions to Emily singing the chorus. Mike has a rap in verse 2, and the rap comes in on top of the last chorus in classic LP fashion (Easier to Run, WFTE). I don't remember all the lyrics, but they're basically along the lines of "I will always remember you, I won't let you fade" and "This next time could be the last" and "How did we get to where we are today". A common comment under this song will be something along the lines of "this is Mike letting us know he'll never let Chester's memory fade"

 

Compared to UPFB and Unshatter, it's the biggest departure from FZ's sound. Not many electronic elements, reminds me of MTM and stuff like NRL, PTB, WWDK.

 

Mike sings the bridge in a very raw and vulnerable way. Easily the most "raw" sounding thing from LP 2.0 besides Emily's vocals at the end of IGYEIH

 

Emily doesn't go crazy with vocals at any point, but brings that "high octave" energy in the same way Chester does on stuff like Rebellion singing alongside Mike

 

Feels like a solid song that the band consciously listened to but decided "let's not make this album feel too sentimental/stuck in the past" 

 

 

 

Which songs do you mean by PTB and WWDK?

[BartBart91]

3 hours ago, ChaseChief said:

Looking for an answer is definitely about Chester though, if you count it as an official LP song.

 

Of course, Looking for an Answer is an official LP song and was also played at the Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington concert.

[IMP757]

7 minutes ago, BartBart91 said:

 

Which songs do you mean by PTB and WWDK?

Pretend To Be and What We Don't Know.

[BartBart91]

19 minutes ago, IMP757 said:

Pretend To Be and What We Don't Know.

Of course, two really great songs. They'd definitely be great live.

[javignacio]

6 hours ago, ChaseChief said:

Looking for an answer is definitely about Chester though, if you count it as an official LP song.

of course, and it was mike's response to Chester loss, but that was his time for doing that, with post traumatic and his solo tour. but now I don't see them doing that anymore