2025.04.28 - Tulsa, Oklahoma

[RogueSoul]

We're off! Linkin Park continue the From Zero World Tour with its second stop of the leg in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the BOK Center for their first show in the state since 2008!

 

 

It's been quite some time since the band last performed in Oklahoma, but that's not entirely their fault - while the last show they played there was in 2008, the band were on site and ready to go in Pryor in May 2015 to headline the Rocklahoma festival, however strong tornado-warned storms caused multiple evacuations throughout the day as well as over three hours of delay for Linkin Park's set. The show was ultimately cancelled, and when the band were set to return in 2017 to Oklahoma City on the One More Light Tour, tragedy struck. All that being said, the band has five album cycles to catch the great people of Oklahoma up on with this show in Tulsa! The band's last show in February 2008 on the Minutes To Midnight Winter North American Tour was certainly one the attendees will not have forgotten. Opening with 'What I've Done' and it's legendary AMBO Intro, the band launched right into their set with the likes of 'Don't Stay,' 'Somewhere I Belong,' and 'Lying From You.' While this performance of Set R brought goodies like 'My December,' 'Valentine's Day,' and 'The Little Things Give You Away,' Chester was struggling with sickness during this portion of the tour so some songs had to be dropped. 'Given Up' was dropped, leading to a very rare occasion where 'Wake' didn't transition into the song, and rather went into 'Lying From You' at this show. 'No More Sorrow' and 'Points Of Authority' were also skipped due to Chester's illness, but the extended outro they were playing for 'Points' was tacked on to 'Papercut,' leading to another rare moment! Their previous show before that in 2004 on the Meteora 2004 North American Tour luckily went off without any problems, and fans were treated to some great rarities like 'P5hng Me A*wy' and 'It's Goin' Down,' as well as new Meteora tracks like 'Nobody's Listening' and 'Breaking The Habit.' This setlist was only confirmed a few years ago in 2022 after some research by the LPLive team! This show took place at Norman's Lloyd Noble Center, where LPLive found Hahninator's graduation ceremony was held last year!

 

The band performed in Oklahoma a whopping four times during the Hybrid Theory cycle, the last being on the inaugural run of Projekt Revolution in 2002, where the band brought out all the stops such as 'Forgotten,' 'Pushing Me Away,' and 'Step Up,' and even bringing out DJ Z-Trip on 'It's Goin' Down.' 'Crawling' had to be stopped and restarted due to rowdiness in the pit, but they got through and pushed into the encore that kept delivering big moments such as 'By Myself' and their cover of Deftones' 'My Own Summer (Shove It).' The band performed there three times in 2000: in December in Oklahoma City on Papa Roach's Master Bay Tour for some type of radio festival and in Tulsa in November (their last performance in the city until this show!) on P.O.D.'s King Of The Game Tour a few months after Hybrid Theory had dropped, and once in Tulsa in October on the Kottonmouth Kings' Ridin' High Tour two weeks before Hybrid Theory dropped (and lacking Phoenix, who joined the following month - Scott Koizol was on bass for this earlier 2000s shows). It's been 25 years since Linkin Park last rocked Tulsa, and 12 years since they rocked Oklahoma. Big things are bound to happen!

 

 

A full audio recording of the band's show at the Oklahoma State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on February 18, 2002. This setlist has a whole lot of goods including a 'With You' opening with the iconic "Come on!" scream and their cover of Deftones 'My Own Summer (Shove It)' in the encore.

 

The band kicked off the fifth leg of the From Zero World Tour in Austin, Texas on April 26, and while much of the setlist was similarly structured to what we've seen already, the band loaded up a bunch of surprises for this new leg! Set A5 made its debut, kicking off with the familiar combo of Inception Intro A with 'Castle Of Glass' lyrics into 'Somewhere I Belong.' Adjustments were made early to the set as 'Lying From You' returned to Act 1, being played second and 'Crawling' moving up to third. Things got more interesting as the set continued, with 'Up From The Bottom' getting its highly anticipated live debut after 'Burn It Down.' The band threw another curveball at us right after, performing 'Where'd You Go' live with Linkin Park for the very first time, and it transitioned right into 'Waiting For The End' which featured a new extended intro that's more akin to the studio version, with another loop of the main synth incorporating the 2024 intro synth into it. Mike prefaced 'Where'd You Go' by saying it was a request, after which Emily pointed to herself, likely meaning she was the one who wanted to sing it! It's The Rising Tied's 20th anniversary this year, so adding the song to the set is another nice little homage to the record as it reaches its second decade. Mike kept the Fort Minor vibes alive with his solo medley, which was extended between the 'When They Come For Me' and 'Remember The Name' portion while Mike went into the crowd and whipped out an extra verse: 'Until It Breaks' verse 3, which you may know from the old 'Waiting For The End' Apaches Intro! 'Over Each Other' moved up in the set, taking the place after 'Lost' which was performed in its new piano into full band version. Mike played the guitar melody of Depeche Mode's 'Enjoy The Silence' on his synth during the extended intro of 'Overflow,' adding some new flair to the intro. Mike did a remix of 'Enjoy The Silence' in 2004 for their Remixes 81-04 project, and it's nothing short of epic. Definitely check it out if you haven't heard it! The last surprise of the night came during the extended bridge of 'Bleed It Out,' where the 'Cut The Bridge' bridge moment was replaced by a verse of 'There They Go,' making it three different Fort Minor songs that appeared in the set! Other fun moments include Mike going into the crowd for 'In The End' and taking a woman's phone to record a video and Emily sneaking in the "Toothpaste, caught in the Lidl' line during 'Two Faced!' Mike even referenced our tweets about it being Phoenix's first show with the band in Austin along with Emily and Colin before 'Bleed It Out!' The band definitely kept us eagle-eyed fans on our toes from beginning to end with this one.

 

With a new set comes replaced songs and some missing ones, but to us it seems like the band has a lot planned for the rotations between the different sets. New versions of Set B and Set C are still a mystery as we are only at the start of the tour, and we know that on previous legs the band has switched a couple things between them. It does look like there are some new spots for rotations, the first one in the set being the 'Lying From You' slot. On their back-to-back nights in São Paulo and Saitama earlier on the tour, the band rotated between 'Lying From You' and 'Points Of Authority' for this portion, but with a third set now there's room for a third song. Seems like 'From The Inside' would fit right in with these two in this early heavy rotation to me. The "screaming" rotation slot that 'Casualty' sits in previously had 'Keys To The Kingdom' and 'Given Up' in that spot, but perhaps throwing 'IGYEIH' in there for its live debut instead would be a good move, or perhaps even the heavily rumored return of 'QWERTY.' 'Over Each Other' seems like it'll rotate with 'Good Things Go' in the ballad spot after 'Lost,' and perhaps we could see the live debut of 'Stained' wrapping up this rotation in the third set. In the encore rotation, 'A Place For My Head' keeps its spot in Set A, but with 'Lying From You' off the table in Set B, we could see the return of 'Lost In The Echo' or maybe 'Keys To The Kingdom' return to this spot. Regardless of what features in the next set, it does seem like we are geared up for at least one more song they haven't been playing yet in one of the versions of the set. 'Unshatter' surprisingly hasn't made its debut, and the band has a whole slew of other tracks that they played last year that are now missing ('Leave Out All The Rest,' 'Breaking The Habit,' 'My December,' etc.) that could make a return. What're your predictions for the two remaining sets?

 

 

A great quality full recording of the band's show in Austin, Texas at the Moody Center on April 26, 2025. The band sounded great and seemed to be having a lot of fun to kick off the tour!

 

grandson is opening this leg of the tour, and has brought out a new setlist for Linkin Park fans! From what we can tell, it seems that he's playing a handful of new music (at least three songs) and a cover of Bob Dylan's 'Masters Of War,' so he has some new vigor to deliver Linkin Park fans from 2024's bouts. Known songs you can look forward to include 'Stigmata' and 'Drones,' which bring some explosive energy to his set before 'Blood // Water' closes things out. grandson is as happy as we Linkin Park fans are to see the band back in action, and you can feel that infectious excitement in his performance. Be sure to catch him perform if you can!

 

Who's going to the show? Weatherman Rogue Soul reporting in with actually quite a lot to say this time - it's severe weather season out in the midwest and Great Plains, and if you're from Oklahoma you know what you're in for! The National Weather Service has Tulsa placed in a Slight Risk for severe weather tomorrow, which means there's a chance some strong storms and a small risk a tornado rolls through. Chances aren't high, but be weather aware and be ready for anything! Monday actually seems like a calmer day than it has been lately for Tulsa weather-wise, but be prepared for some rain in the afternoon and muggy temperatures. If anything crazy comes up, we'll try to post an update on socials but also have a way to receive alerts! Doesn't look like we'll have a repeat of 2015 on our hands.

 

Linkin Park continues their first U.S. Leg of the tour with a show in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 1 before heading east and down the eastern seaboard for shows in Maryland (I'll be there!), North Carolina, and South Carolina before topping things off with festival appearances in Ohio and Florida. 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)!

[LPLStaff]

Hmm. I think the rotation spots could be pretty cool. I have no idea what to predict here.

 

-Lying From You, Points of Authority, Given Up

-Casualty, Keys to the Kingdom, Cut the Bridge

-Over Each Other, Good Things Go, ??? (My December would fit good here)

-A Place for My Head, From the Inside, Lost In the Echo

 

But there's still room for surprises and some other stuff we haven't seen yet with this stuff. One of them could be another From Zero song. There are a lot of options.

 

Of all of this, I think it's pretty important to keep Lying From You, Keys to the Kingdom, and From the Inside in the set. Lost in the Echo is a banger too.

 

[JerseyShore]

unfortunately LP just has so many bangers. 27 songs is not many considering their catalog.

 

I was a bit surprised yesterday that they didn't shake things up a bit more considering they had a couple of months and bunch of shows under their belt (I know not a lot but enough to get a sense of what works). I really thought they would lean into more FZ stuff, like Good Things Go, and similarly, more Emily-crush-it songs from the past, like From the Inside.

 

I would be fine with Crawling in a rotation spot. I would like to see IGYEIH live during this tour for sure. But Good Things Go has to be a lock. I wish FTI was as well. Would be very happy to get My December in there a bit as well.

[RogueSoul]

Something to be said about the set not shaking up too much is that this is the last leg of the tour that doesn't repeat markets; starting with Europe they'll be returning to Paris, London, and multiple shows in Germany so there's more incentive for them to really shake things up starting in June than it is now, when I'm sure the majority of people they're playing for haven't seen the tour yet. Might see more significant changes in Europe, but this could also be wishful thinking. I'm cool with them having a new selection of 3-4 songs per leg they throw in while the main body of the set remains.

[javignacio]

44 minutes ago, JerseyShore said:

Good Things Go has to be a lock

 

this

[LPUniverse]

Good Things Go…my favorite

[ChaseChief]

Good Things Go? guess it’s Good Things Gone now amirite?

[NimaLP]

If I recall correctly, Mike and Emily said they have 5 additions to the set during their KROQ interview, which 3 of them are new songs.

So far we've had Where'd You Go and Up From The Bottom. So we have 2 more songs from From Zero and 1 old song remaining.

My guesses are IGYEIH, Unshatter, QWERTY. Even though I'm still hoping for Final Masquerade.

[LPLStaff]

7 hours ago, ChaseChief said:

Good Things Go? guess it’s Good Things Gone now amirite?

 

It's probably in tonight's set.

 

Yeah I agree with the band here - they only played 6 shows (Mexico, Asia) with the new setlist so no reason to change it like crazy yet. They did change some stuff. Let's see what they do - remember this is only 6 headline shows and 2 festivals on this leg of the tour. The actual first like TOUR tour for From Zero is Europe.

[Qwerty18]

Whatever is fine to me, as long as IGYEIH gets played at some point during the tour, and Keys remains in the rotation slot.

 

QWERTY huge nice-to-have of course.

[LPLStaff]

They moved the set time up 5 minutes because they were super close to 11pm in Austin with an 8:50 start lol

[Ahfack]

Anyone going to Tulsa tonight, I'm bringing a few of my old Meteora Street Team stickers to give away while they last.

 

I'll be the 6'4" guy with glasses wearing my Chester shirt (in the pic).

 

LPU seated section front row! So come ask for one!

 

[SinisterNL]

2 hours and 45 minutes wait from early entry to start LP. My lower back already hurts from thinking about it.

[bloodbath]

Let's give them some time to accustom to this structure. They just barely started the 2025 schedule! I'm pretty sure that by Europe we will see more changes. Don't get ourselves ahead!

[javignacio]

8 hours ago, SinisterNL said:

2 hours and 45 minutes wait from early entry to start LP. My lower back already hurts from thinking about it.

 

in Sao Paulo last year the early entry was at 2 pm and the show at 9 pm, so yeah, could be worse

[LPPanther]

Pretty cool set! Hope we see a full recording pop up soon, defintely want to check this one out.

[LPUniverse]

lol….Good things gone….I’m late to this party I see

[LPUniverse]

Changed my pic. Goodnight, beautiful people 💕

 

[Ahfack]

Tulsa set list thanks to a nice security guard giving it to my son! Had a great time

 

[Stewe]

 

This user seems to have the full show coming soon 

 

[Stranger]

1 hour ago, Ahfack said:

Tulsa set list thanks to a nice security guard giving it to my son! Had a great time

 

 

 

love this new setlist print. have an actual artwork as background. also, it might be nothing for some but seeing initial "AF" represents Alex Feder actually is a cool thing. (AF Laser Cage, Intro AF DSC).

[SinisterNL]

8 hours ago, javignacio said:

 

in Sao Paulo last year the early entry was at 2 pm and the show at 9 pm, so yeah, could be worse

 

Omg I hope Bogota won't be like that. What if you need to go to the toilet or drink or eat ......

 

Just open the door 1 hour max. Before the first artist.

[Ahfack]

5 hours ago, Stranger said:

 

 

love this new setlist print. have an actual artwork as background. also, it might be nothing for some but seeing initial "AF" represents Alex Feder actually is a cool thing. (AF Laser Cage, Intro AF DSC).

 

Yeah! ALEX LASER CAGE is prob my fav thing about that setlist. I feel like that should be his alter ego name

[Fleur de Lys]

Some great screams on Given Up and Heavy Is The Crown at Tulsa (she did the full one)!

[Ahfack]

She nailed the HITC full scream after performing both Given Up and Good Things Go - so fucking wild. I'm going through my clips now, here's two more