Pollstar Linkin Park Feature

[LPLStaff]

Pollstar has a new feature on Linkin Park this month, with the headline: "From “Shambles” To Stadiums, “From Zero” To Hero: A Superstar Band With New Members Returns To The Global Stage (s)"

 

Featured on the cover of the new edition of Pollstar for June 2025, Linkin Park goes in-depth about the comeback, the From Zero World Tour, and upcoming tour dates.

 

 

Check out details on how the band discussed a possible future in 2017, the journey it took to get to 2024, Mike being nervous about the Wembley Stadium show on-sale, and more.

 

The entire article can be read here.

[bloodbath]

Shinoda: "fans snowball things and things blown out of proportion" Hey, he's talking about the lurkers of this forum!!

 

Jokes aside (well, not really), It caught my attention that they said that the OG band always went to the safest route. I mean, now they've took the risks of playing mainly in stadium makes me think that many of the tours we had in arenas were in this kind of venues because the band were unsure if they could sell out bigger places. In other words, if they would have taken risks sooner we could had an stadium tour before in another album cycle 

Edited May 28 by bloodbath

[silverwing]

LP was always too humble. They could have portrayed themselves as very big eccentric artists, with pop appealing gimmicks, and fill stadiums all around the world.
But they always felt too much like "regular dad dudes playing music" and way too much down to earth.

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

13 hours ago, bloodbath said:

Shinoda: "fans snowball things and things blown out of proportion" Hey, he's talking about the lurkers of this forum!!

 

Jokes aside (well, not really), It caught my attention that they said that the OG band always went to the safest route. I mean, now they've took the risks of playing mainly in stadium makes me think that many of the tours we had in arenas were in this kind of venues because the band were unsure if they could sell out bigger places. In other words, if they would have taken risks sooner we could had an stadium tour before in another album cycle 

 

the old lineup could fill the same stadiums as this one or probably even more. the only problem that LP has is the USA.. they cant fill a stadium without another heavyweight thats why they asked Blink to be their support for the stadium shows.

[Fleur de Lys]

On 5/28/2025 at 4:44 PM, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

the old lineup could fill the same stadiums as this one or probably even more. the only problem that LP has is the USA..

Nope. The old band played arenas with very few exceptions. Amphitheatres in the US (less capacity than the Arena tour of 25). Never Wembley, never Stade de France, never Berlin Olympiastadion, not two stadiums in Sao Paulo.

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

1 hour ago, Fleur de Lys said:

Nope. The old band played arenas with very few exceptions. Amphitheatres in the US (less capacity than the Arena tour of 25). Never Wembley, never Stade de France, never Berlin Olympiastadion, not two stadiums in Sao Paulo.

Few aspects I would point out.

 

1) Capacity for current US tour might be bigger but shows from Pittburgh till Kansas CIty are selling like ass and they reduced the capacity for some shows already (like they did in Tulsa)

2) There were a few glimpses here and there that LPs fanbase in South America grew bigger around 2017 (Stadium show in Peru)

3) Not the biggest of differences between 4 Arena shows in UK (2 London, 1 Manchester, 1 Birmingham) and one big stadium show in Wembley --> Similar capacities overall tbh.

4) Remember that back in 2014, they sold out all 9 arena shows in Germany and played 3 big shows in 2015. They could have played stadiums shows back then here in germany. Yet I agree that the current shows in Germany have a way higher capacity than those shows in 2014 (Somewhere around 140k in 2014 compared to 240k in 2025)

 

 

They probably could have filled those stadiums in 2014-2017 but with a bigger support. Now they don't need to bring out Architects or Spiritbox to fill the european stadiums tbh. 

[Yucker]

They sold out Paris before they announced OoR as support act. 

 

Maybe their US impact is a bit less than before but they grew a lot in EU?

[ScottiePippo]

 

17 hours ago, KeysToTheLinkinPark said:

Few aspects I would point out.

 

1) Capacity for current US tour might be bigger but shows from Pittburgh till Kansas CIty are selling like ass and they reduced the capacity for some shows already (like they did in Tulsa)

2) There were a few glimpses here and there that LPs fanbase in South America grew bigger around 2017 (Stadium show in Peru)

3) Not the biggest of differences between 4 Arena shows in UK (2 London, 1 Manchester, 1 Birmingham) and one big stadium show in Wembley --> Similar capacities overall tbh.

4) Remember that back in 2014, they sold out all 9 arena shows in Germany and played 3 big shows in 2015. They could have played stadiums shows back then here in germany. Yet I agree that the current shows in Germany have a way higher capacity than those shows in 2014 (Somewhere around 140k in 2014 compared to 240k in 2025)

 

 

They probably could have filled those stadiums in 2014-2017 but with a bigger support. Now they don't need to bring out Architects or Spiritbox to fill the european stadiums tbh. 

In 2017 only 3 of the 4 shows in the UK were played in big arenas, one in London was played in a much smaller concert venue. The overall capacity was 60K at best, so significantly smaller than Wembley alone. Also playing 4 shows means people can attend more than one. It's a big difference.

[LPLStaff]

On 5/28/2025 at 10:44 AM, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

 

the old lineup could fill the same stadiums as this one or probably even more. the only problem that LP has is the USA.. they cant fill a stadium without another heavyweight thats why they asked Blink to be their support for the stadium shows.

 

Internationally, LP is a bit bigger than they were before. They were not playing the stadium in Mexico City, the stadiums in Paris, London, Berlin, etc.

 

1 hour ago, ScottiePippo said:

 

In 2017 only 3 of the 4 shows in the UK were played in big arenas, one in London was played in a much smaller concert venue. The overall capacity was 60K at best, so significantly smaller than Wembley alone. Also playing 4 shows means people can attend more than one. It's a big difference.

 

Yes. No doubt they are larger internationally now than ever. The capacity of all those arena shows does not equal the stadiums they play now, and they sold these stadiums out instantly.

 

USA is probably pretty even across the board. You play Arlington to a great crowd in a stadium and then have some smaller markets not doing well, but let's be honest - One More Light 2017 amphitheater tour was selling really poorly across the board. What are the odds with Chester during OML they were able to sell this many tickets in Tulsa, Omaha, Grand Rapids, etc? It's likely very, very similar.

 

But they are now able to do 2 nights in some cities. As Mike said it's up and down in the U.S. markets. Across the board they are doing just fine in the U.S. - notice how many "B cities" and "C cities" (not main markets) they are doing on this tour which of course aren't going to sell so hot for many rock acts. They are just fine in the main markets.

[silverwing]

I remember even in Brazil in 2012 they had problems filling small venues in some cities.
They played two 7k arena dates in Rio de Janeiro.
It was supposed to have a stadium concert in Curitiba that was cancelled (same place they will play soon november 5th).
Porto Alegre one was going to be in a 20k stadium too and was changed to a 10k ginasium (most Curitiba fans went to Porto Alegre).

 Only São Paulo one was 27k in a 32k location

Edited May 30 by silverwing

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

1) The hiatus: during this 7 year gap the world needed Linkin Park, many fans left and many of u were waiting. Linkin Park needed a hiatus after THP needed a long break they look burned out.

 

2) the new wave of fans: if you actually pay attention the young fans are the ones that are packing the crowds, these guys fell in love w the band during the hiatus

 

3) the market has changed: too many bands are trying to do stadium shows thats how the market now works

 

Its so good to be an LP fan right now.

[LPLStaff]

14 minutes ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

Its so good to be an LP fan right now.

 

All great points - the crowds at the shows have been a ton of younger fans. They are very excited to see LP. The band going viral on TikTok so many times since 2017 definitely helped contribute to that. Random songs, too.

 

And it's extra good to be an LP fan right now if you're you because Joe just said they want to return to Mexico very soon. lol

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

3 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

 

All great points - the crowds at the shows have been a ton of younger fans. They are very excited to see LP. The band going viral on TikTok so many times since 2017 definitely helped contribute to that. Random songs, too.

 

And it's extra good to be an LP fan right now if you're you because Joe just said they want to return to Mexico very soon. lol

 

Where did he say that? share it please haha

I want to go to a USA date in the summer, would love to meet the LPL guys.

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

2 minutes ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

 

Where did he say that? share it please haha

I want to go to a USA date in the summer, would love to meet the LPL guys.