2025.08.01 - Boston, Massachusetts (Night Two)

[RogueSoul]

We're back in Boston for round two! Linkin Park continues the From Zero World Tour with their first ever multiple-night headlining stand in the United States in their career for their second and final night at TD Garden on August 1, 2025!

 

 

In the last pre-show post we talked about Linkin Park's history in Massachusetts from the One More Light era back to the Minutes To Midnight era, so today we'll dive back even further for the first portion of the band's career. The band played four shows in the state back on the Meteora World Tour, the last of which took place on Projekt Revolution 2004 in Mansfield. This set featured many of the classic late-Meteora moments, notably the Blood, Anger, Suffering Transition Outro between 'Figure.09' and 'From The Inside,' the Hip-Hop Medley of 'Step Up,' 'Nobody's Listening,' and 'It's Goin' Down,' and their cover of 'Wish' by Nine Inch Nails! Earlier in the year, at the very start of the 2004 North American Tour in January, opening with 'With You' and 'Runaway' before diving into other goodies like full renditions of 'IT's Goin' Down,' 'Nobody's Listening,' and a rare 'My December' and 'P5hng Me A*wy' in the encore preceding 'A Place For My Head' and 'One Step Closer.' Absolutely nasty! The band played two shows in the state as well in 2003, the second being that summer on the legendary Summer Sanitarium tour opening for Metallica at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. This show had the same set as the Live In Texas release, featuring all the goods from that DVD like performances of 'P5hng Me A*wy' and 'Crawling' with its 'KRWLNG' intro. Earlier in the year, Linkin Park brought Meteora songs live to the United States for the very first time with a performance in Worcester in March 2001 on the LP Underground Tour. Tracks like 'Somewhere I Belong' and 'Lying From You' were fresh off the presses at this show, and with his being their first U.S. show of the whole world tour, fans heard some truly explosive tracks for the very first time, even being treated to some very rare songs like 'Hit The Floor' and 'Easier To Run.'

 

The band performed in Massachusetts a whopping six times on the Hybrid Theory World Tour, visiting there nearly every time they did a U.S. run (and there were a lot of those back then). The band's last show on the cycle there was on the inaugural Projekt Revolution 2002, visiting Lowell. This show took place on Mike's birthday, and at one point in the show they had the crowd help them sing Happy Birthday to him! 2001 saw the band in the state four total times, the last of which was on the Family Values Tour in Worcester. While 'Forgotten' was dropped from this show and all the following shows on this tour, the set did feature some rare tracks like 'Step Up' and 'Pushing Me Away.' Aaron Lewis from Staind also came out to guest on 'One Step Closer' to close out the show! When the band performed on Ozzfest 2001 (RIP Ozzy), the tour had two stops in Mansfield that August. The first night featured a fairly standard Hybrid Theory-era set opening with 'With You' and 'Runaway' before diving into other songs like 'Points Of Authority' and 'By Myself.' Chester performed 'Walk' by Pantera with Disturbed at this show during their set, too! We don't have a setlist for the second night, but we do know from the Frat Party At The Pancake Festival DVD that Chester got bit "on the ass" by a poisonous spider at this show. Not quite the rarities we're looking for, but we'll have to take it. Earlier in the year, the band played a NEMO Music Showcase in Boston for their second show in the city, and while we don't know the exact setlist, we do know 'With You' opened and that they ran through other tracks like 'Forgotten' and 'Crawling.' The band's very first show in Boston and Massachusetts overall was in November 2000, playing WBCN's X-Mas Rave. We have very little info about many of these early shows in the state, so if you were there, let us know what you remember!

 

 

A full recording of Linkin Park's show in Worcester, Massachusetts on the Family Values Tour on October 27, 2001. While the quality on this isn't so great, watching it will definitely transport you to a different time!

 

Night One in Boston was nothing short of a spectacle. The LPLive team was live in the seats (and on Instagram, in fact) for this show, and it was the first time we'd seen the 360 setup from anywhere but the pit! The LPU Reserved section offers a great view and a great sound - and we'd definitely recommend it if you're still looking at options in the future! The band whipped out 'Crawling' and 'Lying From You' in Act I once again, but brought back 'Cut The Bridge' with the Moscow Intro, and it absolutely roared to life! 'Given Up' took the heavy rotation slot, right after Mike whipped out the demo verse (which we're pretty sure that he thinks is the real verse) of 'Lift Off' from Post Traumatic during his solo medley. 'Good Things Go' made an appearance in the ballad rotation before Mike played 'One' by Metallica over the extended intro of 'Overflow.' The gospel theme won for a second show in a row (boo) for the Colin Control intro for 'Numb,' but the band brought back the outro jam for the song and did some pretty extensive work with it. 'In The End' and 'Faint' returned to the main set, with 'Heavy Is The Crown and 'Bleed it Out' resuming their regular closing position in the encore. 'A Place For My Head' made an appearance in the encore as well (which was awesome as it was my friend who had never seen the band's one request), that rotation slot returning to the end of the set as well. 'Bleed It Out' featured 'There They Go' over the extended bridge, as well!

 

 

With this being the third show under the band's belt for this run, there's just a few rotations left that we haven't seen that should pop up here. Act I is only missing the likes of 'Points Of Authority' from the list of potentials, and 'New Divide' could make a comeback for some playtime in Boston. The heavy rotation could go to either 'IGYEIH' or 'Keys To The Kingdom' if the band doesn't repeat anything yet. 'Stained' is the last ballad in the books for the Act III rotation, and 'Let You Fade' may be geared up for an encore appearance. It seems quite likely that 'In The End' and 'Faint' swap back to close the show again now that the band is getting more comfortable with that sequence. Night 2 was the original night announced, meaning this'll be the ones where some truly hardcore fans will be at - could bigger surprises be in store for us? Let us know your predictions!

 

PVRIS will once again be opening the show, and as these are hometown shows for them, we're sure they'll have some extra fervor to deliver! Their sets have been nothing short of epic, delivering that right blend of alternative rock and electronica that fits right into the Linkin Park ethos. Opening with 'GOOD ENEMY' and 'ANIMAL,' Lynn Gunn commands our attention as the band busts out more familiar tunes like 'Dead Weight' and 'My House.' Newer cuts like 'Snakes' and 'Burn The Witch' made their way into the set as well before 'GODDESS' brings the show to a climactic end. If you can make it in time to see the show, definitely don't miss PVRIS! We're still holding out on a guest feature as well, whether its Mike coming out for a song (he produced 'TAKE MY NIRVANA' from their new record) or Lynn coming out for a Linkin Park song!

 

 

Who's going to the show? Myself, Mark (Hahninator), and Nico (GlassCastles) are still in town and ready to jam for round 3 of 4 - we'll see you in the pit this time! Weatherman Rogue Soul is live on the scene (for real this time) to report that it will actually be cool today with temperatures not hitting above the mid 60's! That being said, it'll be raining all morning and be cloudy for the rest of the day. That won't stop us from having a great time, though! After this show, the band heads back to my neck of the woods with a show in my great home state of New Jersey with their first show at the Prudential Center in Newark before heading off to Canada for another multiple-night stay in Montréal and a show in Toronto. The band then heads back to the U.S. to Nico's home in Chicago, Illinois and continues through the United States from there! There will be a Linkin Pizza pop-up in Brooklyn, New York on August 2 for anyone in town, hosted at Paulie Gee's from 11:30am to 6:00pm, featuring food and exclusive merch!

 

With all the recent Linkinpedia updates we've been doing as far as the show pages show, we'd like your help in expanding them further! We are looking for pictures or scans of a number of items from the band's 2025 tour, including wristbands, tickets, setlists, exclusive pop-up store content, and more. If you have anything to contribute, check out our thread on the matter and submit your pictures directly to us - if they meet the mark we will get them uploaded to the show pages and credit you (and also blur your information out where applicable)! Be sure to check out the site to see our recent changes to the show pages (including marked rotation songs, album breakdowns, and more statistics) if you haven't already, and enjoy the upgrades to our LPLive and Linkinpedia servers with faster loading times on both sites! We've also recently launched an LPLive Newsletter for those looking for more of a TL;DR version of what's going on with the tour than my pre-show posts - we'll be sending it out every couple of weeks so as to not flood your inbox, but we'll be bringing you an overview of both tour and general news updates in these, so be sure to sign up if you haven't already!

 

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[sublimeric]

Amazing show for night 1! Hoping to get “Over Each Other” & “IGYEIH” for night 2!
 

I have seen clips here and there, but I was blown away by how great Emily is at this point. Colin and Alex, too. Em especially seems to be more comfortable and bringing the energy!

[LeonardoMF93]

I think we’ve already reached a point in the tour where we can say that no new songs will be added to the setlist. Still, I believe we have the best selection of songs since the Living Things tour.

 

It’s really nice to know more about the LPU Reserved section, even though I know it changes depending on the arena. What bothers me the most is that you don’t need to be an LPU member to buy a ticket for that section.

 

By the way, does anyone know which version of the From Zero Deluxe vinyl is being sold at the North American shows?

Edited Friday at 05:54 PM by LeonardoMF93

[bloodbath]

4 hours ago, LeonardoMF93 said:

 

I think we’ve already reached a point in the tour where we can say that no new songs will be added to the setlist. Still, I believe we have the best selection of songs since the Living Things tour.

I'm just missing Unshattered, but if the tour ended up today I would be quite satisfied overall. Who would have said this 365 days ago!

[RogueSoul]

LPLive live reactions: 

 

 

 

[GlassCastles]

18 hours ago, LeonardoMF93 said:

I think we’ve already reached a point in the tour where we can say that no new songs will be added to the setlist

This aged well

[sublimeric]

So glad I went to both nights! I guess I’ll keep chasing “Over Each Other”, BUT incredible to get more FZ songs (IGYEIH! Stained! Let You Fade!), along with the Emily debut on LGM. My favorite moment was watching Lynn from PVRIS get to sing “Burn It Down.” How many times do you get to be there to watch someone’s dreams come true?!
 

The past couple shows in Boston were very healing. It felt like losing a giant part of me back in 2017 that I didn’t ever think could come back. The weight is lifted now, and it felt so good to see Mike smiling in Boston. 
 

 

[xxHybridXeroxx]

1 hour ago, sublimeric said:

So glad I went to both nights! I guess I’ll keep chasing “Over Each Other”, BUT incredible to get more FZ songs (IGYEIH! Stained! Let You Fade!), along with the Emily debut on LGM. My favorite moment was watching Lynn from PVRIS get to sing “Burn It Down.” How many times do you get to be there to watch someone’s dreams come true?!
 

The past couple shows in Boston were very healing. It felt like losing a giant part of me back in 2017 that I didn’t ever think could come back. The weight is lifted now, and it felt so good to see Mike smiling in Boston. 
 

 

Awesome!!! So glad you had a great time! I really agree with you about the healing effect because how you described losing a giant part of you that you thought would never come back and the weight being lifted once seeing it in person is the exact same thing that happened to me. 
 

[BartBart91]

On 8/1/2025 at 6:47 PM, bloodbath said:

I'm just missing Unshattered, but if the tour ended up today I would be quite satisfied overall. Who would have said this 365 days ago!

I would really like to see Unshatter live, hope they play live soon.

[LPLStaff]

The song rotations were fantastic. IGYEIH, it may have been the first one she didn't mess up live. The song is an absolute jam live and Emily rocks it big time. That's one of the best songs on From Zero live. Stained also sounded great.

 

Love Points Of Authority and specifically, the guitar is sounding better and better on these older songs live.

 

When they played two shows in Sao Paulo and changed the set quite a bit, we were really keeping our eyes peeled for Tokyo... which they absolutely nailed, and then they REALLY took it next level in Frankfurt. The two night stands are amazing and are pretty much a must-see for this iteration of the band because so much is different night-to-night and they'll even evolve from here to get crazier. The shows were too good and the crowds were wild - super loud.

 

Let You Fade - awesome performance.

 

The encore of Papercut, In The End, and Faint is unbeatable right now for the current iteration of the band. The crowds go absolutely insane on those. Really, really good.

 

Had a blast!

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

13 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

The song rotations were fantastic. IGYEIH, it may have been the first one she didn't mess up live. The song is an absolute jam live and Emily rocks it big time. That's one of the best songs on From Zero live. Stained also sounded great.

 

Love Points Of Authority and specifically, the guitar is sounding better and better on these older songs live.

 

When they played two shows in Sao Paulo and changed the set quite a bit, we were really keeping our eyes peeled for Tokyo... which they absolutely nailed, and then they REALLY took it next level in Frankfurt. The two night stands are amazing and are pretty much a must-see for this iteration of the band because so much is different night-to-night and they'll even evolve from here to get crazier. The shows were too good and the crowds were wild - super loud.

 

Let You Fade - awesome performance.

 

The encore of Papercut, In The End, and Faint is unbeatable right now for the current iteration of the band. The crowds go absolutely insane on those. Really, really good.

 

Had a blast!

 

Man I would love if the band closed a show with In The End i don't think that they have ever done done that it would be fucking crazy, add an extended intro or extended outro what a banger it would be.