RogueSoul Posted August 21 Posted August 21 The From Zero World Tour is headed to the South, and the next stop is taking Linkin Park to the musical heart of America - the band lands in Nashville, Tennessee tonight for a show at the Bridgestone Arena for their first show in the state in 10 years! We're gonna flip up the history lesson today by going in order, because while Linkin Park has played some immense shows in Nashville over the years, the most important was perhaps the very first one in 2000. The band first visited Nashville in October 2000, just two weeks before Hybrid Theory was released to the world. Opening for the Kottonmouth Kings' Ridin' High Tour, the band stopped in Nashville a day early to hit the studio to record 'My December' for the year's KROQ holiday compilation, promised with an opening slot for the Almost Acoustic Christmas later that year. The song is one of very few Linkin Park songs recorded outside of Los Angeles, and once KROQ received the song on the day of the show, they pushed it straight to radio play the next day. Our friends at LPAssociation just posted an awesome in-depth look at the details of the history surrounding the recording of 'My December,' so if you're interested in this unique moment in Linkin Park's history, read their post! Something fun they noted is that the studio 'My December' was recorded in -- though it is now demolished -- is just down the street from the Bridgestone Arena that Linkin Park is playing at tonight! The band performed in Antioch, a suburb of Nashville, on an Offest day during their Ozzfest 2001 venture, the next summer in July. While we know quite a bit about the details surrounding the recording of 'My December,' we have no info on the actual shows the band played in Tennessee around this time, so if you were there and remember any info, let us know! The band returned to Nashville on the Meteora World Tour, performing their very first show at the venue (then known as the Gaylord Entertainment Center) and bringing a number of rare tracks along with them - including the Tennessee debut of 'My December!' Beyond being hit with a number of tracks from Meteora for the first time, including 'From The Inside' and 'Don't Stay' with an extended intro, the band whipped our rarities like 'It's Goin' Down' and 'Nobody's Listening' in full at this show! 'P5hng Me A*wy' was dropped from this show for an unknown reason, despite being part of the setlist for the rest of the tour. Mike brought up a fan name Dallas onstage to play 'Faint' with them, and even more guests came onstage for 'One Step Closer' - Sonny Sandoval from P.O.D., Dan Marsala from Story Of The Year, and Doug Robb from Hoobastank all came out to jam with the band! Linkin Park returned to the venue again in 2008 on the Winter North American Tour during the Minutes To Midnight World Tour, delivering the unreal Set T to the city. Opening with 'What I've Done' and its legendary AMBO Intro, the band then launched into 'Faint,' 'No More Sorrow' with its long intro, 'Somewhere I Belong,' 'Lying From You,' 'Points Of Authority' with an 'In Stereo' intro and 'There They Go' outro (which saw some technical difficulties), and 'From The Inside' - what an unreal start to a show! Other treats in the setlist included 'Hands Held High' in full, 'Valentine's Day,' and 'A Place For My Head' in the encore - and we can't forget that they threw 'My December' in again to start the first encore! Linkin Park's full show at the Gaylord Entertainment Center (now the Bridgestone Arena) in Nashville, Tennessee on February 29, 2004. An essential recording of this tour, which featured an awesome setlist full of rarities we'd love to see today! Linkin Park last performance in Nashville was in 2015, on the ill-fated The Hunting Party North American Tour. Nashville was the second of only three shows that actually took place on that tour after the majority of it had to be cancelled due to Chester breaking his ankle before the following show in Indianapolis. This setlist saw the debut of the 2015 version of Set B for its one and only performance. 'From The Inside' and 'A Place For My Head' were added to the set in place of 'With You,' 'Rebellion,' 'Somewhere I Belong,' and 'Until It's Gone,' while the 2014 version of 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You' appeared for the very last time to date. Aaron Pauley of Of Mice & Men came out to join the band for the 'Iridescent' portion of the Ballad Medley, while former vocalist Austin Carlile came out to sing 'Faint' with them! Linkin Park's sixth show in Nashville is tonight - will history continue to be written? Linkin Park performing the 'Remember The Name' portion of Mike's Solo Medley and the 2014 Abridged Version of 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You' at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on January 17, 2015! This was the last time 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You' was performed in any form, with the original 'Lying From You' returning to the sets in 2024. The band brought the house down once again at their last show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday! Linkin Park delivered Set B (with 'Iridescent' interludes) to the crowd, opening Act I with 'Somewhere I Belong,' 'Crawling,' 'Cut The Bridge' with the Moscow Intro, 'Lying From You,' and 'The Emptiness Machine.' Act II followed suit with its standard run including 'Up From The Bottom' and 'The Catalyst.' 'Castle Of Glass' and 'Given Up' rotated into their respective slots, but Mike really brought the goods with his solo medley, rapping his verse from the Ziggurats album's 'Richard Bachman' for the first time ever! Not only was this the song's first appearance ever, it was the first time anything from Mike's Twitch/NFT collection of songs has been performed live! Seems like some more rare verses are back on the menu after he was seeming to get comfortable with 'Lift Off' and 'Until It Breaks' for a bit! 'Good Things Go' came in Act III, while 'A Place For My Head' took the final rotation in the encore. 'One' by Metallica was played by Mike on keys during the extended intro of 'Overflow,' as well. While the variety on the setlists from night to night may not be as unpredictable as the Europe Tour this summer, there are still fun moments every night making each show special! If the band keeps their setlist rotation in order, Nashville should be lined up for Set C ('Burn It Down' vocals in the interludes) tonight, last performed in Detroit, Michigan a week ago. Set C should deliver the following songs to Nashville: 'Points Of Authority,' 'Crawling,' and 'New Divide' in Act I, 'Lies Greed Misery' and either 'IGYEIH' or 'Keys To The Kingdom' (likely the latter, as 'IGYEIH' was played in Detroit) in Act II, 'Stained' in Act III, and 'Let You Fade' at the end of the main set. Given that the song was essentially born in the city, LOTS of fans online have been campaigning for the band to add 'My December' into the show for tonight's set! The song was being performed in a new acoustic version in 2024, so it's really not out of the question for the band to bring it back out tonight for Nashville. The song hasn't been performed in its home since 2008 on the Minutes To Midnight Tour after being skipped in 2015, so it's high time for a homecoming performance! IT would be a lovely moment as 'My December' was perhaps one of the most emotional moments of the sets last year, and was really a welcome treat for everyone who got to hear it. We'd love to see it make an appearance in Nashville, too, so we're right there with all of you hoping it shows up! Linkin Park's full show (and Jean Dawson's full set) from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 19, 2025! An epic crowd and in-form performance from the band, this is definitely one you want to check out! Jean Dawson will be opening the show in Nashville, and his sets have been impressing Linkin Park fans once again. His eclectic blend of genres (with a foundation of hip-hop) brings quite an electrifying start to the show, with tracks like 'Black Sugar' and 'THREE HEADS*' kicking off the set. More poppy tracks like 'Die For Me' and 'New Age Crisis' bring a lighter mix to the set before 'MENTHOL*' takes things out on an anthemic note. His set will definitely impress and get you ready for Linkin Park to follow, so don't miss him if you can make it there early! Who's going to the show? Weatherman Rogue Soul here to report that after some strong storms rolling through yesterday, things should clear right up today for the show but will remain hot with temperatures in the low 90s. A stray thunderstorm can't be ruled out leading into the evening, but it should otherwise be a pretty hot and clear day, so dress light and maybe bring a hoodie along in case the rain does start coming down! After this show, the band travels deeper into the center of the United States as they hit the Midwest with shows in St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis over the next week! Linkin Park expanded their 2026 touring schedule next year with the announcement of second nights for all three dates on their Australian Tour next March, doubling the length of the tour. 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! 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)! Quote
Chris Posted August 21 Posted August 21 Let's go Nash! I'm super excited they're coming back to my town. I'll be in the pit for the show. Would love to match some faces to usernames if anyone is so inclined! Thanks for the shoutout on my "My December" post as well, Dylan! Hopefully they'll play it. Quote
RogueSoul Posted August 21 Author Posted August 21 1 hour ago, Chris said: Let's go Nash! I'm super excited they're coming back to my town. I'll be in the pit for the show. Would love to match some faces to usernames if anyone is so inclined! Thanks for the shoutout on my "My December" post as well, Dylan! Hopefully they'll play it. My pleasure - was an amazing read, incredible research and work done on the post. Really hope the band see it and play the song tonight! Hope you have a great time at the show! Quote
xxHybridXeroxx Posted August 21 Posted August 21 @ChuckCheese and I are on the way to the show, see you in the pit, let’s rock n’ roll baby! Hoping they’ll pull out My December, my semi realistic hope is KTTK. Quote
LPLStaff Posted August 21 Posted August 21 The My December investigative work was amazing. Hope they play it. Should be a Keys to the Kingdom night too with the rotation with IGYEIH. Quote
danielpsoad-09 Posted August 21 Posted August 21 Just arrived in Nashville. Can’t fucking wait! Please please play Keys to the Kingdom 🤞🏼 Quote
JZLP-Benningstrong Posted August 22 Posted August 22 did they use the studio version of my december? Quote
danielpsoad-09 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 5 hours ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said: did they use the studio version of my december? Yes! The song ended as the countdown to the show also ended, so it transitioned right into the show Intro. It was pretty cool. The show was pretty awesome! It sucks they didn't play Keys but also I know it's a rarity. Quote
Xero21 Posted August 23 Posted August 23 Insane performance and video of IGYEIH. Emily and everyone crushed it. Quote
xxHybridXeroxx Posted August 24 Posted August 24 (edited) On 8/22/2025 at 10:27 PM, Xero21 said: Insane performance and video of IGYEIH. Emily and everyone crushed it. Ayyy that’s my buddy’s channel lol The show was super fun. Band sounded great. Edited August 24 by xxHybridXeroxx Quote
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