2025.08.25 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[RogueSoul]

We've made it to the halfway point of the tour, and things may be starting to get interesting! Linkin Park are bringing the From Zero World Tour to the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 25, 2025! This will be Linkin Park's eleventh show in the state of Wisconsin, fifth show in the Milwaukee area, and first headlining show in Milwaukee itself!

 

 

Linkin Park last visited Milwaukee in 2015 on The Hunting Party World Tour, playing their first show ever in the city itself headlining Summerfest 2015 on the final stop of their summer North American leg. The band whipped out tracks from the new record like 'Rebellion' and 'Wastelands,' even whipping out the super rare 'A Line In The Sand' for the crowd! The awesome setlist opened with 'Papercut,' also diving into heavier hits like 'Given Up' and 'From The Inside,' while also finding time for softer moments like the Ballad Medley featuring 'Leave Out All The Rest,' 'Shadow Of The Day,' and 'Iridescent,' a shortened version of 'Darker Than Blood,' and a full band 'Welcome.' This was the band's first show in or near Milwaukee in seven years, the last time before this being on Projekt Revolution 2008, when the band hit Elkhorn in the summer. Opening with a nasty sequence of 'No More Sorrow' preceded by its Long Intro and a Street Drum Corps intro, 'Lying From You,' and 'Somewhere I Belong,' Linkin Park delivered Set Z to the crowd with a strong fervor. The band brought out some rare songs like 'Wake 2.0,' 'In Pieces,' and the Minutes To Midnight Tour Version of 'Cure For The Itch.' Other treats include an album version performance of 'Pushing Me Away,' Chris Cornell joining the band for 'Crawling' after Mike rapped 'Hands Held High' over the 'KRWLNG' intro, and 'Bleed It Out' closing with a drum solo and a bit of 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses! 

 

Prior to 2008, Linkin Park last visited the area on Projekt Revolution 2004, headlining the venue in Elkhorn for the first time. This show featured one of the band's most renowned setlists, with the likes of 'Don't Stay' with its Gacela Intro opening the show, the Hip-Hop Medley with 'Step Up,' 'Nobody's Listening,' and 'It's Goin' Down,' and the Blood, Anger, Suffering Outro Transition between 'Figure.09' and 'From The Inside!' And who can forget the band's cover of 'Wish' by Nine Inch Nails in the encore? The band's very first show in the area was in Elkhorn at the start of Ozzfest 2001, which was actually a very interesting show for this period of the band's history! The band completely changed their setlist at this show, opening with 'Points Of Authority' for the first and only time ever. Other treats from the set include the unstoppable combo of 'With You' and 'Runaway,' as well as 'By Myself' and 'A Place For My Head' toward the end of the set. The band was experimenting with the start of the set around this time, and this was by far the most unique set they put together at the time!

 

 

The first three songs from Linkin Park's first show in the area in Elkhorn, Wisconsin on June 9, 2001. This setlist takes the cake for one of the most unique openers at the time, with 'Points Of Authority' kicking off a show for the only time ever.

 

The last show on the From Zero World Tour took place in St. Louis, Missouri, and the setlist may be an indicator that things will be starting to get interesting on this leg! The band performed Set A, but changed up the rotations a bit in Act I in a surprising way! The expected 'Lying From You' and 'New Divide' came into play, but sandwiched between them was 'Stained,' appearing that early in the set for the first time and for only the second time outside of its regular spot in Act III - it replaced 'Crawling,' which was absent from the set for the first time this leg. The rest of the set proceeded as expected, with 'Castle Of Glass' and 'Casualty' in Act II (as well as the second verse of 'When They Come For Me' during Mike's solo), 'Over Each Other' in Act III, and 'From The Inside' in Act IV. The band began changing things up a lot by the end of the European Tour, so with Act I flipping up in St. Louis, we'll be keeping a close eye on what goes on in Milwaukee!

 

Milwaukee is lined up for Set B with the 'Iridescent' theme, last played in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last week. If the band keeps things according to the plan, Act I should include 'Crawling,' 'Cut The Bridge' with the Moscow Intro, and 'Lying From You,' Act II with 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Given Up,' Act III with 'Good Things Go,' and 'A Place For My Head' in the encore. Jean Dawson will be opening the show with an eclectic blend of alternative and hip-hop, and is bound to be a great start to the night with tracks like 'MENTHOL*' and 'Die For Me' dotted in his setlist. If you can make it early, don't miss his set!

 

 

Linkin Park's full show at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri on August 23, 2025. Early set performance of 'Stained' could mean a lot of promise for shows going forward on this leg!

 

Who's going to the show? Weatherman Rogue Soul here to report the coolest day of the tour so far, with a pretty cold high temperature for the summer of 67°F and a low of 52°C with mostly sunny skies throughout the day. It may get a little chilly for this one, so bring a hoodie or dress ready to jam! The band continues their tour this week, heading to Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City, next before taking a couple days off at the start of September before resuming in Denver. 

 

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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[Southpaw262]

Can't wait for tonight! It's been a long 10 years. So glad they are back in Wisconsin! Sucks that I won't be able to use my LPU early access, since my nephew who's coming with me isn't in the LPU. 

Edited August 25 by Southpaw262

[Southpaw262]

Countdown song is The Joker by Steve Miller Band.