2025.09.17 - Sacramento, California

[RogueSoul]

Let's run it back one more time, California! Linkin Park's last stop in the state on the From Zero World Tour takes place tonight, September 17, 2025, in the capital city of Sacramento for the first show ever at the Golden 1 Center! 

 

 

This will be Linkin Park's ninth show in Sacramento, and their first in eleven years! Linkin Park last performed in the area almost exactly eleven years to today's date, on September 18, 2014 in Wheatland on the Carnivores Tour with Thirty Seconds To Mars! The band brought Set A to the Sleep Train Amphitheater, whipping out new tracks like 'Guilty All The Same' and 'Rebellion' while finding time to whip out older tracks like 'Runaway' (transitioning into 'Wastelands') and 'Lost In The Echo.' This was the band's first show in the area in six years, with the last being their last in Sacramento proper: the closing stop on the Minutes To Midnight Winter North American Tour in March 2008. Some of the best sets of this era were being played around this time, and the show in Sacramento that saw Set S was no different, with rare tracks like 'A Place For My Head' and 'Don't Stay' being paired with new ones like 'In Pieces' and 'In Between,' and the 'Wake' and 'Given Up' show opener really brought things to an electrifying start! Prior to that, the band's show in Wheatland was the second stop on Projekt Revolution 2007, and was the very first show to feature the 'Wake' and 'Given Up' show opener and the first show ever where the band rotated their setlist: also making this the first show of 2007 to not open with 'One Step Closer' (it opened the encore instead) and to not close with 'Faint,' which also makes it the first show ever that closed with the band's now staple-closer, 'Bleed It Out!' Minutes To Midnight tracks like 'Shadow Of The Day' and 'The Little Things Give You Away' added softer moments in between the bigger ones like 'No More Sorrow' and the live debut of 'In Pieces.'

 

Linkin Park played in the Sacramento area five times between both the Meteora and Hybrid Theory touring cycles, but we actually only have the full details on one of them: the Family Values Tour stop at the ARCO Center in November 2001. Funnily enough, we didn't have any info on any of these five shows until I started writing this paragraph, when I noticed someone added it to setlist.fm in 2024. I've added in the setlist now, and it seems that the band played their classic late-2001 setlist, opening with 'With You' and 'Runaway' while also featuring tracks like 'Pushing Me Away' and 'By Myself.' Chester also came out later in the night to perform 'Dead & Bloated' with headliners Stone Temple Pilots (who he would serve as the frontman for twelve years later), while the band watching in shock from the side stage as Scott Weiland apparently came out performing naked. The band's other performances in Sacramento during these years were on the 2004 North American Tour, Ozzfest 2001, the Street Soldiers Tour in early 2001, and their final show of 2000 on Papa Roach's Master Bay Tour (their hometown!). If you attended any of these shows and happen to remember any setlist details, be sure to let us know!

 

 

The full DSP audio of Linkin Park's show at the Sleep Train Amphitheater in Wheatland, California on July 27, 2007. The first show to feature the rotating set standard by Linkin Park, it was also the first show to close with 'Bleed It Out' and the first time 'Wake' and 'Given Up' opened a show! Other treats include the live debut of 'In Pieces' and other rare tracks from the album.

 

Linkin Park's last stop on the From Zero World Tour was in San Jose, California, and ensured that this last leg of the tour will be full of surprises! After Mike celebrated on Twitter that From Zero had finally been performed entirely with the live debut of 'Unshatter' in Los Angeles over the weekend, fans were quick to point out that one important piece of music was missing from the whole equation: the intro track, 'From Zero (Intro).' While only ten seconds long, it remained the only track to not be played from the record after all the other tracks as well as the bonus tracks ('Up From The Bottom,' 'Let You Fade,' and 'Unshatter') were all debuted as well. Well, it seems he took that personally, as 'From Zero (Intro)' was added to the set! A little light show went on as the intro was played before 'The Emptiness Machine' in Act I, complete with the talk at the end of the song, just like on the record. Now From Zero has been performed in its genuine entirety - a feat the band hasn't achieved since Minutes To Midnight (we wait for you in our dreams, full performance of 'Robot Boy')! The band whipped out plenty more from the record, including another run at 'Unshatter' as well as moving 'Good Things Go' into Act IV into the new spot for the ballads and keeping 'IGYEIH' in the heavy rotation for a second show in a row. 'Stained' reappeared in Act I alongside 'New Divide' and 'Points Of Authority,' while Mike brought out verses from the 'Skin To Bone' Nick Catchdubs Remix from Recharged and 'Reading My Eyes' during 'When They Come For Me/Remember The Name' and the bridge of 'Bleed It Out,' respectively. To top it all of, Emily went into the crowd for the bridge of 'Heavy Is The Crown!' This last leg of the tour is getting wild, and we're sure the energy will continue in Sacramento!

 

Sacramento is lined up for Set A tonight, and since the band has been shifting things around for this leg of the tour, it's hard to say what to expect tonight! Hopefully 'From Zero (Intro)' is a permanent addition to the set so that the band can really bask in the glory of having performed the full record live, and it seems 'Unshatter' may be a staple for this last run of shows in Act III. That being said, the last time Set A was performed was in Phoenix, Arizona before the week-break in the tour, and featured the following rotations: 'Lying From You,' 'Up From The Bottom,' and 'New Divide' in Act I; 'Cut The Bridge,' 'Castle Of Glass,' and 'Casualty' in Act II; 'Over Each Other' in Act III; and a short jam to 'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson and 'From The Inside' in Act IV. Some things we'll be looking out for in this set are whether 'Lies Greed Misery' will return at all in rotation with 'Castle Of Glass' and what will happen with the ballad rotation spot, as 'Over Each Other' was performed in Los Angeles in Set B instead of 'Stained' (which was played earlier in the show). And will 'From The Inside' be sacrificed for said ballad or 'Unshatter?' We'll find out soon!

 

 

Linkin Park performing 'The Emptiness Machine' with 'From Zero (Intro)' as a precursor for the first time live at the SAP Center in San Jose, California on September 15, 2025.

 

Who's going to the show? JPEGMAFIA is opening this final run of North American shows and will definitely set a vibe during his opening set featuring his indie hip-hop blend with tracks like 'Lean Beef Patty' and 'SCARING THE HOES.' Be sure to catch his set if you can make it early enough - hopefully he'll find a place to come do a feature in the Linkin Park set, as has been tradition for the rest of the openers on this leg. Weatherman Rogue Soul here to report another beautiful California day ahead for Sacramento, however expect it to be hot with a high of 95°F expected today. Dress light and get ready to rock, and be sure to stay hydrated! After this show, Linkin Park continues up the west coast with a show in Portland, Oregon before jumping over the border for one last show in Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia before wrapping up their North American touring for the year in Seattle, Washington.

 

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)!

[LPLStaff]

Lies Greed Misery hasn't been seen in quite some time. I think it shows back up tonight.

[MMM]

17 hours ago, LPLStaff said:

Lies Greed Misery hasn't been seen in quite some time. I think it shows back up tonight.

 

A shot on target.

[LPLStaff]

There is such a massive difference with Alex right now, in the best way possible. Listen to this APFMH. The guitar from 2024 to 2025 on this song is a huge step up in a great way.

 

The crowd is going insane on this. An old-school style intro pause by Mike. APFMH is sounding great, this is a badass performance.

 

 

[linkin_boss]

This tour has been nothing short of amazing... can't wait to go! 😁 I'll be both on Vancouver and Seattle

[JerseyShore]

On 9/18/2025 at 9:37 AM, LPLStaff said:

There is such a massive difference with Alex right now, in the best way possible. Listen to this APFMH. The guitar from 2024 to 2025 on this song is a huge step up in a great way.

 

The crowd is going insane on this. An old-school style intro pause by Mike. APFMH is sounding great, this is a badass performance.

 

 

Feels like Alex gave you a little shout-out in his interview when this song comes up haha