2026.01.18 - Sakhir, Bahrain

[RogueSoul]

Happy 2026 everyone! Hoping everyone's new year is off to a great start so far. Linkin Park are back in business and are ready to bring the From Zero World Tour to more fans across the world! We're kicking off with a place I don't think anyone ever thought they'd play a show, but it's a new day and age in 2026! Linkin Park kick off their mini-tour across the Middle East and India with their first show ever in Sakhir, Bahrain at the Beyon Al Dana Amphitheater on Sunday, January 18, 2026!

 

 

While this will be Linkin Park's first show in the country of Bahrain, it won't be the first time they've stopped in the Middle East - not even on this tour alone! The band made their first appearance with Emily in the region back at the end of 2024, at the Soundstorm Festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their first appearance in Saudi Arabia, the band performed a short yet electrifying set, mixed with new tracks like 'The Emptiness Machine,' 'Over Each Other,' and 'Two Faced,' as well as older hits like 'Given Up' (returning to the setlists after having been dropped on their brief 2024 South American stint) and 'One Step Closer.' This itself was Linkin Park's first visit to the Middle East since their debut performances there in 2010 on the A Thousand Suns World Tour. Stopping in Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv, the band delivered amazing shows with quite special moments: Abu Dhabi's set featured a very rare 'Fallout' into 'The Catalyst' opener (for the last time until 2017), while Chester sang a cover of Bob Marley's 'No Woman, No Cry' during the intro of 'The Messenger' in Tel Aviv.

 

Mike Shinoda's Post Traumatic Tour also stopped in Tel Aviv in 2019 for a pair of shows - the only city to have two nights in a row on the whole tour! Night one featured rarities including 'Sorry For Now' with a 'High Voltage' verse, 'Kenji,' and b-side 'Prove You Wrong,' while tracks like 'Ghosts,' 'Make It Up As I Go,' and 'Crossing The Line' added a brighter energy to the set. Night two had even more surprises, including an early-set piano sing-a-long of 'The Catalyst,' the tour debut of 'Invisible,' 'High Road' with our beloved Jim Digby onstage, 'Watching As I Fall' with Mike's tour security Ed Majic on guitar, and 'Nobody Can Save Me' in the encore. During the live version 'Lift Off,' Mike whipped out verses of 'Step Up' and 'High Voltage,' as well! These sets were packed with goods for fans who made it to the shows, and really have us hoping that Mike does another smaller solo tour in the future! Right now, though, it's Linkin Park time.

 

 

Linkin Park performing 'Given Up' at the Soundstorm Festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 12, 2024. The Middle East has opened up a lot since the band was absent, so it's exciting to see the band play in new places and hit different parts of the world more often!

 

The From Zero World Tour left off in South America and Mexico, with the band's most extensive tour of the continent to date and their triumphant return to Mexico after a successful tour there at the start of the year (also the first time the band has visited the country on separate occasions on the same world tour)! The band's last show was the headlining slot at Mexico City's Corona Capital festival, where the band performed their full two hour show after being granted a full headlining time by a festival for the first time in their history. Performing Set B ('Iridescent' lyrics in the interludes), opening with the familiar Inception Intro into 'Somewhere I Belong,' rotating in 'Lying From You,' 'Up From The Bottom,' and 'New Divide' in Act I before 'The Emptiness Machine' closed it out. 'Cut The Bridge,' 'Points Of Authority,' and 'IGYEIH' all made surprise appearances in Act II, as well as a verse of 'It's Goin' Down' during Mike's solo medley. Act III saw 'Stained' rotate in after 'Lost,' while Act IV wrapped up the main set with 'One' by Metallica performed by Mike on synth during the intro  of 'Overflow' and 'Over Each Other' rotating in. The show closed with the 'Heavy Is The Crown' and 'Bleed It Out' combo, the latter of which featured a verse of 'A Place For My Head' over the extended bridge. Corona Capital was a massive way to end an absolutely massive year - certainly the band's busiest in decades (it definitely was for us)! Big things are definitely waiting for us in 2026! 

 

 

Linkin Park's full performance at the Corona Capital festival in Mexico City, Mexico on November 16, 2025. What a way to take out a groundbreaking year for the band - and we were blessed with two epic pro shots at the end of it all!

 

What is in store for us in 2026? It's hard to say, at this point in time - with all of From Zero performed live ('From Zero (Intro)' and deluxe tracks included), there aren't really any live debuts left to hunt down in the new year, which leaves options open for the return of older songs. It should be noted that two of the deluxe tracks - 'Unshatter' and 'Let You Fade' - were absent from the band's entire South American jaunt that closed out the year of touring. With 'Unshatter' having only three total performances under it's belt, both songs have been absent since the band's show in Portland, Oregon in September 2024 - which was also the first show to feature all three deluxe tracks in one setlist. We're looking back in the discography for surprises in 2026, now! 2025 was full of live debuts, but we did also get some older songs added into the mix: the full version of 'Lost' with its piano start into the full band and 'From The Inside' both debuted in Mexico at the start of the year, while 'Lies Greed Misery' returned to the setlist for the first time since 2013 during the band's North American Tour in the summer. 'Where'd You Go' also got its Linkin Park debut and became an integral part of the setlist on the first string of North American dates in the spring. Many songs from 2024 were missing, as well throughout the year: we haven't seen 'Breaking The Habit,' 'Leave Out All The Rest,' 'My December,' 'Friendly Fire,' or 'Lost In The Echo' since the first run of shows in 2024. We definitely wouldn't complain if any of these were added back into the rotation this year! Two out of four requests from Emily have made it into the show so far: 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Where'd You Go.' The two missing are probably the currently most heavily requested songs from the fanbase right for an Emily debut: 'With You' and 'Blackout.' The return of those songs would certainly set the fanbase into a frenzy - will 2026 be the year? Let us know your predictions!

 

Opening the show will be the Dubai-native PeachPuffs, a newer band on the scene with only a 5-song EP out but a big sound. Sampling through tracks like 'You Happen To Be Insane' and 'Sleepwalking,' it looks like these guys are destined to make some waves through the Middle East and beyond - and it'll definitely be a proper opening show for Linkin Park! If you haven't heard of these guys, give them a listen!

 

 

PeachPuffs performing their song 'Sleepwalking' at LSB Dubai in the United Arab Emirates - definitely one of the more intriguing opening acts on the From Zero World Tour so far! 

 

Who's going to the show? Weatherman Rogue Soul is back and reporting a beautiful day in Bahrain with temperatures as high as 20°C and a low of 12°C. Dress comfortably (or appropriately? I honestly don't know how things be running out here) for the show and get ready to kick off 2026's tour with a bang! After this show, Linkin Park returns to the United Arab Emirates for the first time since 2010 in Abu Dhabi on January 20 before heading to India for their first shows in the country in Bengaluru and Lollapalooza Mumbai. I'll be at the India shows, so hopefully I'll see some of you there!

 

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 and 2026 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)! Last year we 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, and will be bringing you an overview of both tour and general news updates, 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)!

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

special shout out to the count to one million specialist you reached your first show ever before your one million count have a blast the band its awesome almost flawless hopefully they do a special song for youe country🙏 @SFNL14

Edited Friday at 04:49 AM by JZLP-Benningstrong

[SFNL14]

15 hours ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

special shout out to the count to one million specialist you reached your first show ever before your one million count have a blast the band its awesome almost flawless hopefully they do a special song for youe country🙏 @SFNL14

Sorry to disappoint, I'll be going to the one in Abu Dhabi 😅. Still thanks a lot

[LPLStaff]

Can understand not changing the set as a whole but with so many 2026 shows left to go, it would be nice to see a few more song rotations. What about With You and Blackout popping in?

 

Those with Unshatter and Let You Fade would be nice. Or something like Shadow of the Day.

[RYG4R]

hoping for Sorry for Now to be played. 

[ScottiePippo]

10 hours ago, LPLStaff said:

Can understand not changing the set as a whole but with so many 2026 shows left to go, it would be nice to see a few more song rotations. What about With You and Blackout popping in?

 

Those with Unshatter and Let You Fade would be nice. Or something like Shadow of the Day.

I think they will change the setlist a little bit only when they get back to Europe. They will play in many countries they already visited last year so I expect them to add to the rotation 2/3 songs they haven't played with Em yet. Up until then it's all shows where they haven't played in a very long time or never so they might keep the 2025 setlist. 

[JerseyShore]

It's 2026 and Linkin Park is still so back. Looking forward to another year of shows.

 

Can't wait to see what changes they make to the setlist either on this stretch or when they get back to the European shows. We must be getting close to 45? 50? different songs live since the comeback right?

 

Sign me up for With You. I feel like half of my Instagram reels the last couple of weeks have been of the RAR 01 show opener and it feels due.

 

I hope From the Inside becomes permanent too. That's right up there with WFTE and WID as Emily's top older songs.