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. 

[BartBart91]

On 1/17/2026 at 4:16 PM, 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.

 

Please, not Shadow of the Day.

 

On 1/17/2026 at 11:42 PM, RYG4R said:

hoping for Sorry for Now to be played. 

 

I don't think they'll play Sorry for Now; I don't really like the song either.

 

18 hours ago, JerseyShore said:

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. 

 

They played 46 different songs, plus the Iridescent Vocals intro and a few different raps during When they come for you/Remember the Name and Bleed it out.

[LPLStaff]

Show looks like it was a good warm up for 2026. Nothing crazy, but they did a Stranger Things intro for In the End. Nothing else really to report, but the From the Inside performance was great as usual, and the IGYEIH ending into OSC is a vibe.

 

Emily sounds good, the band sounds good.... on we go to the next.

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

the best thing about this show was having the opportunity to see this band live with such a small crowd (around 10k)

this new trend of having big ass shows for well known bands sucks ass, what's the point of having a crowd similar to a festival? the only one who gets a benefit its the actual band $$$ we the fans just get a bad experience or maybe there's people who love seeing a band as far away as possible.

[JerseyShore]

7 hours ago, BartBart91 said:

They played 46 different songs, plus the Iridescent Vocals intro and a few different raps during When they come for you/Remember the Name and Bleed it out.

Damn I'm good. Kinda crazy that they played 46 different songs and besides playing the full new album, it's not like they dug deep into the catalog for the others. They legitimately have hit after hit after hit.

[mrfox]

7 hours ago, BartBart91 said:

Please, not Shadow of the Day

 This. Every DSP has Shadow of the Day, I'm sick of that song

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

1 hour ago, mrfox said:

 This. Every DSP has Shadow of the Day, I'm sick of that song

this isnt the same band, if they ever play that song it will be a different version of it.

 

SOTD its a great song the HB version was awesome.

[Cesar656]

4 hours ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

the best thing about this show was having the opportunity to see this band live with such a small crowd (around 10k)

this new trend of having big ass shows for well known bands sucks ass, what's the point of having a crowd similar to a festival? the only one who gets a benefit its the actual band $$$ we the fans just get a bad experience or maybe there's people who love seeing a band as far away as possible.

You answered yourself lmao

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

2 minutes ago, Cesar656 said:

You answered yourself lmao

it wasn't a question it was an opinion🙄 lol

[LPLStaff]

LPU section is close at every show - stadium or not. Just get those tickets if you want to be close.

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

40 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

LPU section is close at every show - stadium or not. Just get those tickets if you want to be close.

being infront of the catwalk seems like the best experience the band spends tons of time in there specially during the best moments of the show.

[AceWav]

Meanwhile me and my friend Chris prefer NOT to be standing in the crowd or to where we can’t escape a mass shooting or some crazy shit like that. Thankfully I went with someone who thinks exactly like me. Safety and comfort OVER being the closest or in the pit or whatever. We were off to the side standing probably only 100 feet from the stage near a clear and obvious exit haha. Point is, we don’t mind seats or being further away if need be. 

Edited Monday at 08:20 PM by AceWav

[AceWav]

18 minutes ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

being infront of the catwalk seems like the best experience the band spends tons of time in there specially during the best moments of the show.

Try doing that in Florida in May at Rockville lol 😂 the heat… the lack of moisture, the smell… the people beating everyone else up. Drunks and smoke everywhere. It’s not worth being close to the band out here unless your willing to risk heat exhaustion or a bloody face.

[Trumtram]

@AceWav The part about the risk of a shooting got me. That is such a sad statement, and I'm sorry that you feel this way. No one should ever be afraid of something like that (especially at a show!), but it's the consequence of years of experience on the matter in your country.

About the other part: Being in front and in the pit are some of my most precious memories of attending shows ever. Especially at "rock" shows the vibe is always positive (except for the random asshole here and there). I never felt a sense of community more than what I experienced there, in the heat of the moment. But it needs to be said that I'm German and thus European and can only vouch for people over here. And it only partly applies to these big (and/or popular) shows, because you usually have a lot more casual fans there who get annoyed quickly.

Nowadays, with age and injuries, I prefer to be rather at the side/back of things. But only a couple of years ago I loved being in the mix, and I will cherish these memories until the day I die.

[AceWav]

6 hours ago, Trumtram said:

@AceWav The part about the risk of a shooting got me. That is such a sad statement, and I'm sorry that you feel this way. No one should ever be afraid of something like that (especially at a show!), but it's the consequence of years of experience on the matter in your country.

About the other part: Being in front and in the pit are some of my most precious memories of attending shows ever. Especially at "rock" shows the vibe is always positive (except for the random asshole here and there). I never felt a sense of community more than what I experienced there, in the heat of the moment. But it needs to be said that I'm German and thus European and can only vouch for people over here. And it only partly applies to these big (and/or popular) shows, because you usually have a lot more casual fans there who get annoyed quickly.

Nowadays, with age and injuries, I prefer to be rather at the side/back of things. But only a couple of years ago I loved being in the mix, and I will cherish these memories until the day I die.

Yes sadly, but it's not just America anymore. It's literally anywhere. Australia just had one. I don't feel completely safe no matter what country or rock concert or overly crowded place. Crazy people walk the earth everywhere but America is the country who gets a boner over it and puts it on the news all the time. 

Edited Tuesday at 04:27 PM by AceWav

[Trumtram]

While it is true that crimes happen everywhere, no country comes even close to the US when it comes to gun violence. Literally. It's insane over there. An estimated 13.500 people died because of gun violence in the US last year alone (that's roughly 37 people every day!). What you see on the news is only a fraction of it, as crazy as that may sound. I certainly can't imagine living in such an environment, it's that alien to me.
Just because a shooting did happen in another country doesn't mean that you are unsafe there (check "availability heuristic", because what you describe falls exactly under that term). Because by that logic you shouldn't do anything at all in life. You could die because of a cable fire in your sleep or get hit by a car on your way to buy groceries, etc. I wouldn't advise doing that kind of thinking for your own well-being. But you do you, of course. It still saddens me, that a young person like yourself has these kinds of thoughts.

[RentEznor]

On 1/19/2026 at 8:22 PM, LPLStaff said:

LPU section is close at every show - stadium or not. Just get those tickets if you want to be close.

 

I am one of those lucky ones. Hopefully I get early entry too as an LPU member.

 

6 hours ago, AceWav said:

Yes sadly, but it's not just America anymore. It's literally anywhere. Australia just had one. I don't feel completely safe no matter what country or rock concert or overly crowded place. Crazy people walk the earth everywhere but America is the country who gets a boner over it and puts it on the news all the time. 

 

The world has always been unsafe, even if you're being a bit too pesimistic about it. I see this kind of thinking all the time these days and to be honest, no harm or bad feelings, but the internet has affected people's perception of the real world so damn much I think it might be scarier seeing someone still believing vaccines are bad or climate change is a hoax over your average street thief/criminal. It is getting that dangerous and many still don't realize how awfully easy is to become a horrible human being online now. Again, no hard feelings on your personal experiences at all, just telling my perspective.

[RentEznor]

On 1/17/2026 at 4:16 PM, 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.

 

Hopefully they will. There's so many ways they could mess around with their sets. My obvious choice is to include Mike's solo material of 2018-2023 (Already Over with Emily would be a lot of fun).

[Cesar656]

On 1/19/2026 at 7:53 PM, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

it wasn't a question it was an opinion🙄 lol

U used a "?" tho. Still, u replied yourself. Costs of touring and of the music industry in general are high. if you can make more revenue, you just make it