2026.03.18 - Auckland, New Zealand

[LPLStaff]

We are sad to report that it's already time for the last show of the tour for Linkin Park!

 

 

This will be the last show before the final leg of the From Zero World Tour and it takes place in none other than Auckland, New Zealand, where Linkin Park has performed four previous times. Auckland is the only city in New Zealand that Linkin Park has performed in, but it would not surprise us in the future if they started to branch out as other popular artists have done to cities like Christchurch, Dunedin, or Wellington. So far, they have sold out a majority of their shows at Spark Arena.

 

The first LP show in Auckland came on the 2001 US-to-Europe Tour that we've talked about in all of the show threads so far this tour. We don't really know too much about the show but a review says that Chester performed "Jane Says" by Jane's Addiction in the show, which was a cover he was performing at the time. It would be at the very end of this tour, in London, when he brought out "The Morning After", the first appearance at an LP show of his famous solo song that went on to become a bonus track on the Dead By Sunrise Out of Ashes album.

 

Unfortunately, the band didn't return in 2003 when they played Livid Festival so it was until Minutes to Midnight six and a half years later when they could get back to New Zealand. They announced a show at Vector Arena (now Spark Arena) in 2007, selling it out in under five minutes. A second night was added beforehand (so, the new show became the first show of the tour) and LP was able to get in two shows! The 2007 shows are actually pretty great - we listened to these and updated the show pages in December ahead of this tour; you'll definitely love these if you give them a listen. The night 2 show especially rocks!

 

 

You know how Linkin Park in this era will sometimes perform 2 shows in the same city, especially on this Australian leg? But in Europe, South America, even some North American cities now too. That wasn't common back in the day. In fact, outside of performing 3 nights at Tokyo's Budokan in 2003 (which are LEGENDARY LP shows), the band did not headline the same city for multiple nights from 2001 to 2007 until Auckland 2007. They went on to play two shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Saitama, London, and Las Vegas on the tour for Minutes to Midnight. That really kickstarted LP being able to do that - their third album.

 

But hey, anytime we can mention Tokyo 2003, we can and on that note, if you want to listen to one of the best LP shows of all time, here you go in great quality. Back in the day, before we had three albums, way before we had the modern day LP, before social media as it is now... we had amazing shows like this.

 

 

Sadly, the A Thousand Suns Tour skipped Auckland in 2010 although two shows were rumored again at the arena. With Canberra being announced just a few weeks before the show over in Australia, it looks like the shows in Auckland just didn't work out for some reason. But we've seen the crew itinerary - they had two shows penciled in for A Thousand Suns. What a shame they didn't make it over for the album.

 

2013 ended up having the next show, the 8th LPU Summit, in Auckland. Bringing along Stone Sour to open the show (we're jealous), LP treated fans to a five song soundcheck that they actually livestreamed for LPU fans across the world. The three album songs from that soundcheck included a rare "Castle of Glass", and then "Lost in the Echo" and "Victimized (w/ QWERTY)". That's not bad!

 

 

We would love the LPU Summits to return one day!

 

Well, that headline setlist rocked in Auckland in 2013 and that brings us up to speed with the LP history in New Zealand. We'll see what the future has to offer, but this show sold out VERY quickly (under 2 hours) and we think they know they can easily play two shows there again now.

 

The band's last show in Sydney for night 2, wrapping up the Australian leg, was really good. And by that, we mean we got a major highlight in "Leave Out All The Rest" returning for the first time since Sao Paulo, Brazil 2024! What a surprise! With Emily still sick and LP playing 25 song sets for the time being, altering the set for her vocals, it makes sense to get a song in with Mike singing a majority of lead vocals. Let's hope the song sticks around for Auckland and Europe, because of course that's a big song on MTM and fans love it.

 

 

Alex had this to say on Instagram about the song after playing it:

 

 

Check out the Sydney night 2 setlist, which has some cool notes:

- "From the Inside" at the third show in a row.

- "Lying From You" makes it back-to-back shows.

- "Over Each Other" in a rare Act 1 appearance for the first time.

- Mike rapped 28,000 verses on his solo medley. No, for real - check it out. It was in response to @BroodingAnanas on Twitter saying he was doing a lot of the same verses recently (which actually is true), and he decided to mash-up a lot of them at once on a LONG medley - "Step Up", "It's Goin' Down" (with a member of The X-Ecutioners in attendance!), "Until It Breaks", "When They Come For Me", and "Lift Off". That's not bad. Could we see a few more mashups of multiple verses? That'd be pretty fun, right?

 

 

Bring on Auckland, bring on another "Leave Out All The Rest" performance, and whatever else the band has to offer. This tour has rocked because the energy has been off the charts with both the band and crowd, but the amount of fun/unique songs has been HIGH lately. We've seen "Unshatter", "Let You Fade", "Keys to the Kingdom", and "Leave Out All The Rest" all return in Australia.

 

Auckland holds the honor of being the band's last show before the final leg of the From Zero World Tour in Europe. Things are ending sooner than we want them to, and you need to get a show in before the end of June if you want to see a From Zero show. As much as we'd like them to keep touring to areas they haven't visited yet - southeast Asia, China, Ireland, South Africa, etc... LP is quite anxious to get back into the studio and have already started writing and recording new music.

 

We're excited for the last show of the tour and can't wait to see what goes down in Auckland! Best wishes to Emily and we hope she gets well soon! Let's rock one more time down under and we'll turn our attention to Europe next.  

[RYG4R]

Nobody's Listening verse and High Voltage verse would make Auckland even more memorable than Sydney, night 2.

[RentEznor]

19 hours ago, LPLStaff said:

 

 

I don't wanna hear any more "00-06 'PeAk' BaNd" when again and again I'm constantly reminded of how awesome the band still sounded live in '07.

[Spook]

Will Emily sing in Auckland tonight?

[Vinescence]

Meteora being the record with the most songs played in a show in 2026 is wild

[BartBart91]

1 hour ago, Vinescence said:

Meteora being the record with the most songs played in a show in 2026 is wild

 

That's not true, the record is held by From Zero. All From Zero songs combined were played 80 times in 2026, Meteora 47 times and Hybrid Theory 46 times.

[MMM]

25 minutes ago, BartBart91 said:

 

That's not true, the record is held by From Zero. All From Zero songs combined were played 80 times in 2026, Meteora 47 times and Hybrid Theory 46 times.

I think it was just about today's show.