2026.06.01 - Hamburg, Germany (Night 1)

[RogueSoul]

The last leg of the From Zero World Tour is off to a flying start! After delivering a plethora of surprises and a strong performance on the opening night, Linkin Park are bringing the tour to their favorite country: that's right, it's Germany time! The band will be playing the first of six shows in the country on Monday, June 1, 2026 in Hamburg, Germany at the Volksparkstadion for their first of two nights in the stadium, in what will likely be their biggest shows in the city yet!

 

This'll be Linkin Park's second (and third) time visiting Hamburg on this tour, with the first being back in 2024, their very first European show of their comeback. Since I ran down the full history lesson and that pre-show post (and I have to start packing...), I'll skip the history lesson today - you can read Linkin Park's Hamburg history here if you want to run back the tapes, though. Long story short, this will be Linkin Park's ninth show in the city (twelfth if we're counting promo performances). Linkin Park's show at the Barclays Arena in September 2024 was a euphoric, legendary night as the band crossed the Atlantic for the first time in seven years. It's easy to remember the feeling of that period of time leading up to From Zero's release - and I'm sure anyone who was at this show in Hamburg can agree. Those early shows were some of the most exciting and unbelievable times, but here we are almost two years later, now familiar with the idea that Linkin Park is back and with almost a whole tour of experience behind them now.

 

The band's setlist in 2024 featured a good handful of older material that didn't quite make it into 2024... but may be back in 2026 (we'll get into that later). Following the band show by show, it's easy to forget how much the set has morphed since back then. Act I kicked off with the familiar Inception Intro A ('Castle Of Glass' theme) into 'Somewhere I Belong,' with the band keeping the old-school action going by following up with 'Crawling,' 'Lying From You,' and 'Points Of Authority.' 'New Divide' with its recently revived Moscow Intro kept the nostalgia going before 'The Emptiness Machine' wrapped up the act with a reminder that this was, in fact, a new era. Act II seems mostly familiar, with less rotation songs but the same staples like 'The Catalyst,' 'Burn It Down,' and Mike's solo medley ('When They Come For Me/Remember The Name'), which at the time didn't feature any extended random verse madness (that was a 2025 addition). Instead of the typical heavy rotation we're used to nowadays, the band played 'Lost In The Echo' as a rotation song before 'Given Up' and 'One Step Closer' brought us to the middle of the show.

 

We were dealing with the 360° stage back then, so at that point the band left the stage so that the crew could rotate the instruments around so that each side of the crowd got to properly see each member. Act III started dramatically, with the shortened piano version of 'Lost' stunning the audience before 'Breaking The Habit' made things even more dramatic. 'What I've Done' wrapped things up, taking us into Act IV, which has perhaps changed the most out of any other part of the set. The 2017 Version of 'Leave Out All The Rest' started things off before the band launched into a heartbreaking acoustic rendition of 'My December,' followed by another emotional performance of the rare 'Friendly Fire,' which remains the only piece of music from the One More Light era to be performed on the From Zero World Tour. The rest of the set was pretty similar to what we have today, though that includes one big surprise: the band premiered 'Heavy Is The Crown' to the whole world in the encore, debuting the song ahead of its release a few days later. The band returned to Europe in a huge fashion back in 2024 in Hamburg, and we're sure 2026 will be even more spectacular!

 

 

Linkin Park debuting 'Heavy Is The Crown' to the world during the encore of their performance at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, Germany on September 22, 2024.

 

Linkin Park performed their first show of the leg on May 29 at the 3Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, and as far as tour openers went, this one certainly had the fanbase watching with close eyes. At long last, we had some major changes in the setlist structure, starting right at the beginning! The band opened the show with Inception Intro A (the 'Castle Of Glass' theme) and led into 'The Emptiness Machine' which featured a new extended intro, making it the first full show of the world tour to NOT open with 'Somewhere I Belong' and the first time 'The Emptiness Machine' opened a show since its premiere at the launch show in September 2024. 'Somewhere I Belong' was moved to the end of Act I, swapping spots with 'The Emptiness Machine.' Act II continued the show relatively normally, with 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Over Each Other' kicking off this leg's rotations. Mike whipped out another medley of verses during his solo medley (Medleyception?), performing parts of 'Step Up' and 'Lift Off' before coming back to 'Remember The Name.' Eagle eyed fans notice the surprises didn't end there, though, as Colin left the drumming duties for 'Remember The Name' up to Emily! After all these shenanigans, the band launched into 'IGYEIH' for the heavy rotation. Act III is where things really got spicy, with 'Breaking The Habit' and the shortened piano version of 'Lost' making their return for the first time since São Paulo 2024 Night Two. 'Let You Fade' was added in right after as well, making it the first time that Act III featured an extra song! The surprises didn't end there, however, as the band launched into 'Lost In The Echo' in Act IV, another revival from 2024 with it being the first performance since São Paulo 2024 Night One! That brings up to three song revivals this year so far, with 'Leave Out All The Rest' making a triumphant return at the end of the last leg in Australia & New Zealand. The band whipped out a Funky Jazz outro to 'Numb' before 'Heavy Is The Crown' and 'Bleed It Out' (with a verse of 'A Place For My Head' in the bridge) wrapped up the main set. The band closed out their show with a heavy triple-hitter of 'Papercut,' 'In The End,' and 'Faint.'

 

With three songs now brought back from the dead (2024) in 2026, and multiple two night stands ahead of us, it's time for the speculation to begin. Hamburg is the first of three two-night stands on this tour (the others being Munich, Germany and Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain), so this is likely where things start to get funky. As far as From Zero songs are concerned, 'Cut The Bridge,' 'Good Things Go,' 'Stained,'  'Casualty,' and 'Unshatter' waiting to bat for this European Tour still - it's likely we'll see at least two of these come out for Night One in Hamburg. For our Act I rotations, 'New Divide' and 'Points Of Authority' are waiting in the shadows while 'Castle Of Glass' or even 'From The Inside' could be subbed in for Act II. The heavy rotation could be any of 'Keys To The Kingdom,' 'Casualty,' 'Given Up,' or now even 'Unshatter'! Act III is a big question - will 'Breaking The Habit' be a staple for the rest of the tour while 'Lost' retains its shortened form, or will the full 'Lost' now be in rotation itself? And will 'Let You Fade' remain, or is there a new rotation spot afoot, perhaps with 'Leave Out All The Rest.' 'Lost In The Echo' has a potential spot up for rotation in Act IV as well - perhaps where 'A Place For My Head' or 'From The Inside' could make an appearance? Two songs remain from 2024 that haven't seen the light since yet: 'Friendly Fire' and 'My December.' Perhaps there's room for them now in the expanded Act III? There's a lot of new variables to keep an eye on during the coming shows! And there's always a chance that the band has something new in their back pocket... looking at you, 'With You' and 'Blackout.'

 

 

Linkin Park performing their song 'Lost In The Echo' at the 3Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29, 2026 for the first time since November 2024!

 

Opening the show will be Clipse and Phantogram. Clipse is the hip-hop duo of Malice and Pusha T., supporting their latest record Let God Sort Em Out. Filled with charged lyricism and dark, atmospheric beats from the likes of 'Art Trumpets' and 'Chains & Whips,' you can expect to see two rap figures some of their most important work on display. Pusha T. previously collaborated with Linkin Park on 'Good Goodbye' (and the 'I'll Be Gone' remix from RECHARGED), so it'd be cool to see him come out and perform with Linkin Park onstage! After Clipse comes Phantogram, bringing more of an alternative, electronic rock vibe to the mix with some of their biggest songs. Opening with 'You Don't Get Me High Anymore,' Phantogram bring lots of energy and mystery as they chug through more hits like 'Black Out Days' and 'Fall In Love.' The band are credited by Mike for inspiring his song 'What The Words Meant,' a bonus track from his Post Traumatic release. It'd be great to see Phantogram get involved with the band onstage too - maybe vocalist Sarah Barthel could join for 'Burn It Down' like Lynn Gunn from PVRIS did!

 

 

Phanotgram performing their song 'Black Out Days' at the 3Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29, 2026.

 

Who's going to the show? I'm flying out tonight from Newark, NJ for my first trip to Europe ever for all the German headline shows and Vienna, so I hope to see some of you there! Weatherman Rogue Soul will have his boots on the ground for this one, but as of writing it looks like Monday will be a cloudy but warm day in Hamburg, with temperatures ranging from 22°C to 13°C at night (that's 72°F and 55°F for my American ass), so you can dress light and be ready to jam! The band performs their second show at the Volksparkstadion on June 3 before heading off for legendary headlining performances at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park.

 

 

As always, 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!

 

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[Yucker]

I was at the 2024 show! When they played HITC everyone was "What was that, what a banger".

 

Fun fact: the venue where they're gonna play on this tour is right across the street of the venue where they played on 2024!

[FelixSFD]

33 minutes ago, Yucker said:

the venue where they're gonna play on this tour is right across the street of the venue where they played on 2024!

after that show, I was wondering, where LP would play in 2025. My thought was that if they don't have the time for a full German tour, they could probably to 1-2 shows in a stadium just like the one across the street.
Well, turned out they filled 4 stadiums of that size within minutes... 😄

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

3 hours ago, Yucker said:

I was at the 2024 show! When they played HITC everyone was "What was that, what a banger".

 

Fun fact: the venue where they're gonna play on this tour is right across the street of the venue where they played on 2024!

I was there too and saw a lot of shocked faces after that long scream loool.

[Alexonlyalex]

Hey guys anyone looking for a LPU PIT ticket. I cant attend unfortunately. Selling for 01 and 03 will give good LPL friends and family discount

[marzo23]

I am ready!!!!!111!!1!!!  Taking the train to Hamburg today and will enjoy both shows and maybe a Linkin Pizza  let the party begin!  

[RogueSoul]

hello from Hamburg! in my hotel room about to try and get some sleep, but super excited to finally have some Linkin Park Germany experiences. time to see if all the hype was real

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

1 hour ago, RogueSoul said:

hello from Hamburg! in my hotel room about to try and get some sleep, but super excited to finally have some Linkin Park Germany experiences. time to see if all the hype was real

holding onnnn

 

why is Germany so heavy?

[Cesar656]

curious to see if they will stick to emptiness opening and faint closing

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

24 minutes ago, Cesar656 said:

curious to see if they will stick to emptiness opening and faint closing

Based on their previous sets

EMPTINESS will never change its spot and Faint will be rotated. 

[Chesterchaz]

Hi guys, I also have a spare LPU Pit Ticket for Re-Sale for much under the Retail price. Drop me a PM!

 

& see you tonight 🤘

Edited Monday at 10:43 AM by Chesterchaz

[Cesar656]

10 hours ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

Based on their previous sets

EMPTINESS will never change its spot and Faint will be rotated. 

The start is a bit akward as I feel it does not match the intro, but it does get the crowd going. I think we will just need to get used to it

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

13 hours ago, Cesar656 said:

The start is a bit akward as I feel it does not match the intro, but it does get the crowd going. I think we will just need to get used to it

damn dude I was pretty fucking wrong haha

 

are they going back to 3 different setlist openers?  that would be great

 

which other song would be a great opener? 

 

I still think that the best opener ever was APFMH but they won't do that 

 

what about Keys, Casualty?  something totally new

 

it's great that they creating fresh sets with only songs that they already played.

 

this is a great farewell tour for FZ.

 

[JerseyShore]

Man what an awesome set today. How was it for those who went?

 

Love that we are getting a pretty big shake up. Someone predicted this a couple of months ago so credit to whoever that was in one of the older threads.

[marzo23]

It was a great show! I was at the lpu pit but in the last few rows. At the beginning the crowd was a little bit slow...i think i was the loudest guy at crawling but later the crowd woke up and it was awesome show with two times Place4myhead🤣 Unshatter and Good things go. Lets see what tomorrow will bring 😁

 

The support acts...are not good enough for a LP show. I mean i paid 180 € and there are so many good bands in Europe in June from all over the world. Phantogram only played their songs and Clipse didnt match at all.. we werent at a hiphop underground show xD 

[[NiKmaN]]

I'll be in the LPU pit for the second show tomorrow! Looking forward, the first two setlists were awesome. Let's see whether we get something very similar to Stockholm or whether they have a set C in the rotation. 

 

A friend of mine went to the show yesterday and was so amazed that she is considering joining again tomorrow. There are still tickets available but LPU pit is also extremely expensive. If someone has got a spare LPU pit ticket for tomorrow that they would give away below retail price feel free to drop me a pm, maybe that could convince her

 

Anyways, see you at the show tomorrow!

[Cesar656]

For some reason I hadnt heard the iridescent opener yet. Lyrics dont really match the music, its a weird vibe. LFY following was also odd. Weak weak opening, SIB and Emptiness were far better. COG or BID in the intro work much much better too

[Trumtram]

41 minutes ago, Cesar656 said:

For some reason I hadnt heard the iridescent opener yet. Lyrics dont really match the music, its a weird vibe. LFY following was also odd. Weak weak opening, SIB and Emptiness were far better. COG or BID in the intro work much much better too

Wow, you can actually criticize something about LP? Now the world has gone truly dark ;).

 

I agree, though. Technical difficulties aside, Emily was way off during the chorus. It's a shame that she doesn't utilize the raspiness of her voice much more like she did during the bridge.

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

OSC would work well after that intro. Especially with those guitars in that intro.

[Cesar656]

2 hours ago, Trumtram said:

Wow, you can actually criticize something about LP? Now the world has gone truly dark ;).

 

I agree, though. Technical difficulties aside, Emily was way off during the chorus. It's a shame that she doesn't utilize the raspiness of her voice much more like she did during the bridge.

Right! It needs to be that bad for me to throw dirt!!

[Chesterchaz]

Night #1 audio for y'all: 

 

https://mega.nz/file/s8xXTYoQ#O_YJWqJbN6Drfdq3eS5yHKG_sA23-a2znnxC_CtQlH4

[Stewe]

35 minutes ago, Chesterchaz said:

Night #1 audio for y'all: 

 

https://mega.nz/file/s8xXTYoQ#O_YJWqJbN6Drfdq3eS5yHKG_sA23-a2znnxC_CtQlH4

Thank you so much.

Do you will record night 2 as well?

[xxHybridXeroxx]

1 hour ago, Chesterchaz said:

Night #1 audio for y'all: 

 

https://mega.nz/file/s8xXTYoQ#O_YJWqJbN6Drfdq3eS5yHKG_sA23-a2znnxC_CtQlH4

Thanks so much for this! 

[LPLStaff]

Even if it doesn't land perfectly, and they obviously had tech issues (Phoenix's tech running out, Mike's mic not being on, the intro sample being SUPER quiet), I'd much rather they change the setlist up like this by swapping openers, etc around than not doing it. SIB has opened every show of the world tour besides the comeback show, until this leg. SIB rocks. But why not change it up? Emptiness, LFY. Open with From the Inside. Open with Up From the Bottom. Blow it up.

 

There are quite a few rotation slots right now. It's crazy how many songs are popping in and out now that the 2024 songs came back. Emily really does well on Lost in the Echo and Breaking the Habit.

[Cesar656]

5 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

Even if it doesn't land perfectly, and they obviously had tech issues (Phoenix's tech running out, Mike's mic not being on, the intro sample being SUPER quiet), I'd much rather they change the setlist up like this by swapping openers, etc around than not doing it. SIB has opened every show of the world tour besides the comeback show, until this leg. SIB rocks. But why not change it up? Emptiness, LFY. Open with From the Inside. Open with Up From the Bottom. Blow it up.

 

There are quite a few rotation slots right now. It's crazy how many songs are popping in and out now that the 2024 songs came back. Emily really does well on Lost in the Echo and Breaking the Habit.

I partially agree. On the first hand, Iridesce sounds super odd in the intro while COG and BID sound really good. SIB feels like it was made to follow that intro. Emptiness was a bit odd but opened strongly. LYF just sounded akward after the intro. More like a mid-set song.

OSC, LITE for example would make really good openers after that intro