RogueSoul Posted June 14 Posted June 14 Linkin Park are returning to the United Kingdom for a headlining performance at the Download festival in Castle Donington, England tonight, June 14, 2026! This will be Linkin Park's fifth time playing the original English edition of the festival (having also performed at other variants of the festival in Scotland, France, and Spain over the years), with the prior performances being in 2004, 2007, 2011, and 2014. Perhaps the most memorable of them all was the band's 2014 performance, where they performed Hybrid Theory in its entirety - the first (and only) time to date the band performed a set promising a full album. They delivered on their promise, opening with 'Papercut' and setting off through the record, with tracks like 'With You' and 'Runaway' being performed in full for the first time on the leg of the tour (having been shortened on all prior shows), and others like 'Pushing Me Away' being performed for the first time since 2008. 'Cure For The Itch' was actually performed for the first time ever in its entirety, with new spoken word vocals from Mike for the performance - the song was last performed in 2011. The biggest comebacks of the night were 'By Myself,' being performed for the first time since 2003, and 'Forgotten,' being performed for the first time since 2002. Most of the rarer songs were only brought out for this show, so if you saw them here you really saw something insane! Linkin Park performing Hybrid Theory in its entirety at the Download festival in Castle Donington, England on June 14, 2014. Will we ever see the band do something like this again? Minutes To Midnight 2027 sounds pretty tantalizing... Tonight's show at Download is a historic one for both the band and the festival - with Emily Armstrong now leading the charge, Linkin Park will be the first band with a female lead in the festival's history to headline! We know Emily will deliver on all fronts, and even with a festival-length set of 90 minutes we're sure the band will give it everything they've got. It's possible the band whip out some of the heavier rotations like 'IGYEIH' or 'Casualty,' or possibly 'A Place For My Head' here to amp up the energy, but it's unlike the band to "cater" their setlist to the type of show. Expect all the hits and perhaps a few unexpected surprises in there - we sure wouldn't complain if 'With You' gets some more air time on this tour! Who's going to the show? It's a somewhat cool day with no rain in the forecast, so stay hydrated and get ready to party! A bunch of other great bands are on today's lineup including Bad Omens, The Pretty Reckless, Bloodywood (who opened for the band on their India tour dates earlier this year), Mastodon, and so many more! After this show, Linkin Park returns to France for a headlining show in Lyon before continuing their festival runs in O Son do Camiño in Spain and Rock in Rio Lisboa in Portugal. 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! 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)! Quote
bloodbath Posted June 14 Posted June 14 Am I the only one who wasn't a fan of the 2014 show? For the the HT performance sounded too forced. Quote
Rasputin 93 Posted June 14 Posted June 14 indeed, it felt quite empty. I only love it from a statistical point of view. Quote
bloodbath Posted June 14 Posted June 14 They would never tell you but I'm sure that they would have rather prefer to play their regular show. We're talking about the band who decided to play their risky ATS set back in 2011!! Quote
BartBart91 Posted June 15 Posted June 15 I think Hybrid Theory's performance at the 2014 Download Festival was good. Quote
LPLC24 Posted June 15 Posted June 15 The setlist was disappointing for people who went to the London and Wembley shows earlier in the tour. IGYEIH was the only different song. I thought we were going to hear From the inside or With you. When the next album comes around there will be even less space for old songs. I don't enjoy festivals, by the time the headliner comes on my feet are sore and I just want to get back home. Quote
Trumtram Posted June 15 Posted June 15 20 minutes ago, KeysToTheLinkinPark said: Fucking AI thumbnails are such big piles of shit. Quote
Superxer0 Posted June 15 Posted June 15 It was great my only problem was with the crowd surfers multiple people were coming unstop didn’t have much time to mosh cause of it Quote
Kirstie Posted June 15 Posted June 15 (edited) I’m a bit battered and bruised from a crowd surfer landing on me last night. Last night will go down as one of my fav shows! Atmosphere around me was amazing, ended up on the barrier by where Mike came into the crowd and just had a super amazing time. watching Linkin Park live is MY happy place, my soup for the soul and my zen. I thought I’d passed the age of mosh pits but I felt 20 again last night (back to normal with a bruised, limping bag this morning). it’s hard to explain to other people what this band means and how amazing it is to see them live. Credit to the fans around me, they were amazing too- taking care of me when I was alone and got hurt. Edited June 15 by Kirstie Quote
RentEznor Posted June 17 Posted June 17 (edited) On 6/14/2026 at 8:41 PM, bloodbath said: Am I the only one who wasn't a fan of the 2014 show? For the the HT performance sounded too forced. Never heard this take from anyone in the fanbase until now from what I remember, to be quite honest. I really enjoyed the show, mainly due to the oldest songs that weren't played for 11-12 years at the time, I wish they would've done it more times with other albums. And for the life of me, I still cannot get over how they didn't included the perfomance for HT20. On 6/16/2026 at 8:00 PM, aaaaaaA said: BBC Interview: Putting 'Linkin Park / Machine Shop' instead of Warner Music is definitely an interesting editing choice. Edited June 17 by RentEznor Quote
JZLP9CharlesMarcia Posted June 17 Posted June 17 On 6/15/2026 at 6:46 AM, Trumtram said: Fucking AI thumbnails are such big piles of shit. That's LP3 😂 Quote
Vinescence Posted June 17 Posted June 17 On 6/15/2026 at 12:15 PM, Kirstie said: it’s hard to explain to other people what this band means and how amazing it is to see them live. This 100%. 1 hour ago, RentEznor said: I still cannot get over how they didn't included the perfomance for HT20. It wouldn't make sense because they meant the Hybrid Theory era, roughly 1997-2002 Quote
bloodbath Posted June 17 Posted June 17 22 minutes ago, Vinescence said: This 100%. It wouldn't make sense because they meant the Hybrid Theory era, roughly 1997-2002 Exactly, it wasn't about the album itself, but about a time capsule. 1 hour ago, RentEznor said: Never heard this take from anyone in the fanbase until now from what I remember, to be quite honest. I really enjoyed the show, mainly due to the oldest songs that weren't played for 11-12 years at the time, I wish they would've done it more times with other albums. I mean, I didn't tried to be edgy or a contrarían, but knowing for a long time that the band has never care about nostalgia, that movement seemed too manufactured for me. Hybrid theory's 14th anniversary...? Why not 17th? The band barely rehearsed By Myself and Forgotten, for example and it noticed. BUT if someone like you really enjoyed the performance, that's great! This is just my opinion Quote
RentEznor Posted June 18 Posted June 18 (edited) 11 hours ago, Vinescence said: It wouldn't make sense because they meant the Hybrid Theory era, roughly 1997-2002 It's still HT related, doesn't matter if it's not something from 1996 or earlier-2002. IMHO Edited June 18 by RentEznor Quote
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