From Zero to $250 Million: Linkin Park’s Comeback Tour Was the Biggest of the Band’s Career

[Cesar656]

11 minutes ago, xxHybridXeroxx said:

Dude Scientology is literally a cult yeah, he’s right about that part. 
 

I don’t think anyone HERE hates women or Emily. You’re taking the wrong impression here bro, people say despicable shit on the Internet but not here. This is actually one of the best places for LP and related discourse… Facebook or Reddit are cesspools compared to this. If @Trumtram said something actually despicable I wouldn't be taking up for him. 
 

can we all just chill?

His last PS HEAVILY implies he believes she is in a cult. Which is a pretty ignorant take, given there is no correlation anymore between her and them. Believing that she can just post on her socials a smiley picture saying fuck the cult im out of that bs is being delusional. Nobody can do that. It is the world we live in. 

 

[Trumtram]

My god... How dense can one person be? Scientology IS a cult. She IS a member (if you have different information on that, please share). So TECHNICALLY she IS in a cult. Other people hate her just for this FACT, which is their thing - I don't. But I can acknowledge facts, which you are obviously having trouble with.
You really need to stop interpreting what other people think or what kinds of people they are. You are not good at it, and it's reaching unseen levels of logical fallacies. Not withstanding the fact that it gets insulting with your constant assumptions. So, please, call a spade a spade, so we can discuss something concrete. Everything else is needless trolling.

 

I would love to chill for now, but I also can't let such behavior continue to happen. So, sorry for everyone who feels "disrespected" because of this off-topic excursion.

 

 

Edited August 18 by Trumtram

[Cesar656]

13 minutes ago, Trumtram said:

My god... How dense can one person be? Scientology IS a cult. She IS a member (if you have different information on that, please share). So TECHNICALLY she IS in a cult. Other people hate her just for this FACT, which is their thing - I don't. But I can acknowledge facts, which you are obviously having trouble with.
You really need to stop interpreting what other people think or what kinds of people they are. You are not good at it, and it's reaching unseen levels of logical fallacies. Not withstanding the fact that it gets insulting with your constant assumptions. So, please, call a spade a spade, so we can discuss something concrete. Everything else is needless trolling.

 

I would love to chill for now, but I also can't let such behavior continue to happen. So, sorry for everyone who feels "disrespected" because of this off-topic excursion.

 

 

You got proof shes in a cult? Nope, you don't (now you are going to say her mom was in it and the whole mars volta thingy) but you will fail to show evidence that she is in it after that. Therefore my dear trumtram, who is making assumptions now? She talked about the mars volta thing confirming what we all knew.

So which behaviour you want to stop from happening, assuming our lead singer is in a cult and calling their cashgrabs, or people calling out this behavior? Genuinely curious, and again, please dm me nxt time to avoid going off-topic, its a matter of respect towards the community.

[xxHybridXeroxx]

27 minutes ago, Cesar656 said:

You got proof shes in a cult? Nope, you don't (now you are going to say her mom was in it and the whole mars volta thingy) but you will fail to show evidence that she is in it after that. Therefore my dear trumtram, who is making assumptions now? She talked about the mars volta thing confirming what we all knew.

So which behaviour you want to stop from happening, assuming our lead singer is in a cult and calling their cashgrabs, or people calling out this behavior? Genuinely curious, and again, please dm me nxt time to avoid going off-topic, its a matter of respect towards the community.

He doesn’t, and you don’t have proof she isn’t. To me the whole thing about this is just mere speculation. “He says she says bullshit” if you will. (Yes I’m quoting Bizkit to make a point) We can argue about if she’s in or not all day long, but it’s not gonna change anything. My interpretation of the whole situation is even if she wasn’t in @Cesar656is right in that she can’t just say “fuck this shit, i’m no longer in” without repercussions. My assumption is that she probably isn’t an active member, or is still only to keep family ties. I don’t think Waiting for the End would get someone that emotional onstage if they didn’t relate to the lyrics in such a personal way,  Stuff like this is extremely challenging. I can respect and understand that. 

 

Both of you need to chill. 
 

 

 

Edited August 18 by xxHybridXeroxx

[Trumtram]

5 minutes ago, xxHybridXeroxx said:

My assumption is that she probably isn’t an active member, or is still only to keep family ties.

I'm with you on that one. We don't know her current status, which is why I asked for new information on that if available. It's super fucked up what lengths these assholes will go to to make your life hell.

And AGAIN: I don't judge her negatively by the fact because I know what being in the closer range of this cult means.

[xxHybridXeroxx]

1 hour ago, Trumtram said:

I'm with you on that one. We don't know her current status, which is why I asked for new information on that if available. It's super fucked up what lengths these assholes will go to to make your life hell.

And AGAIN: I don't judge her negatively by the fact because I know what being in the closer range of this cult means.

Yep, exactly.

 

 

now let’s get back on topic…

even with this, the tour went extremely well. I’m happy for the band. They went through a loss than could’ve been the death knell for them. Instead they came back stronger than ever and are delivering their music to a whole new generation of fans. People often forget that a younger casual fan who only knows a few songs (maybe some new ones) who goes and sees Emily perform old material is compelled to check out the older stuff on streaming or YouTube or whatever. That also keeps Chester’s legacy alive too. I know it’s a touchy subject for some people, with the lack of any consistent tribute in the set, but I think at this point they don’t want to dwell on the past too much, and I don’t blame them, I do hope we’ll get something for MTM20 next year, a lot of fans are asking for it, I wouldn’t be upset or shocked if they didn’t though. Part of me thinks we will, but I think it depends on timing for new music, which is obviously going to take priority. 

[Cesar656]

3 hours ago, xxHybridXeroxx said:

Yep, exactly.

 

 

now let’s get back on topic…

even with this, the tour went extremely well. I’m happy for the band. They went through a loss than could’ve been the death knell for them. Instead they came back stronger than ever and are delivering their music to a whole new generation of fans. People often forget that a younger casual fan who only knows a few songs (maybe some new ones) who goes and sees Emily perform old material is compelled to check out the older stuff on streaming or YouTube or whatever. That also keeps Chester’s legacy alive too. I know it’s a touchy subject for some people, with the lack of any consistent tribute in the set, but I think at this point they don’t want to dwell on the past too much, and I don’t blame them, I do hope we’ll get something for MTM20 next year, a lot of fans are asking for it, I wouldn’t be upset or shocked if they didn’t though. Part of me thinks we will, but I think it depends on timing for new music, which is obviously going to take priority. 

People that wanted tribute had Hollywood Bowl, that is up there to play on repeat. Talking about cashgrabs.

They had post traumatic album + tour.

They had the reference on the debut show and the hometown show.

They have backing vocals at every show.

What else do they want really? A Hologram? Band members crying on stage saying they miss him? Im sure Chester would be extremely proud of the band going this way, and of Emily, Colin and even Alex giving their 150% to honor the band that adopted them.

This album+tour has proven that LP still has what its needed to top the Rock Charts and fill stadiums up. Next tour probably won't be as successful (hopefully I get proven wrong) due to the nostalgia not being there anymore, but I can still see them filling up Stadiums

[xxHybridXeroxx]

17 minutes ago, Cesar656 said:

People that wanted tribute had Hollywood Bowl, that is up there to play on repeat. Talking about cashgrabs.

They had post traumatic album + tour.

They had the reference on the debut show and the hometown show.

They have backing vocals at every show.

What else do they want really? A Hologram? Band members crying on stage saying they miss him? Im sure Chester would be extremely proud of the band going this way, and of Emily, Colin and even Alex giving their 150% to honor the band that adopted them.

This album+tour has proven that LP still has what its needed to top the Rock Charts and fill stadiums up. Next tour probably won't be as successful (hopefully I get proven wrong) due to the nostalgia not being there anymore, but I can still see them filling up Stadiums

Definitely agree with all you said here. 

Edited August 18 by xxHybridXeroxx

[LPLC24]

On 8/14/2026 at 12:23 AM, JZLP9CharlesMarcia said:

The clash between the old fans who needed this band to be back and the kids who grew up listening to LP and got a chance to see them in this new era helped a lot for this massive comeback.

 

They did everything right, hopefully they keep going, pretty sure that the next LP2 album will be better than FZ they have every element to make a better album.

 

Hopefully they keep honoring the past by releasing anniversary editions of LP1.

 

what a ride.

There were plenty of old fans who had never got a chance to see them before either.

[LPLC24]

On 8/18/2026 at 10:39 AM, Trumtram said:

Also @cesar

You forgot the possibility that he hates women. Because everyone who criticizes the band might obviously be a woman hater.

 

It is funny how people make the misogyny point. Plenty of the hate comments I've seen on Facebook have been from females themselves.

Accusing people of misogyny is tiring.

[LPLC24]

I didn't buy anything apart from the CD. I also bought an unofficial fridge magnet of a tour poster on eBay for $8. 

[ScottiePippo]

3 hours ago, LPLC24 said:

 

It is funny how people make the misogyny point. Plenty of the hate comments I've seen on Facebook have been from females themselves.

Accusing people of misogyny is tiring.

Female can be misogynistic too

[PhoenixDown]

Those numbers are honestly pretty incredible, especially considering how much uncertainty there was around the band returning with a new lineup.

$251 million and 2.2 million tickets is way beyond just a successful comeback. The fact that Europe alone generated over $100 million and they were doing nearly 100,000 people across two nights in places like Munich and São Paulo shows how much demand was still there.

What stands out most to me is that this wasn’t just nostalgia either. They came back with new music, a different lineup and still managed to make this their biggest touring era by a huge margin.

Pretty remarkable chapter for the band.

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

To be fair. There was a lot of nostalgia in this run. Nu-Metal was on a rise since 2023. Reported numbers underlined that. Nu-Metal/Rock from late 90s/early 2000s reached its 20 year peak when a lot of nostalgia hits and young teenagers from that time period now bring their kids to those shows. The crowd is much younger now. 

 

When LP played 9 arenas in Germany back in 2014, it was an pretty big tour for that kind of music. Now LP plays tons of stadium in germany and other Nu-Metal bands play like 6-7 big arenas in germay. Nu-Metal bands that played like 5-7k arenas 10 years ago. 

Papa Roach plans a big arena tour in germany. SOAD played 2 big concerts. Limp Bizkit, Korn and Deftones all gotten bigger than ever. Due to nostalgia and social media. 

[bloodbath]

3 hours ago, KeysToTheLinkinPark said:

To be fair. There was a lot of nostalgia in this run. Nu-Metal was on a rise since 2023. Reported numbers underlined that. Nu-Metal/Rock from late 90s/early 2000s reached its 20 year peak when a lot of nostalgia hits and young teenagers from that time period now bring their kids to those shows. The crowd is much younger now. 

 

When LP played 9 arenas in Germany back in 2014, it was an pretty big tour for that kind of music. Now LP plays tons of stadium in germany and other Nu-Metal bands play like 6-7 big arenas in germay. Nu-Metal bands that played like 5-7k arenas 10 years ago. 

Papa Roach plans a big arena tour in germany. SOAD played 2 big concerts. Limp Bizkit, Korn and Deftones all gotten bigger than ever. Due to nostalgia and social media. 

There's also another point besides that one, and it's the reunión factor fading away. Let's say that 5/10 people that went to a LP show did it because they wanted to know how the reunited band sounds now, but how many of them will return? They've seen the band, and that's all. Perhaps just 3 of them return and the remaining 2 are people like me who didn't had the chance to catch them during this period. I certainly doubt that the next era it's going to be a failure, but those numbers are going to be hard to equal...

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

1 hour ago, bloodbath said:

There's also another point besides that one, and it's the reunión factor fading away. Let's say that 5/10 people that went to a LP show did it because they wanted to know how the reunited band sounds now, but how many of them will return? They've seen the band, and that's all. Perhaps just 3 of them return and the remaining 2 are people like me who didn't had the chance to catch them during this period. I certainly doubt that the next era it's going to be a failure, but those numbers are going to be hard to equal...

That's defenitely going to happen. At what scale? I don't know. I can imagine LP will be a constant stadium level band in europe from now on. Perphaps not at the amount of shows but I can't see them playing arenas in germany ever again. Only if their schedule allowes them to come here at fall/winter...

[bloodbath]

45 minutes ago, KeysToTheLinkinPark said:

That's defenitely going to happen. At what scale? I don't know. I can imagine LP will be a constant stadium level band in europe from now on. Perphaps not at the amount of shows but I can't see them playing arenas in germany ever again. Only if their schedule allowes them to come here at fall/winter...

For sure, they know that here in Europe can make "easy money", much like Metallica. I don't see them focusing that much in the USA because there are bigger fishes in the pond. And the rest of the world, well, depending on logistics and that stuff. But going back to the main point, they are gonna be an Euro centric band 

[ScottiePippo]

12 hours ago, KeysToTheLinkinPark said:

To be fair. There was a lot of nostalgia in this run. Nu-Metal was on a rise since 2023. Reported numbers underlined that. Nu-Metal/Rock from late 90s/early 2000s reached its 20 year peak when a lot of nostalgia hits and young teenagers from that time period now bring their kids to those shows. The crowd is much younger now. 

 

When LP played 9 arenas in Germany back in 2014, it was an pretty big tour for that kind of music. Now LP plays tons of stadium in germany and other Nu-Metal bands play like 6-7 big arenas in germay. Nu-Metal bands that played like 5-7k arenas 10 years ago. 

Papa Roach plans a big arena tour in germany. SOAD played 2 big concerts. Limp Bizkit, Korn and Deftones all gotten bigger than ever. Due to nostalgia and social media. 

Nostalgia is certainly a component of the success but in linkin park's case it's definitely a smaller factor compared to SOAD, Limp Bizkit and Korn. Linkin Park's comeback is also driven by successful new music. Most of the other bands either don't have new music or it's not successful.
A lot of the young new audience wasn't even born in the early 2000s but are buying tickets because Linkin Park reached a legacy level so that people acknowledge their important status in music history but also are interested in their new music. Linkin Park was probably the best catalyst for the nu-metal rise. I think that the anniversaries of HT and Meteora contributed a lot to it. But since LInkin Park hasn't been a traditional nu metal band since decades their recent success can't be attributed too much to the general newfound interest in nu metal. For example Limp Bizkit dropped a limp bizkit-like nu metal textbook song almost 1 year ago but it's stuck at just 30 million streams on spotify. That's not bad at all for Limp Bizkit in 2025-26 but people are clearly choosing the limp bizkit of the past. The same can be said for Korn. By looking at the streaming numbers of their latest studio album from 2023 you could hardly tell that nu metal has been on a rise since 2023. 

Edited August 31 by ScottiePippo

[Yucker]

I saw Limp Bizkit this summer and everything they played was not newer than 2003 (even the covers), they're a nostalgia act right now, same as System of a down (they didnt realase an album since 2005 and new music since 2020). LP is in part a nostalgia act, yes, but people is awaring now their influence and is reaching to new fans with FZ. 

 

I've got a friend who didn't like LP very much before but after listening to Emptiness machine and Two faced loved them so much that she was with me at both Madrid shows. She's discoverying now Chester's era. I think that examples like this one cant be possible without the impact of the comeback. 

[Coizu]

I am happy for the band that they have the success, but for my very own interest I do hope that interest will go down in the future. I hate stadium shows. I'm afraid that I have to deal with them for the foreseeable future here in Germany though.

[LPLStaff]

On 8/31/2026 at 4:56 PM, Coizu said:

I am happy for the band that they have the success, but for my very own interest I do hope that interest will go down in the future. I hate stadium shows. I'm afraid that I have to deal with them for the foreseeable future here in Germany though.

 

You might be out of luck in Europe - let's see. Could definitely see LP going to a U2 status in Europe where they play stadiums consistently due to the massive success of both the older and newer music.

[JZLP9CharlesMarcia]

On 8/31/2026 at 2:56 PM, Coizu said:

I am happy for the band that they have the success, but for my very own interest I do hope that interest will go down in the future. I hate stadium shows. I'm afraid that I have to deal with them for the foreseeable future here in Germany though.

Yeah dude that's why i skipped Mexico City 2025 show

I don't understand what's the hype of being at a massive place with over 50k people. People were so hyped about Wembley yeah its historic but it's hard to enjoy.

 

I was lucky enough that my show was at a small stadium (17k).