hahninator Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 After playing a usual warmup show in Las Vegas on the 16th, Linkin Park heads to Australia & New Zealand for a few headlining shows and for the Soundwave Festival. Today, the Soundwave Facebook page has released the schedule for the 72 bands playing 9 stages at Soundwave for Brisbane and Sydney, the first two stops for the festival. It can probably be assumed that the schedule will be almost the exact same for the other three shows after that too. It is also important to note that there are two main stages, which means the transitions between bands will be small. With Metallica "headlining" the festival (aka playing as the last band on the main stage), this puts Linkin Park on Stage 1 B, the second main stage. The time that LP gets to play is from 6:30-7:45, meaning 1 hour and 15 minutes. As headliners, Metallica gets a whopping 2 hours and 15 minutes. It is also worth mentioning the bands playing before LP. Before them on the same stage is Slayer, and the band that performs right before them on Stage 1 A is A Perfect Circle. Before A Perfect Circle, there is Stone Sour and Bullet For My Valentine. With an hour and 15 minutes, LP can probably play between 16-19 songs depending on what they play. For an idea of what could be played, last year the band did a 15 song set for KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas in December (show page here) and a weather-shortened show at NovaRock in Austria for 16 songs (show page here). The 16 song set only clocked in at 65 minutes, so it's possible they could play more than 16 songs. Soundwave includes the following shows for Linkin Park: 23.02.2013 Brisbane, QLD, RNA Showgrounds 24.02.2013 Sydney, NSW, Olympic Park 01.03.2013 Melbourne, VIC, Flemington Racecourse 02.03.2013 Adelaide, SA, Bonython Park 04.03.2013 Perth, WA, Claremont Showground The headlining shows in Auckland, Darling Harbour and Melbourne will obviously get full setlists, so the band might stick with two setlists for this tour (one for Soundwave and one for the headlining shows). What would you like to see them play? Do you think they will debut any other songs off of LIVING THINGS? What do you think the 75 minute setlist will include? To see the rest of the 2013 LP tour dates that have already been released, click here. EDIT (FEB 11): The Melbourne and Adelaide schedules have been released. Linkin Park is playing at the same time (still for an hour and fifteen minutes, as expected), but a few of the other bands have changed time-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geki Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I think a hard hitting short and sweet 18 song set would be best. Featuring a lot of LT songs plus old hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecanoLP Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Wow, I'd be pissed to miss so many great bands lol. 6 bands playing at the same time is terrible for someone who likes lots of different music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Wow, I'd be pissed to miss so many great bands lol. 6 bands playing at the same time is terrible for someone who likes lots of different music. Not much you can do with so many bands. Really sucks if you like both LP and Metallica because you have to pick what stage to be at. Metallica shreds the fucking place big time though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narc85 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) I was convinced LP and Blink would get 85/90 minute sets, so this news was a little disappointing to hear. I don't envy the organisers. People are losing their sh*t all over the Soundwave Facebook page as well as twitter because of the clash between Metallica and Blink/Offspring. Supposedly, at the remaining shows, there is only going to be the one (well two) main stage, rather than the current two (four) main stages. They've also said the headliners will all play one after the other on the main stage. Can't help but wonder why they didn't do that for these two shows. Random! Edited February 6, 2013 by Narc85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maik_gianino Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 75 minutes means, 20 songs. Not sure if we will get something new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thigolpbr Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 in my opinion should they play a few of the ancient songs to innovate a little more. songs such as: reading my eyes, high voltage, and one. perhaps even (carousel), by myself, forgotten, do not stay, hit the floor, earsin to run, figure 0.9. it's goin down. I'm sure anyone a fan was going enjoy hearing these songs again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpplus Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Damn.Only 75 mins.Why they are discriminated between metallica and LINKIN PARK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Damn.Only 75 mins.Why they are discriminated between metallica and LINKIN PARK? Because Metallica has been around almost 20 years longer than Linkin Park, because Metallica brings way more people to their shows than Linkin Park, because Metallica plays longer than Linkin Park, because Metallica is Metallica lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[AndOne] Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 All the other bands before them have even shorter set times, (even Offspring on the other big stage gets only 1 hour) the only reason metallica is playing more than 2 hours because they are metallica and can pull off a 2 hour set and probably demand that as a headliner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearOfTheDuck Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Plus Metallica's songs are mostly about 7 minutes long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Not much you can do with so many bands. Really sucks if you like both LP and Metallica because you have to pick what stage to be at. Metallica shreds the fucking place big time though.Screw both of them! Blink-182 is where it is at! and Stage 1b is like one of the worst overall stages IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Agreed on that stage sucking but Metallica blows Blink away any day of the week lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-NaughtyNottingham Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 what a problem having all those stages and sometimes some bands play at the same time wish i was there lol Paramore & LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_master Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 So 4 of my most favorite bands (Linkin Park, Metallica, Blink, Offspring) are playing on the same festival and I only get to see two of them? That would suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[AndOne] Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I saw LP, Metallica and the Offspring last year at Rock im Park, and I was able to see all of them because each played on a different day. I think Soundwave has too many bands on too many stages. Too many bands overlapping. All the stages even finish at the same time. I know it's not a full blown festival but it should be one. So most of the big bands are on Stage 1 and 2. And tons of other small bands on 4 other stages. Who's going to watch all those when most people come for the headliners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPPhan2005 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 This makes perfect sense. I think the only thing that really surprises and sticks out at me is the fact that LP is going to be playing when it's still light out. As far as the clash between Metallica and Blink/Offspring, it's quite apparent that this festival is mainly comprised of metal and pop-punk bands. Not a lot of people like both. Personally, I love Metallica, Blink, and The Offspring. If I went to this, I'd go all the days and see LP every day, while sorting through which of the other bands I choose to see. I do hope LP strategically writes an energetic set for this, something like: LITE Faint ND GU Victimized/QWERTY Papercut/LFY WY SIB LGM POA WFTE (UIB intro) BTH The Catalyst Numb WID BID ITE BIO OSC We can hope all day that APFMH, Figure 09, etc gets added, but this is what it'll most likely be. COG and the Medley should be excluded in order to keep energy up. IMR, WTCFM, Blackout, and maybe Powerless would most likely be cycled in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 LITE Faint ND GU Victimized/QWERTY Papercut/LFY WY SIB LGM POA WFTE (UIB intro) BTH The Catalyst Numb WID BID ITE BIO OSC Well they aren't going to exclude COG because it's the new single. The only problem I see with your set is the lack of A Place For My Head. Drop Numb, add COG. Drop LGM, add APFMH before OSC. New Divide, In The End and Numb really need some time off like Crawling is getting. If this was a 2010/2011 year for LP (meaning back when they weren't playing With You, Points, or Somewhere I Belong), this set would be a little boring for the hardcore fan. 14 out of the 19 there are singles. I guess 5 non singles is good but wow the run from WFTE until the bridge of BIO is pretty ehhh if you've seen all those songs a million times. I wonder if the band ever gets tired of playing the same stuff every show. I'd love to see something like this. They'd destroy a festival with this. 01. LOST IN THE ECHO 02. From The Inside (Ext. Intro) 03. No More Sorrow (Long Intro) (give Given Up some time off) 04. VICTIMIZED/QWERTY 05. Lying From You/Papercut (these 4 songs in a row are A+ for the crowd and LP jams big) 06. Points Of Authority 07. What I've Done (AMBO Intro; Outro singalong) 08. Wretches & Kings 09. Fallout 10. The Catalyst 11. CASTLE OF GLASS (or IN MY REMAINS, which I originally had before Points) 12. Breaking The Habit 13. BURN IT DOWN (New Intro) 14. With You (Scratch Intro) 15. Somewhere I Belong (2012 Intro) 16. Enth E Nd (time to change it up, In The End has been at every show for over a decade) 17. Bleed It Out (Maybe a new bridge? Sabotage is epic, but they might want to change) 18. A Place For My Head (Extend whatever you want) 19. Faint (Ext. Outro) 20. One Step Closer (Ext. Outro) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer0 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 You are gonna have a hard time catching Paramore, Blink 182, Linkin Park AND Metallica. Great bands with bad time schedules. But we know thats just how it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkin_boss Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Well they aren't going to exclude COG because it's the new single. The only problem I see with your set is the lack of A Place For My Head. Drop Numb, add COG. Drop LGM, add APFMH before OSC. New Divide, In The End and Numb really need some time off like Crawling is getting. If this was a 2010/2011 year for LP (meaning back when they weren't playing With You, Points, or Somewhere I Belong), this set would be a little boring for the hardcore fan. 14 out of the 19 there are singles. I guess 5 non singles is good but wow the run from WFTE until the bridge of BIO is pretty ehhh if you've seen all those songs a million times. I wonder if the band ever gets tired of playing the same stuff every show. I'd love to see something like this. They'd destroy a festival with this. 01. LOST IN THE ECHO 02. From The Inside (Ext. Intro) 03. No More Sorrow (Long Intro) (give Given Up some time off) 04. VICTIMIZED/QWERTY 05. Lying From You/Papercut (these 4 songs in a row are A+ for the crowd and LP jams big) 06. Points Of Authority 07. What I've Done (AMBO Intro; Outro singalong) 08. Wretches & Kings 09. Fallout 10. The Catalyst 11. CASTLE OF GLASS (or IN MY REMAINS, which I originally had before Points) 12. Breaking The Habit 13. BURN IT DOWN (New Intro) 14. With You (Scratch Intro) 15. Somewhere I Belong (2012 Intro) 16. Enth E Nd (time to change it up, In The End has been at every show for over a decade) 17. Bleed It Out (Maybe a new bridge? Sabotage is epic, but they might want to change) 18. A Place For My Head (Extend whatever you want) 19. Faint (Ext. Outro) 20. One Step Closer (Ext. Outro) I miss a lot AMBO intro in WID, it would kick ass if they brought it back. =/ I hope they do something with in the end sometime soon. even adding the last verse from enth e nd, or a verse from the demo, XD or an extended outro, or whatever would be really refreshing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen88 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm pretty happy with the timetables. There are some pretty sucky clashes, but that's music festivals for you. Just means I'll have to prioritize! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSoul Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 17. Bleed It Out (Maybe a new bridge? Sabotage is epic, but they might want to change)"Sabotage [to be retired]" on the last KROQ set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPPhan2005 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Well they aren't going to exclude COG because it's the new single. The only problem I see with your set is the lack of A Place For My Head. Drop Numb, add COG. Drop LGM, add APFMH before OSC. New Divide, In The End and Numb really need some time off like Crawling is getting, etc... Oh, don't get me wrong, the hardcore fan in me would love the set you listed, I was just going off what would most likely be a safe set that the band could pull. Of course, they haven't played a single show yet this year, so anything could happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narc85 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 With the other shows apparently featuring only 1 main stage, is anyone else concerned/predicting that LP's set will be cut even shorter? Perhaps to 60 minutes rather than 75? Also, they open these shows with either OSC or APFMH, they'll have the audience wrapped around their little fingers for the rest of the set (provided they keep the energy up of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam.harrison Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Im going to both their sydney shows, and from what ive seen LP is copping alot of flak from the soundwave audiences. so i think in order to win everyone over, Hahninators set would be perfect for both LP fans and for the soundwave crowd as well, lots of energy and songs that fit the type of festival. but who knows, the auckland show will show us a rough guide of what they are guna play .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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