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I think the concert was okay. I was a bit disappointed by some of the guests. Some of them really did a good job and I have much respect for everyone for doing it in honor of Chester. At the same time I don't understand how one can be invited to sing at a tribute concert, rehearse with the band and be so unprepeared. If you want to show respect, show respect and learn your lyrics at least to a point where you can sing them accurately with a teleprompter in front of you. I mean most of them had one or two songs For me, Mike did a good job under the given circumstances. You could hear there were many emotions playing a role and he was never a really skilled singer live. Therefore it was good and very emotional. The Messenger was okay, RU was good and Iridescent was okay as well. Ryan Key on Shadow of the Day and Gavin Rossdale both were good but nothing special. Taka on SIB was really bad. That was the first time during the concert where I wanted to push someone off the stage but the worst performance of the night for me was Alanis Morissette...what was that? It felt like a slap in the face. Her singing was awful. She destroyed COG and even though her own song was better it still was not sung well. I know some of her records and they are not even bad but this performance was just not good. Nobody Can Save me was better than I thought it would when it started both Mike, Jon Green and Steven Kellar did a really good job and up until then it was clearly the best performance of the night. Jon Green did great on Battle Symphony. I laughed out so loud when Mike told Joe to restart the song after he messed up the intro. I never heard of Ilsey Juber before but sharp edges was pure gold. I loved the way she sang it and her voice really fits the song. Talking to Myself was good but not as good as sharp edges. Heavy would have been better with just Kiiara or Julia Michaels. Both didn't do great and the chemistry between them was kinda off. They were cute though. One More Light wasn't sung very well but big probs to Mike for doing it as it was really emotional. Looking for an answer the same. I really like the song. The lyrics are beautiful and the melody as well. Sydney Sierota really didn't shine on Waiting for the End. I don't know her work in Echosmith but WFTE was almost as bad as Alanis Morissette. She had problems hitting the notes and it just sounded wrong. Next up Crawling. Oli Sykes... I really hated what he did here. I hope he sang it live better than what we got to hear on the live stream. It really sucks for him what happened and the sound engineers who mixed the live stream fucked up big time on most of the guest singers but for me the prerecorded vocals sounded so awful. It's just my opinion but I really asked myself how anyone would spend any money on hearing such a voice. But...opinions. Papercut with Machine Gun Kelly was as good as it would have been without him. I think he added nothing to it that Mike couldn't have done alone with Chesters voice on the backingtracks the way it was anyway. I really enjoyed One Step Closer. Jonathan Davis could have listened to the song a little more often beforehand but nontheless I think he was a great fit and did a good job. A Place for my head was very good as well. Jeremy definitely knew what he was doing here and it was very nice seeing someone who clearly is a fan himself. After hearing Rebellion with Daron I really wish he would have contributed vocals on the album version as well. That was just awesome. The only letdown was the mixing of the livestream as the vocal backingtrack was louder as Daron on many occasions. I'm so angry at the mixing engineers. When Deryk came out I really wished he would leave right away but I was surprised that he did such a good job. The Catalyst is no easy song to sing and I think it was very good for that. I don't want to lose many words on Blink 182 as I can't stand them and WID was only saved from being the worst performance of the night by their "new" singer who isn't half as bad and annoying as the original one. A Light that never comes...Bebe Rexha...OMG I laughed out so loud. This was neither great nor bad but I enjoyed it as I found this women absolutely funny as well as the performance. I liked it. I love M.Shadows! Burn it Down was sadly just good. His voice sounds very worn out during recent performances and I think he could need some rest to recover. Faint on the other hand was really awesome. This was clearly a highlight for me. Bleed It Out was cool but I would have liked if all the guests would have come out but whatever. I was happy Matts vocals were clearly the loudest in the live stream So all in all I'm still in more grief about Chesters passing than I want to admit and therefore I couldn't enjoy the partly very flawed performances as I would have, had it been for just regular guest performaces. Whatever I really appreciate them doing this concert and the reason some things I wrote may sound a little harsh is my passion about singing, my passion about music and especially my passion about LP. Mike did a great job as a frontman and even though I'm criticising him as a singer I think he (and the others) will make the right decisions regarding the band.

I don't think it's just about aggressiveness. Sure Chester did scream on a few songs but I agree LP could successfully continue without screaming or raspy singing. What I don't agree with is that LP could continue by just playing the songs that Mike and Jon Green could handle vocally. Many songs and parts are very high and to play those songs they would have to drastically rearrange them. I mean they could if they wanted to but with the vocal range of Jon Green and Mike the setlists would be very limited. Jon Green did a good job and I see his possible benefits as he is a multi-instrumentalist like Mike and a pretty decent singer. I could really see him as a touring member but in my opinion they really need another vocalist. I don't mean they need a Chester-Sound-A-Like. They need someone with a unique voice, with charisma, someone who brings something new to the table and in a best-case-scenario someone who can handle Chesters stuff in his own way. I don't think Jon Green can do that and I don't think he did it last friday. For me Linkin Park has always been about doing something new or doing something that already exists in a own and unique way. Chester had that really special voice and no one can "replace" him but I think the best way of doing him justice would be to find someone as unique even if completely different and continue to evolve and honor Chester by continuing his and the bands work. Jon Green might be very good at what he's doing but he's not really unique or outstanding to me in any way, which doesn't mean I don't like him. If they decide to continue the band in whatever possible way and whenever it may be I just wish they can overcome the pain and do something new and exciting for themselves. I will support them anyway.

Mike really has improved over the last years but his live-singing is far from good. His voice is shaking almost all the time and is cracking on many occasions. And that is not caused by his emotions as some people on youtube pointed out. The low-pitched and quiet stuff is very hard to do in between raps, yelling and moving around but he could handle it if Linkin Park decided to do shows that are mainly ballads. A show that is diverse in power and song-wise, he doesn't have what it needs. At least not yet. I know many people won't like my opinion and I have to say I love Linkin Park and I love Mike but he is not a good singer in the sense of a person who can sing under live circumstances. People like the color of his voice and enjoy his performance therefore and so do I to an extend but that has always been the difference between Mike and Chester. Mike is a beast in songwriting and doing background vocals and in my opinion is great at rapping because he has his own style but Chester was the singer. Chester could sing. Most of the stuff Mike sings can be done by anyone. You don't even need to be a singer to sound as good quality-wise as Mike live from a musical standpoint. The thing that separates everyone from Mike is his unique color of voice but not his great ability to sing. As I said at least not yet I don't want to bash him because I appreciate everything they have done and are still doing I'm just reasoning why I think they should get someone who can sing to do Chesters parts.

Oh thanks =)

Isn't anybody twittering from there? The funny thing is I can actually hear them play from my balkony cause Hockenheim is pretty close to where I live. Such a shame I had to work til now and couldn't attend.

Did you guys already see this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SorXPMCRS54 Does anyone know how the real band is called? They have another fake Linkin Park song on their channel.

At the moment this would be the perfect show for me to watch: 1. No More Sorrow (Ext. Intro) 2. Don’t Stay 3. Guilty All The Same 4. Papercut 5. Lying From You 6. Rebellion 7. When They Come For Me 8. In My Remains 9. From The Inside 10. With You (Outro w/ Wth>You Piano into Ntr\Mssion) 11. Numb 12. P5HNG ME A*WY 13. Crawling (KRWLNG Intro w/ Hands Held High Verse 1) 14. Lost In The Echo 15. High Voltage 16. Final Masquerade 17. In The End 18. Keys To The Kingdom 19. A Place For My Head 20. One Step Closer (Reanimation Bridge) —————————————— 21. The Little Things Give You Away 22. A Line In The Sand (Ext. Intro) 23. Waiting For The End (Wall Of Noise Outro) 24. Faint (Ext. Outro) 25. Bleed It Out (Drum Solo)

Didn't they abandon the Solo-Medley in favor of Remember The Name?