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Facebook Billionaire Sean Parker To Buy Warner Music? How’s this for irony? Newly minted billionaire Sean Parker was responsible for the notorious music-sharing site Napster that precipitated the record industry’s decline a decade ago. Now All Things Digital reports that Parker has joined a consortium looking to buy Warner Music Group, one of the major mainstream labels that sued Napster for copyright violation and had a hand in shutting the site down. Parker has reportedly joined a group of investors including fellow billionaire Ron Burkle in bidding for the music giant, which is expected to fetch over $2 billion when the sale is decided next month. His name is said to be on a letter of interest from Burkle’s Yucaipa holding company to Goldman Sachs, the bank handling the Warner sale. Parker debuted on the Forbes Billionaires List last week thanks to his 3% stake in Facebook, where he was founding president — a role fictionalized by Justin Timberlake in the hit film ‘The Social Network’. More recently, though, Parker has been working as a consultant for European music streaming site Spotify, trying to get the service off the ground in the U.S. This has led to rumors that he’s only interested in buying Warner Music to get Spotify a license to stream its back catalog. Peter Kafka at All Things Digital doesn’t buy it. Says Kafka: "Easier conclusion: Parker believes that intellectual property — in this case, Warner’s catalog — is undervalued, in part because of the digital revolution he helped usher in more than a decade ago." The UK’s Sky News reports that Burkle’s consortium, which includes Parker, is the frontrunner for the bid, but watch this space as the field is a competitive one. Other billionaire bidders reported to be in the running for WMG include Russian-American industrialist Len Blavatnik and buyout king Henry Kravis‘ private equity firm KKR. Source: Forbes.com

Wretches And Kings (Clean) too

Starting online today is the official Linkin Park web radio, hosted by the band itself. Listen to it HERE. "We’re very excited to launch the Linkin Park station on A.P.E. Radio,” said Mike Shinoda. “This is our first radio station where you can tune in and hear some of our favorite music – songs that we grew up on, and new music we think is exciting. We’re also going to premiere rare and exclusive LP music, and take calls from some of our favorite fans… and you get to hear us pretend to be DJs. It’s going to be a slice of the world through the eyes and ears of Linkin Park.” Thanks to MSC. Note: This is not really live; it was prerecorded.

Yeah it works

For the moment there are only what it seems a brand new tshirt and the ATS Tour Edition ArtBook which was been sold at the London shows Edit: http://www.linkinpark.com/tickets/ is now open: Package includes: VIP entrance with parking (where available) Access to pre-show VIP Area with appetizers and a cash bar Concierge merchandise service Exclusive LINKIN PARK T-Shirt Official tour book and collectible laminate On-site concierge The VIP Concierge Service upgrade does not include a concert ticket. You must also have a ticket to be admitted to the event.

According to an open directory, on LP.com will be available on purchase REGULAR and VIP tickets. Also, there will be a brand new package at the cost of 195$ and 145$ for LPUers.

Do you want help to decipher what it says or you want to know where is it from? it seems Korean to me, by the 일 (day) sign on the date.

Yeah

Edit: Ok, i wasted 1€. The song is 50% people fighting with a tribal drums base, the other 50% is some kind of Orchestra version of Let Down, again with this drum and people fighting.

As many of you already know, the USA tour for the ATS era will be announced this Monday, Nov 15th. One date is already leaked by ticketkingonline.com, which reports Linkin Park in Minnesota on Jan 28th. 28.01.2011 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center. Official confirmation this Monday! Credits for this find goes to zane on LPA.

Thanks LPFreak64!

No one tried to write I Have Not Begun lyrics yet?

LOL you're right. EPIC FAIL for me for what i posted before.

Thanks Spin!

A friend of mine told me (which was said by someone at the Summit) I Have Not Begun is a FM demo, but i can't understand why a FM demo would be in a LPU EP. As far i heard, What We Don't Know & I Have Not Begun got lyrics lmao

Lyrics anyone?

Banhammer incoming?

What We Don't Know ♥

trolololololo

Got Stefano' SMS, they started Bleed It Out with Reading My Eyes, and performed Burning In The Skies over the bridge!

Thanks dude

That's the article my staff posted on linkinpark.it: Rockol.it, an Italian website that keeps an eye on the international scene and good music, interviewed Chester Bennington, who right in the middle of the interview, referring to a question, rekindled the hope of all of us fans, discussing the almost certain probability of a date in Italy during the second half of the tour, in 2011. Here are some of the highlights of the interview: Referring to A Thousand Suns: Yes, because we did not want to do the usual disc that you'd expect from Linkin Park, with the guitars well to the fore, vocals equally divided between rap songs and melody and electronics as an ornament. We wanted to follow new paths, without thinking about the radio. With 'A Thousand Suns' we managed to get the same aggressiveness of our previous albums by means of a completely different atmosphere, managing to keep the guitars in the background in order to leave more space synths and samplers. For us it was a challenge that we feel we have won. The reviews on the new album are very 'biased'. Some people hated us at first but after hearing it they have become our fans while some of the original fans see it as a piece of crap. It does not bother us: we would have been really annoyed, actually, if people would have remained indifferent about our work. Which fortunately has not happened. Thank goodness, I would say, because we like the passion ... And again, speaking of the production by Rick Rubin: Let's say he was a great captain. The captain sits in the dashboard and - to get where he wants to get - gives orders to the crew. That's how Rick worked with us. He understood where we wanted to go, and he gave us the right orders to get there. He has been rarely present in the studio with us, but his contribution was crucial. Chester, then switches from the theme "New Album" to the theme "Live in China" as last year they made a stop in Macau and Shanghai : It 'was a fantastic experience, from all points of view ... " Even the restrictions under which the Beijing government submits to the artists who perform under its jurisdiction? Well, we have not given that too much importance. The important thing was to be there. Then, of course, the Minister of Culture gives you the directives. He asks you to not spit on the audience? You do not spit. It tells you to not say 'fuck' or take off your shirt? You do not say 'fuck' or take off your shirt. At the end of the day you achieve big changes in small steps. In Shanghai the entire audience was surrounded by an impressive police cordon: the agents, however, smiled at all during the concert, and enjoyed the show. And here we get to the subject of a concert in Italy: Do not worry: we will stay on the road until the end of 2011, and we will certainly go in Italy - a place where we always had a wonderful time. Sooner or later we will pass by there, perhaps at a festival during the summer. He then points out, talking about the spreading of their music: In America only, a download of our record out of 2 is illegal. And usually the TV does not play your game, with fleeting appearances on David Letterman Show. The rock radios? Fifteen years ago in America about 60 million people listened to them, now it's probably about 15. That's why the Web, video games, films and others have become essential today: If your goal is to make as many people as possible listen to your music, then you have to come to terms with it. Trying to give your best makes you immune from this risk. Take 'Sgt Peppers' by The Beatles: even if it came out today, nobody would say that is a dated record. It's the live shows that trap you in time. Think about the clichés of the 70's, the 'Mirrorball', or the sets the 80's. The live show forces you to continously look for new ideas, to measure the distance from the past, because every trinket, every scene, every stage set automatically imprisons you in a certain period. And we leave the trappings and settings to Beyonce. To the question "Are Linkin Park going to become the rock stars of the new millennium?", Bennigton replies: No, we do not have that demand... We do not try to be the 'new generation' of rock stars. We just want to do our best to contribute to the evolution of music, and if this should serve as a source of inspiration to other bands ... Well, so be it. The sincerity and honesty of Chester once again revives the spirits, especially with the great hint for a probable Italian show: finally something palpable said by a member of the band. Thanks to Riccardo for the translation!

Even if i posted the most important excerpt, i will try! We are also trying to convince promoters in Rome to bring them for the Rock In Rome festival, any place would be great

In a recent interview with Chester: [...] Interviewer: What about an italian show? Chester: Don't worry, we will stay on the road until the end of 2011, and certainly in Italy - a place where we always had a wonderful stay. Sooner or later we'll come back, perhaps at a festival during the summer. Read the whole translated interview HERE.