KeysToTheLinkinPark

Don’t worry, they most likely won’t…it was similar in Hamburg where I went to see them. I was kinda surprised not getting blasted into the face with big sound. Especially when you are on the floor in front of the speakers.

So it will either be something like Lost or My December. Or they have a stripped down version version of one of the FZ songs (GTG).

Just. Great.

I have to say that the Lost bridge sounds great live. A lot of nostalgic feeling as I always see the Thoughts That Take Aways My Pride video when the bridge hits.

To be fair, that's the case for a lot of LP songs. While some work live others don't. They is so much stuff going on in those songs and they try to play everything live (Keys, synthy, guitar, bass etc.) and not run it from the playback. Therefore Mike is busy with playing a million instruments which influences his and the bands performance. Like, Overflow could be much sicker if he doesn't have to stick behind the keyboard and have to rap while playing keys.

Isn't it partly up to the band to throw their stuff into the batch and then see if it's getting nominated, if I remember correctly? As for TEM, I don't see why they shouldn't try it. It's probably the biggest new Rock song of 2024, isn't it? At some point it isn't always about the "best" artistical song that gets nominated and wins a grammy. A lot is about popularity. I mean, Metallica is getting nominated again and again and again and it is never like the best thing Metal has ever seen.

There is no way WFTE will be replaced when it is Mikes favourite LP song ever. As well as the most emotional song for Emily to perform.

Sadly I don't BID getting dropped ever again. It's just too big of a single. Same for TEM only that TEM is a better song imo. Just to throw a song into the batch. I'll Be Gone would be cool.

https://x.com/linkinpark/status/1881371106549862776 Great to see offical LP Team posting that!

Damn Chester was on fire there!

Ok ok chill bro💀

To be honest. These instrument changes of the individual members (+Alex) during the live show are so awesome if you ask me. It's pretty badass of Collin to play guitar and then immediately switch to the drums. If we get another layer here and Alex plays drums while Colin plays guitar it would be wild.

Sorry, meant in addition to Queens of the Stone Age. And tbh QOTSA is quite an interesting choice, isn't it? I mean. They really went with the zeitgeist and put bands like Sleep Token, Spiritbox, Architects, Bad Omens on their shows. So I thought they would go for the same route here. Or if they go for a rather classic "older" act, a show with SOAD etc. would have been sick. But we never know what other bands are up to.

With opening acts or co-headliners, isn't it more about the overall package than the question of whether this artist can generate similar demand as LP? It makes a difference if LP would play these shows on their own or if they take a better known supporter with them. Even if that supporter couldn't generate the demand that LP could on their own. I mean, look at the BlinkinPark shows. The package of LP, Blink, Wu Tang Clan and MGK certainly attracts more people than LP alone. Even if none of these other acts can generate as much demand as LP on their own. At least I would say so. That's why I was surprised that they didn't pick 1-2 additional acts for their stadium show in LA. I'm sure an attractive package here would sell a few more tickets and they wouldn't be struggling so much.

They put out the date lol. For me that's at least like a 50% announcement lol

As of right now there are no supporting acts for those shows, right?

There will be tons of legendary venues they are playing this year, damn. Wembley Stadium, Olympiastadion and now this. They could film all of those shows and release them. There is no way they will not film at least one of them and release them.

I wrote that some days ago in the shoutbox. The time period between like 2012 and 2017 felt off. They kinda lost their rhythm and did some weird stuff here and there. That whole Recharged time was like wtf is going on only to drop an Alt-Metal record in 2014. That setlist was so bad to be honest. I can probably speak for a lot of us when I say that we love good transitions or interludes in live shows but that was a mess. Creating a live set like a DJ Set didn't work. Those transitions they use in those 2024 shows are miles ahead of what they tried back then lol. Then the treatment THP got for their live shows was awful as well. Especially when you promote it as an "to be played live" Album big lol. We talked a lot how they probably weren't capeable of playing other songs or more songs off of THP. Either Chester couldn't do it (KTTK) or Brad and Rob getting injured due to playing ALITS (190 BPM pain...) and GATS. I mean, ok they play hundreds of shows but it was kinda sad seeing that downfall...

I mean, it would make sense. I would say that LP is one of if not the biggest rock band in Europe right now. They are so massive over here, it’s not even funny anymore 😂

Let's see if The Sun is right here and it's true. In any case, it's interesting. LP is in Europe in early summer but 2 later. I mean, flying to Munich and back to the USA for a 15-minute performance would be wild. They certainly won't be hanging around in Europe 2 weeks before the tour starts just for the halftime show. They have families etc. and every day with them is important. Especially when you're on tour a lot. I would be happy if they play there. They deserve that kind of attention.

Throw BIO as a closer out and put CTB in muhaaa 😂

As one Youngling in Start Wars Episode 3 said: 1) Overflow 2) QWERY 3) Forgotten 4) Don't Stay as an Opener 5) No More Sorrow 6) Wretches & Kings 7) Rebellion 8] Reading My Eyes

Great!

Thanks for the clarification. Need to look it up again. But yes, like with every instrument, small changes can make a huge difference in terms of the sound that gets out of that.

I still have the feeling that we are in the process of finding out exactly what the problem is. As I play the guitar myself, I've also tried playing a few things the way Alex does. I keep coming back to the point that the guitar sound is different in some places compared to earlier times. I can play the Papercut palm mutes like Alex does and it sounds much more like the old sound with different amp settings etc. than it does now. I've watched a lot of videos again. And I mostly notice the guitar sound. And if it's the guitar sound then maybe it's a stylistic choice by the band. What exactly do you mean by technique?