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Same artist from the Auckland poster did the Brisbane FZ Night poster.

No one beat us to posting it lol. We took some time off before the Australia/NZ Tour.

@RogueSoul makes an appearance in the newest LPTV from the band! "Linkin Park's 2026 From Zero World Tour kicks off with stops in Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and their first ever shows in India. The band explores local landscapes and sights and Colin crashes a cricket game."

We're back in Brisbane for Linkin Park's second night of two, and the conclusion of their first-ever two night stand in Brisbane! Since we went over the band's history in Brisbane on the Night 1 thread, let's review what took place at the first show of the tour in Australia. First, the band "brought back" both "Castle of Glass" and "Casualty" in the show. We use quotations there and use the phrase lightly because they were not performed on the Middle East + India leg of the tour in January, but four shows total is not really enough to say if a song has been dropped from the rotation yet or not. But, luckily both are still in and were performed at the tour kickoff! "Castle of Glass" in Brisbane, its first performance of 2026. Next, Mike rapped familiar verses in the show - "Until It Breaks" verse 3 over his solo medley and "A Place for My Head" verse 1 over "Bleed It Out". We do think while "A Place for My Head" itself was not performed in January 2026, it will make an appearance this tour in Australia and New Zealand in full (not just as a verse). Other than that, the show was pretty standard but solid. We noticed they sold the show in the "endstage 360" setup similar to Tokyo, Austin, and Arnhem... aka, the band plays endstage as usual but seats are sold behind the stage and on the side of the stage for fans to be able to see the band. And when that happens, we see some fun moments where Emily, Alex, Joe, etc run around to play to and hype up those fans. Mike mentioned before "Faint", "I don't know if you know this or not but when the album From Zero came out, one of the biggest fan responses in the world that we got was here in Australia. The Linkin Park fans here have always been incredible, but that was just above and beyond. So thank you guys so much for supporting the band in this new chapter and new cycle." With Linkin Park selling out multiple nights (or coming very close) in three cities now, it seems like they are on the verge of upgrading venues in Australia one day - perhaps the next album or so - like they have done in Europe and South America. This show in Brisbane was their 30th Australian show overall, with 6 more lined up this month over the next few weeks. Brisbane night 1 setlist with 7 song rotations. And there was a funny moment on Mike's solo medley when he went down, saw a fan from Brazil with a sign wanting a tattoo, drew a penis and then laughed and drew a real tattoo for the kid. Aaaand that photo has now made it to social media. So what can we expect for night 2? Well, there were 7 song rotations in the show night 1 - "Points of Authority", "Crawling", "Over Each Other", "Castle of Glass", "Casualty", "Stained", and "From the Inside". There are a lot left on the table, and we're going to assume some of these pop into the night 2 show - "Lying From You", "New Divide", "Cut the Bridge", "IGYEIH", "Lies Greed Misery", "A Place for My Head", and "Good Things Go". What exactly the band will play is totally up in the air as the rotations right now are pretty random and are just whatever they are feeling at the moment. "Papercut" live in Brisbane, with Emily shooting silly string into the audience at the start... similar to a move Mike pulled on "A Place for My Head" at Nashville 2008. We're still looking for the elusive "Unshatter", "Let You Fade", and "Keys to the Kingdom" that have seemingly disappeared from the shows, but we're holding out hope they show up at some point, even sporadically, this year. Or another older track like "With You". One thing we are happy to see in the setlists is that "From the Inside" is in a LOT of the recent concerts. After debuting in Mexico for the first time with Emily, Colin, and Alex, fans immediately fell in love with the vocal take from Emily on it and it has gone on to be a big fan-favorite on the world tour. What's next for Linkin Park on this tour? They have two days off before heading to Melbourne for two nights, to repeat the Night 1, day off, Night 2 series there. A lot of interesting moments in the band's history have taken place in Melbourne, so we're looking forward to LP hopefully adding to that this time. Adelaide, Sydney, and Auckland follow. We'll catch you for Brisbane night 2 and are excited to see what they bring out for song rotations! If you're going to the show, have an amazing time!

It's time! Linkin Park is back on tour and is visiting a familiar location that they haven't been to in a VERY long time.... Australia! It has been 4,747 days since Linkin Park was last in Australia, playing Perth for the Soundwave Festival alongside icons like Metallica, Blink-182, A Perfect Circle, and more. That's a LONG time. According to Download Festival's promoter, Linkin Park was actually going to return at the beginning of 2018 to Australia, so the wait wasn't going to be nearly this long. That all comes full circle now as the band heads down under to both Australia and New Zealand for 8 shows in just over 2 weeks to play their first-ever two night stand in Brisbane, with other two-night runs in Melbourne and Sydney, peppered with shows in Adelaide and Auckland. The band Polaris will be joining for all Australia dates, with Vana joining in Auckland. Did you know Linkinpedia has a tracker now to show you all shows in a city Linkin Park has played? Check this out. Brisbane is no stranger to the band's touring, with Linkin Park having played five shows there previously. Sadly, we have no setlist for the inaugural show in Brisbane in May 2001 - that crazy tour that took them from the USA to Australia and New Zealand to Japan, the USA again, and then Europe. Holy shit! But what we do know from a review is that it is likely the first time Chester played "Jane Says" by one of his favorite bands Jane's Addiction, to open the encore. LP didn't have enough songs to fill the entire setlist in 2001 with Hybrid Theory songs because the album was so short, so we saw some Hybrid Theory EP songs over the course of the touring cycle as well as covers and more. "Jane Says" was a brief one in the show and that tour even saw "The Morning After" by Chester too. That first tour down under took LP to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Auckland, before heading to Japan for their first visit there too. "Jane Says" by Chester live in Japan 2001, as we don't have a recording from Australia. Sadly in 2003, we didn't have a setlist for that show either but Linkin Park didn't change the set much at that exact time of the Meteora tour, so it's very likely it's just the normal headline setlist that they then added songs to in Tokyo (and of course Seoul that we have from the Meteora 20 box set). Brisbane was a part of the legendary Livid Festival in Australia (which sadly is no more) as Linkin Park played Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane on that journey to Australia. Interestingly, they were able to add a massive headline show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between the Melbourne and Brisbane shows. We are pretty partial to the 2007 Brisbane show, as the band was firing on all cylinders to close the New Zealand and Australia Tour. There is nothing super eventful from this show, but sometimes that's the best - LP kicks the door in and burns the place down with an amazing performance. If you have followed along with Linkin Park setlists for a long time, you may remember this is the famous "Set B" from 2007. That's the one with "No More Sorrow" opening (boy, where's that song these days?) and it had "QWERTY" in-and-out of it for a bit in the summer. But look how unique the run of songs is - you actually got to see "Shadow of the Day" with the album transition right into "What I've Done" in the middle of the set, something they didn't do very much, and then an interesting placement of "Hands Held High" between "Pushing Me Away" (Piano Version)" and "Breaking the Habit". And that encore? Wow. "The Little Things Give You Away", "Cure for the Itch", "Bleed It Out" with Chester in the crowd (with a broken wrist! ...wild), and "Faint". Damn! Hey, we'd welcome ANY of those songs back that they aren't currently playing! This is a very good show and worth a listen today. Brisbane 2007... an excellent show! Linkin Park returned again in 2010 to Brisbane on the A Thousand Suns World Tour. At this point, Australia was really steady on the touring consistency from the band and things really didn't start becoming abnormal until The Hunting Party when LP skipped the region entirely. In 2010, the band performed their main "A-1" setlist to kick off the tour, the most common at the time, but were able to sing Happy Birthday to Brad on the intro of "The Messenger", who celebrated his birthday two days prior before the tour kicked off. We are keeping track of the Happy Birthday celebrations on show pages/the wiki, and we know we have another one coming for Joe in Sydney this tour. Happy Birthday Brad! Chester jokes that Brad didn't get to celebrate because of the massive time change when traveling to Australia. Linkin Park's last show in Brisbane before this current tour was on Soundwave 2013. Linkin Park played a great set and interestingly, "Castle of Glass" was actually in this festival setlist in the middle, but the band dropped it because of issues with Brad's keypad. Chester, in a funny comment, said, "Fuck that, let's play A Place for My Head!", but as we saw several times on that tour, the band's set time was very limited because Metallica played after them and they didn't have time to actually swap songs around mid-show like they sometimes did on the LIVING THINGS World Tour (and A Thousand Suns, for that matter when technical issues occurred. There actually not a ton of GREAT videos from that show, probably because the crowd was having such a blast and Soundwave was known for some truly rowdy crowds. "With You" - a common track across the entire LIVING THINGS World Tour, but a very rare track since then. So what can we expect from Australia 2026? We know the band will change 7-8 songs a show at their two-night runs and we wouldn't expect anything different for Brisbane. What we also know is "Let You Fade", "Unshatter", and "Keys to the Kingdom" have gone missing and haven't been seen since the North American Tour last summer/fall. We might need some wanted posters out there for those songs. And there hasn't been a "new OLD song" added to the show, aka something from the back catalog, in quite a while either. We'd love to see "With You", "Shadow of the Day", or anything else they're willing to play. Let's see... we didn't get anything new for the South American Tour and the Middle East + India Tour recently... so we aren't sure what they will do! What we do know is that we'll be covering the shows as usual and we're excited for the band to be back "down under"! If you're going to the tour, have a great time and enjoy Brisbane. We're hoping the band continually returns to the region with the new lineup and they keep playing these nice two-night stands which lets fans see so many songs. Next up... night 2 actually comes after an off day between shows in an interesting/new move from the band. So, no show tomorrow but they are back for night 2 in Brisbane on the 5th before heading over to Melbourne. We'll see you over on social media for the show coverage! Drop your predictions or what you'd like to see below, if you have any! We really want them to add something from the back catalog to the show because so many songs haven't been played in a very long time. Maybe we'll get lucky with one...?

They are just fan events, some with exclusive merch and giveaways and exclusive items (like the From Zero LP logo from the deluxe edition photoshoot). Good way to hang with other fans. Have been to a few and they are not bad.

Linkin Park has released the Australia and New Zealand tour posters for March 2026, selling out the 10 copies of each show for $300 (exclusive to the LPU) instantly. The $100-125 versions will be for sale online on the new Australia Tour as well as at each individual show. A number of these have sold out already as well. The poster for Auckland, designed by Alex Parnassus, has generated some discussion in the Linkin Park community about his use of AI. The primary image on the poster is AI and his artist bio from Linkin Park's website says, "Parnassus has always been drawn to cutting-edge technology and the most advanced creative tools available. Today, artificial intelligence plays a central role in his process—not as a shortcut, but as an extension of his vision. By integrating AI with his background in design and material culture, he constructs hyper-real, metallic, and sculptural worlds that blur the boundaries between object, memory, and future." The below image is from his Instagram account: Linkin Park has used AI a bit in the past, specifically for Meteora|20 for the "Lost" music video, the generative videos for each track (audio) posted on YouTube, and the Live In Texas upscale. What are your thoughts?

Added a new one: https://mailchi.mp/lplive/lplive-messenger-issue-4

Lollapalooza has posted an interview with Joe and Mike backstage in Mumbai!

There are some truly rare photos here - we'd love to add them. Great find, some of these were likely lost in time forever. Amazing, amazing work here. We will get these put up. Have never seen quite a few of these!

Not sure if many people realize how rare it is for there to be any video that exists like this of a parking lot stage, but this is where they set the Revolution Stage up later on in their career for Projekt Revolution 2007 and 2008. For normal concerts at the venue, this is the actual parking lot where cars park lol. So, everything there is temporary. Filming this in proshot from such a location is crazy, but really cool. Would love to see this somehow. The band probably didn't release it (or the Roxy 2000 show) because Scott is on bass.

LP showed clips of this show during Hybrid Theory 20 I remember but I can't find the footage. It was just a brief clip. Does anyone remember where it was? Don't see it in this video:

It would have to be from the band.

Glad to write something up. The only issue with setlist.fm's breakdown is it's talking about every song performance of tour - Sabi is asking about the From Zero trends of what songs are coming back in and out. That's easy for me to write - can do it by tour "leg" and say what songs came around, what highlights were, etc. Great idea, will try to get something done this week.

It wasn't specifically Chester's death - he was in Linkin Park for 3 years after that. He's in the Hybrid Theory 20 press, he went to Mike's solo tour, he downloaded Looking for an Answer to record drums on, he was involved in band meetings, awards shows, etc. He just wanted to move on. It sucks, but it is what it is. There is always space in the band for both Rob and Colin if needed, if Rob ever wants to return.

Not sure, but 4 shows in areas they have never visited (besides Abu Dhabi once) is hard to determine if songs are in or out. They're just as liable to play Brisbane next with Castle, APFMH, and Casualty in there lol What IS concerning is Let You Fade and Unshatter. Both really may be gone.

Can you believe that it's already time for the last show of the first leg of 2026? Maybe not, since we were only given four shows to follow to start the year, but don't worry - Linkin Park is back at it with Australia and New Zealand followed by a long (by LP standards) European leg this summer. And according to Mike, that's going to be the last actual tour of the From Zero World Tour as the band wraps up to make new music eventually. The last show of this leg is going to be the biggest as Linkin Park headlines Lollapalooza India in Mumbai to over 80,000 fans, over double the size of their show in Bengaluru, India this weekend. Bengaluru was a smash hit, with fans and press both raving about the show. The online reaction has been a sensation, one of the largest receptions we've ever seen for Linkin Park playing a show. Jim, the band's production manager commented on Instagram: "We are so very lucky to have been hosted by all of the beautiful Book My Show team. The very best first show in new territory we’ve ever had. We absolutely could not have have so much joy bringing Linkin Park to India without you. Thank you, thank you, thank you." A very passionate crowd in Bengaluru singing In The End, with the new Stranger Things intro that LP has been using in 2026. Check out Emily's jersey in Bengaluru! In Mumbai, Linkin Park will close out day 2 of 2 at the festival with a full 2 hour headlining slot, not cutting anything short for the fans who have been waiting to see them for so long. Taking place at the Mahalakshmi Race Course, Bloodywood (who performed in Bengaluru) again joins the band and Calum Scott and others will also perform before them earlier in the day. You can bet Linkin Park fans in India are already in line as of sunrise, or even earlier, as they have been warmly welcomed in the country. In a recent interview with Phoenix this week, he's already anticipating the NEXT time Linkin Park can perform in India and looks forward to returning. One Step Closer in Linkin Park's India debut to a great crowd. Song-wise, Linkin Park is playing it pretty easy to start the year. What's left to play? At this point, without Let You Fade and Unshatter showing up (which seem unlikely at this point for this show), we are missing A Place For My Head and Casualty at least. And beyond that, with a Set A setlist bound to return, we are unsure what else could happen! From The Inside, maybe? We'll see! Set C made an appearance in Bengaluru with Lying From You, New Divide, Cut The Bridge, Lies Greed Misery, IGYEIH, Good Things Go, and Over Each Other. We should be back to Set A, but with song rotations being completely random, the band could toss anything in if they're feeling it. We're surprised Castle Of Glass hasn't been played lately! We haven't seen a lot of traction the past handful of LP shows with Mike's rap verses either, with him sticking to the standard verses although it is nice to see It's Goin' Down get some love in Bengaluru! If you're there be sure to say hey to Dylan @RogueSoul as he's on his India trip to see Linkin Park and is having a blast so far! Unfortunately after this we have well over a month off for more Linkin Park shows but we will be sure to keep you updated along the way with band news and more, and of course all of the Mumbai updates. Let's rock and roll!

New interview with Phoenix where he talks about Linkin Park's first trip to India, the process with From Zero, some in-depth talk of losing Chester, and more.

White Noise is even in a trailer for The Hunting Party, right?

Because setlist.fm sourced that from us, who sourced it from Discord. You can hear that isn't the song:

It is a shame a song hasn't been busted out since From the Inside, right? A year ago. Surprised they haven't tried With You, Blackout, QWERTY, Shadow of the Day.

Ladies and gentlemen… it’s finally here! Along with the band’s comeback in 2024, you can put this one in the column of “didn’t ever expect this to finally happen”... Linkin Park performing their first concert in India! Indian fans have been extremely vocal about the band coming to the country for many years and this is one of the big spots on the planet left for them to visit. For just this world tour, new countries for Linkin Park that they have visited include Colombia (twice!), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and now India. That’s two in a week with Bahrain! The list of new cities is even higher. The first show in India takes place in Bengaluru at the brand new Brigade Innovation Gardens venue, which was recently constructed. This is actually the SECOND show announced for India as Lollapalooza India was announced first and then Linkin Park added a second show, a headline show on their own. Around 40,000 fans are expected at this show with another 80,000+ fans expected in Mumbai. In February 2014, Stone Temple Pilots with Chester were going to make their big India debut and Linkin Park fans were quite excited to see Chester in-person. STP was set to headline MTV Xtreme in Greater Noida, but unfortunately the entire tour had to be canceled as Warner forced Linkin Park back in the studio to finish their next album… The Hunting Party. Looking back, such a logistical hiccup as this is quite wild to have even happened in the first place.... What was going to be a big event never ended up happening and Chester sadly was never able to perform in India. But what is important now is his promise is fulfilled and in 2026, Linkin Park will make their long-awaited debut in the country with two shows this weekend that will see them performing to well over 120,000 fans. Mike said this week to Rolling Stone India, “Indian fans have been very vocal about us coming to India. I think we’re very appreciative of their patience and persistence.” The start of 2026 features a short leg of just four shows to kick off the year as Linkin Park performed in Sakhir and Abu Dhabi before heading to India for two shows. The band will return in March where they make their (also) long-awaited return to Australia and New Zealand in a run of headline shows. These shows are coming near the end of the From Zero World Tour (2024-2026), as Mike has indicated in recent interviews that Europe is likely the end of the line as far as tours go for the From Zero era. And then it’s time for some new music! While there haven’t been any older songs added to the show lately, and we may have lost Let You Fade and Unshatter, the performances by LP are quite strong right now. We do have a new Stranger Things intro to In The End and we do have completely unpredictable song rotations, so who knows what is to come in India? What we’ve seen so far on the tour is a toss-up as far as song rotations go. We would definitely expect Lying From You, A Place for My Head, Good Things Go, and Casualty to appear, with perhaps a Points of Authority performance too. Beyond that, we have no clue as the band is going with whatever they feel like on a certain night as far as rotation songs go… all three of Over Each Other, Stained, and From the Inside were performed at the first two shows of this leg. Will any of them appear at THREE shows in a row? Linkin Park’s next show is Lollapalooza India in Mumbai on Sunday to end this leg of the tour, where they will get a full 2 hour headline slot. This is rare for a festival with the band as most headline festival slots for LP in the From Zero era have featured shortened sets to about 90 to 100 minutes. We’re looking forward to it and we're ready for full show coverage as usual! If you see Dylan at the shows in India, be sure to say hey as he is there representing from New Jersey and is excited to see all of our friends!

We still can't get the proper song before the show started. Anyone have any luck? It isn't Undead by Hollywood Undead.