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Decode by Paramore is a *tremendous* song.

There are some really good points in this thread. The difference is no one knew the band was coming back in 2023 besides the band themselves. Colin was at the Meteora 20 event and no one even knew anything about him. In fact Colin, unlike Emily, remained a total secret until they walked on stage at the launch show lol It's an interesting situation to be in, with one of the biggest rock singers ever passing away in your band and then you return with someone of the opposite gender and due to the hiatus + Lost being so big, etc, the band is now playing larger shows than they ever have played. It seems fine to us as fans to just release some Chester MTM songs, but what if one of them goes super viral and goes #1 like Lost did? No one expected Lost to blow up to conquer the world - it was a MASSIVE track for them. At that point it becomes a sticky situation marketing-wise, image-wise for the band, and it may even confuse some of your newer casual fans. Still am on the train of something like a fan event in LA (or insert city here) to celebrate the album - and no one is hurt by putting SOME material out: Webster Hall's "Making of MTM" unreleased footage on YouTube for a world watch party + put a live show out on LP.com/store for fans on digital and vinyl (Berlin 2008, literally anything people do not have - not a DSP-released show). And a merch drop. Bam, everyone wins, you don't confuse anyone, you satisfy your hardcore fans who are very desperate for more material despite making up just a small portion of the overall fanbase, and you earn money. Thinking of some vinyl release like Nottingham 2003's awesome package in the Meteora 20 box set. There are a ton of shows from 2007-2008 that are not released that they could put out. Even KROQ Acoustic Christmas 2007 audio. Or do a video premiere on YouTube of the whole thing for fans. Don't think the fanbase is asking for anything unrealistic like this album's "Fighting Myself" or something. Would also be nice to have all of the MTM songs together on streaming - Blackbirds, No Roads Left, Across the Line (these 2 are already there), What We Don't Know, Chance of Rain, Pretend to Be, and whatever else.

Really?? It sounds straight out of 2009. Could have been released with New Divide type of song.

Well said. They sound really good right now.

Well said. Both are good. Not taking away from either of them because they are both unique in their own ways. Colin adds things Rob did not (producer role, other instruments, etc), Rob adds things Colin did not (piano, etc... I'm sure a lot of behind the scenes stuff too that isn't just musical), etc. Glad to have both. And if Rob ever returns (unlikely), there is actually space for both of them in the band which is a good thing. LP as they age definitely has a spot for someone on stage like Matt Harris, Jon Green, etc for an additional instrumental/vocal role - like Foo, Eagles, Rolling Stones, etc have done over time. IGYEIH? Pretty good one. Rob was great. Colin is also great. There doesn't have to be a competition between the drummers. Without Colin or someone in that drummer spot, we'd have no LP right now. A drummer was essential to the comeback and they made a great choice.

Nice episode. The shows were really great in Brazil - would not be surprising to see more shows there over time. And of course LP is massive in Mexico now, which is nice to see. The U.S. is one of their smallest markets now in the world, but even with that said, they are larger than ever in the northeast specifically and can easily do 2 nights in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Montreal on future runs (likely Chicago too). Great work to Canada on that. The northeast crowds this past tour were really great for the band and the energy was insane.

The statement was referring to waiting until the end of 2026 was too late, not the end of 2025 lol

It's too late to start prepping that at the end of 2026 for an early 2027 release. You have to start on this stuff over a year out, easily. Hoping they do *something*. We need some (or all) of those missing shows from the 2008 tour they didn't release as DSPs. Europe 2008. Put Berlin out on vinyl or something. Just do something exclusive. There is a TON of live material and the Webster Hall Making of MTM footage people want. You don't have to go dig for demos and unreleased songs. You CAN, but there is enough other stuff to do. Do an event. Just need to do something.

Sold out almost instantly. That's 2007 level demand for them, they could easily add another show. Australian tickets seem to be moving just fine. Adelaide is a little down compared to normal yeah but they just added this show lol

FYI And One/And Two has zero differences that we could tell from the final. It's just a literal track split. Not even a fade out and fade in. Instead of that, add And One (Live Version in the Studio) or something - the version they played live surely exists on a demo CD somewhere.

They definitely have more video coming, it makes the most sense to do TEM first since it's such a massive song. Good publicity for Drumeo and gets the casual fans, etc.

Werchter Parklife in Belgium has announced a lineup update for a full afternoon and evening of music on June 28, 2026! Additionally, the festival confirms the band will perform their full 2 hour headline set as opposed to the shortened 90 minute festival set LP was doing in 2025 and will do at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park 2026. Let's see if Jacoby from Papa Roach ends up guesting with the band!

Well done on the video!

Colin will be making his Drumeo debut on Tuesday, December 16th on the Drumeo channel.

Linkin Park has released the last few handfuls of tickets for the summer European Tour in May and June 2026 as well as announced support acts for the shows. Clipse, Last Train, and Phantogram will be opening the shows across the continent, with the band performing a mix of headline shows and festivals as usual. Of note, Pusha T is a part of Clipse and while "Good Goodbye" is not a part of the current tour, it's possible the band could perform the song with him in Europe as they have started bringing more guests on stage again at this point in their career. Who will be seeing LP on this tour?

Wow that is extremely random, and great to see. That was one of the last big holdouts for the From Zero World Tour in terms of a good full show video. It's crazy almost every other show has one. Think we are missing Hellfest (still need the Overflow intro too) but it's rare to see anything without a video these days. Raleigh was one of the best shows of that leg of the tour. Will definitely share this on social media.

This is in the email. Both emails. It says Polaris is not on those 2 shows.

You're saying you'd like to see them as support? They aren't announced for those shows yet.

Seems like they kept the dates open to be flexible enough to see if they needed another show in Melbourne or Sydney, or needed to add one somewhere else. They are doing this a lot lately and have done it before - Canberra 2010 was even announced 3 weeks before the show. It was safe to say the original 3 shows were going to turn into at least 5-6 by the end of it, or more. The dates were like the 3rd to the 14th at first which is a ton of time for shows. Glad to see they are adding Adelaide as so many complaints mentioned it on their social media. Perth must really be difficult/expensive to get stuff to. Hopefully they play it again one day.

Linkin Park has just announced a new show in Adelaide, Australia on March 12, 2026. This show fills a gap in the tour between the Melbourne and Sydney two night stands. This show brings the New Zealand/Australia Tour to 8 shows across the continent, really just missing Perth but it looks like the band may not include Perth in this return. As mentioned previously, this will be Linkin Park's first tour of Australia and New Zealand since 2013. The show at Adelaide Entertainment Centre will be Linkin Park's fourth in Adelaide, and third at this venue. The previous arena shows took place in 2007 and 2010, with a Soundwave show taking place in 2013. We're looking forward to the band's tour down under in 2026 - who is planning on attending?

Are you saying this genre isn't that popular in the region? In NZ, Foo played Christchurch and Wellington. In Australia, they played Perth, Adelaide, and Geelong. Both bands play similar sized venues globally, but Foo is a bit larger in the U.S. than LP is - LP may be slightly larger in some European markets than Foo is (Germany, France). Not sure who else to compare to as Coldplay and Sheeran are a different genre/appeal than LP.

Watch the videos above - he talks about Mike brought SOB to Machine Shop (under Warner), then the folks at Warner all changed that liked SOB. They fired a ton of people at Warner. The new people didn't like SOB. And likely didn't like Holly Brook, any of the other stuff Mike brought. And bam, adios... they shelved Reseda Beach. And didn't want to help promote Second to None. The whole situation is a shame and SOB got screwed royally.

100 shows? Surely Hybrid Theory, Meteora and MTM had more? Or no? Wasn't Hybrid Theory like 200? Anyway, nice to see a NZ show. They should always play Auckland whenever they go down to Australia. Noticed that these shows are in arenas like the U.S. unlike Europe, Asia, and South America. Hopefully the band's popularity keeps growing in Australia and NZ and they can move to larger venues and also do more cities in the future.

Really good stuff by Ryu here. At the same time you can't help but feel bad for him and SOB for how the industry/Warner did them. Reseda Beach is a badass album and they literally said, na, we aren't going to promote Second to None for you. That's wild - that should have had a video, promo, they play more shows and drop Reseda Beach in 2007. Can't help but want to see a Fort Minor reunion with SOB one day. It's not Mike's style to look backwards but it would really pop off with the fans...

A new interview with Ryu touches on Fort Minor, his relationship with Mike, and more. Interesting listen!