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Wow sounds like the band was behind this edit then!

This tour is flying by and it's already time for the 6th show in Europe! Before long, the tour will be over before we know it, but let's not think about that for now. The 6th show of the tour takes Linkin Park to Vienna, Austria for their largest-ever show in Vienna, headlining the Ernst-Happel-Stadion on the beautiful Danube. Talk about a scenic spot for a show, huh? Linkin Park already has 12 shows in Austria under their belt, first playing the Libro Music Hall in Vienna in March 2001 with the Deftones before returning to headline it on their own in September of that year. From there, quite a sizable gap occurred as Meteora didn't make it to Austria. In one of the more peculiar show non-confirmations we've ever seen, Linkin Park was announced by Aerodrome 04 to perform in Wiener Neustadt with Metallica and Korn but ended up not ever announcing the show themselves. This was during the few day period between Rock am Ring + Super Bock Super Rock in Portugal and the band's shows in Asia. Meteora was close to making an appearance in Austria but things didn't quite materialize! So, the band's next show came at NovaRock 2007 to close the European Tour for Minutes to Midnight that year. Unfortunately for the Italian fans, a tornado hit Heineken Jammin' the day before and caused damage severe enough that it canceled the show and Linkin Park was actually forced to borrow a few pieces of gear that was pieced together by NovaRock's team to get that show in in Austria. Wow! And adding to the story, it was the third show of the tour the band played with Pearl Jam, following Poland and Portugal. Imagine seeing Linkin Park and Pearl Jam together.... what a dream. NovaRock 2007 was one of the first shows with the extended bridge of Bleed It Out, which began on the tour at Rock am Ring. Following 2007, the band elected to perform intimate shows in Graz in both 2008 and 2009. Beginning with Minutes to Midnight, the Austrian fans really supported the band as they started showing up quite frequently. Shows followed in Linz in 2010 for A Thousand Suns and NovaRock again in 2011 and 2012. Vienna finally got its long awaited second headlining show (after 2001) in 2014 when the band played Vienna again on The Hunting Party Tour. Returning again to Austria the next year, to headline FM4 Frequency in St. Pölten, Linkin Park made it FOUR albums in a row with back-to-back touring years in Austria. That is crazy! NovaRock got the band AGAIN for One More Light in 2017 and in 2025 for the From Zero World Tour. That's five NovaRock shows for Linkin Park among 12 total shows in Austria! PHEW, what a history in the country... and we didn't even get into the highlights of all of those shows. Austria has become a steady country for Linkin Park to visit and is up there after England, Germany, and France in terms of the most-visited locations on the continent for LP. The NovaRock 2025 show was the tour kickoff in Europe in 2025 and featured a brand new "Let You Fade" in the encore that was debuted at the show prior at Welcome to Rockville. But it wasn't without controversy... due to the shortened festival setlist, "Waiting For The End" was dropped... and cue the online backlash! Yep, the fans complained so much about "Waiting For The End" being dropped that Mike saw it and even commented about it in interviews later in the year saying fans were claiming things like, "How dare you drop Waiting For The End... that's Emily's song!" This time, Linkin Park arrives in Austria fresh off of their iconic return at Rock am Ring and following the Rock im Park show directly after it. We're back in headline show territory as LP will now play three headline stadium shows in a row - Vienna and two in Munich - before tackling Download Festival. This brings us to the rotation songs that are being tossed around right now, and the possibility for more to still come. So far, we've seen Unshatter, Let You Fade, Lost In The Echo, Points Of Authority, Cut The Bridge, Stained, IGYEIH, Good Things Go, From The Inside, Casualty, Over Each Other, and A Place For My Head all show up. That's a heck of a lot of rotation songs in just 5 shows so far. So what's left? We still think it's possible this tour in Europe sees Keys To The Kingdom, Leave Out All The Rest, and Given Up. Where those songs appear is of course up in the air completely as now we have an Unshatter movie coming from the band and they may elect to perform Unshatter a bit more frequently. We'd love to see the other songs pop up at some point on the tour, but also... With You definitely deserves some plays with how the band absolutely nailed it at Rock am Ring. What about a mid-set rotation like Hamburg was originally going to get with it? That would be cool! With You. With You. With You. With You. This is going to be a big one and we're looking forward to it! Oh yeah, if you didn't catch it, the Rock am Ring show was taken off of YouTube due to copyright claims, so it's possible the festival or MagentaMusik put some (or all) of the show online. And in terms of other things going on, perhaps we hear more about the Unshatter movie in the coming days. Whatever the case, this is going to be a huge week with shows in Vienna, Munich (x2), and Donington on deck. So strap in and let's get it going! Who is seeing them in Vienna? Be on the look out for some of the LPLive team there including Dylan and Garo and say hey if you see them!

That is pretty funny, and incredibly random lol

Yeah looks like standard one for sure. Fans will get this and scan it/take photos so don't worry, we'll get all the details like where it was manufactured, etc soon.

Seems likely Rock am Ring or Magenta will upload it then if they are removing everything, right?

That... is an interesting color. Wish they'd throw live bonus tracks on these from the world tour so we can get something unique audio-wise lol

Rewatched the Papa Roach set from this show. Love the Nu Metal Time Machine part they do - really cool and then it goes into Last Resort. They are a great live band and would be much better than a lot of the bands LP took out this cycle, besides PVRIS.

lol

It's almost like... Emily... isn't.... Chester. Stop trying to make 1 on 1 comparisons, you'll always be let down if you do that. She lives and performs in a world of her own. She does not or nor should she replicate every single thing Chester did. We have 17 years of Chester shows for that.

Beat situation is the same. Maybe Joe triggered it late or something. Saw a video on Instagram.

I don't see them running the With You again to open, as much as we want it. Hell I'd take it every show the rest of the touring cycle it's so epic. They probably keep it as the one-off and now open with Emptiness. We REALLY need them to keep With You around in the setlists though somehow. Joe REALLY shines on that intro and the song overall.

This. It doesn't even matter about the content. The fact Joe is doing it is enough; it will be great. The band and team know fans want live content. They'll make some sort of live content available, whether through this or an additional live release. Remember the touring cycle is not even over yet. It is smart to wait until it's finished - what if they film or record and release something from one of the remaining Europe shows? We never know what the plans are, but they'll definitely start building their live releases up with Emily. This documentary looks cool. What a brilliant idea about putting it as a trailer on the show intro.

Takes a lot for this band to impress me or shock me to that level this far into it, over 20 years following the shows closely. This show did it. Holy shit the With You intro was brilliant. The whole start to the show was just insane - movie trailer, RAR2001 intro, With You. Unbelievable. Emily really delivering at this show too. Well done by everyone, this is a pretty great show and the band delivers massively at Rock am Ring once again. This is a CAN NOT MISS festival when they play it - period. With You. It just fucking opened the show. Holy shit!

Bush is really kicking ass. If LP wants to make a statement they should do a surprise.

Concert movie?!

The Rock am Ring website says 23:00 which is 11:00 pm but in April RaR backed them up 5 minutes. LP announced also the 22:55 start. So 95 mins should be it.

Linkin Park has just confirmed Rock am Ring 2026 will be streamed by Magenta TV and MagentaMusik.de! This will be the band's first performance at the festival since 2014 and is a highly anticipated return by the band to the show.

It is just way too late to release a single from the album LOL. That doesn't even make sense to do. They have what, 10 ish shows left for the entire era? Zero time for promotion. This seems like a live album teaser.

Unshatter has a few new teasers out - the band posted a live clip from Hamburg, as well as using street art of it, and putting a countdown on Spotify. We are unsure what the teasers could be for. With a countdown looking like an old movie, perhaps the long-awaited live concert film is being teased. Or, something live-related specifically for that song?

The show doesn't really need any of these back-up sampled vocals. It indeed is a little odd. Two Faced's literally shouts the words lol. Lying From You. One Step Closer. The Lost in the Echo ones sound quite good but just let Dave, Joe, and Alex (primarily Alex) sing that.

We haven't seen any confirmation of a full band on stage soundcheck. The crew tests a million multitracks (even from rehearsals) of stuff before the shows. Unless a band member posts it, it's hard to believe unless we have concrete proof. Bern was an example of one people thought was a soundcheck but they didn't do one.

Oops yes good catch on the rotations. So much going on, lol.

Even if it doesn't land perfectly, and they obviously had tech issues (Phoenix's tech running out, Mike's mic not being on, the intro sample being SUPER quiet), I'd much rather they change the setlist up like this by swapping openers, etc around than not doing it. SIB has opened every show of the world tour besides the comeback show, until this leg. SIB rocks. But why not change it up? Emptiness, LFY. Open with From the Inside. Open with Up From the Bottom. Blow it up. There are quite a few rotation slots right now. It's crazy how many songs are popping in and out now that the 2024 songs came back. Emily really does well on Lost in the Echo and Breaking the Habit.

There are now so many songs that are in rotation that it's going to be impossible to guess the set. What would be cool: -From the Inside to open the show -Just change the opener every concert lol -Rotations for N2: Lost in the Echo, Keys to the Kingdom (in the Unshatter/Let You Fade spot), Points of Authority. Given Up hasn't been played in a while - there's still Casualty too. So many songs. Keep it up, these sets are rocking. Also could see it like: N1: Lost (Short) -> BTH N2: Lost (Full)

Love that BTH and Lost in the Echo return - big fan favorites and big requests. Awesome! SIB has the long intro again for just the second time. That's a benefit to it being mid-set again like the Launch Show. Emptiness is a bit awkward to start, maybe Emily should come out when her vocals start? Thoughts?