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Odd choice, right? To not include the live songs on any streaming?

Emily would do well on Shadow. Play as many songs as you can. Agreed that they could/likely will play the other 2 new songs in Europe. There are so many tour dates coming all year that there's plenty of time to get more songs in the show. Heading down to Rockville shortly. LP could run the entire same set back again and crush it. Wouldn't surprise me if Given Up replaces Casualty. They really don't need to tweak much. Keep Lying From You in there, keep Two Faced early. This set works great at festivals and there isn't a lot of room for changes here. Overflow is a great live song so they'll probably keep that.

Interesting they went with Casualty from Bogota instead of the really long debut one from Arlington which was a really cool performance. The hype right now on the band is Up From the Bottom, Good Things Go, and Overflow live - hopefully they get around to putting those out. These are good performances for sure of these songs but 3 of them were already released 6 months ago. This is tailored for sure for the casual fan because of that, lol. Would love to see them keep going with the live videos on YouTube + then put all of those out digitally for the LPU or for sale at the end of the year, or add to streaming on From Zero Live or something. We definitely need the tour highlights: From the Inside, Lost, Good Things Go, Overflow, Cut the Bridge, IGYEIH, and all of that. Let's see what they do by the end of the year. The Brazil show is sadly missing literally all of that but has My December, Friendly Fire, Keys to the Kingdom, Lost in the Echo and the 2024 highlights in it so we'll get those as a start. Looking forward to that release. Up From the Bottom is the best new song in this release to me. Unshatter and Let You Fade are maybe the weakest songs in the entire From Zero song batch to me but it's good to see them trying so many genres and styles with Emily right off the bat - a good sign for the future.

Wanted to drop in and leave a review of this show. Have had one of the busiest weeks ever, following a week of 3 LP shows last week. Crazy, but grateful. Sonic Temple is one of the most well-run events in music. They do so well with such large crowds; a major benefit is the main stage is inside of the stadium and the outside stages are close, so you can have easy access to everything and see a ton of bands. There were no lines for food, drink, bathrooms, etc. Just for main merch but the LP merch line was non-existent. Hoobastank, Sick Puppies, Jimmy Eat World, Trustcompany, etc were all badass and played great sets. LP brought a massive merch selection to the show and had even exclusive pins and magnets for this festival. A lot of Chester and LP shirts were walking around all day, and LP flags (one of which I took a photo with). Quite a few people had seen them at the 2015 show at Rock on the Range since this festival has a loyal following of thousands that see it every year. They had a mini version of the LP VIP museum there (photos earlier in this thread) for Rockstar VIPs - a super high tier of VIP at the festival. Saw Colin and some LP crew going in there to check it out. We went up in the crowd during I Prevail and because this festival is so relaxed, you can literally get 10 rows back for a headliner if you just go when the band before them ends. There is an hour+ gap between bands so many people want to see the stuff on the other stages at that time... this time it was Bullet For My Valentine which we watched on the big screen - a cool feature. LP showed up and blew that shit up. This was a great show and specifically, I keep pointing to Lying From You in the set but that's a game changer for the energy. People love Mike bouncing around the stage and it's a great song to put as second in the set after the opener. Two Faced early also is good. You want the shows as energetic as possible. And LP delivered on that front - the crowd loved it and they drew a huge crowd as the headliner. Packed it. The setlist itself speaks for itself but the show was quite solid. You can tell they gave it a little extra... something for this one because of the implications of it probably - the first big festival in the USA since the return. They were playing to a way more casual group of fans than a normal LP headline show. And they really delivered. The band looked like they had a blast. Mike came down and laughed when he saw me on In the End - video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJf_1XZtfVY/ Overflow instead of something heavier was a surprise but I saw several comments after the show that it was the favorite song of quite a few people. Walking out - lots of comments from people, even folks in Metallica shirts, about how good LP was. Definitely think that's one of the best performances they've had since they returned. The crowd was eating it up. Well done by the band. Also boarded my flight home the next morning (was there less than 24 hours lol) and ran right into Alex on the plane. Randomly saw someone in a Julien-K shirt who knew my name and was on LPLive 10+ years ago - small world. Loved Sonic Temple and would like to return one day for sure. LP could play that thing every 3-4 years and I'd love it. Go check the Sonic Temple Facebook group... people absolutely loved the LP show and it blew a lot of people away. I commented on the Sonic Temple Facebook page itself saying "LP absolutely owned that shit. Great show." and Danny Wimmer (festival creator/CEO) replied to me and said "yes they did" Ranking the shows in 2025 I've seen: -Raleigh (Emily coming into the pit to us is going to be hard to beat) -Sonic Temple -Austin -Greenville Looking forward to Rockville.

In a new interview with Billboard, the band discusses "Let You Fade" and more about the From Zero (Deluxe Edition) out this week. Shinoda said LP wrote “Up From the Bottom” at the end of last year and though it was the last new song they laid down for the deluxe, it was the quickest one to wrap. “It’s kind of fun having that shorter momentum,” he said, noting that typically the band is “so meticulous” that it was a breath of fresh air to turn something so quickly. He also said that “Let You Fade” started off as a not-as-loud song on a demo that just didn’t make the cut before the group pivoted to a piano-and-vocals only arrangement that was transformed into a song that starts off really loud and goes quiet on the bridge. “That piano and vocal thing was the second demo [we recorded during the initial sessions],” Shinoda said. “Of the three it’s probably my favorite.” The expanded album will also feature the new song “Unshatter,” a track Shinoda said LP began working on when they were first just getting to know Armstrong.

Almost all festival schedules are out and they are 90 mins at everything except one is 100 mins. We updated the 2025 pages with that info that we could find.

No, not this one. And cell service is very bad there so I may not be able to send updates on the set until after. I’ll take notes on the phone. They flat out didn’t play any US shows besides a few club / promo appearances. The tour was canceled I think a week before. Awful. Wanted to do Vegas but had so many OML summer tour tickets so I waited. Should be great. Crowd was wild in 2015 for them. We’ll see. If people don’t like the new LP then they just won’t stick around for their set.

Was at the Rock on the Range 2015 show - picked one show that summer to see LP to get A Line in the Sand and was pretty disappointed they played with no Brad. It was the last time I saw the original band play. This is a great festival and I'm going tomorrow, 10 years later... crazy. Hope LP's set gets extended to 2 hours since Incubus canceled.

Isn't he in the MTM DVD and many other shots of them in the studio? Ethan has been working with the band since 2006. He's been in a good bit of stuff.

Let's get the file and get it on YouTube ASAP if possible. Glad to assist any way we can.

Brad is the big producer of the band for sure. Surprised at no Mike vocal footage too.

Had a great time with @ChuckCheese @xxHybridXeroxx continuing what we had going on in Raleigh - they are great people to watch a show with. It was very enjoyable catching up with @danielpsoad-09 before and especially after the show and discussing the band, songs, etc... Daniel is super knowledgeable about playing music and knows so much about LP; really valued our conversations yesterday. Hope to be able to rock again soon - Nashville for sure. Points in the encore was awesome. Good Things Go is a great treat - unfortunately it may be the FZ song that packs the least "punch" live because of the key change (which I of course trust the band on) but I just mean that compared to the rest of the album's songs live. Stained comes off a bit better live than Good Things Go. IGYEIH is a monster track live. They really need to keep Lying From You in every set. It's one of those that just packs a big energy and Cut the Bridge should of course be played but maybe make LFY a staple while dropping Crawling since she lets the crowd sing so much of Crawling. You could notice the start wasn't as hot as Raleigh because LFY was gone. Overall glad to have Emily here and really enjoy seeing them. Step Up verse was a treat and of course there were a handful of people that knew the whole verse in the crowd haha This was close enough to Georgia to pretty much call it a Georgia show... lots of Georgia people there and it's under an hour from the state border of GA and SC. Greenville's arena is good (but smaller, noticeably small) but glad they played there as that's a pretty nice downtown. And any place they can get to where they haven't played before is good. 4th new city on the From Zero Tour with Bogota, Riyadh, and Guadalajara joining it.

There is really no full show video of Raleigh? Could very well be the best show they have played since they returned. Tremendous show... hope something shows up.

Didn't he say "3.... maybe 5"? Would love to see Good Things Go and Keys after last night got IGYEIH and Stained. IGYEIH is a total jam live. Looking forward to it.

That phone thing is so like, it's something you see in videos and when you're there in-person sure there are phones you notice but you can see the stage absolutely no problem and there is so much going on you never pay attention to the phones. No issue there. Can see the stage easily and people are literally starved for this band - this is the first USA tour in 11 years in any shape or form for them. I don't blame them for recording. They are in amazing shape live right now.

Holy SHIT is all there is to say about Raleigh. The best band performance I've seen since they came back - 6th show I've seen. They absolutely burned the place down. The crowd on the floor was insane, just going nuts all show. Like 15-20 around us just formed a huge group in the middle of the floor roaring all the words to the songs and jamming. The pit was to the right of us and was going nuts. It was SO LOUD and mixed absolutely flawlessly... so impressed with the sound. LP came in with a mission and lit the place on fire and the crowd just reacted massively to it. A++ show, the song debut was GREAT and Stained sounded amazing. We are incredibly outnumbered in the crowd with every single person around us besides who I came with ( @ChuckCheese @xxHybridXeroxx ) had never seen the band. It's almost a 90% new fanbase out there, which is very good for the long-term success of the band. Met Erynn after the show on the front rail. Super nice guy. Ran into all sorts of people. That was a massive show and the floor was popping off. Couldn't say anything better about it - Emily was really in the zone all show and the vibes were just so high the entire time in the crowd and on stage. Even better than the Austin show. The setlist they are playing kicks ass - how about that From the Inside? Awesome! Emily came right to us in the pit and the place was going craaaazy. The From Zero songs kick fucking ass live. LP is in the zone right now... go see this if you can. Wow.

See you there. Big one as they rarely get over to this area.

Great post and well done - awesome story. Looking forward to the first show in NC since 2014 - wow it has been a long time but part of me feels like it was just yesterday that Charlotte 2014 happened. Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You show. In Raleigh today and heading to Greenville next. Let's rock and roll, I'll be on the floor and doing LPU Early Entry. From Zero Fest hat with LPLive on the side.

That sounds like a job for @SerioDrew!

What is the song before Inception Intro?

Mike recently called in to Mike Jones to discuss Linkin Park. Of note, he says Brad had sole power over picking Alex for a touring guitarist.

Mike called in to 98 Rock to discuss the band ahead of the recent Baltimore show.

Definitely didn't see Stained coming - thought that third rotation song may be Unshatter. Points is good.

Come on back to the set, Lying From You!