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Hell of a recap. All very good. PT era was good, the HT20 and Meteora 20 celebrations were great. Mike on Twitch was enjoyable and gave us something to focus on. There was indeed a period of time in 2022, and mid-to-late 2023 especially that made it feel like it just wasn't going to happen. The fan event in Brazil gave us the rumors stadium shows were booked and that seemed good enough to go on - the event itself was so random, and they were filming fans saying "Come to Brazil" chanting? lol. The Billboard article came out and LP changing agents meant for sure there was a future decided for the band because that's a massive move for someone 20+ years into their career. Dave Brooks is a senior writer at Billboard - if you pay close attention to Mike's comments since 2024, it seems the band's team and label were behind that article coming out and helped piece it together for him to drop so the news was broken officially by someone in a way the band wanted instead of by some random festival on the other side of the world leaking the band was returning - which was always possible. At that point they already had the Rock in Rio offer. Still quite a lot of silence after that, though - months. Fans didn't get any real info on the comeback until mid-to-late summer, when things were pretty much done lol. Warner likely crafted the "leak every other singer on the planet in summer 2024" campaign to keep Emily a secret - pretty genius move. "Is it Amy? Is it Deryck?" etc. Looking back, all of that is a VERY LONG TIME to not have anything show-wise happen. We were always still here but it definitely felt like the air got sucked out of it and they couldn't figure things out with the band, especially by 2023. Now look what happened lol

Looks very legit to us, not sure how someone could say that's fake. Very very distinct signatures. Some people just don't know they used to sign things differently when they first started - signatures changed over time.

Totally down to start a campaign on socials etc to ask for this stuff this year. Why not? What do we have to lose? We can use the momentum from this Brisbane show.

Wow this is really something. Was just thinking there are so few recordings of this setlist in the dark or inside. We have Reading 2003, then from Asia 2003 we've got Tokyo and Seoul. This was the Summer Sanitarium set, which was in full daytime minus Toronto which was indoors. Pretty surprising no video ever surfaced from Berlin, Prague, Paris, Madrid, and Lisbon, even one show from that fall 2003 run. This is a big find - what a random thing to upload 23 years later. Watched the full video tonight and the band is really energetic and rocking it. Total banger set.

Both Pusha and Malice joined - it was a total surprise like Phantogram joining for What I've Done. Pretty nice for the end of the tour.

Not that we know of since we live in a fully digital age now with digital streaming platforms.

For download here @BartBart91 https://lplive.net/forums/topic/19926-dllinkin-park-rock-am-ring-nürburg-germany-2026-06-05/#findComment-348711 VERY good mix. Could be one of the band's top mixes since Live in Texas, it's that good. Guitars are rocking it hard. Thanks @Chesterchaz!

Yeah that background part is cool too, starting with the new stage design in 2024 for the endstage shows. He is back there with Joe, and even has a mic - his vocals on Lost are underrated. With an additional good vocalist on stage for the band, they have endless possibilities for the older songs with a million vocals. Iridescent, Little Things, etc.

Interesting about Matt and Dan. They were at the comeback shows, fans ran into Dan in Brooklyn and Matt at another show - Forum? - before both shows. So there is no bad blood or anything. Mike's social media following isn't a very good determining factor about things, I think. Remember Matt was at Mike's new home studio years after the Post Traumatic Tour ended? But that's a shame he stopped touring. They are all likely still friends. Alex stated 2-3 times he only had a week (or less than that) to learn all of the songs for the tour. It certainly seems like that's accurate if he's stated it multiple times in interviews. He has done a fantastic job overall with this music - imagine how hard it is learning such a diverse catalog from the early nu-metal sound to the later sound of the band... so many different styles, etc.... with not much time at all. At first there were some questions by just a few of us about the sound or playing style of some of the older songs but with the context, it all makes sense and Alex really even improved on those very few songs. Nor does he even have to sound or play exactly like Brad, the band probably wants him to play like the studio versions of the songs as evidenced by the tour performance of the songs instead of Brad's style of playing. Stuff like Leave Out All The Rest and the Faint solo, he's got some really good highlights. Saw the Munich shows and thought he nailed them. Just listen to the edited Rock am Ring 2026 show the band put out - the guitar is absolutely rocking it. He nails the show, listen to A Place for My Head especially. And With You, that guitar rocks. There are even more spots in the show where he could solo, but imagine songs like In Pieces, The Little Things Give You Away, or A Line In The Sand with him. Very unlikely Brad returns full-time - could see him step in for a song or two here or there but Alex is the guy. Would be quite shocked if they replaced him at this point considering he now knows and plays 40+ songs quite well. And there's a good camaraderie, which is half the equation there when you're on tour with the same people for 2 years/100+ shows. Brad's expertise at this point is production (and has been for a while) and is a pretty good guitarist on top of that. Alex might be an even better guitar player skill-wise than Brad and he fits in this LP 2.0 lineup quite nicely. Edit: Wanted to add, there is a point in IGYEIH, where Alex adds guitar on the second verse that doesn't seem to appear on the studio version and that's a good indication he's understanding the songs well... that's a great addition to the song. Small, noticeable, and impactful.

No. Just a project name so people would have no idea what it was, when they were rehearsing.

Body of email is great!

From Alex Feder (stillagreatnight), touring guitarist for Brad Delson upon Linkin Park completing their world tour for From Zero: "Man. It has been a joy and an honor to spend the last two years on the road with Linkin Park. I am endlessly grateful to Brad for trusting me to stand in his place on stage, extraordinarily grateful to the guys for an incredible tour, and very excited for whatever life throws at me next. If anybody needs me I’ll be enjoying coffee with Alejandra and working on arranging early 20th century Jewish cantorial pieces for fuzz guitar" We, of course, are unsure what conversations the band had with Alex as the world tour came to an end but it would be hard to believe if he did not rejoin the band for touring in the future. It seems quite unlikely (although not impossible) Brad would start touring this heavily again when one of his main reasons for stepping off the stage was the intense travel around the shows.

Updated, thank you! Somehow we totally forgot about that show haha

With so many off days on the tour, there's no telling how much new material Mike and co recorded in Europe, much less the entire world tour. They've also been in the studio throughout the tour, but that could have been work on Unshatter's score or something too.

Coming back after the 45 min storm delay and rolling into With You with a Joe scratch intro and the Emily scream - I mean that's just badass. Who ever would have thought it'd be 2026 and that's happening? Awesome!

We had figured out it was Emily by that time because Adam and a few band members followed her on Instagram, Mike liked her posts but did not follow her, etc.... it was too obvious haha. And someone DM'd us "The band is secretly rehearsing to play live under the name Cannonball" (which is what their wifi is still called on tour) + there were some pretty strong rumors from the Sao Paulo Meteora 20 event that stadium shows had been booked for later in 2024 in Brazil. It all made too much sense after the Billboard article lol

Jon, who is on the ground in Switzerland for the final show, shares a word of gratitude for the band, their crew, and the fans as we wrap this era up: “Now here we go for the hundredth time. Zurich, Switzerland. The 100th and final destination of the From Zero Tour. No more talk about which leg is next, we just keep moving one foot in front of the other as we march to the beat that they’re drumming, our hands held high as for one last night in 2026, our favourite band plays our favourite songs and sends us home hungrier than ever. When the initial murmurs of a new singer began, and the troops began to rally. When the excitement became electric and the anticipation left us sleepless for days in the lead up. When they stepped onto the stage in a darkened warehouse, on a space deep in the center of the pit. When Mike smiled. When he said “It’s good to see you again.” When all of these things began, I felt awoken once more. Like a sleeping giant, dormant as many volcanoes tend to rest, tremoring with excitement. Afraid of what would happen when it bubbles over. The tantamount excitement ready to burst, but apprehensive that this might just be a one time thing from a group who missed that feeling of taking the stage again. Imagine it was just that show. Since then we’ve had 99 setlists and the gigs ain’t done (hit me!) The utter joy that the shows have brought us is indescribable. The opportunities and experiences, the friendships made, the conversations had, the places we’ve visited… Over the last two years, I (Jon) photographed Hamburg and Paris in 2024, attending shows in London, Germany, France and at the time of writing, I am heading to Switzerland also. Mark was at the comeback show, and we stood shoulder to shoulder across Europe. Dylan visited India as well as Austria, Germany and England… I could go on but you get the picture. There’s a lot more to come from us, and we’ve had great events we attended in Zurich and even moments at home on the European Tour. The Rock am Ring show on a personal level was incredibly important to me. I worked my ass off that night at home, clipping, distributing to socials for people, live tweeting and chaotically running a million miles a second. I got to enjoy it and be excited about so much of it, but I wasn’t able to be as present as I’d like, and more so, I was alone. Now I was able to be in a cinema, sat with some of the best people I have ever met, crying through the Unshatter movie premiere. Even more important to me, on a personal level, is the Creation event, where a small number of fans got to meet the crew responsible for all the shows. The unsung hero. We say It Takes a Village and there’ll be more on that once tour concludes. So here we go, for the hundredth time. The final masquerade. A chance to leave it all in the pit. In the stands. In the technical departments. A chance to say thank you for coming back. For coming home. For lighting the beacons for many to find hope and a place to head towards. A northern compass point to align by. I’m not ready to say goodbye, so you better sort out another show soon. Enjoy the rest, as will we. The time off to recharge and come back better. It’s been an honour to serve you all and share so many perspectives of shows and we can’t wait to do it more but we’ll appreciate the rest. That goes for the band, for the sound and lighting teams. For the management, those building stages, tailoring fashion and much more. Those doing the longest days. Thank you for what you do to bring this experience for us all. Here’s to another 100.”

Entire movie was shown to the LPU with Joe introducing it.

UNSHATTER just got debuted at the screening!

Ladies and gentlemen... The final show. The From Zero World Tour officially comes to an end on June 30th in Zurich, Switzerland. It's hard to believe, but Linkin Park has encompassed 100 exact full shows on the world tour from September 2024 to now. What started as a surprise comeback at the September 5, 2024 Launch Show has all culminated in one final show in Zurich. So how did we get here? Following the surprise comeback of the band that introduced us all to Emily, Colin, and Alex, Linkin Park quickly darted around the world for a run of arenas shows that began at the LA Forum and ended in Seoul, South Korea. Then, they ran another series of shows in the fall that ended with the From Zero album release shows in Sao Paulo, Brazil that will be featured prominently in the new film Unshatter, directed by Joe Hahn. 15 new cities have been played by Linkin Park on this world tour for the first time - Bogota, Riyadh, Guadalajara, Greenville, Daytona Beach, Hradec Králové, Arnhem, Gdynia, Curitiba, Sakhir, Benagluru, Mumbai, Lyon, Santiado de Compostela, and Florence. 4 new countries were played: Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and India. Songs were brought back, songs were debuted, new records were shattered, and much, much more. It has been an amazing whirlwind of a world tour and we're happy to celebrate the entire thing with the final show in Zurich. So... why Zurich? Interestingly enough, this wasn't a standard booking by Linkin Park with plans to end the tour in Zurich. The 2026 European Tour was actually planned out well before (months before) the 2025 European Tour began, and Zurich of course was not on it. Five shows into the 2025 European Tour, someone in the band fell ill and the show was postponed right around when doors were opening. The band couldn't make the same venue work again in 2026 due to it being booked for other events, but they managed to squeeze in the stadium in Zurich as a make-up show for the fans in Switzerland. And so here we are, ending the entire thing in Zurich. This will be Linkin Park's 8th show in Switzerland and 5th show in Zurich. The band did not perform in the country until they headlined Hallenstadion in 2007 (and then again in 2009, 2010 and 2014), with stops in Basel in 2008, OpenAir St. Gallen in 2011 (famously with no "One Step Closer"), and Greenfield in Interlaken in 2014. One of the first extended "Bleed It Out" performances ever... "fuck yo side!" So, now we made it. This will be Linkin Park's first show in Switzerland since 2014, when they performed two shows in June in November. We've seen every song on From Zero debuted live, including the deluxe edition songs, and we've seen a number of older songs come back. What we want to know is... what were YOUR favorite moments of the From Zero World Tour? What shows did you see? What do you think some of the best shows were? Does the Launch Show feel like it was just a few months ago in your brain, or does it feel like it was ages ago? It has been great covering the world tour and doing this all again with everyone; we can't wait to see what comes next with a new era - new music, new tours, and more. First, though, we all need some down time and the band will definitely take some, although we're sure they have been writing music throughout the world tour as usual. Cheers to one more - let's see if they pull out any special things in Zurich for the finale!

https://mailchi.mp/lplive/lplive-messenger-issue-7 New one!

With three shows left of Linkin Park’s From Zero World Tour, the band makes its first stop in Italy of 2026, their 10th show in the country, and first ever visit to Firenze! Last year saw an incredible performance in Milan to 78,500, so we’re certain they’ll get a huge reception tonight with a sold out 60,000+ person crowd at their own show. Did you know this is the first non-festival show in Italy since 2003 at the Milan Alcatraz show - the first show of the Meteora World Tour? A LOT of songs got their live debut at this show from the album! Italy is a bit interesting for the band because while shows will be branded as "I-Days", etc as a part of their festival series, Linkin Park will get PRETTY CLOSE to a full setlist with just a song or two missing since they are essentially performing their very own headline show with one big stage and not a typical festival setup. Well, it's finally time tonight to get that full 2 hour set they've been needing in Italy! The band first came to Italy in 2001 as part of the Deftones’ Back to School Tour, where they performed all of Hybrid Theory except "Crawling" and "Cure for the Itch". This was the only time they played more than one show in a calendar year in Italy, but they have since come through for a show on every album! Check out one of our favorite show intros ever at their first headlining show in Italy ever, in a small club in Milan: Tonight looks like it could line up for Set A again, since C and B made appearances in Madrid before this with a ton of amazing rotation songs in the first two-night stand in Spain. Who knew they'd get two performances of "With You"? Crazy! Emily once again was emotional on "Waiting For The End", her favorite Linkin Park song and she's not making any apologies about it (nor should she) - she loves the emotion of the iconic song and loves showing it on stage. This song is a staple in the show and we'd be surprised if Linkin Park dropped it again in the future. With only three shows left of the tour, and this being 97 of 100, what songs do you expect to see? It’s another day in an immense heatwave, so please stay hydrated, and keep safe and we’ll see you on the other side! Remember, just Werchter and Zurich left... so if you want to see the band before the end of this album tour, get to a show this month!

They opened more Rock am Ring screening spots! Congrats @FelixSFD - glad you are going! It will be amazing!

Well, there's not much more to say about Spain, with the band performing their third of three shows in the country tonight in Madrid! This is the most shows in Spain on one tour, ever, by Linkin Park in their headlining era. Of course, Hybrid Theory with the Deftones had three shows as well, in Madrid, San Sebastian, and Barcelona. Night 1 was capped off with one heck of a group of rotation songs in the set - including "Points Of Authority", "New Divide", "Somewhere I Belong", "Cut The Bridge", "Lost In The Echo", "Casualty", "Stained", and "From The Inside". WOW - that's about the best group of combined rotation songs you can get in a show... what a strong showing. Of course, for night 2 we know there is a lot on deck, including the fan-favorite "Good Things Go" along with other staples like "Crawling", "Lying From You" (this was actually the first show in Europe this tour it was not played at), "Over Each Other", and more. We think it's a good chance "Let You Fade" or "Unshatter" show up from the bonus tracks. And of course, everyone wants to see the elusive "With You"! Besides just the amazing rotation songs, there were some fun moments in the show too. Emily rapped Mike's first verse of "Heavy Is The Crown" for the first time and the band played an even longer portion of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears. With Mike joking in France that they should just learn the entire song, it wouldn't surprise us if a cover pops up eventually... maybe next world tour. But it would have to battle out a million other songs we all want to see in the setlists. Following the headlining show at O Son do Camino in Santiago de Compostela and night 1 in Madrid, Linkin Park gets their final show in Spain tonight and celebrates such a warm welcome by the Spanish fans. Will we see more shows in Spain and Portugal the next album cycle? We think that is incredibly likely considering these two shows in Madrid sold out quickly and we could see an even larger venue in the future. Who knows what the future holds. Here's Overflow last night, a staple song on From Zero in this era, now with Emily singing a bit over the intro and Mike using his custom drumstick on the pads at the end. Night 1 was a very hot show temperature-wise, so if you're heading to night 2 be sure to stay hydrated and rest up before the show as the band performs for just over 2 hours and you'll need your energy for the performance. The band also has a great pop-up in Madrid, with exclusive merch, if you have the opportunity to check that out. We only have a few shows left on the From Zero World Tour! Florence, Werchter, and Zurich are all that's left after Spain before a break of an unknown length. We currently are just not sure when the band will be back on stage, whether it's near the end of 2027 or the beginning of 2028, or even longer. They will have to record a new album at some point and will likely want to rest up from the long From Zero World Tour. But when it happens, we'll be sure to be there! Enjoy the final show in Madrid, Spanish fans!

Linkin Park has announced two very special end of tour events in Zurich, Switzerland for LPU members. See details below. Space is limited and spots will go fast. Sign-ups open for each day separately on a first-come first-serve basis on the LPU Portal "Events" section. Read below for complete details. DAY 1 ROCK AM RING '26 LIVE CONCERT SCREENING JUNE 29 @ 7:00PM Join us for a screening of the 2026 Rock am Ring live concert performance from just a few weeks ago + a sneak peek at a never before seen UNSHATTER trailer. SIGN-UPS OPEN JUNE 25 AT 10 AM CEST DAY 2 "CREATION" JUNE 30 @ 10:30AM - 2:30 PM The From Zero World Tour will clock 100 shows in Zurich. We invite LPU members for a special day-of-show experience to learn how the production comes together each night. Meet the wonderful crew that makes it all happen and get a look behind the scenes of this very special tour. Early access to merchandise shopping and lunch included. A valid ticket to the Zurich show is required to be eligible to signup for this event. SIGN-UPS OPEN JUNE 26 AT 10 AM CEST Please read carefully the FAQs before signing up.