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Linkin Park has announced a Record Store Day vinyl release for April 13, 2019. This year, the release will be Transformers special edition vinyls with Linkin Park songs "New Divide" (T2), "What I've Done" (T1), and "Iridescent" (T3). It is unclear yet as to which version of "Iridescent" will appear on the vinyl - the album version on A Thousand Suns, or the "Energy Up Version" aka radio edit of the track. The release is composed of three different vinyls, one for each Transformers release and they are purple, green, and brown (respectively). Will you be picking up the release?

Which album, at the time they came out, had more backlash from the fanbase? One More Light or A Thousand Suns?

Welcome back to LPLive! We apologize for our downtime in January and most of February. Long story short, the site experienced some difficulties with hosting and we thought our data had become corrupted. We have moved to a new host, recovered all of the data, and have spent time upgrading the site to a new version... what we will call LPLive 6.0. As the site is not completely finished, you will run into some things that we are still working on. Related Acts, Julien-K, etc are still a work in progress as we have been focusing on Linkin Park and Mike Shinoda for the time being. The show page template needs some work and there are some smaller formatting things we are working on. You'll also notice show page galleries and the homepage right hand side menu are not back yet, but they are coming. Thanks for sticking around and we're excited for the new possibilities with the site that we can do with LPL 6.0.

We're back! Welcome to LPLive 6.0. We've been down since January, but we're getting right back into the swing of things. The FINAL LEG of the Post Traumatic Tour is kicking off in Berlin, Germany on March 2, 2019 at the Columbiahalle. This'll be Mike's first solo show in Berlin -- unless you count his 2015 performance as Fort Minor there. We'll all remember this showa s it was the first performance of the Suicide Music version of 'High Voltage' on the tour (and the first time since 2001 that the song was performed in full). Mike has already performed in Germany on the Post Traumatic Tour, though: twice! The first was in Köln, the very first show to feature the piano versions of 'Heavy,' 'Burn It Down,' and 'Numb,' which would become a staple part of every setlist from there on out. 'Until It Breaks' also got its tour debut during the encore of this show. Mike returned to Germany once more for a show in Offenbach am Main, where he performed 'Numb' and 'In The End' with a fan named Rosie Stickdorn, and later performed 'Kenji' by fan request. Linkin Park has also performed at this venue - in 2001, on the Hybrid Theory European Tour. This show featured the live debut of 'Step Up!' Watch Mike perform piano versions of 'In The End,' 'Heavy,' 'Burn It Down,' and 'Numb' in Köln, Germany last year on the European leg of the Post Traumatic Tour. Rotations of these songs (and a couple of others) became a setlist staple from this show onwards! If you followed our tour coverage over the Outbreak Tour last fall, you'll know how crazy the setlists got. Virtually everything we knew about the setlist from Day 1 was different by the end of the tour. We ended up with 5 recurring intro songs: 'Welcome,' 'Petrified,' 'Robot Boy' and 'World's On Fire,' 'When They Come For Me,' and 'Remember The Name.' Mike added and debuted more songs than we can even recount at various points throughout the tour, too. 'World's On Fire' and 'Lift Off' debuted from Post Traumatic, while Mike also brought out 'Sharp Edges,' 'Invisible,' 'Cigarettes,' 'High Road,' and more at some point on the tour, digging into his discography. Even the closing song changed, with 'A Place For My Head' featuring opening band Don Broco replacing 'Running From My Shadow' for the last few shows, too. Going into this tour, we have absolutely no idea what'll happen. And that's how we like it. All the same, that won't stop us from making predictions! This may be the last shot for some Post Traumatic songs to get their live debut: 'Nothing Makes Sense Anymore,' 'Brooding,' 'Promises I Can't Keep,' and 'Can't Hear You Now' all still have not been performed (and Mike explicitly stated he'd like to perform 'Can't Hear You Now'). Additionally, the new bonus tracks 'Prove You Wrong' and 'What The Words Meant' would be very welcome additions to the set, as well as his Martin Garrix collaboration 'Waiting For Tomorrow,' which Mike also expressed that he wanted added to the set. Plus, we know everyone would love to see fan favorites like 'High Voltage,' 'No Roads Left,' 'It Goes Through,' and more added to the set. This may be the last chance for these songs for quite some time! What songs do you want to see Mike perform on this tour? One surprise we DO know is coming: an onstage collaboration! The lead singer of the German rock band Jennifer Rostock, Jennifer Weiss will be joining Mike onstage! She mentioned on her Instagram story that she would be playing with Mike, and also sang the chorus of 'A Place For My Head' - looks like she may be performing the song with Mike! That'd be an awesome way to kick off the tour - let's see what happens! Watch Mike perform 'A Place For My Head' with Don Broco in Detroit, Michigan on the Outbreak Tour! Don Broco will be playing all of the Germany dates on this tour, so hopefully we'll see this happen throughout the tour! Speaking of Don Broco, they'll be opening the German dates on this tour! After opening shows for Mike throughout the United States and Europe last year, they're back for more. If the above performance of 'A Place For My Head' isn't enough, I can tell you firsthand that they do not disappoint live. As will anyone who saw them open for Mike over the last tour - with jams like 'T-Shirt Song' and 'Come Out To LA,' you can't really go wrong. They're full of energy and charisma - definitely inspired by Chester's onstage presence, no doubt. If you can catch their set, don't miss it! This final leg of the Post Traumatic Tour will last all month long, seeing Mike and co. travel throughout Europe and even hitting Israel before wrapping up. After this show, Mike has a run of four more stops in Germany: Bremen, Hannover, Oberhausen, and Hamburg. Additionally, the tour returns to GErmany twice more, with shows in Munich and Ludwigsburg. Who's going? Thank you for all the patience over the last few months as we got LPLive up and running again. It's good to be back - we still have a lot to work on, but it's all a work in progress. Be be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world! We just launched the new LPLive Archive YouTube Channel that is loaded with hours of rare content from the Linkin Park world, and we'll also be uploading videos from the Post Traumatic Tour there, too. Be sure to subscribe! Check out the rest of Mike Shinoda's 2019 touring schedule here.

On a recent Instagram Q&A, Mike Shinoda revealed he has no plans to release more solo music at the moment, but he has been working with other artists as producer and songwriter. In addition, he said the Post Traumatic bonus tracks "Prove You Wrong" and "What The Words Meant" should be coming to streaming services soon. Mastercard is working on rebranding themselves and asked none other than Mike Shinoda to reinterpret their new song. Check out a behind the scenes video here. Pictures here. Mike has also collaborated with Felix Jaehn back in September 2017, with Sir Sly on their 3rd studio album, with AmirSaysNothing in February, and Taka Moriuchi from One Ok Rock has recently hinted on a future collaboration with Steve Aoki and Mike. Update (20/02): Mike has confirmed via social media that the Post Traumatic Special Edition vinyl bonus tracks "Prove You Wrong" and "What The Words Meant" will be released digitally on Friday, February 22nd.

Mike Shinoda has played a private show at Mercedes-Benz USA Headquarters in Atlanta, GA on February 6th. The short set featured an special remix of “In The End” with vocals by audience members Farina and Dave Silva. Check our show page for more information. Mike has announced two shows at Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv, Israel on March 25th and March 26th. Linkin Park performed only once in Israel, in 2010, making this Mike’s second time ever in the country. It looks like the Post Traumatic Tour is coming to an end after those shows as Mike told Access Online the tour has already served its purpose. Read the interview here. Strife Magazine is giving away tickets for Mike’s show in Amsterdam on March 21st. Access their Twitter page to know how to win.

Back in 2017, Grey Daze announced they would be playing a reunion show at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona on September 23th with their new line-up consisting of: Chester Bennington, Sean Dowdell, Mace Beyers, Jason Barnes and Christin Davis. Besides the show, the band had entered the studio with producer Sylvia Massy with plans for a reworked edition of their sophomore album ...No Sun Today. Chester unfortunately passed away before they could finish it. Starting in early 2018, the band has given continuity to the project at the Salt Mine Studios and NRG Recording Studios with a number of special guests giving their input, including Ryan Shuck (Julien-K), Marcos Curiel (P.O.D.), Jaime Bennington (Chester’s son), Chris Traynor (Bush), Lucas D'Angelo (Betraying The Martyrs), Esjay Jones, Brian “Head” Welch and James "Munky" Shaffer (Korn). Now the plans are for reinterpretations of both of Grey Daze’s studio albums, modernizing the music for the current market, and a documentary in tribute to Chester and his work with the band. Check out a brief video about the band’s history here (more to come!): In other news, as part of their Too Young To Die series, ARTE (Franco-German television network) will air Chester Bennington – A Voice of Pain, a 50-minute documentary about Chester’s life and music featuring interviews with fans, friends and family members. Tune in on March 1st at 9:50 PM CET to watch it. Source: Rolling Stone Update (22/02): Due to legal issues, the broadcast of the documentary has been cancelled.

“Cross Off,” Chester Bennington’s first posthumous single, has put him back on rock charts. The track, recorded for Lamb of God's Mark Morton solo album, debuted at No. 18 on the chart dated January 19th, with 2,000 downloads and 209,000 U.S. streams over the tracking week. Source: Billboard Linkin Park’s axeman, Brad Delson, has worked on Allan Rayman’s new album Harry Hard-On which was released on November 16, 2018. The album was produced by Andrew Dawson (additional producer on One More Light album), who co-wrote the track “Crush” with Rayman and Delson. Listen to the song below: Thanks to lhcluiz for the heads up! Last month Joe Hahn was in India shooting a documentary hosted by Kai Stuht, setting up portrait photography, working with dress-makers and doing street photography. Watch his interview with Red FM India below: Source: Times Of India In case you haven’t seen it yet, Joe has recently directed a video for Steve Aoki’s collaboration with BTS, “Waste It On Me.” Watch it here.

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