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It's hard to tell because the first 3 shows I saw were 360 and the sound was noticeably weaker than a normal show. That's probably for any artist playing 360. The intros were so loud at the Forum and Barclays you couldn't hear what was going on - the bass was overwhelmingly too loud. Texas was a stadium and was mixed absolutely flawlessly. Really great mix there, the entire production was a true sight to see and the band nailed it. Loved the mini set at the end of the catwalk too.

Fresh from the Nerdmatics Instagram as Linkin Park prepares to head to Mexico this month is a series of two videos detailing some of the behind the scenes setup and gear for the band's touring rigs. "Nerdmatics is a design team based out of Los Angeles, California specializing in music performance systems and audio & midi software development." In these videos you'll get to see some of the work that was put into setting up the band's gear for the From Zero World Tour. There is another video on Mike's build as well: "New build for @m_shinoda currently being used on tour with @linkinpark With gear from @nativeinstruments @embodme and @iconnectivity_interfaces we created a custom station for Mike to play samples, run VSTs, and use multi channel audio FX. This steup can also sample audio from different instruments on stage and add FX to it as well. The center of the rig is a Prodigy.MP from @directout as well as @digitalaudiodenmark Core 256 for thunderbolt connection and low latency audio. Thanks to Marc VanGool and the LP crew for all their help with this." Thank you to Nerdmatics for sharing!

Looking back ten years ago today - Linkin Park was in Indianapolis, Indiana to perform their third show of the 2015 North American Tour for The Hunting Party. Just before the show, Chester broke his ankle and still performed the full show. It's hard to believe it has been ten years since this incident, but it ended up being just another notch in the belt for Chester of injuries sustained around shows where he ended up powering through and performing the show. Here is a throwback to the LPTV episode of the incident: Other injuries sustained over the years for Chester include the infamous spider bite incident in 2001 where he was told to cancel shows immediately by a doctor but still performed, breaking what appears to be his wrist in the middle of the fall European Tour in 2003 but still playing all of the shows, jumping off of the stage in Australia during Papercut and breaking his wrist mid show but still toughing it out for the rest of the set, hitting himself in the face with a tennis racket and requiring stitches in Asia on the Minutes to Midnight tour, and more. One thing these all have in common? He kept going and played the shows for the fans. Always remembering Chester who is missed dearly.

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Linkin Park has begun rehearsing for their upcoming shows in Mexico and Asia, about two weeks out from the first show in Mexico City on January 30. Returning to Third Encore, Colin has posted several photos of multiple drum kits which doesn't come as a surprise since the band will need to return to multiple touring rigs again as they are accustomed to due to the travel. We were already being reserved about any expectations for changes in the show since the Los Angeles fires undoubtedly impacted the region and possibly the crew as well, but surprise - Alex Feder has posted a video of him playing 'Good Things Go' on drums. GTG.mp4 We have already seen an instrument change on the tour with Colin playing guitar on both 'When They Come For Me' (electric guitar) and 'My December' (acoustic guitar) on the tour. In interviews for the album, Mike said he originally asked Colin if he wanted to play guitar or drums, knowing that they needed both, before Brad recruited Alex. It definitely wouldn't come as a surprise to see Colin incorporated on guitar more on the tour... meaning they'd need someone on drums if they took the idea further - enter Alex. 'Good Things Go' has become an instant fan-favorite on the new album. Mike said around the album's release, "Lots of people saying Good Things Go is a favorite on the album. Love that, I didn't expect it." We honestly would have expected 'Overflow' as the next live debut on the album, as the band has said since September they want to perform it live. Emily said, "'Over Each Other' is cool, but, like... 'Overflow,' come on! On the album, it's a standout to me, it expands the album in a really cool way, I think it's going to do that live, too." 'Good Things Go' would be a great surprise for fans as it is a top song on album reviews and album ranks across the fanbase. Linkin Park returns to the stage January 31 in Mexico City for their first show in Mexico in nearly a decade, kicking off a three show run of Mexico in stadiums. After that, two shows in Japan follow along with Jakarta, Indonesia. The U.S. leg of the From Zero World Tour kicks off in April in Austin, Texas.

Skipping Collision Course was a shame. There was a good opportunity there for the Roxy show (LP songs) to release in some format. Just afraid the recent Fort Minor physical releases - there were quite a few - will hinder them from doing something for this. At least put a show out digitally.

Maybe another pressing of the one they just put out?

They did, they added Queens of the Stone Age for Dodger Stadium specifically. That makes sense - good post. That would explain why the band turned down the offer of Linkin Park x Panic at the Disco shows in 2014 in Brazil. Along with the 2 festivals, they were offered what, 3 more headline shows but with P!ATD opening? The guarantees were not high enough for LP to accept the offer, so they didn't do them. Aka, the promoter didn't offer more because he didn't think X amount of tickets would be sold. It's all money-driven at the end of the day. Now looking back it would have been wild to have had Brad out for like 5 shows in a row lol

Ryu thought he was on the normal version of the song and it was a Fort Minor comeback with him included. https://x.com/TherealRyu/status/612870898404622337 It's easy to see how this got out of control - it looks like Mike cut his verse and didn't tell him lol. He was even at the music video shoot for the song - he thought he was involved in all of this.

Getting around to working on this finally before the 2025 tour kicks off.

Chester is in the show intros/interludes when they use Iridescent. Castle and Burn It Down appear to be just Mike's vocals. He's also in the APFMH verse 2 vocal sample Joe plays.

Seems unlikely they'd do another big physical release with just doing a zoetrope and digital edition. Just because we know some song titles doesn't mean a lot of other songs exist in full. Some things we do know exist are: Watch Their Mouth (unreleased, seen on the Making Of) and In Stereo (demo, heard on the Making Of). I watched the stream where he went into the FM folder and talked about Most Kings on Twitch. He said it was just a beat that did not turn into a song. Besides the one extra song, we have no idea if anything else in full exists, but the Fort Minor Militia songs are pretty cool. A good compromise here is a digital deluxe edition with maybe one vinyl or something - do a full 2005 or 2006 show. Surely they have SOMETHING recorded in full... this was after LP started recording shows themselves. And include the Fort Minor Militia songs too along with Watch Their Mouth and some demos. I think the demand is there to do something like that if DBS just did a release themselves.

The band has 2 days off after: Bogota, Lima, Buenos Aires, Santiago, and Sao Paulo. They built plenty of time into the schedule should they need to add more shows in any of those cities.

Our very good friends at linkinparkbr have reported that Linkin Park is almost guaranteed to return to Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil this year. The band's return is scheduled for November 10th, with a few days off after the show which could lead to a second night again. Fans may recognize the venue name Estádio do Morumbi as the home of Linkin Park's very first show ever in Brazil, back in 2004, closing the Meteora World Tour. LP reportedly played to over 80,000 fans in attendance in what is widely regarded as one of their most popular concerts. LPBR reports that due to a scheduling agreement with Live Nation in Brazil, all big concerts in São Paulo are being booked at Estádio do Morumbi as Oasis, Shakira, and Stray Kids have booked a combined five shows at the venue already. This would be a very welcoming 21 year return for the band to the venue. In October and November of this year, Linkin Park will be embarking on their largest tour of South America ever in the band's history. Eight shows across Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil are already announced, with more likely coming as there are quite a few days off after most of the shows. The venues have not been confirmed by the band yet nor has ticket presale/onsale information but that will be coming eventually... we are still fresh off of two massive shows in Brazil for the From Zero album release. LP hits Brazil again starting November 8th, with shows in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasília, and Porto Alegre announced so far. We'll update you as soon as venues and ticketing information is confirmed, but one thing is for sure - this tour of South America is going to be legendary for the band as it combines every single country they have performed in before on the continent and they will be performing in very large venues. Source: linkinparkbr

Starting 2015: set 1: somewhere i belong crawling points two faced new divide emptiness machine - catalyst burn it down waiting for the end castle of glass joe solo mike solo given up one step closer - lost breaking the habit what i've done - leave out all the rest good things go over each other numb in the end faint --- papercut heavy is the crown a place for my head bleed it out set 2: the emptiness machine with you or runaway lying from you casualty new divide cut the bridge - catalyst burn it down waiting for the end castle of glass joe solo mike solo from the inside one step closer - lost breaking the habit what i've done - shadow of the day or iridescent my december or friendly fire over each other numb in the end bleed it out --- papercut heavy is the crown lost in the echo faint

THP had a massive time off. The 2015 tour was canceled in North America. The band was off the whole first part of the year, had 8 shows then 5 then 10 and a few one-offs. That's an extremely easy year for them. Mike started writing for OML in 2015 but they took all of 2016 off, partially because Chester was in rehab I'm sure which is why they didn't play a single show all year (very abnormal for them). 2017 didn't get going for the full band with shows until really May - 2 years since the start of the THP 2015 stuff. That's an incredibly long time off. And we know from LPTVs over time the full band isn't in the studio all the time - members pop in and out over time and it's Mike doing most of the heavy lifting work. OML is such a short piece of work that they spent an insanely long time on with not that much to show for it as the weakest album in the discography. Brad likely was coming off the road one day eventually anyway with his injuries and insistence on playing shorter tours. Rob probably would have stayed in the band, but he was getting injured too. Think it was only a matter of time before Brad dialed it back and went to a studio-only member of the band. You are right that taking 2017 off could have helped Chester but no one, even his family, knew the severity of what he was going through and it's hard to just pull the plug on plans with a major label and tens of millions of dollars invested in stuff globally for an album. They didn't have a deadline on OML with Warner but they still had a record contract with albums due eventually.

This could be one of their most-viewed performances ever, so yes, a round-trip from LA to this like they just did for the Saudi Arabia show is worth it. They will need to rehearse at some point between the U.S. festivals and Europe if they want to add any other songs to the set for the Europe shows. There are also only 2~ weeks between Europe and the U.S. tour second leg. Hopefully they'll come with a big arsenal of songs in 2025 to rotate them around quite a bit so the sets don't get stale.

UK's The Sun is reporting that Linkin Park will be performing at the half-time show of the Champions League Final. Taking place at Munich's Allianz Arena on May 31, 2025, this performance will come about two weeks before the European Tour kicks off at NovaRock. The Sun adds, "Linkin Park have signed the deal and they’ll be playing at the Champions League half-time show. It’s a really exciting gig for them and they will be doing some of their biggest hits like One Step Closer and Papercut, as well as new songs. Last year Lenny Kravitz was the performer, so they are following in some pretty big footsteps." Munich was notably left off of the tour of Germany in 2025 for the band, so this performance will give fans in Munich a taste of LP on the From Zero World Tour.

Linkin Park returned to the stage in 2024 with a massive setlist for their shows, extending to over two hours for the first time in the band's career. Featuring 27 full songs along with a variety of interludes and of course the crucial 'Empty Spaces', the band has already started rotating quite a few songs and incorporating deep cuts, new songs, and more. With tracks like 'Lost In The Echo', 'A Place For My Head', and the brand new (to the live show) 'Keys To The Kingdom' already rotating in the setlists along with 'Lying From You' & 'Points Of Authority' and 'My December' (a major highlight of the show) & 'Friendly Fire' now being in a rotation spot, there is still a lot to come in 2025 as Linkin Park has played only around 10 full shows. Phew - that's a lot of songs popping in and out of the show already. In 2024 interviews, Emily mentioned 'Overflow' twice as being a song that not only she wants to play live, but one that Linkin Park has discussed performing. It seems likely that the track will show up at some point on the From Zero World Tour. Over half of From Zero has already been performed live, with just 'Cut The Bridge' and a majority of the second half of the album left - including 'Overflow', 'Stained', 'IGYEIH', and 'Good Things Go'. It would not be surprising with the new band lineup if the entire album ends up being performed throughout 2025. About 'Good Things Go', Mike said that he was surprised it became one of the fanbases's favorite songs on the album... maybe that song could make its way into the show. Online near the end of the 2024 live show dates, Mike Shinoda mentioned that the band has been discussing adding 'From The Inside' to the show and that he'd like to play it. This shouldn't come as a surprise as that is one of the main Meteora songs that has stuck around for many album cycles, including the European Tour for One More Light, the last tour the band did with Chester and Rob. Colin, on Instagram Live before the Korea show, said that he liked 'Runaway' and that the band had rehearsed more songs from The Hunting Party - we've already seen an extremely strong and well-rehearsed live debut of 'All For Nothing' with Page Hamilton in Texas. With two live debuts from The Hunting Party in 2024 with 'Keys To The Kingdom' and 'All For Nothing', the band has not only surprised fans with their versatility to dig deep in the catalog for songs that were never performed live, but have shown that they are willing to do things that perhaps the original band lineup wouldn't do live. And that's not pointing fingers at specific members - Mike has said some band members prefer to stick to a main set with minimal changes whereas others like to change it more. Showing that they are able to nail songs from The Hunting Party with Colin, Alex, and Emily, they should in theory be able to easily handle other songs from the album. Linkin Park has a larger catalog than ever before and shouldn't be afraid of pulling as many songs out as they can - singles, deep cuts, b-sides, remixes, mash-ups, anything. They have already started the From Zero World Tour extremely strong with a lot of songs and unique rotation spots, exceeding any such expectations fans would have had upon hearing the phrase "Linkin Park will be performing live in 2024." We are excited to see where this takes them in 2025. Our take? Pedal to the metal on The Hunting Party, 'From the Inside' is an easy win, and ...let it rip - add/try anything you might be feeling, new or old. With one of the largest touring years in a very long time set for 2025, what songs would you like to see Linkin Park perform live, either new or old? Linkin Park kicks off the 2025 dates with a three show stadium tour of Mexico, beginning January 31 in Mexico City.

Been over 2 weeks (it was also up for a week prior to that, so 3 weeks), so it's definitely sold out now.

A quick turnaround on the latest LPTV, which is out now, of Linkin Park at their first show in Saudi Arabia ever!

It's talking about the full Billboard show. The full Brazil show is not out yet.

It sounds passable for a cover band, but the actual band themselves need to sound a bit better with the guitar, IMO. The strumming makes sense, maybe that's why POA, etc sound so different. Papercut. In other news, this looks like the full show:

Did they rebuild all of the amp effects? What's really going on here? Is there a rhythm problem with Alex or is it the amps? @Astat Not trying to be super critical but there is quite a noticeable difference here and it's not in a good way. It's across the entire show. Papercut, A Place for My Head, all of it.

One Step Closer: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDhsY6RPxkE/ They need Brad Delson desperately. Not sure what else to say lol, the guitars are extremely different with Alex - in a bad way. Not enough of a guitar player to tell you what the problem is but the sound of the LP guitars has taken a drastic downturn.