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No offense whatsoever to Alex but the band's sound guitar-wise is dramatically different with him. Some stuff he nails, like Keys and All for Nothing, but some of the older stuff with Alex sounds poor. APFMH, OSC, Points, Lying From You. They really need Brad. Of course Brad won't tour with a million dates out there but whenever he can join it would be really great.

AI is too unreliable to do this. We need exact quotes from the band and we need context of what they are talking about. Adding to it, they are repeating the same talking points in many interviews, so you have to know what was said before and in what sense they are saying it currently... if any differences exist, etc. It's a lot of work. But it's not TOO MUCH work, it just takes longer than a day or even a few days to get information added correctly. And we aren't always the fastest or best at it, but we'll get to it all eventually for sure. It's a labor of love. We'll definitely get the From Zero pages updated the best we can this month and next.

Guitar Player recently interviewed Brad Delson via Zoom about the creation of Linkin Park's From Zero album, Brad deciding to not tour with the band, and more. "Yeah, it’s a different experience. It's pretty cool in a way, ’cause I never got to see the show ever, in real time. If you’re onstage you don’t really get to see what’s going on. I remember being at the Forum and just watching it. We put a lot of love into the creative of the show. Even though I’m not onstage, I’m still intimately involved. I helped design the set list and the whole flow of the show, and every day we talk about the shows. It’s a huge labor of love." "I really love being in the studio, and I feel like that’s where I’m most energized and I really thrive and I contribute the most. For me, it’s about making authentic, clear decisions and wanting to bring great energy to whatever I’m working on. The band got successful when we were very young, and we kind of went on this rocket ship for 20 years. In the time that we’ve had off while we haven’t been putting out new stuff, I think everyone’s had the space and fresh eyes to think about what’s energizing. And I think for all of us the decisions to do what we’re doing come from a place of opting in as opposed to having it just be habitual. That’s also why everything sounds so fresh and inspired." Check out the full interview here.

Welcome to the newly established Trading Post on LPLive! We have created a new home for fans to trade merch for the band, inspired by the FROM ZERO Cassette Collection by Mike Shinoda where collectors are trying to collect all of the variants. Guidelines/rules: 1. LPLive is not responsible for any transactions or deals made in this sub-forum. Each trade is negotiated by members. 2. To engage in the trading, you do need a FREE forum account (this is literally solely to avoid spam bots posting as Guest members). 3. Simply make a new thread for what you have and what you are looking for, and good luck! An example would be: "Have 4 yellow cassettes - looking for the other 3 colors", etc. 4. Other merch items are allowed for sale/for trade in this sub-forum as well. All Linkin Park items & related items are allowed here. If you have any questions, please respond to this post! Enjoy!

We got Dylan, Anthony, Ben and Mark together to discuss From Zero, in what turned into about an hour and a half discussion on the album.

Papercut Breaking the Habit In the End Faint The Catalyst Numb

Toronto showing the USA how it's done and selling their show out immediately. Canada is moving.

Surprise! Mike Shinoda is hosting a Linkin Park 'From Zero' listening party today at 11:00 a.m. PST. You must have Spotify Premium to join. https://linkinpark.fm

Watching this today.

Great run in Brazil. The only mildly disappointing thing is not playing a song from The Hunting Party because 2024 is the year of that album lol. Keys would have been cool to have even like as a bonus on a DVD or something if they don't show it in theaters. Well, they could always still do that I guess. But they definitely threw the hardcore fans a bone with APFMH because that's such a legendary song for the fanbase.

The mix on the band's YouTube stream was so much better than the TV broadcast. The theater release is going to be amazing. Then they'll probably sell it.

Zero pit sold out in Legacy only. Passport Plus presales had access to pit for every Europe, UK, and North America show so far.

Endstage is for April and May arena shows. But due to demand they can sell seats behind the stage. The band will perform as normal for endstage, like 2008 - the setup isn't changed. They will do the 2024 usual 360 stuff for the mid-summer main North American leg. But the first April/May ones are between festivals hence no usual 360. Endstage with 360 seating is what it is. LPU is incredible - best presales ever today.

Usually by a few songs, yes.

The seating charts don't look updated on Ticketmaster. It would make zero sense to do back-to-back arena shows with 360 then endstage.

Well there are insiders here who said they are confirmed to play in Portugal, but it wasn't announced today. Could it be still announced later?

There *are* more dates but Rock am Ring is unlikely.

Unlikely for Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. NovaRock is getting an exclusive. Seems unlikely for M&Gs too if LPU hasn't mentioned them at all.

Lots of Night 2 possibilities: London N2, Paris N2, Tokyo N3, Newark N2, Brooklyn N2, Philadelphia N2 Those are the obvious gaps.

For MASSIVE tours like this it's usually a week's notice, so next week is likely.

This is awesome. Over Each Other sounds so good live. Emptiness is from the release show and Crown is from the London arena show. Very solid performances. Glad we have some live release stuff already!

Brad Delson kicks ass in this. He hasn't rocked like this with LP in quite a long time. Really miss him on stage. Awesome track, love the video. Great job, LP. Imagine thinking even 3 months ago something like this was possible. What a comeback.

Dodger Stadium is a home run pick. Wow.

Both. Quite a bit more in Europe.

Odd because there are definitely more shows than this. Some venues may not be participating though.