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Hello, hello everyone! I promised i would write a review of the show, but my energy levels have been fluctuating since the trip to Paris so i didn't get around to it yet. Anyway here we go Firstly i want to thank everyone who was so kind asking about/thinking about me around this show. It's been no secret that this was going to be my first ever Linkin Park show, and my anxiety was driving me nuts the last couple of weeks. On the day of the show we met some friends who we didn't see for around 6 years, it was lovely talking and spending time with them,and to all share our stories about Linkin Park and what we would or could be expecting. I can say with a full heart that my expectations were definitley not overblown since the show was everything we were ever hoping for! The new show intro with elements of many of their greatest hits (In The End, Numb, Castle Of Glass), and the "Independence Day" lasershow already had me crying in the at the first minutes of it all. Emily sounded much better on Somewhere I Belong compared to the revealshow, and i really think she made so much progression since that day. ( I mean who would do a show like that perfectly, if you're the first singer to be standing besides the shoes of one of the best singers of our times) Same did go with Crawling, and Point Of Authority. Emily forgot some lyrics here and there, but she was totally professional about it, and after Mike's little hug every bit of trouble she was having seemed to be gone. Seeing Mike so happy to be on stage is one of the best things in the world. You can see that this guy lives for this music, and would die to deliver it! Same go's with Phoenix who looked like the beast that was happy to be let out of the cage again. These guys need to be playing these songs live, not doing so would be unhealthy. Lying From You, New Divide, and especially The Emptiness Machine sounded great and flawless. I loved the mix between all era's of LP to be thrown in into the first 15 minutes of the show. The Catalyst and Burn It Down same thing, pretty flawless and great to hear live. After that, Waiting For The End.... Jezus fucking Christ, i wanted so sing that song so bad but i simply couldn't put out any words anymore. Emily's delivery made me choke up like a little kid seeing thousands of Christmas presents under the tree on Christmas morning. The song was flawless, and just like in the other live show's Emily seemed to be emotional singing the song, only with the difference that she held herself pretty good together this time. This was definitely one of the highlights of the night. Castle Of Glass, Joe Hahn's solo and When They Come For Me/Remember the name.... Just wow! It was great seeing everyone having so much fun on stage. Colin was shining already while drumming, but him getting out and playing guitar for WTCFM was pretty awesome to see, and he really delivered. After this was the live debut of Over Each Other with Emily's first time on guitar. I really loved how she played (even though the song is pretty simple on guitar) while maintaining her flawless singing. Lost In The Echo, Given Up, One Step Closer, Lost Breaking The Habit, What Ive Done, finally hearing these live was a blast, the interaction with the public was awesome, and the people were going crazy at these songs, and it was justified. Leave Out All The Rest had me in tears again. This song means so much to me and finally hearing it live was just surreal. Special shout-out to Step-Braddy Alex who was having the time of his life on guitar. The way he plays the intro solo is so simple yet beautifull. The way Alex plays this is so damn emotional yet happy to see. I loved it, every damn second of it. My December was also a pretty emotional experience. To my surprise though, not many people around us seemed to know the song wich was kinda shocking to us. Loved seeing colin on acoustic and hearing him sing. Would love so if Dave would get the Cello out again for this song sometime in the future... Friendly Fire, a song i really was highly anticipating was a little bit of a letdown. Emily's inner ear- monitors seemed to be malfunctioning a little bit for the first verse of the song wich was quite bad, but after that was fixed the song really picked up and was great to be heard live finally. I have to say though, i hope they will switch this with another One More Light song one day, because the reception from the people seemed kinda off. After that Numb, In The End, Faint. The interaction with the public and finally hearing these songs for the first time in concert made me nostalgic to the bone. It was sad to realise that i would never have the chance to hear Chester perform these, but still Emily delivers great, and the energy from the rest of the band really made it unforgettable. The encore with Heavy Is The Crown, Papercut and Bleet It Out was awesome. My knees and ankles were dying at that moment, but suddenly all my energy returned and we had a goddamn blast for these songs. Again the energy was through the roof for the band as well as the fans. It was so damn great to finally hear all of this for the first time, and experience what a LP Concert was like. I wouldn't wanted to have missed this for the world. This concert and the rest of the trip were one of the highlights of my life. The memories and experiences i will cherrish forever ❤️ Thankyou Mike, Thankyou Emily, Thankyou Alex, Thankyou Joe, Thankyou Dave, Thankyou Brad, Thankyou Colin, and Thanks everyone else working on the whole experience for this new era ❤️

There's no version with Mike singing. There is a version with a dude singing it though, but it's 100% certain not Mike. It does sound a bit like Colin though.

Thank you so so much my dude, we are very appreciative about every one of you. We will definitley have the best time of our lives, and if the situation provides, i will definitley post some updates. @LPLIVE Staff, do you want a photo of the line for your social media?

What a great video. Last time i was on a set was about a year ago. i totally forget how much work there can be, even in small videoclips like these. Emily is a great actress by the wayz same can be said about the Korean actress. She was great by the way, and looked so humble to be there. I really love the song, and part of it probably has to do with the awesome videoclip. Shout-out to Mr. Hahn for this one!

Somethings for Linkinpedia: -The song was written very early in the process, and at first it was a Mike only song singing wise. -They went with different singers, but it stuck when Emily tried it and it just felt good. -It's one of Mike's favorites from the whole album.

I seriously wouldn't know man I guess every new LP song that isn't at least 200 bpm are gonna be considered OML style🤷‍♂️

About OEO, i really thought you would be liking this song more. If you look at it objectively the song sounds much different then anything on OML.

I don't really know about that man. Remember in the first interview from the comeback that Emily said they basicly asked her about being the singer for Linkin Park around september last year, before she went on vaccation. That's when shit started to be real for LP at least. But your theory could still also be true if it was before that time that they were continueing as LP that they at least were certain to perform, but maybe under a different name.

When Linkin Park started sharing "Notes from the band" in 2022 Rob was on the signature list, so his departure must have been after that at least.

And we even didn't hear their heaviest songs from the album yet. This record is gonna be their best sold one after Hybrid Theory & Meteora i believe.

I quite like the song. Yes it doesn't hit like TEM or HITC, but it does have that classic LP sound. In contrary to what someone else said earlier, i would definitley hear that this is LP if i would hear it blank on the radio. For me it sounds like a hybrid between MTM and Living Things.

According to Mike he didn't know what he was drawing either lol.

There's an unknown instrumental playing in the background for a big part of the video. (2.33 minute mark) Wonder what that is, sounds very MTM.

The place where it all begun for Chester B!

Probably, like No Roads Left Chester's version, and maybe even the full LOATR/Fear with Mike. I'm personally hoping there's a full version of Asbestos somewhere out there.

Thankyou Ryan, Amir and LPLive❤️

I love how this comment can be taken in more than one way.

I'll lose my shit if we get 2/3 live debuts of new songs on November 3d, and even more if they play an previously unplayed one (Powerless, Mark The Graves, or something like More The Victim.)

Don't provoke the cat, DON'T PROVOKE THE CAT!!!

New songs incoming 2025! Love that they won't keep us hanging with From Zero righg after the grand comeback.

Damn.... Linkin Park in Paris. Who would've thought. I can't believe we're actually going to see Linkin Park for the first time!. We were just so lucky. A friend messaged me that she bought tickets trough the LPU pre-sale, ground floor, first row tickets well to say. She said she didn't want to go alone, and bought tickets for my girlfriend and me, and now we're going on a citytrip! Everytime since i started listening to them we (my girlfriend and me) wouldn't have the means or the times to go. We always said to eachother : "Next time we will!" And than that awfull day in 2017 broke the news that our favorite singer of all time had passed on to the greener pastures... I knew that eventually LP would come back one way or another, but the way they did this is absolutely the best way it could have gone. Chester was our king, there's no denying that. But Emily is our new fucking Queen, and i'm fairly sure she earned that throne already. If anyone wants to mee-up, hit me up! We're going to have great fucking time people ❤️

To what i've heard from Colin so far, it really sounded like him.

Sorry, but they don't really look alike😅

Holy shit, Emily lit the sky on fire during that one!🔥

Not necessarily. What i know from my expierence is they are shooting video's like this for hours on end. Every bit of time they have they use for the full length of it. They probably had him sing/play the song tens of times on every different set (the cafe, the studio, the green screen), just like every member did. The best parts than simply get cut, and get rearranged to what we have now.