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I really hope they start to incorporate With You into their sets and it wasn’t just a one-off. Would be a missed opportunity, bc the song adds a lot in terms of vibe and just variety. They should keep the intro too, it’s a cool and impactful moment, but probably the show has enough quite “breathers” already

Well I know this, but it is still telling that the material was so difficult to pull of other professional rock singers: the likes of M. Shadows, Taka from ONE OK ROCK, Jonathan Davis. Some of them were hard to listen to. It proves how difficult an LP show is to pull of every night (even was for Chester) and Emily is honestly doing an amazing job.

The truth is, Emily’s voice is one in a generation too. The way she delivers the chorus on The Emptiness Machine and similar parts is proof of an insanely rare level of talent. Like the chorus of Smells Like Teen Spirit-rare or Crawling-rare. I often remember back to the Chester tribute show. How much every single other vocalist was struggling with the material, how thin and unconvincing most choruses sounded. Emily can pull the material of convincingly. She can sing Crawling more powerful honestly than Chester could for like 20 years. Listen to the LANDMVRKS cover of Bleed It Out to see how cringe and unconvincing a lot of other singers sound on LP material - singers that people hail in the comments and say should replace Emily. Also, no keys are lowered? They are higher, because woman’s voices naturally sit one whole octave above men’s, but most songs keep the original key though. The explosive, screaming bridges were amazing with Chester, yes. But wouldn’t it also be annoying if someone literally outdid him every night? Those moments can remain Chester’s. But the real uncomfortable truth is, for 90% of the show, verses and raspy choruses, Chester was the one struggling with pitch and doing the raspy tone from the albums. Emily is very consistently good on these points. No chance that LP will ever change her out. It just won’t happen.

Emily's general tone is to die for, the way she delivers those choruses is just so full of tone, rasp and distortion in the right ways. I know LP loved her screaming for exactly not being the typical metalcore, generic, YouTube-lesson screaming. More of a hardcore yell, like some old 90's hardcore records. I respect that choice a lot. At the same time, nerdy as it is, I hope for LP that they do get her a screaming vocal coach. She sometimes falls into a very healthy, sustained way of screaming, that is not gonna damage her general tone. It's kind of frustrating, becuase it's clearly right there for her. She has the ability to do these things, she just needs to hone it. If she doesn't do this, and kind of just hopes for the best, I could see it damage her chords long term and thin out her general tone on the rest of the singing. That would be really sad. Anyway, of course I am just an arm chair expert here, but I've just seen it happen to a lot of my favorite vocalists over the years.

I think it is great they are finally changing the opening song, it's been over 2 years. We'll see if TEM will work better, I'll give it time. But maybe switching Papercut for SIB would also work, using the encore intro as an intro and vice versa... That would be huge energy from the start.

I agree that they chose exactly right with the released version of Let You Fade. It's feels special, original. I still would love to hear a more stripped down version too.

EDIT: Read your reply again. Actually pretty precise so forget it

We were truly blessed here! Amazing! Thanks for sharing the Skive source here, I am listening now. Holy shit, Chester is on fire

Yes, looking back we were so lucky! Those concerts are memories I will always treasure. I saw them in Denmark 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Only missed the first show, I was too young. Some of the best shows I ever went to. I think 2007 and 2008 comes out on top, the energy from the band and crowd was unbelievable. I was so young too, it was my first rock concerts. And I remember that RME video, haha! I had the same reaction as that guy, could have been me! I remember singing every word of that rap verse! I loved to listen to RME and Dedicated on the early YouTube, never thought I’d get that live. Yes, there is just a difference from then to now. It’s good seeing that material get its flowers!

Actually I meant that songs like The Catalyst left the 2012 crowd more unresponsive. I'll edit to make it clearer! ATS and a lot of MtM and LT was just not that popular with crowds. Not that the energy was bad but I saw them on ATS tour in 2010 as well, and the response was so much bigger on the nu-metal stuff. It corresponded well with the sort of backlash on the internet to those records. But now it's a different story. That distinction is more blurred and it seems more songs are "classic". So in 2024-25, a song like "The Catalyst" is a big singalong - not a dip in energy. Still seems that HT/Meteora and FZ causes the biggest reactions, but all songs are pretty much add to the hype. Even if a setlist like the Pinkpop one seems crazy good to superfans like us, there is a story-arc to a setlist and show. I think the FZ setlists build more hype, from production to the performances to song order to transitions etc. As a musician I can say that the playing is more tight and they're less prone to mistakes now. And a lot of the guitar tones are better. A lot of the sound is in general. Ofc Chester was a powerhouse with this explosive screaming moments that leave you in awe. Emily is more consistent though, her pitch is great and she delivers studio-worthy performances on so many parts live. Love both for different reasons. Good time to be an LP fan.

I was actually lucky enough to be at Skive Beach Party right after this. I remember not checking setlists before this, and being blown away by songs like APFMH opening and Runway coming back. In 2008 I saw Reading My Eyes there too. Guess I was blessed. Still, I saw LP 2.0 at Olympiastadium this year. The hype was just next level. It was beyond the old shows, just electric. We might forget that LP was not “legendary” yet, and it just was another show for some people there. The crowd visibly lost some interest at songs like “The Catalyst” in 2012, which was how it was. HT/Meteora/What I’ve Done or nothing - must have been so frustrating for the band. It’s not like today where almost every song is a giant singalong. But it is very cool to have this pro shot show to rekindle that memory.

Yes, I think it's standard to have the crowd-mics right there at the front pointing towards the crowd. Probably they were very close!

This might Emily's best pro shot performance. My personal favorite. Overall mix could be better at spots ofc but the performances are just great. Just powerful control in Emily's voice throughout the show. Little to no voicecracks, great pitch, great screams. Her overall consistency has been off the charts though, doing a year-long tour and only getting stronger. No performance dips for a whole year. A year ago, sceptics said that she would blow her voice quick, but it's been the opposite It's amazing to see.

That’s ok! I think she sounds great on New Divide and Lost, actually especially this performance. A lot of emotion in those verses. GTG did sound a bit tired vocally, probably the only lowpoint in the show and I wouldn’t personally mind them retiring that one, seeing as it’s my least favorite FZ track.

What a crowd. It doesn't always come through on a line-in audio stream like this, but god damn, they were loud. Great playing from the band too. Emily's vocals are in good shape after over a year of that level of touring. People pretend like Chester was perfect, comparing Emily only to his early amazing studio recordings. But live, her consistency is something else, great pitch, great punk-like screams, wild presence. Edit: Had a point here about similar setlists in similar countries, I was dead wrong actually so I deleted. A little harsh I would say, given her consistency level. The smaller hickups, after a year of hard touring, would in nowhere have been heard by the actual crowd. But I agree about Given Up in other shows. Not her best song, and they have Heavy Is The Crown for her own personal scream-moment. Given Up can just remain Chester's. EDIT: Also, one unspoken thing about their show is how good Mike is getting on all the new vocals. Pretty much all the singing parts that sounded a bit weak from him a year ago have gotten so much stronger. More emotion, better pitch, just better.