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I'd say that kills the Linkin Park speculation for good. We Made It is hardly a hit single isn't a Linkin Park song. Edit: Unless of course HCT is just reaching to try to keep the clues as vague as possible. Edit 2: Or they're referring to Mike as the emcee. ...eh. That wouldn't be a "feature" though. Edit 3: Didn't even think of Numb/Encore. fuck.

...Huh? You really think so? Maroon 5 isn't THAT big, are they? Linkin Park may not have the greatest popularity with the casual fan anymore, but they bring in the money.

According to their wikipedia page, not every Maroon 5 member met in high school either.

Yeah I really don't think so. The proof they give of the page's validity is the fact that they posted the link to Chester's real twitter. Anyone could do that. Edit: Here's a message typed by "Chester": "7 hours of music but i need to tell this is not only music is our life's work is your screaming part's is your every single voice in every tour is your songs guys enjoy them it's our history" ...no.

If it does turn out to be Maroon 5, I'll be jealous of their fans. They're touring the U.S. right now until May, and then they'd be coming back again 2 months later around August. That's a lot of shows.

Every photo has been from last year's tour. If the pictures don't matter, why are they going out of their way to pick blurry ones or edit them themselves?

They apparently made more money last year than any previous HCT. This tells them that Linkin Park fans will come see the band perform, even if the ticket prices are kind of outrageous. It's not like someone who isn't a fan of LP is going to never go to another HCT again just because they had LP two years in a row. When a band that person likes becomes headliner, they'll go.

Gotta be them. Better start saving now, those tickets got real pricey last year.

How about this one? Headphones? Same clothes? No? And as far as arm size, this photo is a better comparison for angle and closeness. It's definitely Brad in the original picture. The question is whether or not that matters.

The circle around his head is apparently some photoshop work by the people at the Honda Civic Tour facebook page to blacken out the face.

You really think that arm looks any bigger than Brad's?

Just checked some video, and the lighting from the picture is the same lighting Linkin Park used during With You when it opened the show in Bristow. So I think we can all agree that it's a picture of Brad.

I am guardedly optimistic about this, but wouldn't it completely fly in the face of everything Linkin Park has said up to this point? Or maybe taking a month/month and a half doesn't change their schedule too much.

True. I wonder, did Mutemath or Incubus use one of those older style mics in their performances? Maybe they didn't realize that mic pic wasn't specifically from Linkin Park's set?

Do you think maybe they're just using old stock photos of random HCT headliners from the past? Maybe the pictures themselves aren't meant to be clues?

So this would mean another summer U.S. tour if true? Can't be mad at that. I hope it is Brad. I do see some big Brad lookin headphones in that altered version of the photo.

Wow. That's ridiculous.

Quick aside, that is such a fucking trip to watch in 2013. My god.

I wasn't sure how to answer the "What are your favorite bands that you would like to see tour with Linkin Park" question. It's like two separate questions. Because as much as I'd love it, I don't think it's realistic to expect the Linkin Park/Arcade Fire/Nine Inch Nails/Massive Attack tour to happen any time soon. So I picked some of my favorite smaller bands. But yeah, it's cool that they're doing this/have done this. The results could potentially tell you a lot of interesting facts about the fan base that you might not pick up on otherwise.

...What.

Yeah seriously. It looks so confusing and uncomfortable. Damn it Joe.

Fuck me, that video in the OP gave me flashbacks to the old days. Awesome.

That's just a video some fan made using footage from the MTM AOL sessions and the studio version of the song. It's not an official video, I'm not sure why they decided to say it was.

Certain songs aren't released as singles because they aren't radio material. Usually meaning they aren't catchy enough. But yeah, sometimes songs that could have done well aren't released as singles. I remember when MTM had been out for a bit, Joe and (I think) Chester both said in separate interviews that they were surprised In Pieces didn't become a single. Keeping in mind that the label gets a big say in what songs are released to the radio.

Well yeah, I know it was announced and that Joe's directing it. But "awesome music" and "cool actors" and "it's great" isn't exactly any real info you know? They haven't talked about a release schedule or what it's about or shown a trailer or really anything substantial. Which is weird because if I'm not mistaken, Joe seemed to imply that the movie was already done.