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I can live without APFMH for another show if it means getting KTTK. 😂 I think it’s about the only time I’ve ever called a setlist correctly! Great to see you too mate! It’s been a long time! Hope you got a good spot this evening - surprised me how full standing was by the time I got in!

It was on the vocal chords and in the pit! 😂 I was dying! I almost called this but thought we’d get HITC here and Keys in encore. When Mike actively called out LPLive and mentioned set B and said Emily needs to show us what it is I lost my fucking shit. 😂😂 What a night. I cannot explain the emotions on this. I genuinely never thought I’d see them again and not seeing them in 2017 was a bit of a wound that’s never quite healed. Tonight was cathartic for sure.

I’ll be there. First show since Manchester in November 2014. Didn’t think this day would ever come! 🤩 Hoping for APFMH (only seen it once in 9 shows!) but also hoping that Keys finds a way back in as I’m so desperate to see that song - it’s in my top 3 LP songs. Fully expect we’ll get HITC, but whether it takes up Keys spot, or replaces LITE and APFMH and we get Keys/APFMH in encore then that would probably be a decent compromise for me if I can see one of the two. Looking forward to seeing faces old and new!

Can’t disagree with this. Seems especially baffling to have put all that work into rehearsing Keys to only play it twice. Not like the crowd’s been dead for it either time!

Can’t remember how many years since I posted here, but here we are! I’d be surprised to see deep cuts from Hybrid Theory in fairness. That said, as soon as I heard Emily’s voice I thought we had a real opportunity to get so many of the Hunting Party songs that were never played live. I could really see a couple being added in especially Keys to the Kingdom (absolute dream) and All for Nothing. Possibly some stuff off Living Things too, though I don’t remember what songs have and haven’t been played off that album with them not touring the UK for that cycle. I do wonder if they’ll actually play anything from One More Light. I appreciate the set the other night was only an hour, but wouldn’t surprise me if they avoid it entirely or at least wait until later in the tour as they did with Breaking the Habit on the Meteora cycle. Really excited to finally get a 2 hour plus set from them.

Long old time since I’ve posted here, but looking for a bit of clarification… I’ve ordered the super deluxe, but can’t work out if that also comes with a code to get access to a digital download of everything that’s available on the digital download, OR if you have to double dip to get Live in Texas and Live in Nottingham?

Agreed with the points about lack of alternation in the set list, it's just a bit silly they promoted this album as something they wanted to play all the songs from, then stick to to the 5 songs released before the album even came out. Plus, it's supposed to be 'visceral' but ends up coming off more like a dj set with live music rather than a rock show :/ Sorry to correct you, but that's completely wrong. Fans had the chance to vote for 17 out of the 18 songs, the one constant song they kept was the new song 'Lords of Summer'. The option to pick 1 of 3 songs was for songs rated 17, 18 and 19 on the list and there was a vote-off between those 3 in the build up to the encore where this song was generally played. The problem with it was that because Metallica have such a huge back catalogue and these were festival shows, the set was invariably the same with one or two alterations max per night. There was the odd case of a surprise where in Finland, for instance, there was a mass of votes for 'Frayed Ends of Sanity' resulting in the first ever live performance of the song, but that was the only major surprise.

Well it's safe to say there's a fairly split reaction on this one ha! I will say it's common in England (or at least my experience of English festivals which encompasses Download, Sonisphere and Leeds Festival on multiple occasions) that the barrier between the front section and the rest of the arena is the separation point between madness and calm. I was all over the front section for the whole 90 minutes of the bands set and especially during Hybrid Theory it was fucking manic. I'm surprised Garo's camera hasn't picked up more noise because at times it was difficult to hear the band over the crowd and it was clear from the band's reaction that they thought we were loud as well and they looked to be genuinely having fun for the first time in ages! There were a small amount of people leaving once HT finished, but not enough that it left the crowd sparse or anything. I was actually surprised by the crowd reaction of those that remained. Seemed really into Waiting For the End and Burn It Down as well as the harder songs. Of the second act I think the best reaction was actually for Given Up everyone went mad - had a pit in front of me that must have been a good 30-40 feet wide. Unfortunately going mental isn't for everyone and I think that's been shown in people who have posted already that were further back standing or even sitting down.

Not normally one for predicting setlists, but fuck it why not - I'm on a night shift bored out of my mind and far too excited for Saturday! Like most, I think we'll get a short 'act' so to speak before we get the money shot in the middle, followed by another 'act' including a couple of classics and then the encore. I highly doubt they'll bother with ALTNC at all and wonder if there will be any shortened songs for that matter. I think there's a reasonable case that this will be a much more standard setlist, albeit with an extraordinary middle. Final thing to remember is UK never got a show for LT so wonder if they'll use more than BID and LITE and also my reasoning for no shortened songs. So here goes: 01. The Catalyst/The Requiem Intro 02. Guilty All the Same 03. Given Up 04. Wastelands (Possibly interchanged with Burn It Down) 05. Papercut (Preceded by some sort of intro of the album, similar to what Metallica did with Black Album, rather than Blackout. Possibly intro used from '04 to '08) 06. One Step Closer (extended outro) 07. With You 08. Points of Authority (full intro) 09. Crawling 10. Runaway 11. By Myself (would love to see the bridge intro, but guess it's unlikely) 12. In the End 13. A Place For My Head (again would be kind of cool to see 2012 intro, though in all honesty just seeing the fucking song after so many failed attempts will make me happy) 14. Forgotten 15. Cure For The Itch (Possible Joe solo to start and blending into the 2007 onwards version) 16. Pushing Me Away 17. Burn It Down (Possibly interchanged with Wastelands) 18. Waiting for The End 19. Mike Solo (I would have no issue with this, though could see it being replaced with Castle of Glass due to earlier reasons or even cut completely) 20. Numb 21. Faint --------------------------------------- 22. Until It's Gone 23. Lost In The Echo 24. New Divide (Could see this potentially being dropped) 25. What I've Done 26. Bleed It Out (whatever version it is that's doing the rounds at the minute) The more I think about this, the more undecided I am on what may or may not make the setlist. 26 songs looks a little long now I have it down, but it really depends how long HT actually takes with interactions and extended versions etc. There's certainly a case for a few more songs played before HT and just leaving Numb and Faint for afters before the encore to keep the momentum high into the encore. The fan in me wants Figure.09 and/or From the Inside to replace a couple of songs there or Somewhere I Belong at the very least, but Meteora got shafted this time around and my head knows it won't happen with everything else going on! Some revisions are attached to the sides so set could potentially run at 24 songs and seems more logical and I swear to God, if the Ballad Medley gets anywhere near this setlist it will almost spoil the 35-40 minutes preceding it! Would be almost suicidal by the band to drop that in to this set, plus it takes up a good 7-8 minutes that will absolutely kill the buzz around the place and I think they'd struggle to recover for the rest of the set.

So Metal Hammer have reviewed THP as well now and their review is below. It's worth noting that for their last few albums they have drifted from the reviewing the band/having the odd podcast dig at the band so what follows is high praise indeed: Linkin Park will release their sixth studio album The Hunting Party on June 16, and the LA sextet have been promising fans a collection of songs darker and heavier than anything they've previously recorded. "We're not 18-year-old kids making a loud record, we're 37-year-old adults making a loud record,” co-vocalist Mike Shinoda recently noted, also stating that The Hunting Party is inspired by artists such as Refused, Helmet and At The Drive-In. We now have the album, and we can examine those bold claims in more detail. Here's our track-by-track guide to The Hunting Party. KEYS TO THE KINGDOM You never get a second chance to make a first impression, and with The Hunting Party it's evident that Linkin Park are out to shake up expectations from the off. Keys To The Kingdom explodes into life with a distorted Chester Bennington vocal, the singer barking “No Control! No Surprise!” like a cyborg Dennis Lyxzen, before a stop-start Brad Delson guitar riff kicks in. Mike Shinoda then weighs in with some tough guy rapping - “Got a different method, but I can still bring the pain...” / “Careful what you shoot for, cos you might hit what you aim for...” - before a trademark LP chorus crashes in. By the time the track closes out with some 'woah-oh-woah' massed vocals you'll be buzzing. ALL FOR NOTHING Helmet's Page Hamilton is on here somewhere: good luck to anyone who can locate his trademark staccato riffing in the mix. All Or Nothing largely adheres to the traditional Linkin Park formula, with a brash Mike Shinoda verse bleeding into a widescreen Chester Bennington chorus: the second verse sees Shinoda asserting: “Let me break this fucker down for ya, I really don't know ya... no I'm not your soldier, I'm not taking any orders, I'm a five star general...” There's also a pretty, tinkling piano outro, setting up 'the heavy shit' that follows... GUILTY ALL THE SAME If you've the slightest bit of interest in what Linkin Park are up to in 2014 you'll know this one already. It's huge – featuring a cool Matt Bellamy-esque riff, big portentous doomy piano chords, martial drums, and then a big monster chorus featuring a melody reminiscent of a section of My Chemical Romance's Thank You For The Venom. “You're guilty all the same, too sick to be ashamed,” sings Chester. “You want to point your finger but there's no-one else to blame.” When hip-hop legend Rakim steps in for the second verse it's impossibly exciting. THE SUMMONING A little pause for reflection. This atmospheric mood piece is one minute of FX pedal noise, synth washes and random clanging guitar chords: for reasons that probably make sense only if you're in the band, the run-out features what sounds like a sample of a kids softball game. “Watch the ball! Run, run, run!” WAR Woah, Linkin Park go Punk Rock! Ushered in with a classic “1-2, 1-2-3-4” count, this is 2 minutes 11 seconds of snarling punk rock attitude which sounds more like Trash Talk than Linkin Park. The pregnant pause before the chorus (“War! Destroyer!”) is particularly smart. You would never guess this was Linkin Park in a million years. Bracing. WASTELANDS And, in contrast to the previous track, this could only be Linkin Park. The band are on familiar ground here, with a cool, clatteringly funky rhythm, rapped Shinoda verses (“Every phrase a razorblade,” he brags) and then a big Chester B chorus referencing the “wastelands of today” where there's “nothing left to lose” and furthermore “nothing more to take.” UNTIL IT'S GONE The album's inevitable monster ballad. The lyrical sentiment is breaking no new ground, as Chester Bennington acknowledges when he sings “I've heard it said a thousand times, but now I know...” and the song's key lyric - “You don't know what you've got until it's gone” - is repeated like a mantra. REBELLION From the second the opening riff kicks in, you know exactly who the special guest on this track is. System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian's fingerprints are all over this, from that killer introduction to Bennington's hectic, bonkers screams of “Rebellion! Rebellion!” in the middle eight. The chorus runs “We are the fortunate ones, who've never faced oppression's gun”: hard to argue with that. MARK THE GRAVES The track's most experimental track, wrapping a chunky Helmet-esque riff, ambient noise and swooshing keyboards into a rather fractured, disorientating whole, which never settles into a formula. Interesting. DRAWBAR If the previously reported presence of Rage Against The Machine guitar wizard Tom Morello on this track has got you all in a tizzy you can calm down right now. This tasteful minor key instrumental could be Muse at their most low-key, with a sweet piano intro, marching drums and some unobtrusive, chiming processed guitar, presumably supplied by the RATM man. FINAL MASQUERADE More A Thousand Suns than Hybrid Theory, this is LP at their most controlled and meditative, a slowly unfurling, mid-paced anthem built around simmering keyboards, unfussy, low-tempo beats and palm-muted guitar. It features one of Chester Bennington's finest vocal performances on the album: “The light on the horizon was brighter yesterday, shadows floating over, the skies began to fade...” A LINE IN THE SAND The Hunting Party draws to a close with this 6 minute 35 second sci-fi themed epic, which builds from a static-flecked, chilling, 'last man on earth' transmission into something more powerful and menacing, featuring an echoing, double-tracked Shinoda vocal and some classic Bennington rage - “You'll get what's yours,” he seethes. “Give me back what's mine!” - before seguing into an almost Maiden-esque guitar part and finally dissolving into a reprise of the opening. Excited yet?

Aren't they playing in Wroclaw on the 4th June? Also Rock Sound are running the same competition in the UK for that listening event: Want to hear Linkin Park's new album 'The Hunting Party' before anyone else? Stupid question, really - OF COURSE YOU DO! On Tuesday, June 03, there will be an intimate and exclusive playback of 'The Hunting Party' in a North London location where a lucky few will get to hear the album in full. We've been told there might be a few more surprises in store, too... Interested? All you need to do is send in your name, email address, age and contacttelephone number to info@rocksound.tv with the subject line Linkin Park Listening Party to be in with a chance of winning one of two pairs of tickets we have to give away. There are, as always, a few rules: 1. You MUST be able to attend on Tuesday and to be in the north London area by no later than 5.45pm in order to gain entry (the event should last approx. 2hours). 2. You must be over 18 years of age to attend the event. 3. Please bring a form of ID with you or you may be refused entry. The competition closes midnight on Thursday, May 29 and the winners will be selected at random & notified by 12pm on Friday, May 30. Read more at http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/do-you-want-to-hear-linkin-parks-the-hunting-party-before-anyone-else#1fCVMUrFQzdwuPG1.99

I understand it isn't a given that LP would come to every country, but to ditch the UK which is probably their 2nd/3rd biggest fanbase seems crazy!? I mean not even one show? It is a little annoying in that I had a 'guaranteed M&G' at the next LP show I attended due to signing up early for LPU12 and yet that looks to have gone down the pan. Would be really nice to see the band now that they have actually changed a significant amount of songs since their last UK tour as well!

Why is it that they only used the cool stage in the US? It hasn't been used in South Africa or in New Zealand? It seems kinda lazy that they're using the 'stripped back' version of the ATS stage. Anyone know why? They've never had trouble carrying stages across continents before? Also, how were Stone Sour? Any reference to the fact they were playing with LP as Corey is meant to be/was at one point good friends with the band?

Won't be at these shows seeing as I live in England but would hate to see anyone else join the band on Crawling - it's been overdone now! I'd actually quite like to see it dropped for another HT song! Numb could be a decent shout as that's become dull live as well but I think it would be great if they could do a cover together! Alternatively the reanimated bridge in OSC could be cool but doubt they'll bring it back Not that into Incubus so don't know what songs Chester could do with them :/

Agreed similar to ND but more energy! Also very little Phoenix judging by the 2 minutes, also like ND, though there's another 2 minutes in the video so maybe he does have more of an appearance. The NBA seems to give it more power as well - quite like it as a promo and I don't even like/watch basketball lol!