Jesper

This is not what "selling out" is, before anyone calls it that. Linkin Park almost never does what people are telling them to do - look at A Thousand Suns, for example. They make their own choices on what they want to promote.

Exactly.

I don't see why people are reacting so negatively to this. So they're lending their names to products. So? If they can make money simply by saying "Linkin park supports this", then more power to them.

 

As long as they're still making music, then there's really no problem to be had. We as fans can't get angry that they're cashing in on their name recognition. I actually think this is a huge positive. The music making aspect of the band isn't changing, but they now have a bigger marketing machine behind them, spreading their name out farther than it's ever been. This will inevitably only draw more eyes and ears to Linkin Park the band.

I agree completely. These days if you are an artist or band, you are also a brand and it actually would be odd if they did nothing with it. In the end this also could bring more benefit to us fans. Sponsorships can give oppertunities for LP to play in countries, cities and other places where they normally would not go at times.

I would love to plan a trip to Berlin, but it will be the first week of my internship, so that would not be such a good idea to already ask a day off

 

Ha, that's my video. I love what he did with Cigarettes, especially that ending.

 

For those who are curious, here are some other videos I took from the front:

Petrified (partial) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nkWwV2Lnb4

It's Goin' Down - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6gtFLGjeKg

Devil's Drop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9kbtPNX1fk

Where'd You Go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrtNB-vxz9o

Welcome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THGi1pE07Mk

Remember The Name - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmMZDibhP6k

 

The mash-up of Believe Me and When They Come For Me was also really cool, so hopefully a video of that one surfaces. Overall, it was a really awesome show!

Thanks so much for the videos, damn I would love to see this show aswell

Maybe it was recorded with IBG and STB remixes from Recharged, Ryu was there talking about Fort Minor return, now we know he had a verse on Welcome..

That would be logical

Pretty interesting setlist

Good lord, the people here blew this shit way out of proportion. Miscommunications like this happen all the time, especially in industries like the music industry. Plans change. You can talk about what people "should have" done, but none of us know what actually went on. Yeesh.

Ofcourse and that is why it would have been more simple for them to deal with it in private, instead of throwing it out on social media

The concept was interesting, but I am not sure if I completely liked it with the song itself.

Ryu should have handled this behind closed doors and talked with Mike before making all those statements. I can understand Ryu feels upset, but he should have taked it professionally and not like a little upset teen that broke up with his girlfriend. If Mike is his friend like he says, they could have talked it out, without using social media to drag Mike into the mud.

Video's coming out tomorrow!

Thank God, it feels like forever haha, hopefully it will be a nice video

Interesting. Too bad I probably won't be able to attend

Got myself pre-ordering the LP, I felt I would regret it if I didn't. I am hooked on the song currently. The Noisey interview def. was a great read.

Pretty great performance

Ryu: https://www.facebook.com/TherealRyu/posts/10206598536784773

 

"To the Fort Minor fans: Just wanted to take a minute to say thanks to you guys for always being supportive of me. I'm humbled that you guys appreciate my past contributions to the group and expected to see me on the new project. I actually did do a verse on the song "Welcome" and was just as excited as you were for it's release. Unfortunatly for reasons unknown to me, the song was released without me on it. I guess it wasn't meant to be. Anyways, i'm glad that you guys finally got some new FM music, and i wish Mike nothing but success in whatever he does. I am putting the final touches on my solo album and can't wait for you guys to see what i've been up to! I'm holding some heat right now so stay tuned. I ain't done yet! ‪#‎thankyou‬ ‪#‎fortminor‬ ‪#‎fortminormilitia‬ ‪#‎SOBcentral‬"

Interesting. Maybe Mike will release the version with Ryu as "remix" down the line eventually

The vinyl looks cool, but I don't have the money atm to buy it, but I also find it a little expensive, even though I get it is very limited

I actually enjoy this, event hough it fits with what is out there

I am curious

will be interesting to see what will happen and even if Mike and/or Chester are present, what they will be doing.

After listening to it a few times, I am hooked.

I would love LP to also work with someone like Skrillex or Chase & Status at one point

Maybe LP should release a whole acoustic version of THP. It'd be an interesting side-release for the band, similar to Recharged for LT.

Maybe an Unplugged album could be cool, with just a selection of songs from their discography

 

The good thing is that Steve said he tried experimenting with drops in the song but he ended up not using them for the final product because it took away from the dark feel of the song. This live version is just a mash-up with some R3Hab song or something. I agree that the drops in the live track are pretty typical and cheesy. I really love Chester's vocals here and I think the lyrics are cool, that's why I like this.

Thanks for the info. I am ready to hear the full song next week

Check it out

Looks amazing

The verses sound actually good from those live set video's, but those drops are just too typical

Hotel is nice as fuck, wish it had vocals.

Yeah I would have loved some vocals

I am curious to see how this one sounds

Neon Future II coming 5/12 ft. new music w/ @LinkinPark.

 

https://twitter.com/steveaoki/status/570662351868973056

Great!