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i'll be going! i won the linkin park australia competition to fly over to london for the gig on the 10th... flights, accommodation, transfers and gig tickets included! so as you could imagine, i'm now even more stoked (like that was even possible!) that something like this just so happens to be occurring while i'm over there! huge thanks to everyone involved with LP and the LPU for hosting something like this... it really is extraordinary. and wth to people complaining that they should have known about this way in advance so they could buy LPUX straight away... i thought it was pretty clear that there'd be awesome stuff like this on the way?

see with wretches i heard heaps of differences? been a while since i gave it a listen, but from what i can remember the 'hey, hey, hey' bits sounded far more military-ish if that makes any sense... also, chesters vocals sounded somewhat different to me - especially on the pronunciation of 'blow' (i think?). i need to hear it again!

yeh pre-sale started today man... i think they only emailed those who'd pre-ordered LPUX for some reason? i got the email and got my melbourne tix. can't do the second sydney show as i'll be heading back to perth that night

QFT. same situation with MMA and FIFA 11 - both feature slightly different versions of Wretches & Kings and Blackout (respectively).

i feel very inclined to add to this... it may well be the case that the proshot footage exists in HD as murphyLP said... but i have to agree with arbiter - the rips on youtube are extremely ordinary at best. there is hardly any bass to it, not to mention the static/hiss present on the audio. the mixing is a bit lackluster as well - but hey, once the DSP is out - im sure someone skilled enough could mux that audio to this video hopefully this is just an issue with the rip and the source is solid - would be good to see these in HD!!

would be awesome to have them do second shows in all states - but i severely doubt adelaide, perth and maybe even brisbane will be able to sell 2 shows. though from what i'm hearing from the ticket-buying-latecomers... all the good seats are gone already, which must mean they're at least close to selling out?

very true - ive just heard cases in the past of record companies shipping an excessive amount to stores (one way or the other) to make it look like a particular album was a very strong seller - then stores were left with plenty of copies they couldn't then on-sell to the customer. this is clearly not the case with LP - in australia, the album has stuck to no.1 for 4 consecutive weeks - which is at least reflective of the fact that week to week the album is selling well

hmmm if that's the case, how does that equate to those world-wide figures being false? it could very well still be correct. not sure how it works everywhere else, but in australia - the gold/platinum certifications aren't actually reflective of the amount sold in-stores - it's simply an indication of how many copies have been shipped to stores.

oo nice one... might stay out of this comp, don't wanna be selfish! oh and congrats ausneil, those posters look sweet! you'll have to get it signed at a meet and greet!

e-freakin-pic!!! i'm going to 8 of those... so looks like the next few months are going to be even more expensive for me!!! (of course totally worth it )

oh true... what's platinum in germany equate to?

anyone have any idea the track pack got canned? i was hella looking forward to it just cracked out both games again quite recently - wasn't aware they had put up 2 new tracks from two of my favourite bands (silverchair and 30 seconds to mars).

4 weeks in and they're still NUMBER ONE in australia! so if that global chart is correct - are we to believe the album has sold 885,000 copies worldwide so far?

cheers dude! nice one!!! forgot they had that competition running before it! what poster did you get? i chose to take my bro with me - hoping i don't regret that decision lol (means i'm going to have to be the responsible adult rather than run a muck )

surely it's not just them announcing the 2nd melbourne and sydney shows? i haven't checked their page in a few days so not sure if they've already announced it there. and yup, it is run by warner music australia - i know because i won the comp on www.athousandsuns.com.au to fly to london and see them play at the O2 arena!!!

thanks man happy to announce that linkin park held on to the #1 album spot in australia for a FOURTH consecutive week!!! i must add that this doesn't happen a lot here these days... so well done to the guys for having a kick-ass CD that people are clearly digging!

feck. im flying around the country to go to each of these - but already booked our flights and we'll be leaving melbourne on the 15th - hence, won't be able to go to the last show they play in aus epic fail (just for the record, i'm not angry at the band/management/promoters for this - just myself for not allowing any extra time! having said that... the order of the dates on this tour are random as! )

the messenger sounds bloody fantastic... that video gave me the chills!

HA! i can't believe someone else has said this! on joe's blog - i asked him what his thoughts on 3d were, as i felt the catalyst was screaming for the 3d treatment (watched it in simulated 3d on my 3dtv and it looks unreal)... his response? 'i'm already onto 4d' LOL

the messenger sounds unreal. can't wait for a pro-recording of it

can't wait to see the messenger performed live! would absolutely die from excitement if they were to play blackout but geez that would have to kill chester doing that live?

did i just read someone complaining that they 'only' played 19 songs? geez... which concerts do you go to? clearly i'm going to all the wrong ones because 19 is a pretty decent number these days. saw 30 seconds to mars recently, and although they absolutely killed it live - they played 15 songs if memory serves me correct - plus at least 3 of those were acoustic/half-versions of the songs... so maybe 12-13 complete songs?

haha! i have no doubt that's what we're in for!

Number of songs (excluding interludes/intros) = 19 Songs from Hybrid Theory = 4 Songs from Meteora = 3 Songs from Minutes To Midnight = 5 Songs from A Thousand Suns = 6 New Divide = 1 Correct me if I'm wrong

EDIT: removed setlist - awesome timing spin!!! lol people clearly need to be taking their medication and calming the F down... this was just posted over at LPA. Setlist: (see spin's post)