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I can't wait to hear the cd. Sure, I was wanting 10 full songs like a lot of you thought there would be, but that's okay. Any LP music, instrumental or not, is better than no LP at all. So I'm grateful for whatever they give to us.

 

To those who are disappointed, well...there's always next year.

"Oh no, close the door!"

'Thousand suns demos too... More as it combs'

 

From the same source

Sweet. Can't wait for a ATS demos. I figure will get at least one, if not two. One I'm thinking will be the The Catalyst demo when it was more predominant on guitar.

No NMS and no GU...mainstream setlist somehow.

I wouldn't consider Papercut a mainstream. WTCFM as well.

I don't see how an album that's been out less than two months and already gone Gold in 7 countries and Platinum in 2 more, while producing 2 singles that made it to the top 10 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart (the first single going to #1 on that chart and also cracking the ever-elusive Top 40 on the Hot 100), can be "doing shitty."

 

Songs with well-defined choruses:

Burning in the Skies

When They Come For Me

Wretches and Kings

Iridescent

The Catalyst

The Messenger

 

Songs where Mike sings more than Chester:

...The Requiem and Fallout? That's seriously all I can think of. There are plenty of songs where Mike and Chester sing together or trade parts back and forth, but none where you can really say Mike sings more than Chester does.

I think he may have been talking in terms of the US. It's doing well around the world, but from what I gather it hasn't even been certified Gold in the US. So in terms of US sales, the album isn't doing as well as the past records.

 

On the thread's topic, Iridescent can be considered a shoe-in for the third single. The fourth single will most likely be Burning In The Skies. The fifth single is up in the air at this point. It could be When They Come For Me or maybe even Robot Boy, but I wouldn't be surprised if there will even be a fifth single.

USA tour is January to March. Asia is after that, then a break, then European festivals/arenas and then another USA tour. That's what LP is doing as of right now. After the USA tour there might be more since Chester said they're touring until the end of next year but I don't know what would follow the USA tour.

 

I think two New Zealand shows will be added and maybe one more Australian show. Sydney night 3 / two in Auckland. They should also add a Wellington show but I doubt it lol

I see it as US tour at the beginning of the year, followed by US festival shows in the spring, then Europe at the beginning of summer, US tour during the summer, Asia at the beginning of fall, and then a final US tour at the end of the year.

A perfect examples of this is...

 

Wolfmother

 

The other two guys left due to "irreconcilable differences," and left the name to Andrew. he then got another 3 guys and started a new band with the same name

 

Same situation, kinda different.

An even better example...GUNS N' ROSES.

I voted Numb. It's dark and tells a good tale.

Nope. My prediction is no rotating setlists for Europe or Australia. Maybe even the whole tour. I'm guessing they're back to the "play one set until we're tired of it" mood.

If anger's a gift

LP looked like Street Drum Corps during When They Come For Me.

If LP formed in 2010 with the HT sound, they would instantly be brushed off by major record labels.

I see the set as:

 

01. The Radiance

02. New Divide

03. Faint

04. No More Sorrow

05. Given Up

06. Lying From You

07. Points Of Authority

08. Wretches And Kings

09. When They Come For Me

10. Numb

11. Iridescent

12. Shadow Of The Day

13. Burning In The Skies

14. Breaking The Habit

15. Jornada Del Muerto

16. Waiting For The End

17. Crawling

18. In The End

19. Bleed It Out

20. One Step Closer

-ENCORE-

21. Fallout

22. The Catalyst

23. What I've Done

 

I don't think we'll see Blackout and The Messenger until the second leg of the tour.

I'm hoping the stage setup and visuals are not too over the top. All that is cool, but too much might cause a distraction from the band's performance. As for the setlist, I think everything will remain the same from the NYC show with Points Of Authority, Lying From You, From The Inside, Burning In The Skies, and When They Come For Me added in. I hate to say it, but it looks like Papercut and Somewhere I Belong have already seen they're final performance for now.

Can't wait to see what they do with this video.

In one of the online interviews, Mike said this was going to be a lot more simpler compared to the last few. Yet, I still can't wait to see it.

Any problem shown in the DVD couldn't hold a candle to how bad things were with Metallica back in 2001 and 2002 as documented in the 'Some Kind of Monster' DVD. But they (Metallica) recovered and continued doing what they do best. If they can overcome losing a bassist, tension toward one another, and members going into rehab...I'm sure LP can get over a few label pressure situations.

1. LPU and Ustream chats more often

2. Play some big U.S. festivals (Rock on the Range, Lollapalooza, DC101 Chili Cookoff, etc.)

Points Of Authority, Crawling, Lying From You, and maybe From The Inside.

Unfortunately I don't see it happening. Maybe a couple shows here and there but that's it. DBS could have been a moderate success had they been given more exposure. But with very little album promotion, single push, and a proper U.S. tour, the project was bound to tank. It's obvious WB thought that since the lead singer of LP was fronting the group, the album would sell itself. That almost never happens. Any new band, whither they feature one or more musicians from legendary bands, still needs as much promotion as any other new band on the scene.

01. The Requiem/The Radiance

02. New Divide

03. Faint

04. No More Sorrow

05. Given Up

06. Lying From You

07. Points Of Authority

08. Wretches And Kings

09. Numb

10. Iridescent

11. Breaking The Habit

12. Jornada Del Muerto

13. Waiting For The End

14. Crawling

15. In The End

16. Bleed It Out

17. One Step Closer

-ENCORE-

18. Fallout

19. The Catalyst

20. What I’ve Done

1. In The End

2. Lying From You

3. Waiting For The End

Yeah stuff like this makes it confusing. You never know what counts as an album release.

 

I think Songs From The Underground has more of a chance at counting than LPU9. And are we sure it was a five album contract?

An option to up to five albums with a 20% royalty rate.

No one really knows (I think).

 

There have been some numbers thrown around like "they have to make ___ more albums in their current contract," but as far as I know that's all been rumor.

I think when LP settled their label dispute with Warner back in 05/06, they signed a new, five album contract. That means MTM was the first and ATS was the second released under the new deal. So that leaves three albums left before they could either be resigned with Warner or be picked up by a different label.

I can't believe that didn't play POA. An LP show needs POA!!

I'd say The Catalyst, What I've Done, and One Step Closer is left.