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Tom Cruise, whose public image is strongly tied with scientology, just took part in the closure of the olympics games. As long as there is no evidence that she, as an individual, has committed to shitty stuff, I believe she will be fine, and I'd be willing to believe the band will rather protect her than the opposite. People will get used to it, and those who really can't bear with it will take their distance from the band.

From the little I have seen, those two seem to be a on personal vendetta, and every single word of theirs seem to come from a position of pure hatred. Now, I don't want to downplay by any means all the terrible shit that couple went through. But by default, I just don't like the fact they are putting their dirty laundry in public, trying to inspire hate in a extremely large and uninformed public, and targeting it all at a single individual, who, unless proven otherwise, is just indirectly connected to all of it. They have a right to it, but I definitely would take it with a grain of salt, indeed, given the bias.

That's great news. Will also help to better get to know the new members, little by little.

The camera edit when Emily comes in is really cool. The adrenaline rush the performance has, it gets me everytime.

I suppose time has come for me to join the LPU. Don't want to gamble with the possibility of not getting tickets for future shows. Pre-sales should help, I suppose.

The way Mike's talking about the upcoming new shows is damn promising. You can tell how proud and excited he is.

Can't wait to see how the sets will look like. I feel couple of deep cuts / never played before tracks coming up, and that thought is really exciting.

Basically my answer as well.

I know ^^ But yeah, I mean, reworded, "It's good to have a cover painted by Mike" and not some random illustration.

The single art is amazing. It has Mike's style all over it, I've missed that.

I'm just happy he stayed in the band and will continue to work in the studio. Always contributed a lot there.

We all have different sensibilities and thresholds. I don't know much about Scientology, nor do I want to dive into it. Some genuinely good people may have outlandish believes - I will not agree with it and call it a day. As long as they don't commit to shit behaviors themselves, it's none of my business to judge their moral ground or whatsoever. Chino from Deftones described it nicely when talking about Steph Carpenter, who among other things, is an anti-vax and flatearher. To those who don't know the person, that may trigger lots of negative, but when you actually know the guy, you'd know how how generous and trustworthy he is. I think this stuff should not be discussed, because I find it unfair to speculate on the values and ethics of someone we don't know at all, based on some out-of-context stuff. Why this need to dive in that kind of thing anyway? What's the point? If the band feels she's good, I'll believe their judgement. They're the one to hang around with her, not us.

Killer interview! Liked how Joe said "When she screamed for the first time, I though, OK Mike, now we need to have a talk". 😀 Seems like it really happened in smooth long process. Will be cool to get do discover Emily and Colin personalities through time.

What happened couple of hours ago was unreal. We knew something was coming. But it absolutely bulldozer crushed all my expectations. A show. A broadcast. A new song. A new tour. A freaking new album. I can't think of any band, ever, that came back in such explosive fashion. This was massive. I am so glad they went with Emily. She crushed it. There are couple of songs where her voice cracked, but I'm sure it's going to get better and more fine-tuned with more shows. Then, "The Emptiness Machine". It was just the perfect song to come back with. Loved every second. And it instantly landed home. Didn't think for a sec that "This doesn't feel right", as everything about it felt "This is Linkin Park". It is a new entity, yet the DNA is so obviously remaining there. I had expressed my hope of the band coming back with something that would echo the excitement felt in Papercut 24 years ago. And holy damn did they. Finally, the new album. This is crazy. Still can't believe they have something ready coming up so soon. Absolutely thrilled, and in disbelief this is happening. The only down was the confirmation of Rob being gone. Yet, lots of us were anticipating it, which helps. He made his choice, let's respect that. I'll always remember him as very talended guy who brought a lot of finesse to the band.

No kidding 😀 Haven't been this hyped about any new music coming up in the last 10 years.

What a historical moment it is! Absolutely thrilled to see what is about to happen

This is far-fetched and 99% unrelated, but that cover gives me the vibe of a rebirth. There is that pink stuff kind of melting away. You know what was pink? OML album cover. Kind of "getting a new skin/rebirth from ashes" thingy. But yeah. Just my weird perception I guess 😀

Man, this is such a good time to be a LP fan. So damn grateful already.

As nuts as it sounds, I'm starting to consider there is a slight chance they may really have done it and chosen that date on purpose lol But yeah, all the Emily stuff is suspicious for sure. There really isn't any other known candidate that comes close in term of likelihood. I guess she really is our best bet here 🤞

Yep, pretty much this. Hoping for absolutely zero snippet.

I personally don't see them making a comeback with a ballad-type song, that would likely lack a bit impact. The context calls for something higher in energy imo, but maybe it's also personal preferences giving me a bias ^^

The chorus of "Violent" by Dead Sara is pretty abrasive too. Heavier than "Jump Sit Stand March" imo, she pretty much yells/almost-scream the whole thing there. She is pretty versatile for sure. But now I'm trying to think it's not her, to avoid any disappointment ^^

This is genius 😃 Can't imagine something this far-stretched, but props for making that connection ahah

Hum, yeah, kind of the worst case scenario (for today) that I had in my head. Nothing substantial and some cryptic stuff. Poor move in my opinion, but hey, not the end of the world. We'll get something. Sometimes. Hopefully worth the wait.

A bit afraid of that too. I think, in this case, a "We're back f*ckers!!!" strategy would pay off so much more than some cryptic puzzle thingy. Well. Couple of hours and we'll know 🤞