July 27, 2008 at Nissan Pavillion: 'In The End' and 'One Step Closer.'
Large crowd, blaring speakers, temperature in the 90's, and most had been there for hours. The set was nearing the end (though not quite) and the crowd had been loud and into it the entire performance. Then we get to 'In The End.' The piano riff starts and a gigantic yell comes from the crowd. Every line from Chester's lips is also on the lips of every single person in the crowd. Then we get to the bridge "I Put my trust in you. Pushed as far as I can go. For all this, there's only one thing you should know" and Chester points the mic at the crowd. Loud and clear you can hear the entire crowd, including my self, rocking the bridge in almost perfect harmony. It was amazing. Chester joins back in the for the final chorus and the crowd keeps going.
And then, the opening and main rift for 'One Step Closer' starts. The crowd just loses it. As you can guess, every single person in the crowd is singing along with every line and when we hit the lines "Shut UP!" we are screaming just as loud as Chester and head banging to Mike and Brad on Guitar.
That was my favorite Linkin Park moment.
