Kirstie

I went with 2003. I loved Hybrid Theory and listened to it a lot before that but I never invested any time finding out further information on the band until 2003 and Meteora when I because an LPU member and full on crazy LP fan!

Tries to make me sign up and put a credit card in! Gah!!

The other link doesn't work for me. I am totally sick of this woman's voice!!

It's pretty low to say how friendly he is with Chester but then have a good bitch about him and his band. Any band that has to tell people how rock n roll they are, are not rock n roll.

Plenty of time for loads of songs!! I think they'll throw us off by starting with something not from HT to tease us then go straight into it!! My only worry is the weather, frankly LP could sing the phone book and I'd be happy as long as it doesn't rain all day!

1 hour 45 minutes set time. Confirmed on Download website.

Think we should all start praying for sunshine! I don't think I could cope if it's as wet and horrible as it was last time LP played at Download (2011?)!

I don't know. I think I'm going to have to reserve judgement until the whole album or I've heard it a few more times. I really don't know, I've agreed with everyone's points, all the contradictions and everything. I do like it, I think. I want a proper music video dammit!

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OooooooooOOOOH!

Where's all the presale packages!?! It's like 6-7 weeks away!!

I think the doubters are suggesting that someone has taken the time to mock it up to look like a WB site and the whole thing is fake rather than WB themselves have done it. People have too much time on their hands basically, like on twitter right now there's an account pretending to be Rob- why?!?

Has it been confirmed as a concept album?

I'm annoyed with Mike for saying that. I don't like it when bands bitch about each other, LP got a lot of it years ago so I'd have thought he'd be more mature than that, he's just dumped a whole load of music into one box (put a label on it) I get that he has an opinion, I even agree on some of the things he said (NIN) but I feel like he's putting himself out there for potential backlash when the album comes out and it's not really necessary. He's almost launched his own mini marketing campaign for the album.

Exactly plus I have big expectations of them to deliver exactly what I want to hear! Quite excited about what the presale "super fan" package will be! I'm a real sucker for that!

I'm getting a little nervous and I don't know why. I'm worried they've gone too heavy and I've mellowed in my old age, I very rarely listen to the heavier stuff I liked when I was a teenager. I know I'm probably being stupid as it's LP, even when I don't like it much, I still really like it (LT). I've got pre-album jitters! At least these articles are backing up Mikes claims, I was beginning to get annoyed with his comments.

Sorry for the quality.

Me either. LP work very hard not to be stereotyped but they seriously stereotype their fan base. I shall enjoy listening to the stems though- thank you MacGyver.

Oh dear god!! I'm sure she'll be lovely, she seems very sweet but I'd love it if she dropped some kind of bombshell on Mike like he has a third nipple or something. I wondered how he'd go about helping Anna promote her book and actually the post he made was really nice, though this could all change after tonight!

This better not be in place of an official video. Next they'll be asking us to make the music for them.....

Yes. I think Linkin Park are flipping awesome. They're almost like a security blanket now!

I know!!! Why L'Oreal hasn't picked him up for their commercials I'll never know!!! Rob: because I'm worth it. *hair flick* Also hasn't Chester just been on holiday? It's probably just his 'tan'

They certainly chose the right time to announce the tour! It must get fairly monotonous!

I wonder if they're sick of talking about touring with the 'oscar winner' yet!!

Thank you for explaining! On an unrelated note: clearly Mike's look for this album is maroon hoodies and backwards caps.