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Hello from New Zealand! It's been since 2013, prior to that it was 2007.

Final thoughts are pretty similar to first listen through thoughts. I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the album. Emily's vocals on Good Things Go are pretty incredible. Overflow is still a stand out favourite. I didn't like the studio conversation clips on THP and that holds true for From Zero, I don't want to hear 'put your screaming pants on' every time Over Each Other ends if I have it in a playlist. I'd love to check in after a month and see if the replay value holds. All in all, a pretty solid comeback record.

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Oh my bad, thanks.

Oh my god. It's out in New Zealand and I'm finishing my first listen. Initial thoughts, Casualty - Two Faced is the best three song line up on the album, Overflow production is brain meltingly good, the Stick N Move Fuse sample (thanks unksolideer2000) at the end is a fun addition, Two Faced is a classic Meteora LP song, the album intro is funny for the first listen but once you've heard it, there's no point in listening again? Cut the Bridge is Bleed it Out Pt. 2. Good Things Go intro is Adam's Song, Heavy is the Crown and Over Each Other are my two 'meh' songs on the album. Edit: oh and Mike's shouts on Casualty have been needed for the last every LP album...

Okay so I wish I was going to that QOTSA date, un fucking real line up. Also, thoughts on Linkin Park only playing 1 UK show but they're in the UK during Glastonbury ... ?

It truely is an incredible show. I was watching it on YouTube last night and I had to laugh about Mike shouting out the LPLive forum for wondering what Set B looks like. Mike, if you're lurking, I'm moving to Edinburgh at the start of 2025 and a show wouldn't go amiss as a moving present.

I haven't watched the new LPTV yet as I've been busy, I can't wait to watch tonight, but remember all of the ATS stuff came out AFTER the album came out, so we could still get a 'Inside Living Things', 'Making of Minutes to Midnight' or 'Meeting of A Thousand Suns'

Weird that theyre seperated out? Is Mike the only talking guest and then they perform as a band?

I'm surprised to hear how many people don't vibe KTTK. It's a top tier LP song for me alongside Lost in the Echo. I haven't heard any of the live clips yet but I'm looking forward to hearing KTTK the most

A fair point but there is a thread for talking about Rob leaving, this is the thread to discuss the new single. I'm glad I gave the single a chance. Despite the fact that I still don't know how I feel about everything LP wise, I have to admit, I really like The Emptiness Machine. Musically, it feels like the ultimate middle ground of all albums, the heaviness of the first albums, the pop sensibilities of OML, it does well. It feels like a Linkin Park (honestly as a drummer, I did notice the live drumming on the sing feels a bit different). I don't think I'll pre-order the album but I do think if the rest of the album is as good as the single, I will likely buy it on wax.

I mean she still attended the hearing right? And as there is no reason to believe otherwise, she attended to support a friend. Even when not giving weight to Cedric (which I don't), that's still a bad look. Her statement was literally what gave me some relief, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Yes there will be people forever upset, but that's not really who all of this is about. People were ANGRY when OML dropped. Same with MTM. There are some sick people who started insane conspiracies when Chester passed. I don't think it's helpful to acknowledge those people. I think all of this is for people who would genuinely feel at ease knowing their values align.

I think I kinda understand both sides of the coin on this one. I mean that dude from the Mars Volta left because he knew it was the right thing to do and as a public, that's seen as honourable. She did admit to turning up to Danny's trials to support him (which the trial finished up last year), and all of his supporters were his Scientologist crew, so I think it's fair to assume that even quite recently she's been involved in Scientology (although we now know she's cut ties to him, which I think the audience also kinda deserved to know because that one is a big one). I understand why maybe she wouldn't want to say anything but also as fans, I think there will be people that want answers to really know if the band's values align with their own. Don't get me wrong, I'm really into the new single, I'd definitely consider seeing them live if they came to where I'm at, but I can also see why people might feel that way.

I know they still need to get back into the swing of things but I think the thing I missed the most about LPTV are the backstage antics which I feel like we didn't get in this. I hope as the tour and album release goes on, we get a bit more of the band loosening up.

Being back active on fan forums was not on my 2024 card, but I'm not mad about it. Very jealous of tonight's crowd, if anyone here is going, either give us live updates here or link is to your socials, we'd love to see. Amongst all the online discussion and news articles, I can imagine they're feeling the pressure for this show, I assume they'll just want to get a normal show out of the way but it'll be interesting to see if they address anything.

Both packages were sent off yesterday ... and both winners came from r/linkinpark! u/warchiello won the LPU1 reissue of the Hybrid Theory EP, and u/ToroRossoAlphaTauri won the rare Hybrid Theory EP era t shirt. The LP community raised $350 for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand which I think is a pretty great outcome so thank you everyone who got involved. It means the absolute world.

The competition is now closed and I'm now in the process of contacting winners. Once they have gotten back to me and confirmed, I'll announce the winners on here.

Roughly 12 hours left to enter. In the last 48 hours there have been a heap of entries bought, in fact I think we're one entry away from hitting $300 raised by the LP family for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand so I want to thank everybody who has entered. If not, it's your last chance. Good luck everybody!

That's all good! It was a bad choice of a word by me anyway. It just means objects related to a particular thing e.g. a tshirt and a cd related to Linkin Park.

A corporate sponsor has hopped on board to match any donations received over the next 24 hours so if you are waiting to donate, now's the best time to make the biggest impact. We have seven legit entries right now, your chances are still higher than 10% for some pretty impressive prizes so please get behind this important cause. Remember entries close July 31st so don't miss out.

No problem at all! I'm from New Zealand so I figured most donors would be from anywhere but here haha. Fingers crossed!

Haha I think it was. Hey, I'm glad you got it started. You have a pretty reasonable chance still. Three donors, one of whom donated enough for three entries so 1 in 5 chance at the moment!

2 weeks left everybody, there are currently 4 legit entries so if you enter once now, you'll have a 20% shot (more if you get more entries!)

Hey LPLive, I was considering taking this down as it hadn't received any donations from the LP community, but as the first donation from the LP community has been made, I will let it run. As it stands, that person will walk away with everything for $10, so give them some competition, and let's raise money for a great cause. I've also added a link to photo directly in the original post.