Today, Linkin Park plays in Birmingham, England for the 14th show of the European leg of the "A Thousand Suns" World Tour. This is their third show in the UK, with two more to come in London on the 10th and 11th. The LPU Summit will fall on those two days as well so LP is definitely going out with a bang in England. LP has played in Birmingham one time before (2003; show page here.) The last show in England was on the 5th in Newcastle (show page here). At that show, they played 'Papercut' and 'The Messenger' so it's likely that the other setlist with 'Lying From You' and 'Leave Out All The Rest' will be played in Birmingham.
At our last show of the tour in Madrid (show page here), LP played an hour long set after soundchecking a short set in front of the fans. They rarely do this so I suggest checking out the YouTube videos (
or here) of that. A great one of 'Waiting For The End' can be found here, a one of 'Papercut' from the front row
and one of 'Faint', 'Empty Spaces' and 'When They Come For Me'
Another good one for 'When They Come For Me' here. Yes, this means we have to edit the show page for Madrid with more songs for the soundcheck since we were wrong! One of the takes of 'Waiting For The End' was after 'Papercut' too. I actually didn't discover that until I was writing this post, so I'll make the changes soon. So who besides me is super jealous all those fans got to see a lengthy soundcheck as well as the full show? Chester even says in
that it's the largest soundcheck they've ever played. I added a video of the proshot of 'Papercut'...one of the best 'Papercut' performances I've seen in a while.
Here's our latest 'Bleed It Out' / 'A Place For My Head' mashup (Madrid):
Looking good, isn't it? So who's going to Birmingham? Any international fans already getting ready to leave for the London shows & LPU Summit? Excited?
BIRMINGHAM SETLIST:
01. The Requiem
02. Wretches And Kings
03. Lying From You
04. Given Up
05. New Divide
06. Faint
07. Empty Spaces
08. When They Come For Me
09. No More Sorrow
10. Jornada Del Muerto
11. Waiting For The End
12. Wisdom, Justice, And Love
13. Iridescent
14. Numb
15. The Radiance (Live Version)
16. Breaking The Habit
17. Shadow Of The Day
18. Crawling (w/ a fan "Chris" on guitar, playing Mike's part) (first ever on Crawling, first time at all since April 28, 2007)
19. One Step Closer
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20. Fallout
21. The Catalyst
22. Leave Out All The Rest
23. In The End
24. What I've Done
25. Bleed It Out (w/ 'Reading My Eyes' verse 1 over intro, 'A Place For My Head' verse 1 & bridge over bridge)