The Shinoda hype train hasn't stopped yet. Mike's bringing the Post Traumatic Tour to an important stop: the LoveLoud Fest in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 28! The show will take place at Rice-Eccles Stadium and will include Imagine Dragons, Zedd, and more. An LPU presale will occur on April 4th.
The LoveLoud Fest was founded last year by Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds. The purpose of the festival is "to help ignite the relevant and vital conversation of what it means to unconditionally love, understand, accept, and support LGBTQ+ youth in an effort to keep families together." Given how emotionally important Post Traumatic is to Mike, it only makes sense that he spreads the message in a place that also holds a lot of emotional weight.
The boys of Imagine Dragons were truly devastated by the loss of Chester, and have become friends with Mike over the past few months, so the invite is only natural. Reynolds recently pledged to Talinda's 320 Changes Direction foundation on Chester's birthday.
For those in Utah who've been waiting to see the band, this is a great opportunity. The last time Linkin Park performed in Utah was in 2011 on the A Thousand Suns North American Tour in Salt Lake City. Hopefully this only one of many stops Mike will make across the United States (and the rest of the world) as he begins piecing the whole Post Traumatic Tour together.
Anyone planning on going? Mike's first show will be taking place on May 12 in Los Angeles, California at Identity LA. As of now, this show is scheduled to be the second one he performs at. In August, he'll be performing at Japan's Summer Sonic festival before heading to England for Reading and Leeds (or, as well all know them, Re-Leeds and Leading).
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Check out the rest of Mike Shinoda's touring schedule here.