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it’s not that we are tired of hearing how much you love him - probably quite the contrary. It’s more the fact that one little detail gets people so caught up about this that we can’t take a step back and appreciate what’s going on. No need to belittle the band or the show because it doesn’t meet your own personal criteria, and in fact hasn’t shown any indication that they will. It’s obvious this is the first Emily era and they want to keep things focussed on that, but there’s no “erasure” going on, it’s simply just playing their show and promoting their new era, keeping things focussed. ever take a second to think that maybe mentioning Chester is hard on them too? like when Mike had to shorten Over Again because of the emotional toll it took on both him and the crowd. I’m sure maybe you’d light up at the mention but others will still feel some sort of way if they did - not everyone is in the same boat as you are with this. Don’t you think, as a Chester superfan, that this is what he would’ve wanted anyway? For them to be able to move forward without the anchor of his passing holding them back? It’s not easy anyway you look at it, but its pointless at being upset at it. anyway, one and a half hours til show time! awesome story! as a little aside, I actually do listen to the shows I link in the pre-show posts while I write them. I usually go into the show pages and add more info (more in line with how we’d do them today - I added a lot of details on the Phoenix 2007 and Phoenix 2000 pages! EDIT: After all this arguing... lol Mike Shinoda: "We're feeling very grateful to be here, in the birthplace of Chester Bennington... and as luck would have it, a year since the relaunch of the band. So a lot of emotions for us, thank you guys very much for supporting the journey and the band and the new music."

Write a pre-show post mentioning Chester in his hometown, they said. What could possibly go wrong, they said.

We're approaching the final stretch of the second North American Leg of the From Zero World Tour, Linkin Park are returning to the hometown of Chester Bennington for the first time in almost 10 years for a show at the PHX Arena in Phoenix, Arizona tonight, September 6, 2025! This'll be the band's fifteenth show in Phoenix over the years, so you know today's history lesson is going to get interesting. Linkin Park's last few bouts in the Phoenix area were pretty interesting. Their last show there was on November 1, 2015 (the day after Halloween) at the Monster Mash festival in Tempe, the band coming out dressed in full zombie makeup to play the show! This show was the start of the final run of shows on The Hunting Party World Tour, with songs like 'Rebellion' and 'Final Masquerade' getting some of the limelight one more time before being dropped as setlist regulars. They performed in Scottsdale in 2014 as well for an even more unique event - a silent charity auction! Linkin Park performed at the Stars Of The Season Gala for a short set (shortened due to the auction running late), which opened with 'One Step Closer' and featured some sort of 'Papercut' Jam with Luis Ortiz (from the show "Million Dollar Listing") in the middle, as well. Chester had played this event with every single one of his active bands - Dead By Sunrise in 2011 (their final show ever), a solo show in 2012, Stone Temple Pilots in 2013, and finally Linkin Park in 2014. Talk about being a completionist! The band headlined their last proper show in Phoenix just a month before this at the US Airways Center at the end of the Carnivores Tour with Thirty Seconds To Mars. Delivering Set A to the crowd, bringing old tracks like 'Runaway' and 'Points Of Authority' into the mix with the likes of 'Wastelands' and 'Guilty All The Same.' The band didn't make it to the area on the Living Things World Tour, making their next most recent performance in Phoenix on the A Thousand Suns World Tour in February 2011 to top off the Winter North American Tour, headlining the same venue as in 2014. This show was the final full performance of 'Wretches and Kings' to date, and also featured the chorus of 'Burning In The Skies' during the extended bridge of 'Bleed It Out!' Jumping back to the Minutes To Midnight World Tour, the band visited Phoenix twice during this time. The band stopped at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion (now the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater) in the middle of Projekt Revolution 2008, opening with 'No More Sorrow' and an intro from the Street Drum Corps into a massive opening run with 'Lying From You' and 'Points Of Authority.' Rare tracks like a full band 'Pushing Me Away' and 'In Pieces' made their way into the setlist, while other treats included 'Crawling' featuring Chris Cornell and a 'Krwlng' intro with a verse of 'Hands Held High' over it and the Minutes To Midnight Tour Version of 'Cure For The Itch.' Chester joined Chris Cornell during his set earlier on for 'Hunger Strike,' too! The band played at the same venue at the start of Projekt Revolution 2007, and is the source of a very famous speech from Mike Shinoda during the extended intro of 'Papercut:' "A little fewer than 10 years ago, we had a problem in our band. We had this thing going on, but we didn't have a singer. Me and Brad started this thing in our apartment, fuckin' around with some friends, and we sent some demos out to some singers to see if we could find anybody that clicked. We got a demo back from a dude from Arizona, from Phoenix. Suffice to say, that shit worked out alright! Hey Phoenix, thank you for our friend Chester. We love you." An almost full recording of Linkin Park's show at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion in Phoenix, Arizona on August 1, 2007. To hear Mike's speech about Phoenix and Chester, skip to 15:15! Onto the Meteora World Tour! The band made two ventures to Phoenix in this era, the last of which came near the end of Projekt Revolution 2004. Featuring every fan's favorite setlist of the band's career, Phoenix were treated to a slew of legendary moments including the band's cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Wish,' the Hip-Hop Medley featuring parts of 'Step Up,' 'Nobody's Listening,' and 'It's Goin' Down,' and the Blood, Anger, Suffering Outro Transition between 'Figure.09' and 'From The Inside.' Projekt Revolution 2003 also saw the band in Phoenix, where fans were treated to even rare songs like 'Hit The Floor,' 'Easier To Run,' and 'P5hng Me A*wy!' A full performance of 'Nobody's Listening' with an extended outro featuring Xzibit rapping his verse from 'My Name' over it! The band was busy in the area during the Hybrid Theory World Tour, visiting the city and its suburbs seven times in about a year and a half! Phoenix may hold the record for the city visited most often on Projekt Revolution as the band stopped there once again on the inaugural Projekt Revolution 2002 (that's five for five for Phoenix!) in February 2002, which featured treats like complete performances of 'Step Up,' 'It's Goin' Down' (the latter of which featured DJ Z-Trip), and 'Forgotten.' The band also played 'My December' and a cover of 'My Own Summer (Shove It)' by the Deftones in the encore! The band hit the town on the Family Values Tour just three months before in November 2001, and again a few months before that on an off day of the Ozzfest in July. The band performed in Mesa in April on their US-To-Europe run, packing the setlist with goods including B-sides 'High Voltage' and 'And One!' Chester sported his iconic red mohawk for the first time at this show, and even climbed the 30-foot speakers during 'Runaway!' Linkin Park topped off KUPD's Red Christmas Party in December 2000 (the show before the famous KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show), opening with a raucous combo of 'A Place For My Head' and 'Forgotten' to a sold-out crowd. The band played in the area less than two months prior, right off the release of Hybrid Theory at The Freakers Ball during the Kottonmouth Kings' Ridin' High Tour - the band reportedly changed the setlist for this show, dropping 'Forgotten' and moving 'In The End' up to the second spot for the first time. The band performed in Peoria the month before in the middle of the Ridin' High Tour, opting to play KEDJ's That Damn Show event rather than the tour stop in Providence, Rhode Island. Chester wore a necklace given to him by a fan named Jessica Green, and the band brought up a fan named Tyler who was covered in Linkin Park stickers! Another month before that in August, Linkin Park played the 98KUPD Show, the source of the earliest known live recording of the band! This ancient show features the band's earliest known setlist, featuring 'Cure For The Itch' and 'Papercut' as openers and a grand finale of 'One Step Closer.' The earliest full recording of Linkin Park performing live, from the Mason Jar in Phoenix, Arizona at the 98KUPD Show on August 15, 2000. Now THIS is a time capsule right here! Will we ever get a full live recording of the band earlier than this? Before ending this history lesson, there's a couple more very special shows to mention. Prior to Linkin Park, many will know that the band was known as Hybrid Theory up until May 2000. According to Jeff Blue in his book, the band changed their name to "Plear" on May 1 before changing to "Linkin Park" a week later. The ticket stubs for this show say "Hybrid Theory," but what could possibly be Linkin Park's very first show in Arizona (and one of their very first shows under the name Linkin Park) occurred in Tempe at the end of May. We've also found some Hybrid Theory shows in Tempe in August 1999, which could possibly have been the band's first shows outside of their native California. Linkin Park's history lies deeply within Arizona and Phoenix, and we're sure their first show there with Emily, Colin, and Alex will continue to add to that! The From Zero World Tour made its last stop in Denver, Colorado, bringing Set C ('Burn It Down' theme) to the crowd. Act I featured 'Points Of Authority,' 'Crawling,' and 'New Divide' with its short Moscow Intro, while 'Up From The Bottom' returned to its regular spot in Act II alongside rotations 'Castle Of Glass' featuring opener Jean Dawson and 'IGYEIH' at the end (after Mike whipped out the demo verse of 'Lift Off' from Post Traumatic during his solo medley). 'Stained' was played in its regular spot in Act III, and 'Let You Fade' made its way into Act IV. This setlist was pretty much the same as the last Set C performance in Minneapolis, Minnesota, so the band may have found their preferred run with this one after some mid-tour experimentation. Phoenix is lined up for Set A ('Castle Of Glass' theme), which was last performed in Omaha, Nebraska. The band was still playing around with the set around this time, so we can't say for certain if they'll follow the same order as last time, but Nebraska's setlist saw the following: 'Lying From You,' 'Stained,' and 'New Divide' in Act I, 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Casualty' in Act II, 'Over Each Other' in Act III, and 'A Place For My Head' in Act IV, where it replaced 'From The Inside' in the rotation spot. With 'Let You Fade' now in two sets and 'From The Inside' in none, it begs the question: where'd it go? Perhaps it'll return tonight, or perhaps 'Unshatter' will finally get its live debut after reportedly being soundchecked a few shows ago. 'Castle Of Glass' will likely get another performance in as it'll be Jean Dawson's last show of the tour with the band, so we might not see 'Lies Greed Misery' again until next week when the band resumes the tour. It's worth nothing that this show is the first following the one-year anniversary of the band's return, so it'll be interesting to see if the band has anything special to say about that or Chester in his hometown! Linkin Park's full show at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado on September 3, 2025. How lucky we are that nearly every show on this tour gets a full recording uploaded a day or two after! Who's going to the show? As I said, this'll be Jean Dawson's last show of the tour with the band before JPEGMAFIA takes over for the west coast, so if you can make it early enough to see him, be sure to! Weatherman Rogue Soul here to report it'll be a goddamn hot day in Arizona (no surprise there for you guys who live down there I'm sure) with temperatures up to 95°F and only going down to 88°F at night. An Excessive Heat Warning is in effect, so be sure to prepare in whatever that means staying really hydrated or slapping that sunscreen on! After this show, Linkin Park takes a week off of touring before resuming the From Zero World Tour on the west coast, beginning with a hometown show in Los Angeles on September 13. With all the recent Linkinpedia updates we've been doing as far as the show pages show, we'd like your help in expanding them further! We are looking for pictures or scans of a number of items from the band's 2025 tour, including wristbands, tickets, setlists, exclusive pop-up store content, and more. If you have anything to contribute, check out our thread on the matter and submit your pictures directly to us - if they meet the mark we will get them uploaded to the show pages and credit you (and also blur your information out where applicable)! Be sure to check out the site to see our recent changes to the show pages (including marked rotation songs, album breakdowns, and more statistics) if you haven't already, and enjoy the upgrades to our LPLive and Linkinpedia servers with faster loading times on both sites! We've also recently launched an LPLive Newsletter for those looking for more of a TL;DR version of what's going on with the tour than my pre-show posts - we'll be sending it out every couple of weeks so as to not flood your inbox, but we'll be bringing you an overview of both tour and general news updates in these, so be sure to sign up if you haven't already! We'll have you covered on everything the band does at this show and everything they whip out for the rest of the year, so be sure to sign up on the forums and follow us on social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!

Thank you! At the rate this tour is growing, I don't think we'll be getting any breaks any time soon 😅 Gladly the whole team is helping out so we have a variety of posts coming throughout the tour to mix it up. Got things moving like a well oiled machine behind the scenes 😎 Wonder if they'll mention the comeback show tonight or in Phoenix.

September has rolled on through, and after a few days off, the From Zero World Tour is back in business, with Linkin Park bringing their next show to the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado tonight, September 3, 2025! This will be Linkin Park's twelfth show in the Denver area, and the first in eleven years! Linkin Park last performed in the area of the Carnivores Tour with Thirty Seconds To Mars in 2014, performing at the Fiddler's Green Amphitheater in Englewood. The band whipped out Set B, featuring a full 'With You' at the start of the show, as well as the 2014 Abridged Version of 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You' and 'Somewhere I Belong' later in the set. The band hit the same venue in 2012 on the Honda Civic Tour with Incubus (then called the Comfort Dental Amphitheater), where songs like 'Lost In The Echo,' 'In My Remains,' and 'Victimized' (w/ 'QWERTY') were being taken for a spin for the first time. Mike Einziger from Incubus came out to rip a guitar solo on 'Bleed It Out' after the band jammed 'Sabotage' by the Beastie Boys during the extended bridge! The last time Linkin Park performed at tonight's venue was in 2011 at the end of the A Thousand Suns North American Tour, when the venue was called the Pepsi Center. The setlist was pretty dramatic in-line with the album aesthetic, with the epic triangular stage design giving way to rare performances of songs like 'Burning In The Skies' and a full 'Iridescent.' The band hit the Fiddler's Green Amphitheater twice on the Minutes To Midnight Tour, the last of which came in the middle of Projekt Revolution 2008. The band brought out Set Z, opening with an introduction by the Street Drum Corps before 'No More Sorrow' and 'Faint' brought the night to life. Along with rare tracks from the era like 'Wake 2.0' and 'In Pieces,' the setlist came complete with other rarities like an album version 'Pushing Me Away' and the MTM Tour Version of 'Cure For The Itch.' The venue was the site of the final night of Projekt Revolution 2007, on September 3, 2007 - exactly 18 years to this date! How time flies. This set opened with 'No More Sorrow' into 'Lying From You,' an equally nasty combination, and featured more tracks from the record like 'The Little Things Give You Away' and 'Hands Held High.' The outro of 'One Step Closer' was extended for the first time in jam format, which gave birth a couple months later to the proper extended outro we all know and love today.And here's another fun fact: Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance got married to Lyn-Z from Mindless Self Indulgence after this show! A full fan-edit of the band's show at the Fiddler's Green Amphitheater in Englewood, Colorado on the Honda Civic Tour on August 30, 2012! Linkin Park visited the Denver area twice on the Meteora World Tour, the last of which was their own headlining performance on Projekt Revolution 2004. This setlist was probably one of the best the band has ever concocted, and featured innumerable massive moments, like the Hip-Hop Medley with 'Step Up,' 'Nobody's Listening,' and 'It's Goin' Down,' the Blood, Anger, Suffering Outro Transition between 'Figure.09' and 'From The Inside,' and the band's cover of 'Wish' by Nine Inch Nails (side note: I just saw them play this song yesterday in Brooklyn!) in the encore. In 2003, the band opened for Metallica on their Summer Sanitarium Tour, taking them to the Invesco Field at Mile High. While the setlist was likely the same as the Live In Texas DVD, we actually don't have a confirmed setlist for this one - but we do know that for the second time ever, Chester joined Deftones for 'My Own Summer (Shove It)' during their set! The Hybrid Theory World Tour brought Linkin Park to Denver four times, with the last being at the Pepsi Center on the Family Values Tour in November 2001. Aaron Lewis of Staind came out for 'One Step Closer,' while the rest of the set featured goods like 'Step Up' and 'Pushing Me Away'. In June, Linkin Park performed on Ozzfest 2001, opening with 'With You' and 'Runaway' for the first time on the tour and also bringing tracks like 'A Place For My Head' and 'Forgotten' into the mix. We don't have sets for the band's first two shows in Denver (at the Gothic Theater in Englewood on the Street Soldiers Tour in February 2001 and opening for the Kottonmouth Kings on their Ridin' High Tour in October 2000, just days before Hybrid Theory was released), so if you were there and remember any info, be sure to let us know! Linkin Park's full show from Fiddler's Green Amphitheater in Englewood, Colorado on August 30, 2004. Everyone's seen the Camden 2004 performance, but have you seen this other proshot from Projekt Revolution 2004 released with the Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition? Linkin Park ended August's touring schedule in Kansas City, Missouri, and really changed things up for the last show of the month in Set B ('Iridescent' theme)! Act I immediately saw changes, with the band moving 'Up From The Bottom' up for the second time ever - the last time this happened was on the closing night of the European Tour this summer in Paris, France! The surprises kept rolling in Act II, where 'Cut The Bridge' made its return with the short Moscow Intro, and opener Jean Dawson finally appeared onstage with the band for 'Castle Of Glass!' The second verse of 'When They Come For Me' appeared during Mike's Solo, and 'Given Up' topped off the rotations at the end of Act II. 'Good Things Go' made its scheduled appearance in Act III, but the band flipped things up for the end of the set, rotating in 'Let You Fade' into the set for the first time at the end of the main set before 'Heavy Is The Crown' and 'Bleed It Out' closed it up. As they closed the main set, Set B was topped off with 'In The End' and 'Faint' in the encore for the first time. Seems like the band is getting really creative with the sets at the mid-point of the tour! At this point, it's hard to say what we can expect from the setlist in Denver! The band are slated to bring out Set C ('Burn It Down' theme) at this show, which was last performed in Minneapolis, Minnesota over a week ago. The set last featured 'Points Of Authority,' 'Crawling,' and 'New Divide' in Act I, 'Castle Of Glass' and 'IGYEIH' in Act II, 'Stained' in Act III, and 'Let You Fade' in Act IV. It's anyone's best guess as to what'll happen with Act I, but there's a number of things we'll be looking out for in the rest of the set, too. With Jean Dawson now guesting on 'Castle Of Glass,' will the song be rotated out for 'Lies Greed Misery' or remain a staple for a few more shows before Jean Dawson ends his run on the tour? 'Stained' moved around the set quite a bit at recent shows, so it'll be interesting to see if it keeps its position in Act III. With 'Let You Fade' being moved to Set B and 'A Place For My Head' in Set A, 'From The Inside' could be lined up for Set C - rumor has it that the band soundchecked 'Unshatter' at the last show, too, so it could finally be time for the song to make its live debut! Of course, we'll also be looking out to see if 'Up From The Bottom' gets moved up again or keeps its regular position. What are your guesses for tonight's setlist? Linkin Park performing 'Castle Of Glass' with Jean Dawson at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on August 31, 2025. Great to see another opener coming out onstage with the band after the success with PVRIS! Who's going to the show? Jean Dawson opens the show and will possibly be guesting with the band later on in the night, so be sure to check his set out if you can make it on time! Weatherman Rogue Soul reporting a beautiful and hot day ahead for Denver, with temperatures soaring up to 89°F in the day and down to a brisk 60°F at night with nothing but sunny skies ahead, so dress light and be ready to jam! Linkin Park's tour continues this week to the west coast with a show in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday before taking a week off, returning on September 13 with a hometown show in Los Angeles, California. With all the recent Linkinpedia updates we've been doing as far as the show pages show, we'd like your help in expanding them further! We are looking for pictures or scans of a number of items from the band's 2025 tour, including wristbands, tickets, setlists, exclusive pop-up store content, and more. If you have anything to contribute, check out our thread on the matter and submit your pictures directly to us - if they meet the mark we will get them uploaded to the show pages and credit you (and also blur your information out where applicable)! Be sure to check out the site to see our recent changes to the show pages (including marked rotation songs, album breakdowns, and more statistics) if you haven't already, and enjoy the upgrades to our LPLive and Linkinpedia servers with faster loading times on both sites! We've also recently launched an LPLive Newsletter for those looking for more of a TL;DR version of what's going on with the tour than my pre-show posts - we'll be sending it out every couple of weeks so as to not flood your inbox, but we'll be bringing you an overview of both tour and general news updates in these, so be sure to sign up if you haven't already! We'll have you covered on everything the band does at this show and everything they whip out for the rest of the year, so be sure to sign up on the forums and follow us on social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!

it worked 🥲 looks like i'lll be seeing some of y'all in the homelands!

Following the announcement of their performance at Lollapalooza India next year last night, Linkin Park have announced two more tour dates in the Middle East - their first show ever in Bahrain and their first show in the United Arab Emirates since 2010! January 18, 2026 - Sakhir, Bahrain (Beyon Al Dana Amphitheater) January 20, 2026 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Etihad Arena - Yas Island) January 25, 2026 - Mumbai, India (Lollapalooza India) LPU Presales will be available for the Middle East shows: LPU Legacy Presale: Monday, September 1 @ 11am (local time) LPU Passport Plus Presale: Monday, September 1 @ 12pm (local time) Abu Dhabi General Sale: Thursday, September 4 @ 12pm GST Sakhir General Sale: Friday, September 5 @ 8am AST Who's planning on going? Almost convinced to do this whole little run for LPLive!

After a months-long rumor mill, the day has come! Linkin Park will be performing in Mumbai, India for their first show in the country ever for Lollapalooza India! In an email sent to LPUnderground members in India, the band confirmed that they will be appearing at the festival. "India has been somewhere we've wanted to play for a long time. Our fans there are incredibly passionate and we can't wait to finally bring out live show to them." ~ Mike Shinoda LPU Members who received the email have a special link that will take them to the festival's General Pre-Lineup Sale for first access in absence of an LPU Pre-sale. An exact date has not been given yet nor has the rest of the lineup dropped, but we'll bring you that info as it comes. Who's planning on going? My dad's side of the family is from Mumbai and I haven't been since I was 5 years old - this might be the thing that brings me back!

Things are definitely getting interesting on tour now! Linkin Park are bringing the From Zero World Tour to Minneapolis, Minnesota's Target Center for their tenth show in the Twin Cities area and for the first time in over ten years! Linkin Park last visited the Twin Cities in 2014 on The Hunting Party Tour where they the Minnesota State Fair mid-tour in the suburb of Falcon Heights, Minnesota. The time before that was on the A Thousand Suns World Tour, performing at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. This set featured a bunch of epic moments, including 'What I've Done' transitioning into 'Empty Spaces' and 'When They Come For Me,' 'Numb' with the Oppenheimer Outro transitioning into 'Breaking The Habit,' and a rare performance of 'Burning In The Skies!' Most of the band landed very late (8:00pm) for this show, so Meet & Greet attendees were told only Mike would be attending - but the rest of the band ended up making it! Linkin Park rocked St. Paul previously in 2008 at the same venue on the Winter North American Tour in February, where the band rolled through an epic Set T. Featuring an amazing opening sequence of 'What I've Done' with its AMBO Intro into 'Faint,' 'No More Sorrow,' 'Somewhere I Belong,' 'Lying From You,' 'From The Inside,' and 'Points Of Authority' with a verse of 'In Stereo,' you could call this one of the best opening runs the band's ever conceived. That's kick our ass in the present day! Other highlights from the set include Minutes To Midnight rarities like 'Hands Held High' and 'Valentine's Day,' as well as a double encore, the first of which opened with a sobering performance of 'My December.' Linkin Park's full show at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on January 28, 2011. A classic A Thousand Suns-era setlist, this was the last time Linkin Park visited the area! The band made three stops in the Twin Cities on the Meteora World Tour, the last of which was in January 2004 on the Winter North American Tour that year. Kicking off with the dynamic duo of 'With You' and 'Runaway,' the band came out exploding as they launched into more new tracks like 'Don't Stay' and 'Numb.' Rare tracks like 'It's Goin' Down,' 'Nobody's Listening,' and 'P5hng Me A*wy' also made their way into the set, and the band even played a cover of 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' by Jet - the rumor is that Chester dared Mike to dress up as the lead singer of Jet and sing the cover, and he did, even playing the rest of the encore in the get up! The band opened for Metallica on their Summer Sanitarium Tour in the summer of 2003, which fans will know from the Live In Texas DVD. Boasting all the goods like 'From The Inside,' 'Figure.09,' and 'By Myself,' the band delivered an awesome show, surely winning over hordes of Metallica fans while they were at it! Linkin Park's first show of the Meteora cycle in the city was at the Quest Club in Minneapolis on the LP Underground Tour earlier in the year, where fans were the first to hear new music from the album, including rare tracks like 'Hit The Floor' and 'Easier To Run.' Linkin Park rocked the Twin Cities four times on the Hybrid Theory World Tour, the last of which was on the Family Values Tour, rocking the Xcel Energy Center for the very first time in October 2001. A classic setlist featuring goods like 'Forgotten' and 'A Place For My Head,' the band's 45-minute set was packed full of energy. The band's very first headlining show in the city was back in February of that year, on the Street Soldiers Tour at the Quest Club where songs like 'Pushing Me Away' and 'Crawling' were being played for the first time. In December 2000, Linkin Park played 93X's Post Nut-Cracked Party Afterparty for free, after the likes of Deftones, Taproot, and Papa Roach played the actual event, while their very first show in the area was in August, on their very first tour, opening for the Union Underground's An Education In Rebellion Tour. We don't know much about these very early shows, so if you were at any and remember any details, let us know! Linkin Park performing at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 27, 2003 on Metallica's Summer Sanitarium Tour. If you want to see what the Live In Texas shows looked like from an audience perspective, look no further! The From Zero World Tour's last stop was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the band continued to surprise us midway through the tour! Performing Set B ('Iridescent' interludes), the band switched up the rotations for Act I once again, whipping out 'Points Of Authority' (normally only played in Set C), 'Stained' for a second show in a row at the start of the show, and 'Crawling,' returning for the first time in three shows. The rest of the set proceeded as expected, with 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Given Up' in Act II (along with a verse of 'It's Goin' Down' over Mike's solo), 'Good Things Go' in Act III, and 'A Place For My Head' in the encore. Mike continued delivering the deep cuts with his verses, ending the night by whipping out the first verse of 'Reading My Eyes' by Xero during the extended bridge of 'Bleed It Out!' With the band switching up Act I now, it's hard to say exactly what to expect at this show, but if they play things by the books, Minneapolis should be lined up for Set C with the following rotations (as per the set's last appearance in Nashville, Tennessee) : 'Points Of Authority,' 'Crawling,' and 'New Divide' in Act I, 'Castle Of Glass' and 'IGYEIH' (or possibly 'Keys To The Kingdom') in Act II, 'Stained' in Act III, and 'Let You Fade' in Act IV. With 'Stained' becoming comfortable in Act I, it'll be interesting to see what happens in this set if it appears early again! The U.S. has been missing out on some 'Cut The Bridge' action lately, too, so it wouldn't be too surprising to see that song subbed in for 'New Divide' in Act I instead of 'Stained' moving out of its regular spot. Linkin Park's full show at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 25, 2025. The band are absolutely rolling and in-form now that we've reached the halfway point of the tour. Will they continue to shake things up in Minnesota? Who's going to the show? LPLive gear guru and walking Linkin Park encyclopedia Astat will be attending, so if you see him be sure to say hi! Jean Dawson will be opening the show yet again, so if you can arrive early be sure not to miss him! Weatherman Rogue Soul here to report a nice summer day is ahead for Minneapolis, with highs at a brisk 76°F and down to a brisk 60°F in the evening. It'll be prime weather for a concert, but maybe bring a hoodie or sweatshirt with you for once the night is over! After this show, the band continues through the Midwest with shows in Omaha, Nebrasks and Kansas City, Missouri before taking a few days off before resuming the tour in Denver, Colorado. With all the recent Linkinpedia updates we've been doing as far as the show pages show, we'd like your help in expanding them further! We are looking for pictures or scans of a number of items from the band's 2025 tour, including wristbands, tickets, setlists, exclusive pop-up store content, and more. If you have anything to contribute, check out our thread on the matter and submit your pictures directly to us - if they meet the mark we will get them uploaded to the show pages and credit you (and also blur your information out where applicable)! Be sure to check out the site to see our recent changes to the show pages (including marked rotation songs, album breakdowns, and more statistics) if you haven't already, and enjoy the upgrades to our LPLive and Linkinpedia servers with faster loading times on both sites! We've also recently launched an LPLive Newsletter for those looking for more of a TL;DR version of what's going on with the tour than my pre-show posts - we'll be sending it out every couple of weeks so as to not flood your inbox, but we'll be bringing you an overview of both tour and general news updates in these, so be sure to sign up if you haven't already! We'll have you covered on everything the band does at this show and everything they whip out for the rest of the year, so be sure to sign up on the forums and follow us on social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!

We've made it to the halfway point of the tour, and things may be starting to get interesting! Linkin Park are bringing the From Zero World Tour to the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 25, 2025! This will be Linkin Park's eleventh show in the state of Wisconsin, fifth show in the Milwaukee area, and first headlining show in Milwaukee itself! Linkin Park last visited Milwaukee in 2015 on The Hunting Party World Tour, playing their first show ever in the city itself headlining Summerfest 2015 on the final stop of their summer North American leg. The band whipped out tracks from the new record like 'Rebellion' and 'Wastelands,' even whipping out the super rare 'A Line In The Sand' for the crowd! The awesome setlist opened with 'Papercut,' also diving into heavier hits like 'Given Up' and 'From The Inside,' while also finding time for softer moments like the Ballad Medley featuring 'Leave Out All The Rest,' 'Shadow Of The Day,' and 'Iridescent,' a shortened version of 'Darker Than Blood,' and a full band 'Welcome.' This was the band's first show in or near Milwaukee in seven years, the last time before this being on Projekt Revolution 2008, when the band hit Elkhorn in the summer. Opening with a nasty sequence of 'No More Sorrow' preceded by its Long Intro and a Street Drum Corps intro, 'Lying From You,' and 'Somewhere I Belong,' Linkin Park delivered Set Z to the crowd with a strong fervor. The band brought out some rare songs like 'Wake 2.0,' 'In Pieces,' and the Minutes To Midnight Tour Version of 'Cure For The Itch.' Other treats include an album version performance of 'Pushing Me Away,' Chris Cornell joining the band for 'Crawling' after Mike rapped 'Hands Held High' over the 'KRWLNG' intro, and 'Bleed It Out' closing with a drum solo and a bit of 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses! Prior to 2008, Linkin Park last visited the area on Projekt Revolution 2004, headlining the venue in Elkhorn for the first time. This show featured one of the band's most renowned setlists, with the likes of 'Don't Stay' with its Gacela Intro opening the show, the Hip-Hop Medley with 'Step Up,' 'Nobody's Listening,' and 'It's Goin' Down,' and the Blood, Anger, Suffering Outro Transition between 'Figure.09' and 'From The Inside!' And who can forget the band's cover of 'Wish' by Nine Inch Nails in the encore? The band's very first show in the area was in Elkhorn at the start of Ozzfest 2001, which was actually a very interesting show for this period of the band's history! The band completely changed their setlist at this show, opening with 'Points Of Authority' for the first and only time ever. Other treats from the set include the unstoppable combo of 'With You' and 'Runaway,' as well as 'By Myself' and 'A Place For My Head' toward the end of the set. The band was experimenting with the start of the set around this time, and this was by far the most unique set they put together at the time! The first three songs from Linkin Park's first show in the area in Elkhorn, Wisconsin on June 9, 2001. This setlist takes the cake for one of the most unique openers at the time, with 'Points Of Authority' kicking off a show for the only time ever. The last show on the From Zero World Tour took place in St. Louis, Missouri, and the setlist may be an indicator that things will be starting to get interesting on this leg! The band performed Set A, but changed up the rotations a bit in Act I in a surprising way! The expected 'Lying From You' and 'New Divide' came into play, but sandwiched between them was 'Stained,' appearing that early in the set for the first time and for only the second time outside of its regular spot in Act III - it replaced 'Crawling,' which was absent from the set for the first time this leg. The rest of the set proceeded as expected, with 'Castle Of Glass' and 'Casualty' in Act II (as well as the second verse of 'When They Come For Me' during Mike's solo), 'Over Each Other' in Act III, and 'From The Inside' in Act IV. The band began changing things up a lot by the end of the European Tour, so with Act I flipping up in St. Louis, we'll be keeping a close eye on what goes on in Milwaukee! Milwaukee is lined up for Set B with the 'Iridescent' theme, last played in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last week. If the band keeps things according to the plan, Act I should include 'Crawling,' 'Cut The Bridge' with the Moscow Intro, and 'Lying From You,' Act II with 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Given Up,' Act III with 'Good Things Go,' and 'A Place For My Head' in the encore. Jean Dawson will be opening the show with an eclectic blend of alternative and hip-hop, and is bound to be a great start to the night with tracks like 'MENTHOL*' and 'Die For Me' dotted in his setlist. If you can make it early, don't miss his set! Linkin Park's full show at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri on August 23, 2025. Early set performance of 'Stained' could mean a lot of promise for shows going forward on this leg! Who's going to the show? Weatherman Rogue Soul here to report the coolest day of the tour so far, with a pretty cold high temperature for the summer of 67°F and a low of 52°C with mostly sunny skies throughout the day. It may get a little chilly for this one, so bring a hoodie or dress ready to jam! The band continues their tour this week, heading to Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City, next before taking a couple days off at the start of September before resuming in Denver. With all the recent Linkinpedia updates we've been doing as far as the show pages show, we'd like your help in expanding them further! We are looking for pictures or scans of a number of items from the band's 2025 tour, including wristbands, tickets, setlists, exclusive pop-up store content, and more. If you have anything to contribute, check out our thread on the matter and submit your pictures directly to us - if they meet the mark we will get them uploaded to the show pages and credit you (and also blur your information out where applicable)! Be sure to check out the site to see our recent changes to the show pages (including marked rotation songs, album breakdowns, and more statistics) if you haven't already, and enjoy the upgrades to our LPLive and Linkinpedia servers with faster loading times on both sites! We've also recently launched an LPLive Newsletter for those looking for more of a TL;DR version of what's going on with the tour than my pre-show posts - we'll be sending it out every couple of weeks so as to not flood your inbox, but we'll be bringing you an overview of both tour and general news updates in these, so be sure to sign up if you haven't already! We'll have you covered on everything the band does at this show and everything they whip out for the rest of the year, so be sure to sign up on the forums and follow us on social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!

We’re a little late to the party today, but the real fun is just about to begin! Linkin Park returns to Missouri tonight for their first time in the state in 17 years at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis! Linkin Park last performed in the state in 2008, at Maryland Heights on Projekt Revolution 2008. Opening with ‘No More Sorrow’ featuring the Street Drum Corps, band whipped out a bunch of rare tracks from Minutes To Midnight including ‘In Pieces’ and ‘Wake 2.0,’ with Mike even whipping out the first verse of ‘Reading My Eyes’ over the extended intro of ‘Bleed It Out!’ Prior to that, the band last visited the state on Projekt Revolution 2004 at the same venue, featuring one of the most packed setlists the band has ever played, including the Hip-Hop Medley, the Blood Anger Suffering transition between ‘Figure.09’ and ‘From The Inside,’ and the band’s cover of ‘Wish’ by Nine Inch Nails. The band last performed in St. Louis proper in 2003, earlier on the Meteora World Tour on Summer Sanitarium, opening for Metallica (the same tour as Live In Texas)! They played twice that year, also hitting the city at the very beginning of the tour on the LP Underground Tour, which saw the band trying out new songs from Meteora, including the very rare ‘Hit The Floor’ and ‘Easier To Run.’ The band hit Missouri five times on the Hybrid Theory World Tour, the last of which was in November 2001 on the Countdown To Revolution Tour in St. Charles. The band hit Maryland Heights for the first time that summer on the Ozzfest, and their first headlining show in St. Louis was on the Street Soldiers Tour earlier in the year, where ‘Crawling’ and ‘Pushing Me Away’ had just debuted. The band’s first shows in St. Louis and Missouri were in 2000, once in November opening for P.O.D. and the very first in October, opening for the Kottommouth Kings’ Ridin’ High Tour. This very first show has one of the earliest audience recordings of the band we have! Linkin Park’s last show in Nashville was nothing short if amazing, performing Set C and even paying tribute to ‘My December’ and Chester by playing the song as the countdown song before the show began. St. louis is lined up for Set A tonight, last seen in Philadelphia last week. Rotations include ‘Lying From You’ and ‘New Divide’ in Act I, ‘Castle Of Glass’ and ‘Casualty’ in Act II, ‘Over Each Other’ in Act III, and ‘From The Inside’ in Act IV. We’ll see if anything changes up tonight now that we’re midway through the tour! Who’s going to the show? If you can make it early, don’t miss out on opener Jean Dawson! Weatherman Rogue Soul reporting a hot evening ahead with temperatures not dropping below 70 until midnight, so be prepared for the heat and get ready to jam! We’ll have you covered on everything that goes on at the show, so be sure to follow us on social media!

My pleasure - was an amazing read, incredible research and work done on the post. Really hope the band see it and play the song tonight! Hope you have a great time at the show!

The From Zero World Tour is headed to the South, and the next stop is taking Linkin Park to the musical heart of America - the band lands in Nashville, Tennessee tonight for a show at the Bridgestone Arena for their first show in the state in 10 years! We're gonna flip up the history lesson today by going in order, because while Linkin Park has played some immense shows in Nashville over the years, the most important was perhaps the very first one in 2000. The band first visited Nashville in October 2000, just two weeks before Hybrid Theory was released to the world. Opening for the Kottonmouth Kings' Ridin' High Tour, the band stopped in Nashville a day early to hit the studio to record 'My December' for the year's KROQ holiday compilation, promised with an opening slot for the Almost Acoustic Christmas later that year. The song is one of very few Linkin Park songs recorded outside of Los Angeles, and once KROQ received the song on the day of the show, they pushed it straight to radio play the next day. Our friends at LPAssociation just posted an awesome in-depth look at the details of the history surrounding the recording of 'My December,' so if you're interested in this unique moment in Linkin Park's history, read their post! Something fun they noted is that the studio 'My December' was recorded in -- though it is now demolished -- is just down the street from the Bridgestone Arena that Linkin Park is playing at tonight! The band performed in Antioch, a suburb of Nashville, on an Offest day during their Ozzfest 2001 venture, the next summer in July. While we know quite a bit about the details surrounding the recording of 'My December,' we have no info on the actual shows the band played in Tennessee around this time, so if you were there and remember any info, let us know! The band returned to Nashville on the Meteora World Tour, performing their very first show at the venue (then known as the Gaylord Entertainment Center) and bringing a number of rare tracks along with them - including the Tennessee debut of 'My December!' Beyond being hit with a number of tracks from Meteora for the first time, including 'From The Inside' and 'Don't Stay' with an extended intro, the band whipped our rarities like 'It's Goin' Down' and 'Nobody's Listening' in full at this show! 'P5hng Me A*wy' was dropped from this show for an unknown reason, despite being part of the setlist for the rest of the tour. Mike brought up a fan name Dallas onstage to play 'Faint' with them, and even more guests came onstage for 'One Step Closer' - Sonny Sandoval from P.O.D., Dan Marsala from Story Of The Year, and Doug Robb from Hoobastank all came out to jam with the band! Linkin Park returned to the venue again in 2008 on the Winter North American Tour during the Minutes To Midnight World Tour, delivering the unreal Set T to the city. Opening with 'What I've Done' and its legendary AMBO Intro, the band then launched into 'Faint,' 'No More Sorrow' with its long intro, 'Somewhere I Belong,' 'Lying From You,' 'Points Of Authority' with an 'In Stereo' intro and 'There They Go' outro (which saw some technical difficulties), and 'From The Inside' - what an unreal start to a show! Other treats in the setlist included 'Hands Held High' in full, 'Valentine's Day,' and 'A Place For My Head' in the encore - and we can't forget that they threw 'My December' in again to start the first encore! Linkin Park's full show at the Gaylord Entertainment Center (now the Bridgestone Arena) in Nashville, Tennessee on February 29, 2004. An essential recording of this tour, which featured an awesome setlist full of rarities we'd love to see today! Linkin Park last performance in Nashville was in 2015, on the ill-fated The Hunting Party North American Tour. Nashville was the second of only three shows that actually took place on that tour after the majority of it had to be cancelled due to Chester breaking his ankle before the following show in Indianapolis. This setlist saw the debut of the 2015 version of Set B for its one and only performance. 'From The Inside' and 'A Place For My Head' were added to the set in place of 'With You,' 'Rebellion,' 'Somewhere I Belong,' and 'Until It's Gone,' while the 2014 version of 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You' appeared for the very last time to date. Aaron Pauley of Of Mice & Men came out to join the band for the 'Iridescent' portion of the Ballad Medley, while former vocalist Austin Carlile came out to sing 'Faint' with them! Linkin Park's sixth show in Nashville is tonight - will history continue to be written? Linkin Park performing the 'Remember The Name' portion of Mike's Solo Medley and the 2014 Abridged Version of 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You' at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on January 17, 2015! This was the last time 'Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You' was performed in any form, with the original 'Lying From You' returning to the sets in 2024. The band brought the house down once again at their last show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday! Linkin Park delivered Set B (with 'Iridescent' interludes) to the crowd, opening Act I with 'Somewhere I Belong,' 'Crawling,' 'Cut The Bridge' with the Moscow Intro, 'Lying From You,' and 'The Emptiness Machine.' Act II followed suit with its standard run including 'Up From The Bottom' and 'The Catalyst.' 'Castle Of Glass' and 'Given Up' rotated into their respective slots, but Mike really brought the goods with his solo medley, rapping his verse from the Ziggurats album's 'Richard Bachman' for the first time ever! Not only was this the song's first appearance ever, it was the first time anything from Mike's Twitch/NFT collection of songs has been performed live! Seems like some more rare verses are back on the menu after he was seeming to get comfortable with 'Lift Off' and 'Until It Breaks' for a bit! 'Good Things Go' came in Act III, while 'A Place For My Head' took the final rotation in the encore. 'One' by Metallica was played by Mike on keys during the extended intro of 'Overflow,' as well. While the variety on the setlists from night to night may not be as unpredictable as the Europe Tour this summer, there are still fun moments every night making each show special! If the band keeps their setlist rotation in order, Nashville should be lined up for Set C ('Burn It Down' vocals in the interludes) tonight, last performed in Detroit, Michigan a week ago. Set C should deliver the following songs to Nashville: 'Points Of Authority,' 'Crawling,' and 'New Divide' in Act I, 'Lies Greed Misery' and either 'IGYEIH' or 'Keys To The Kingdom' (likely the latter, as 'IGYEIH' was played in Detroit) in Act II, 'Stained' in Act III, and 'Let You Fade' at the end of the main set. Given that the song was essentially born in the city, LOTS of fans online have been campaigning for the band to add 'My December' into the show for tonight's set! The song was being performed in a new acoustic version in 2024, so it's really not out of the question for the band to bring it back out tonight for Nashville. The song hasn't been performed in its home since 2008 on the Minutes To Midnight Tour after being skipped in 2015, so it's high time for a homecoming performance! IT would be a lovely moment as 'My December' was perhaps one of the most emotional moments of the sets last year, and was really a welcome treat for everyone who got to hear it. We'd love to see it make an appearance in Nashville, too, so we're right there with all of you hoping it shows up! Linkin Park's full show (and Jean Dawson's full set) from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 19, 2025! An epic crowd and in-form performance from the band, this is definitely one you want to check out! Jean Dawson will be opening the show in Nashville, and his sets have been impressing Linkin Park fans once again. His eclectic blend of genres (with a foundation of hip-hop) brings quite an electrifying start to the show, with tracks like 'Black Sugar' and 'THREE HEADS*' kicking off the set. More poppy tracks like 'Die For Me' and 'New Age Crisis' bring a lighter mix to the set before 'MENTHOL*' takes things out on an anthemic note. His set will definitely impress and get you ready for Linkin Park to follow, so don't miss him if you can make it there early! Who's going to the show? Weatherman Rogue Soul here to report that after some strong storms rolling through yesterday, things should clear right up today for the show but will remain hot with temperatures in the low 90s. A stray thunderstorm can't be ruled out leading into the evening, but it should otherwise be a pretty hot and clear day, so dress light and maybe bring a hoodie along in case the rain does start coming down! After this show, the band travels deeper into the center of the United States as they hit the Midwest with shows in St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis over the next week! Linkin Park expanded their 2026 touring schedule next year with the announcement of second nights for all three dates on their Australian Tour next March, doubling the length of the tour. With all the recent Linkinpedia updates we've been doing as far as the show pages show, we'd like your help in expanding them further! We are looking for pictures or scans of a number of items from the band's 2025 tour, including wristbands, tickets, setlists, exclusive pop-up store content, and more. If you have anything to contribute, check out our thread on the matter and submit your pictures directly to us - if they meet the mark we will get them uploaded to the show pages and credit you (and also blur your information out where applicable)! Be sure to check out the site to see our recent changes to the show pages (including marked rotation songs, album breakdowns, and more statistics) if you haven't already, and enjoy the upgrades to our LPLive and Linkinpedia servers with faster loading times on both sites! We've also recently launched an LPLive Newsletter for those looking for more of a TL;DR version of what's going on with the tour than my pre-show posts - we'll be sending it out every couple of weeks so as to not flood your inbox, but we'll be bringing you an overview of both tour and general news updates in these, so be sure to sign up if you haven't already! We'll have you covered on everything the band does at this show and everything they whip out for the rest of the year, so be sure to sign up on the forums and follow us on social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!

Linkin Park are returning down under for the first time in 13 years in March next year, and the fun just doubled - every show is getting a second night, only two days after the tour went onsale! The new nights are in bold: March 3, 2026 - Brisbane, QLD (Brisbane Entertainment Center) March 5, 2026 - Brisbane, QLD (Brisbane Entertainment Center) March 8, 2026 - Melbourne, VIC (Rod Laver Arena) March 10, 2026 - Melbourne, VIC (Rod Laver Arena) March 14, 2026 - Sydney, NSW (Qudos Bank Arena) March 15, 2026 - Sydney, NSW (Qudos Bank Arena) LPU Legacy + Passport Plus Pre-Sale: August 21 @ 12PM AEST Public Onsale: August 22 @ 11AM AEST Though it's a small tour, when's the last time you can say every show on the tour got a second night? An impressive sight to see once again from the band in the new era! Who's planning on going to any of the new shows?

Pennsylvania, we're not done with you just yet! After a much needed few days off, the From Zero World Tour continues back to the west as Linkin Park returns to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the first time since 2003 (and the first time in the area since 2008) for their first show ever at the PPG Paints Arena on August 19, 2025! While Philly gets most of the attention from the band in this state, this will be Linkin Park's fifth show in Pittsburgh, our eighth overall if we include Burgettstown right outside of Pittsburgh. That's where the band's last show in the Pittsburgh-area was back in 2008 on Projekt Revolution 2008, performing at the Post-Gazette Pavilion (now called The Pavilion at Star Lake) as the second stop of the tour. The band debuted a modified Set Y at this show, making changes like switching out the piano version of 'Pushing Me Away' for the album version and subbing in 'We Made It,' a rare performance of the song right off its debut with Busta Rhymes, Spliff Star, and Adam Monroe all joining the band onstage. Chris Cornell joined the band for 'Crawling,' which featured its 'KRWLNG' intro with a verse of 'Hands Held High' over it. Other great moments from this show include the Street Drum Corps performing an intro before 'What I've Done' and its AMBO Intro opened the show and coming out again for 'One Step Closer' to end the show with Linkin Park and Mike rapping 'Bloc Party' over the extended intro of 'Points Of Authority!' Chester also joined Chris Cornell during his set earlier in the day for 'Hunger Strike' by Temple Of The Dog! The band's show before that in the area was also at this venue in Burgettstown, though this time we are jumping back to the Meteora World Tour - more specifically, Projekt Revolution 2004! This show came more in the middle of the tour, but featured all the epics you'd expect from a tour this famous: the Blood, Anger, Suffering Outro Transition from 'Figure.09' into 'From The Inside,' Jonathan Davis coming out to sing the Reanimated Bridge on 'One Step Closer,' the Hip-Hop Medley featuring 'Step Up,' 'Nobody's Listening,' and 'It's Goin' Down' (featuring breakdancing from Ivan the Urban Action Figure), and the band's cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Wish!' Bert McCracken from The Used came out as well to play 'Faint' with the band. Pittsburgh has certainly seen a whole crew of guests come out throughout the years! Things get a little hazy from here. Linkin Park's last show in Pittsburgh proper goes all the way back to December 2003, headlining The X's Kick Ass X-Mas. Weatherman Rogue Soul taking over the history section here - heavy snow in the area almost prevented this show from occurring as it was uncertain as to whether or not all the bands could make it through the conditions - but the show went on! We have no idea what the set was at this show (as is the case for many of these earlier shows in Pittsburgh), but we know the fans who braved the snow definitely got a kick ass set. Jumping back to the Hybrid Theory World Tour, the band's first jaunt in Burgettstown was on Ozzfest 2001. We don't know the setlist once again for this one, but we know something that's perhaps far more important: Chester dressed up as Super Chester and invaded Papa Roach's stage during their set (it was Jacoby Shaddix's birthday)! Check out the pictures on the show page! The only known set from Pittsburgh around this area was from earlier in the year, when the band played Metropol (moved from Club Laga due to demand) on the Street Soldiers Tour - and it even has a recording! Opening with the legendary duo of 'With You' and 'Runaway,' the band burst through all of the rare Hybrid Theory essentials like 'Forgotten,' 'By Myself,' 'And One,' and the Mike Shinoda Remix of 'High Voltage,' while still finding time for the soon-to-be hits like 'Papercut' and 'In The End.' The band performed at the same venue in November 2000, opening for P.O.D. on their King Of The Game Tour. Linkin Park's very first show in Pittsburgh took place at Club Laga, opening for the Union Underground on their An Education In Rebellion Tour in July 2000. The band did a photoshoot earlier that day - and one of the photos from this shoot became the back cover of Hybrid Theory! More pictures from this show came out with the Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary release in 2020, as well. Pittsburgh has always had a place in Linkin Park history, whether you knew it or not! If you were at any of these early shows and happen to remember some details, let us know! Also of note is that this is a make-up show of sorts for Pittsburgh, as the last time the band was scheduled to play in the city was back in 2015 - in January on the ill-fated The Hunting Party North American Tour. After breaking his ankle playing basketball before the show, Chester managed to make his way through the Indianapolis set on a scooter and crutches, Pittsburgh was next up to bat. Unfortunately, both Pittsburgh and Albany were cancelled the next day so that the severity of Chester's injury could be assessed. Ultimately, Chester needed surgery immediately and the recovery following meant that the whole rest of the tour had to be cancelled. Had the show gone on, it would've been the band's first show at the venue. Redemption is finally here for Pittsburgh! Check out the full video recording of Linkin Park's first headlining show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania back on February 15, 2001 at Metropol! Pennsylvania has continued to cement its place in Linkin Park's history books with the last show of the From Zero World Tour, which took place in Philadelphia on Saturday. This was actually the very first show at the venue after changing its name - from the Wells Fargo Center to the Xfinity Mobile Arena! The band ended the pre-show playlist with Survivor's 'Eye Of The Tiger' and The Eagles' Victory Song, during which the Eagles' mascot Swoop came out onstage! The band ripped into Set A (featuring 'Castle Of Glass' in its interludes), rotating in 'Lying From You' and 'New Divide' for Act I before 'The Emptiness Machine' wrapped up the first part of the show. 'Lies Greed Misery' returned once again in the middle of Act II before 'Two Faced,' and Mike rapped verse two of 'When They Come For Me' during his solo for the first time since Tulsa, Oklahoma back in May! 'Casualty' was the heavy rotation of the night before 'One Step Closer' brought the show to its half-way point. 'Over Each Other' was featured after 'Lost' as the ballad rotation, and 'From The Inside' topped things off at the end of the main set! The Control Colin 'Numb' intro returned at this show after being absent for a couple, and the crowd choice option #1, which led to a disco-themed 'Numb/Encore' intro and an extended jam outro. Mike also paid further tribute to Philadelphia by performing 'You Got Me' by The Roots during the extended intro of 'Overflow.' 'Heavy Is The Crown' and 'Bleed It Out' (with a verse of 'A Place For My Head' in the extended bridge) closed out the main set, meaning 'In The End' and 'Faint' brought the show to an epic close. The crowd was unrelenting and loud as hell, perhaps the loudest of the whole U.S. tour so far - what else would you expect from Philly? It feels like a stretch calling Pittsburgh part of the northeast per se, but the band's run in this corner of the country (and Canada) has been nothing short of massive for the band, with sold out shows and epic crowds to boot. Can Pittsburgh keep up the energy? Pittsburgh seems to be lined up for Set B - at this stage of the tour, it seems the band has settled in on each set having specific rotations (with a few surprises thrown in every so often), so let's see if we can predict what's coming based off the patterns from the previous shows. The last appearance of Set B ('Iridescent' themed interludes) was in Chicago last week, and featured the following rotations: 'Crawling,' 'Cut The Bridge,' and 'Lying From You' (in that order) in Act I, 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Given Up' (as well as the first appearance of 'It's Goin' Down' in Mike's solo medley) in Act II, 'Good Things Go' in Act III, and 'A Place For My Head' in the encore. That's what I'm locking in for Pittsburgh, but there's always room for change: 'IGYEIH' and 'Keys To The Kingdom' lurk in the shadows for the heavy rotation in Act II, seemingly rotating themselves between performances of Set C, but are always ready to pop out at a moment's notice! The 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Castle Of Glass' rotation is missing a third friend as well in one of the sets - perhaps bringing 'Lost In The Echo' back out could make it a true Living Things rotation spot! We'll see what happens in Pittsburgh, but we're sure whatever unfolds will be a spectacle! Linkin Park's full set at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 16, 2025! Jean Dawson will be opening the show, fresh off of his From Zero World Tour debut! His music is a blend of indie rock and hip-hop, delivering anthemic verses and soaring choruses that bring a certain kind of sunshine to the room. He opened his set in Philadelphia with 'Black Sugar,' a spiraling hip-hop track infused with 80s synthwave and verses that almost crawl out to you. Dawson runs through other tracks like 'New Age Crisis' and 'Die For Me' before wrapping things up with 'MENTHOL*.' Dawson brings a more dramatic and indie flair to the start of the night, but is definitely a great vibe to get you going! It'd be interesting to see if he comes out onstage to join the band like Lynn from PVRIS was for the first run of shows - maybe his style would suit 'Overflow' or a more mellow song like 'Where'd You Go.' If you can make it early to see him, don't miss his set! Who's going to the show? Weatherman Rogue Soul clocking back in again to report it'll be pretty hot and muggy, but an otherwise pretty nice day with temperatures reaching up to the lower 90's and only dipping down to around 69°C at night. Make sure you stay hydrated and dress light! After this show, the band continues through the center of America with shows coming up in Nashville, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis in the coming days. With all the recent Linkinpedia updates we've been doing as far as the show pages show, we'd like your help in expanding them further! We are looking for pictures or scans of a number of items from the band's 2025 tour, including wristbands, tickets, setlists, exclusive pop-up store content, and more. If you have anything to contribute, check out our thread on the matter and submit your pictures directly to us - if they meet the mark we will get them uploaded to the show pages and credit you (and also blur your information out where applicable)! Be sure to check out the site to see our recent changes to the show pages (including marked rotation songs, album breakdowns, and more statistics) if you haven't already, and enjoy the upgrades to our LPLive and Linkinpedia servers with faster loading times on both sites! We've also recently launched an LPLive Newsletter for those looking for more of a TL;DR version of what's going on with the tour than my pre-show posts - we'll be sending it out every couple of weeks so as to not flood your inbox, but we'll be bringing you an overview of both tour and general news updates in these, so be sure to sign up if you haven't already! We'll have you covered on everything the band does at this show and everything they whip out for the rest of the year, so be sure to sign up on the forums and follow us on social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!