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Thanks everyone for the post compliments. I feel the love Crazy that when this album was released, I was 7. One of my earliest memories of music was listening to WID whenever I saw my aunt. It was one of three songs I remember from my childhood - the others are 'Thnks Fr Th Mmrs' by Fall Out Boy and 'The Kill' by Thirty Seconds To Mars. WID and, to an extent, this whole album will always hold a place in my heart because of that.

Linkin Park has just uploaded a "proshot" video of 'Heavy' from their recent performance at Sao Paulo's Maximus Festival to their YouTube channel. "Proshot" is in quotes because this is clearly not filmed by a professional camera, but most definitely features properly mixed audio. This makes the third proshot full band performance of 'Heavy' (the others being The Late Late Show With James Corden and at the ECHO Awards) and the first pro-shot of any OML track at a real show. There's been plenty of pro releases of stripped-down versions of the tracks, but few full-band performances (which is changing by the end of the week!) This may be filmed vertically, but, hey, at least the audio's good. A fun fact about this performance that you can't make out in the video: Mike had the crowd create two massive moshpits before the song, just to "fuck with people who watch it back on Instagram or YouTube." Now that would've made for a good proshot. For more LP news, follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page. You can expect more proshots of more One More Light songs over the course of the week, as the band will be performing for Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday and at the iHeartRadio Theater next Monday. Check out the rest of the band's 2017 touring schedule here.

Linkin Park only just got done touring in South America, but they're rolling with the promotion. One More Light is due out on Friday (May 19), and the band already has some lined up appearances this week for promotion. But will we see more than what we know of? Good Morning America just tweeted out about a special "POP-UP GMA" week they're doing, featuring the likes of Sara Bareilles, Bon Jovi, and... Linkin Park! The event looks like it will be taking place tomorrow. It seems that the band will be performing in an undisclosed place somewhere in the U.S. tomorrow. The band is confirmed to be performing for Good Morning America later this year in August, amidst their One More Light North American Tour. Signs are pointing to New York City - GMA films there, Mike is there, and the band just announced a livestream that will be taking place at 4:00PM EST tomorrow from Facebook Live in New York. What will we see happen? If the band does perform a show, what will it be like? A stripped down performance like they did earlier this year? A full band show? We'll have to find out tomorrow. If you're in a city, be on the look out for any clues you can find. We'll let you know what we can dig up! Mike and Chester did several promo appearances in Europe and North America in March and April, promoting 'Heavy' and the new album. This is the one they did in Paris, France, where they did a Q&A and performed stripped down versions of songs like 'Battle Symphony' (the live debut, in fact) and 'Burn It Down'. Will we see something similar tomorrow? As far as confirmed performances go, the band will be performing in Los Angeles, California on Thursday for Jimmy Kimmel Live and then go to Las Vegas, Nevada for the One More Light release party show. After that, the band will play at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank on Monday. The band isn't taking any breaks this time! For updates on this and more, follow our Twitter and like our Facebook page. Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2017 touring schedule here.

Imagine if all of time was placed on a single clock, the beginning to end spanning between a 24 hour period. Eons have passed as the clock ticks down slowly, eventually reaching its final seconds. That is where we find ourselves on this clock, in the last moments before the clock strikes midnight. Humanity has only been on the clock for about 5 minutes, yet in that time we have created war, destroyed the forests of our planets, and brought sorrow to each other. As the end nears, the only ones we have to blame are ourselves. That is the premise of Linkin Park's third record, Minutes To Midnight. When it was released in 2007, the world was just beginning to understand the gravity of our situation and what we've done to the planet. It's an album of emotional fervor, channeled through the very toils of our minds. It discusses politics, self-destruction, and environmental fallout, all placed in the hands of us, humans. While this album was released in 2007, it's message has become all the more true today, perhaps with even more intense meaning. Perhaps ten years ago we never understood the power this record had, or the truth it held, because on its ten year anniversary we still don't have the answers to the outcries this record has. We are still battling climate change, still fighting wars, still not at peace with ourselves. Minutes To Midnight is much more than a call-to-arms, though. It's an album that changed the game for Linkin Park. It was their big comeback album, 2003's Meteora being their last record, and Mike was fresh off the heels of Fort Minor's original run in 2005 and 2006. Linkin Park had finally come loose of their nu-metal roots and taken a more alternative route, replacing angst with more emo tendencies. (If you want to read more on the connections between 2007 and now that Minutes To Midnight has, check out the review I wrote for the album earlier this week on my website Immortal Reviews. #shamelessplug) Special thanks to martinez for this great picture! For us at LPLive, there's no doubt that we appreciate the live aspect of the record a lot, and for good reason. Of all the band's albums out right now, Minutes To Midnight translated live in a very strong fashion. All of the record was performed live before the end of the cycle, each track having its own special qualities live. Here's a track-by-track look at all of the songs on the record and their live performances: Wake - The intro track of the record served as an intro to 'Given Up' for more or less its entire run from 2007-2008. The song opened up the show in a few setlists (2007's Set A, for example) but was normally played a little later into the set. In 2008, a new version of the song was made, dubbed 'Wake 2.0.' The song pretty much disappeared after the Minutes To Midnight tour ended, save for a one-off performance at the beginning of 2014. Given Up - While this track has finally reached the end of its run now that the One More Light cycle has come, it has certainly left behind a legacy. 'Given Up' was a staple song since its debut in 2007, usually bringing some raw energy at the beginning of every show. The song's famous 17-second scream has only been pulled a handful of times: Selma 2007, Columbus 2008, and the 2007 pre-tour rehearsals. Chester pulling off the brutal full scream during 'Given Up' in Selma, Texas 2007. Leave Out All The Rest - This song holds a place in all of our hearts. It's live performances have always been a treat, too. It was a mid-set song for most of the Minutes To Midnight touring cycle before slowly falling out of rotation during the A Thousand Suns cycle. Fun fact: it originally wasn't even going to be part of any of the setlists on that cycle, but after Mike read a thread on LPLive about the lack of variety in the setlists, they added this song (as well as 'Lying From You') to the setlist starting in Köln 2010. It returned as part of the Ballad Medley in 2012 until 2016, but now it's back in a beautiful new live version that can't be described as anything but perfect. The new 2017 Version of 'Leave Out All The Rest,' which also serves as the band's way of celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the record. Bleed It Out - This song needs little introduction. It's the band's signature closing song now, becoming a staple track since its debut in 2007. The song has evolved into a monster over the years, famous for its extended bridge which normally features treats like a verse of 'A Place For My Head' or 'Reading My Eyes' (even 'No Roads Left' in 2011!) or the occasional drum solo by Rob. It's closed pretty much every show for the last 3 years, and for good reason. It's the perfect finale song for any Linkin Park gig, serving as both a celebratory end to a great night and one more emotional outcry. Shadow Of The Day - Another emotional single from the record, this one was played a lot between 2007 and 2011, somehow managing to outlive 'Leave Out All The Rest.' It was included in the Ballad Medley from 2012 to 2016, as well. It was never a particularly exciting song to hear live, but it was one that you could always connect to and enjoy in the heat of the moment. One interesting moment for the song was in Mansfield 2007, where Brad started playing the solo too low and instead of fixing it, played an improvised one. What I've Done - Another song that needs no introduction. The album's lead single has stood the test of time and remained a powerful song in the setlist ever since its first moments. It's had some of the band's best live extensions, from the legendary AMBO Intro in 2008 and 2009 to the extended guitar solo bridge they've been using since 2014. It's done it all, from being an epic introduction to a massive closer, as well as featuring extensions from every end. Talk about an iconic song. 'What I've Done' was host to one of the band's most dramatic extensions ever, the AMBO Intro, which was first used in 2008, used at shows including this one - New York City 2008. Hands Held High - While its full band version was only performed a handful of times in 2007 and 2008, it is perhaps most well known for its dramatic a cappella performances. Mike would rap the song's first verse during 'Crawling' as the haunting 'KRWLNG' intro played under it, making it a powerful moment at every show. In 2009, Mike rapped the first verse a cappella and saved the second verse for the 'KRWLNG' intro. The song hasn't seen much action since then, but it was featured a few times during Mike's Solo Medley in 2014 and was mashed up with 'Waiting For The End' in Fort Minor's 2015 gigs. No More Sorrow - Perhaps one of the band's most epic live songs ever. 'No More Sorrow' was a powerful track for its lifespan between 2007 and 2011 (and goddamn do we want it back in 2017). It opened plenty of shows on a giant note with its epic extended intro, but the anger and energy it exuded always made a statement no matter where in the set it was. I think all of can agree that this song would fit right in place in the sets today given all the political division throughout the world. It's not the best video, but it's one of the most iconic in Linkin Park's history. This is the live debut of 'No More Sorrow' in Berlin 2007, where it became the first Minutes To Midnight track to ever be performed to a crowd. Everything about this video send the fanbase into spirals - the sheer intensity of the track, the desperate need to hear new material, and the fact that cameras weren't even allowed at the show. This is the rawest you can get. Valentine's Day - 'Valentine's Day' wasn't the most performed song ever, but it was a nice treat to hear. It debuted in 2008 and was played throughout the year, eventually gaining a sweet guitar intro before it. It was even played on Valentine's Day that year in St. Paul, Minnesota! In Between - Perhaps the most insignificant song on the record in terms of live performances, it was a rare one performed sporadically at the start of 2008. If you heard it live, you were lucky, because it was only performed 13 times between January and March 2008. In Pieces - This song was a staple in Minutes To Midnight setlists. It was as energetic as it is on the album, fast-paced and emotional. The solo was rarely performed correctly (but to Brad's credit, it's not the easiest one to nail). Chester always added the extra line "Don't lie to me" at the end to give it an even more personal tone. The Little Things Give You Away - The album's heartbreaking conclusion always brought a very emotional note to the record. If you read my review I shamelessly plugged earlier, you'll know how this song essentially served as the centerpiece of the record, bringing everything together in one big final moment. In much the same way, the song served as a centerpiece for every set it was in. Bringing the emotional songs in with the piano intro before transitioning to the more climactic ones by its end, 'The Little Things Give You Away' was always an epic to hear live. Given the theme of One More Light and it being the album's 10 year anniversary, this one would be a welcome return to the sets, as well. 'The Little Things Give You Away' was always one of the most emotional moments of the sets back in 2007 and 2008. This video from the Milton Keynes 2008 DVD does it a lot of justice. For more info on all of these songs' live histories, check out all of their Linkinpedia pages. Minutes To Midnight will always hold a place in our hearts and memories. We'll never forget the emotional meanings behind the songs, nor will we forget the big live performances the band put on for the songs. The album's message play a big role in today's society just as they did 10 years ago, and we've never needed these songs more than we do now. Lots of them would fit right into the theme of One More Light, so they wouldn't be out of place in any set. Whether or not we see them added in on this tour, one thing is for certain: this album has a legacy that will live on through eras, and each song will always be relevant. An album with an unforgettable sound is one thing, but an album with a message that never falters is a true classic. Let us know how you're celebrating the ten-year anniversary of Minutes To Midnight! For even more information on the record, check out its Linkinpedia page. What are your favorite songs or live performances from the era? What songs would you like to see on the One More Light tour? Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page for more MTM throwbacks throughout the day.

Updating all social media, the opening post, and the show page if anyone needs updates.

LP should be on in around 35 minutes (whenever the hour rolls around). What do you guys think will happen? Sharp Edges being performed? TTM replacing Catalyst as the opener in the festival set too?

Sounds like a step in the right direction to me, but admittedly they might be overdoing it The only person who can ruin it for you by your standards is yourself, then. It's your choice to listen to the live versions, so blame yourself for ruining how you take in the record, not LP.

I don't see how them performing a song live will ruin the album. If you don't want to hear it, don't watch the videos or stream of it. Easy. I don't know how hearing the song will prevent you from enjoying them on the record. Everything always sounds fresh on the new album no matter who the artist is - even 'Heavy' will sound sleek in the context of the album.

Wonder if this will actually be done. It's a short song, so they wouldn't really have to worry about time restrictions.

The One More Light South American Tour has quickly reached it's end. After three incredible shows to kick off the One More Light World Tour, it's time to wrap things up on the continent, and what better place to do it than at the Maximus Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil? Linkin Park will headline the second weekend of the Maximus Festival taking place in Brazil on May 13, 2017. The band is no stranger to Brazil, and Brazil is evidently no stranger to them (they're finally coming 2 brasil!!11!). The band has only played a handful of shows in Sao Paulo over the years, but they have a healthy history there. The band's first ever South American show took place there in 2004, which also happened to be the last show of the Meteora World Tour. The set was riddled with classic moments: the Gacela Intro to 'Don't Stay,' the epic outro transition between 'Figure.09' and From The Inside,' and even a cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Wish.' This is one of the highest attended concerts in the band's career, with 60-80,000 estimated attendance. Huge. There was a very long wait for the next Linkin Park show in Brazil. The band skipped the continent on the huge Minutes To Midnight World Tour but to start the next cycle, they kicked it off in South America for A Thousand Suns. After shows in Argentina and Chile, LP headlined Starts With You Music & Arts Festival in Itu, Brazil, just outside of Sao Paulo. After the failed experiment to close the show with 'What I've Done' (which lasted just three shows total), 'Bleed It Out' returned to the end of the setlist at this performance. The band didn't return to the city until 2012 on the Living Things World Tour, where they brought tracks like 'In My Remains' and 'Victimized (w/ QWERTY)' to the table. Fans might remember watching that broadcast with us! 27,000+ people were in attendance - a huge crowd. Watch the band rock the Hybrid Theory classic 'With You' at their 2012 show in Sao Paulo. While the band has played just two shows in Sao Paulo, they have played in other cities across Brazil, unlike the other South American countries that they have visited. In Argentina, they've only played Buenos Aires, in Chile they've only played Santiago, and in Peru they've only played Lima. But in Brazil, Linkin Park played two nights in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 along with a show in Porto Alegre. A show in Curitiba almost happened but the tour was rerouted due to production issues. Two years later in 2014, they performed in Belo Horizonte and Brasilia for Circuito Banco do Brasil. While more headlining shows were in the talks, they ended up not happening sadly. Overall, this will be Linkin Park's third show in Sao Paulo but ninth in Brazil. It's their first visit to Brazil since the 2014 shows, which were the only South American appearances at all on The Hunting Party World Tour. Being that it's the last show of the tour, we can't help but wonder if there'll be a surprise or two. So far, every show has had something going on with it. Buenos Aires was obviously a big surprise, considering it was the first show of the world tour, with an epic 'Fallout / Roads Untraveled' intro debuting, as well other rare old tracks like 'The Catalyst' and 'Leave Out All The Rest.' The following show in Santiago saw the debut of the headlining setlist, featuring 'Waiting For The End' (with a new intro featuring 'Remember The Name') and the live debuts of 'Invisible' and 'One More Light.' A new show opener was used, with the 'Fallout' intro going into 'Talking To Myself' instead. No huge changes were made structure-wise in the massive Lima show, but there were a few interesting moments: Mike rapping 'A Place For My Head' over the ending of 'Castle Of Glass' and going straight into 'In The End' after letting the crowd sing the entire first verse before the entire band kicks in during the first chorus. Some questions will definitely be answered at this show: will 'The Catalyst' be the opening song the festival set? Will Mike try something else over the ending of 'Castle Of Glass?' Will more One More Light songs be added into the mix? Who knows. Let us know what you think. Since Buenos Aires was a 90 minute set, Brazil might be the same and we might be seeing another abbreviated setlist without Invisible or One More Light. But since Invisible is the brand new single, maybe they drop something else for it. Watch the band perform their new song 'Invisible' for the first time to a public crowd in Santiago. Who's going to the show? Brazil always brings some crazy crowds to the show, so it's bound to be one for the record books. Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page for updates on the show, and check back here for more. After this show, the band has a few west coast promo shows to play before heading to Europe in June and July. In other news, One More Light is only a week away! Minutes To Midnight turns ten this weekend, so get ready to celebrate it with us. Don't miss out these new Cookies songs Mike and Chester did for their appearance on Good Mythical Morning - good stuff. 1. Fallout (w/ Roads Untravaled) 2. The Catalyst (Shortened) 3. Wastelands 4. Talking To Myself 5. Burn It Down 6. One Step Closer (2017 Intro; Ext. Outro) 7. Castle Of Glass (Experience Version; 2017 Ending w/ APFMH Verse 1) 8. Good Goodbye (Live Version) 9. Lost In The Echo (Shortened) 10. Battle Symphony (Fucked up intro streak: 4 shows) 11. New Divide 12. Breaking The Habit (Acapella Outro) 13. Crawling (Piano Version) 14. Leave Out All The Rest (2017 Version) (this is getting bolded every night bc it's so damn good) 15. Somewhere I Belong 16. What I've Done (2017 Intro; Ext. Guitar Solo Bridge) 17. In The End 18. Faint (Ext. Outro) 19. Numb (Numb/Encore Intro + Outro) 20. Heavy (w/ moshpits to fuck with people) 21. Papercut 22. Bleed It Out Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2017 touring schedule here.

Here's something new: COG Experience w/ APFMH V1 over the new ending. https://twitter.com/LPLive/status/862861709232549889

Haha, that was hilarious. It feels like the band is having a lot more fun this cycle, both with these promo performances and onstage. Great to see all this energy.

You know, you seem to be really on top of how Heavy is performing. You could make your own thread in the Everything LP section if you wanted to, I think a lot of people would like to see this stuff.

Sweet dude. I know Mark and some others are also going to this show, maybe we should get a little LPLive Meetup going.

Wow, surprised not many of you like it. I love this track, has a great vibe and Mike sounds incredible on it. So far for me: 1. One More Light 2. Talking To Myself 3. Invisible 4. Heavy 5. Battle Symphony 6. Good Goodbye EDIT: these are my full thoughts on the song.

I wrote this originally as part of the thread but we took it out for the sake of being quick and to the point. Luckily, this post doesn't have to be brief. This is an editorial on the state of Ticketmaster and the ticketing economy in terms of everything going on with it, even beyond this pre-sale. Enjoy. ------------ Ticketmaster has proved time and time again that they truly one of the most deplorable companies to ever exist. Let's step back from the disaster of this pre-sale and look at them as a whole. Expensive ticket prices are understandable. People have to get paid, production needs to be covered, venue needs a share - we get it. Having to pay an additional fee that's a substantial percent of your ticket to Ticketmaster (disguised as a "venue" or "service" fee, or something along those lines)? Disgusting. What we have here is a nearly total monopoly of the ticketing franchise in North America (and probably beyond, but I only know as far as in terms of the United States). Ticketmaster is allowed to get away with ridiculous fees and inflating ticket prices because they own nearly every major amphitheater in the United States, thanks to its 2010 merger with Live Nation (who, by association, are also fucks). Any amphitheater you can think of, Ticketmaster probably has a stake in it. In order to keep those venues running, they have a service fee that comes with every ticket. Also understandable, as these places need to be kept going for running. What isn't understandable is how every single ticket purchased by every single person comes with an minimum of $20 service fee. What isn't understandable is how even after being sued for this, they continue to be able to ruin the magic of going to a show. I bought tickets for West Palm Beach and Tampa today, and I had to worry about a lot of things. Let's start small, with this pre-sale itself. Firstly, I had to worry about being able to use my pre-sale code whatsoever. I'm from New Jersey, so I was in line for the Flushing show, but I learned after the dates were announced that I wouldn't be able to go to any of the shows in my area because I'll be on the west coast. For reasons that will not be said (at the moment), going to a show on this tour poses something really awesome, so my family and I decided to go to Florida for a vacation to coincide with the shows. I was, at the peak of things, #13 in the entire NY area for the presale, so I wasn't about to give that up and change my location (I ended at #55, which is still pretty damn good). Thanks to the lack of communication on the pre-sale management side, I wasn't even sure if I would be able to buy tickets in the first place. Luckily, I was able to, which brings me to the second point of worry: actually purchasing the tickets. I needed to buy 3 tickets for each show: one for me, my dad, and my sister. I went for the West Palm Beach show first. I had brought my laptop to school just to buy the tickets, and lo-and-behold, the promised "four tickets per code" had turned to two, as that was the most amount of seats I could select. Whatever, I'd just buy one separately. I was able to secure some great seats for WPB, but at a cost - literally. The two initial tickets I bought cost me almost $300. The seat themselves were $117 each - so for the seats I paid $237. That means I paid $60 in fees alone, or $30 per seat. $300 for two seats, and I still had four more to purchase? Oh boy. I managed to get all the seats I wanted to buy (I have front section seats in West Palm Beach and seats behind the mixing board in Tampa, which were about $30 less), with everything coming out to be between $700 and $800. For two shows. How much of that is fees? Roughly $360. I understand that maintaining a venue must be hard work and definitely must be costly, especially considering how many they have to keep up. But now consider this: how many people are buying tickets daily to these hundreds of venues across the country? Can you imagine how much they make from just these goddamned fees? I don't know how much it is to maintain a venue, but I know for a fact that after collecting all of these fees since 1971 and still being able to stand so confidently, they are overdoing it. This monopoly hasn't gone unheard, but the victories in the rebellion against it were only brief. Allow me to bring some APUSH knowledge into this, to help explain how blasphemous this is: the Sherman Antitrust Act. In the 1880s and 1890s, many businesses were building monopolies, finding ways to essentially eliminate any other small competitors in the process. The Sherman Antitrust Act stopped one of such ways of eliminating smaller businesses: by manipulating prices of the major brand such that they will be lower than the competition, and then once the competition goes out of business, to raise the price again. Ticketmaster was, in fact, sued over the fact that their practices did not fall in line with the Sherman Antitrust Act in 2003, and lost the case, though the settlement was never made public and it's still uncertain how it affected them. The act also stipulates that an "innocent monopoly," or one that is created by having actual quality above the rest, is perfectly fine. The sad part is, that isn't what's happening here. Ticketmaster has effectively recreated this scenario, though in different terms: it's not that they lower prices to eliminate competition (ha, lowering ticket prices. funny jokes). It's that they have eliminated any possibility of competition whatsoever. They own a huge majority of the venues in the United States, so they have exclusive access to pretty much all of the ticket sales for all of them. The bigger venues they don't hold will go to Ticketmaster to drive sales, because they are the only available market out there. The closest thing Ticketmaster has to competition is scalpers, which is a whole other argument. Ticketmaster hasn't come out of this monopoly unscathed, but they've found ways around it. Many of you may remember when Ticketmaster lost a lawsuit in 2013 (Schlesinger v Ticketmaster, which began in 2003), which was filled against them for not explaining their excessive fees. As a settlement, Ticketmaster issued out $2.25 vouchers for those who bought tickets via their website over a decade and a half prior. On the grand scheme of things, it definitely took a bite out of the company, but they were able to heal quickly. A maximum of 17 vouchers were issued per person, and you could only use one per ticket (so, if you hit the max, you had $38.25 to spend on tickets, but not all at once). Additionally, there were only select shows that the vouchers could be used for. Those vouchers expire some time in 2020, but don't hold your breath: the list of shows that were applicable hasn't been updated since they actually made the list in 2015. Even looking at how Ticketmaster has tried to appear more fan-oriented will show that they truly don't know how to do things right. The system that this pre-sale used has been in practice for a few months now - the Verified Fan Presale. I first encountered it earlier this year when Muse and Thirty Seconds To Mars announced a tour together, because all of you who know me knows I wouldn't be missing that. From that starting experience until now, this presale system has always proven to be a disaster. The day of the Muse presale, I didn't receive my pre-sale code until two hours after it had started (they hadn't made the "group" concept public). The presale promised that the band's truest fans to get first access to tickets; after the pre-sale happened, it became clear this wasn't the case. New fans who had signed up hours before got their codes at the start, while fans who signed up early (including one guy who was a fan since 2005) were left waiting in confusion. This has only continued from there - I'm still waiting for my Ed Sheeran pre-sale code that I signed up for a few months ago. Long-story short, Ticketmaster is the epitome of capitalism gone rogue. They are allowed to exist with their corrupt monopoly without any competition or anyone fighting against them, and unfortunately things aren't going to change. If this pre-sale has proved anything, it's that everything Ticketmaster does is either a faulty system or a corrupt bargain. This forum post really sums it all up, and you don't even know how many times the announcement of this North American tour was pushed back, just for this to happen. We need change, but we can't get it if we don't fight it.

New setlist! 1) Talking To Myself 2) Burn It Down

Won't be in any of the northeast shows, but I'll see whoever's going to Tampa and West Palm Beach

"one substantially shortened song in the entire set."

I'd also like to point out there's only one substantially shortened song in the entire set. Catalyst is barely noticeable save for its breakdown and Crawling is how it's been played for the past few months. You truly love complaining for the sake of complaining, my man.

Thanks for the love on the post guys, feels good to be back. I definitely think there'll be a few differences in this set. I told Mike on Twitter via the LPL Twitter to throw some APFMH action in there, so let's hope we see a bit of that

Holy. Shit. Linkin Park is back (and so are my pre-show posts), ladies and gentlemen, and they're bigger than ever. The One More Light World Tour has officially kicked off, and the band is ready to keep rolling! The second show of the tour is taking the band to Santiago, Chile at the Movistar Arena on May 9 with special guest Rise Against opening for them. This show in Chile will only be the band's second show there. Funny enough, the band's first and only other show in Chile was also the second show of their world tour (ignoring the promo performances), only back in 2010 it was for the A Thousand Suns Tour. All the same, it was a pretty great show: the band headlined the Maquinara Festival with acts like Queens Of The Stone Age and the Cavalera Conspiracy, their set full of new material. Big tracks like 'When They Come For Me' and 'Wretches and Kings' were fresh off the burner, with older tracks filling in the gaps between. This show also featured the third and final time 'What I've Done' ever closed a setlist, after closing the two shows before. 'Bleed It Out' returned as set closer at the following show. A fun fact, about the show, too: the band actually had to stop DJ Erol Alkan's set on another stage because his sound was interfering with theirs. Show them who's boss, LP. The A Thousand Suns era really came with some good sets: watch this unforgettable opener at Santiago 2010, 'The Requiem,' 'The Radiance,' and 'Wretches and Kings' bringing the show to a rocking start. We're not in 2010 anymore, though. We're on the One More Light world tour, and goddamn are we glad to be, because Linkin Park's live show is as epic as ever. The band debuted a brand new setlist at the world tour opening show in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the Maximus Festival. There's so much going on with the set, we're not even entirely sure where to begin. Let's start where the setlist starts: a shocking mashup between the ATS interlude 'Fallout' (being used for the first time since Singapore 2011) and Living Things ballad 'Roads Untraveled,' which has never been performed in any form ever. Epic way to start the set, especially for us live nerds. Promptly following is 'The Catalyst,' opening the show for the third time ever (after two shows in London 2010 and Abu Dhabi 2010), and returning as a full band track for the first time since Kuala Lumpur 2013. Following that came the only surviving song from The Hunting Party, 'Wastelands' sporting the outro transition of 'War' before it. This is actually only the fourth time the full song has ever been played (with the studio intro) - most performances on The Hunting Party World Tour featured a shortened version of 'Runaway' transitioning into it. And then, right after, came the worldwide premiere of One More Light track 'Talking To Myself.' Just like how the band debuted 'Wastelands' in Tucson 2014, this is the first time we've ever heard the full version 'Talking To Myself' (after hearing an acoustic snippet of it at the band's Warner Bros Records party), and, boy, is it something awesome. Enough of me talking about it, just go listen to this live video of it: Talk about badass. That's not where the surprises ended. The set featured a lot of awesome moments: 'Burn It Down' came right after, being featured super early on in the set for the first time ever, followed by 'One Step Closer' with a new spin on its classic 2007 Intro, right into the Experience Version of 'Castle Of Glass' with a newly remixed portion at the end of it. Then came the live debut of 'Good Goodbye,' the live version with Mike's new verse being preceded by a sing-a-long intro. Mike actually changed up his verse from the rehearsal video we heard earlier this month. Chester brought out a sweet guitar on 'Battle Symphony' for the song's full band debut. The classic Acapella Outro to 'Breaking The Habit' made a return, with the piano version of 'Crawling' making its onstage debut. What came next was probably one of the best moments of the night: the brand new version of 'Leave Out All The Rest' with its beautiful intro and rocking ending. Not only is the Ballad Medley (or, as Skipees calls it, the Salad Medley) gone, but this epic version of LOATR feels like a great way to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Minutes To Midnight (which turns ten in one week!). 'What I've Done' also featured a fancy new intro after 'Somewhere I Belong' made an unexpected appearance, with Brad really sounding awesome on the returning extended guitar solo bridge. He also sounded great on the 'Faint' outro which he finally changed up after years. An epic crowd moment occurred during 'In The End,' when the band paused after the intro and let the crowd sing all the way up until the first chorus before starting it over from the first verse. The "encore" went by pretty standardly. There was no break (though it was pretty evident that's where the encore break is meant to be), but 'Numb' kicked it off with its Collision Course additions before 'Heavy' rocked it with epic production. 'Papercut' made a surprise appearance, too, before 'Bleed It Out closed the show. The surprises never ended, from start to finish. There were a few gaps, though, that opens up the question: will we see a headlining set in Chile? Maximus Festival was, as you can clearly see, a festival. That means the band had less time to play than they would a headlining show, this one only lasting around 90 minutes. On The Hunting Party tour, the band was going for a solid 105 minutes at their headlining shows. The thing is, this show is a headlining show. The band probably won't be rehearsing too much between the end of this tour and when they head off to Europe in June, so this'll probably be the set they play at the festivals there, so no time to make a new set for the headlining shows they have planned in the Netherlands, Germany, and England. So, unless they're playing this set for all of the shows, they must have another setlist planned, or at least some changes to this existing one. Some key tracks were missing in this setlist: 'Waiting For The End' and 'Given Up' are noticeably missing. What do you think - will we see a new set at this show? The same one? Or will the band add more songs to this one to fill in the time? Back-to-back: watch the epic production of 'Heavy' go straight into a killer performance of 'Papercut.' Linkin Park's not in it alone at this show. Rise Against are opening for them - and it's not the first time. Rise Against and Linkin Park were touring together for the ill-fated The Hunting Party Winter North American Tour in 2015. It was doomed to be only three shows long, but that didn't stop Tim McIlrath from joining the band onstage for 'Bleed It Out.' It's definitely possible we see this happen again. If you're going to the show, you can expect to hear some new songs from Rise Against like 'The Violence' from their upcoming album Wolves, due out in June. Who's going to the show? We'll be keeping you covered on what goes on during it, so be sure to check back here or follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page for live updates. After this show, the band continues their South American tour with their first ever show in Lima, Peru on May 11 before ending it off in Brazil at the second weekend of the Maximus Festival there. Let us know in the comments or on social media what you think the band will do at this show - play the same set or hit us with something different? We had a little contest in the Custom Setlists thread to see who could make the closest guess to the setlist. Congrats to SasstielExperience for not only getting most of the songs correct, but even predicting some runs of songs correct. In other Linkin Park news, the presale for Linkin Park's One More Light North American Tour will be on May 9 (same day of this show), so if you're planning on getting tickets, get your wallets ready. The band recently shared the wacky video for 'Good Goodbye' featuring Pusha T and Stormzy, so if you want to see Chester play basketball and NOT break his leg (or watch him get dunked on by a little girl), check it out. One More Light is out next week, on May 19, and there are rumors that another song, 'Invisible,' may be shared some time this week, so be on the lookout for that. Don't forget to check out the Sean Dowdell And His Friends? story (Chester's first band) that our hard-working staff member LESTAT shared the other day, too. Follow us on social media (linked above) so you stay up to date. Setlist: 1. Fallout (w/ 'Roads Untraveled') 2. Talking To Myself (First time as opener) 3. Burn It Down 4. The Catalyst (Shortened) 5. Wastelands 6. One Step Closer (2017 Intro; Ext. Outro) 7. Castle Of Glass (Experience Version; 2017 Ending) 8. Good Goodbye 9. Lost In The Echo (Shortened) 10. Battle Symphony (Fucked up intro streak: 2 shows) 11. New Divide 12. Invisible (Public Live Debut) 13. Waiting For The End (Remember The Name Intro; Wall Of Noise Outro) 14. Breaking The Habit (Acapella Outro) 15. One More Light (Full Band Live Debut) 16. Crawling (Piano Version) 17. Leave Out All The Rest (2017 Version) 18. Somewhere I Belong 19. What I've Done (2017 Intro; Ext. Guitar Solo Bridge) 20. In The End 21. Faint (Ext. Outro) --------------------------------- 22. Numb ('Numb/Encore' Intro + Outro) 23. Heavy 24. Papercut 25. Bleed It Out (Ext. Bridge w/ Sing-a-long; Ext. Outro) Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2017 touring schedule here.

This isn't a review. It's just one guy bringing together everything we know about the tracks we haven't heard yet, and taking a crack at the song lengths. If it was actually sourced from a news website and not just a Linkin Park fansite that says in the opening paragraph that he's taken information that he's heard from other people who have heard the record (which I assume means WBR officials + anything they've said in interviews), then it would be more credible. This is all just standard info we know - nothing new.

You sure about that, buddy? You've been saying a lot of things that just aren't correct tonight. Might wanna check your facts/take things into consideration first.

Surprised no one has complained about the only non-single in the setlist being 'Talking To Myself' yet. Fine by me, I think it was executed awesomely.