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Not a terrible remix, not something I think I'll ever listen to again, though. I like the vocal chops part, but everything else is pretty standard.

That setlist isn't great, to be honest, at least in my opinion. BIO could be a good opening track but it would have to be executed right. It's a much better closer no matter how you look at it. The extended parts really make the track what it is and dropping them feels like you're weakening the track. The set doesn't really flow well either; 'Numb' is still a relatively heavy song and going straight into a piano medley is fine if there are more softer tracks backing it. Going straight into 'The Catalyst' afterwards feels far too climactic and interrupts the flow. The second encore feels pretty weird too, 'Given Up' wouldn't sound too great that late into the set considering the strain it puts on Chester. Good ideas, but it feels much too idealistic rather than realistic. It could work, but it'd be pretty hard to pull off and I'm sure it'd be kind of awkward pacing wise. Rob basically injures himself playing it.

Really hope some of these ideas get implemented into the set. Would be great to see some actual fan-input in the set rather than just assumptions that "hey, they'll probably want to hear this" based on Tweets and stuff. Maybe setting up a poll would work. Muse did this in 2016, and include every song in their setlist (including their hits), at a FESTIVAL show. Still, two heavier deep cuts ('Assassin' and 'Butterflies & Hurricanes') were chosen by all the fans. I think something like this would work out. Another option I think would to just have a loose setlist idea that the band decides on the day before or something that they can play. Radiohead does this - the first three or four songs of every set are the same ('Daydreaming,' 'Desert Island Disk,' and 'Ful Stop') then they play whatever the hell they feel like. Different songs every show, fans love it. Tour debuts left and right. I'd say rehearse a selection of maybe 30-50 songs (Radiohead rehearsed their entire discography, more or less) and play them as you see fit. Try different options, different pairings, and work from there. Rehearse tracks at soundchecks. That's something lots of bands do - Muse, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Radiohead, etc. This last point is pretty related to the previous one: don't have such a mechanical approach to the set. 2014-2015 was a great idea in that it was one big experience rather than song-by-song, but a lot of fans really started getting bored after awhile. In early 2015, the two sets were identical until the fourteenth song (that's a little more than halfway through) and after that one song was played, we knew what to expect. There's nothing wrong with having planned setlists (as long as there's a selection) as long as they're varied. A more laissez-faire approach to this as I said before would make every night more interesting not just for the fans, but for the band, too. It's easy to get into the groove, but there's a certain adrenaline that comes with that uncomfortable vibe. The guys don't like getting comfortable when recording new music, so I don't see why live should be any different.

The big finale to Linkin Park's European promo is here. The entire band and Kiiara are performing 'Heavy' at the ECHO Awards in Berlin, Germany! Mike and Chester have been in Europe for almost two weeks now doing promotional shows in a few cities. They hit four places on their trip: Amsterdam, Paris, London, and Hamburg. On this trip, they performed a few acoustic tracks (including the live debut of 'Battle Symphony') and announced a few headlining shows along the way. Mike and Chester debuted 'Battle Symphony' in Paris, France, where they played a piano version of the track. This trip is coming to an end now, this time with the entire band. All six members of Linkin Park (+ Kiiara) are in Germany right now ready for to perform 'Heavy'. This will be the second full band performance of the cycle, and the second time the full band version of 'Heavy' is performed. 'Heavy' has been played as its piano version many more times than its studio version, so it'll be good to hear all the band members performing again. Linkin Park and Kiiara performed 'Heavy' at The Late Late Show With James Corden back in February. This is the only other full band performance of the song so far! The awards ceremony will start at 8:15 PM CEST, but the song performance will air tomorrow on the 7th. Linkin Park will begin touring on May 6 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We have one month - mark your calendars. Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2017 touring schedule here.

Giving away all the guitars because Brad doesn't play them anymore, smart

Arcane Roots and Linkin Park would be legendary.

One (or should I say, two) more performance(s) until the big finale to this promo tour. Mike and Chester (and possibly more) are in Hamburg, Germany today for some more One More Light promo! Unlike past cities the two have been doing some promo in, we actually know that there will be more than one performance. One of these two will be livestreamed - the show at Warner Music Group Germany, where Mike and Chester will be performing for the employees there. It will be live streamed on Warner Music Germany's Facebook page. The stream will be at 3:00 PM CEST (check your timezone here), so be sure to have this countdown handy so you don't miss it. Mike and Chester will be answering some questions from the stream and will be performing some stripped down songs afterwards. The last stop on the promo tour was in London, England. During the YouTube Space show, Swedish/Moroccan singer Sofia Karlberg joined Mike and Chester to perform 'Heavy'. It's already confirmed that a second performance will be taking place, too, and this one is open to LPU contest winners. The two will be heading over to the Mercedes me Store in Hamburg tomorrow, as well, to do a Q&A and perform for fans. We'll be keeping you updated on both shows. The band has played at least two shows in each city they've been to (barring Amsterdam), so it's nice to have a heads up ahead of time. We went from two Toronto shows and one in Amsterdam and Paris at the start of this all to four Toronto shows, one Amsterdam, two Paris, two London, and two Hamburg shows at the end. Will the number keep rising? Probably. There's a good chance more promo shows will appear as companies release promo performances around the time One More Light comes out in May. What's interesting to note is that these shows may have some guests. Both Mr. Hahn and Kiiara headed to Hamburg today. We know that the performance at the ECHO Awards on the 6th will be a full band performance so it's not really a surprise that they're going to Germany, but it'll be interesting to see if they show up to any of these promo events. We say Chester playing around with an acoustic guitar in the car trip to the airport in London on Mike's Instagram story, as well, so we may see some real acoustic action coming. Something else to look out for is a possibility of a headlining show announcement. We all know the band loves Germany - more than half of the shows in the band's 2014 Fall European Tour were in Germany. Even though the band is headlining the Southside and Hurricane festivals there this summer (two festivals in Paris as well are coming, and no headlining show was announced there), the chances are fairly high for a headlining show for Germany. Berlin, maybe? They have a Mercedes-Benz Arena now, so that probably makes the chances even higher. Is anyone heading to one of these events? We'll be keeping you updated on anything we find, so be sure to check here or follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page to be sure you don't miss anything. These are the last promo performances of this European trip, so get ready for a long wait until May when the tour kicks off (or maybe even before). What songs do you want to see Mike and Chester perform today? Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2017 touring schedule here.

Mike noticed how things haven't really changed as far as music writing and technology goes since he began. His favorite movies are The Godfather II and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. He's excited to see the new Guardians Of The Galaxy and Valerian. Mike and the band encourage remixers to keep doing there things. Mike usually doesn't freestyle a lot. Mike is trying to find ways to get more demos and studio content that didn't make the album out to fans. Not all of it, because a lot of it is bad. There is some cool stuff, though. On the subject of the "Old Linkin Park" sound: the band's always trying to experiment. He compared them to McDonalds. They don't want to be the same Big Mac all the time. #deep Hybrid Theory and Meteora have different sounds in them. 'Points Of Authority' isn't the same as 'Nobody's Listening' and 'Breaking The Habit'. The band doesn't hate those albums - they still play them live. It's weird to Mike to think that people think the older songs are deeper than the newer stuff. The band still like to bring back old sounds into their sound - he often hears that from people who don't even know The Hunting Party. 'Leave Out All The Rest' may be in the new set. (THE BALLAD MEDLEY RETURNS?) Mike would like to perform with an orchestra. The band are working on a new video for another new song that isn't super serious. It's not super silly, but it's still not very serious. It's a change of pace. Chester has a potty mouth.

All that this proved was that some of you guys need to relax and have a laugh once in awhile

New exclusive: promo shot for the upcoming One More Purpose tour. We call this one "focussing on lyrics."

It's been a long time coming, but we have a big announcement to make. We've been considering this for awhile now, but we're following in the steps of former Linkin Park crew members and moving on to a new artist. LPLive is changing gears. Our staff is aging in reverse and getting younger every day (high five, Nick!), so it's only right we change to fit our own desires. We're happy to introduce... Justin Bieber Live Made for the pop, by the pop. In case you didn't know, a couple of key components of Linkin Park's live crew, such as sound engineer Pooch and Dylan Ely, another audio mixer in the crew, left the band to go join Justin Bieber's crew last year. Pooch has been so nice to us in the past, it's only right we keep on following him. In fact, we're still thinking that the site should be Pooch Live instead. Regardless, you probably won't notice the change much. Linkin Park is full pop now, anyway. Fake pop, and we're a site that doesn't tolerate fake news. Linkin Park isn't even a real park - they even spelled "Lincoln" wrong! Instead of One More Light, we're changing our own promo campaigns to One More Purpose to support Justin's latest record. Our first Bieber exclusive: we have information that says Justin Bieber will perform a special mashup of 'Sorry' and the Linkin Park song 'Sorry For Now' on his upcoming tour. Every aspect of our website will be changing to accommodate our new focus. Over the next few days you'll start seeing the changes; we're working on moving the site to jblive.com, Linkinpedia is moving to Bieberpedia, and we'll be adding his shows into the live guide. We already have a new wiki page for him, as well a show page (check out the setlist for his show in London 2016 here). You won't have to worry about signing up again to the new site, as everything's being ported over. And we know you won't be leaving so there's no point having a function to delete your account. You can't leave. ever. There's a lot of cool things to look forward to in this new era for the site. The Bieber crew saw our old petition to bring back DSPs for the band that stopped around 2012, and will be bringing the program back with HQ recordings of Justin Bieber's shows, and they're back and bigger than ever! Now you can purchase every single show in the super deluxe audio recording package featuring colored vinyl, a personalized ringtone from Justin, and even a CD of 'Burn It Down' remixes that Pooch could never get rid of. We also have a rumor going around the Linkin Park's summer tour may feature the Biebs as the headliner, the lineup being Justin Bieber, Jared Leto and his backing band, Kiiara, and Linkin Park (in that order). This is what happens when you make fake pop. You get fake headlining contracts. Justin puts on a crazy show - check out this wild production! Pyro! Linkin Park doesn't use that anymore because Joe gets scared and messes up all the intros to the songs due to his shaking. Who's excited to join us for this new chapter? We've seen the YouTube comments (as well as Geki's and Castro's), so we know everyone hates Linkin Park anyway, so there was really no point continuing to go down this road. Be sure to follow our Twitter and Facebook pages (which will also be changing soon) so you get all the latest Justin Bieber news. For those select few who still like Linkin Park, rumor is that Bieber may feature on all the unrevealed tracks on One More Light, so we will have a bit more LP news to report in the future.

Slowly adding to the show page, hopefully the full videos come soon. Here's some pictures. http://lplive.net/shows/db/2017/20170330

European promo continues as we reach Mike and Chester's third promo appearance on the continent. We've crossed the English Channel, and now we're taking the show to London, England for a special intimate show and Q&A. If you've been keeping up with the promo shows, you'll know what to expect. Mike and Chester have been going around Europe doing promotional shows in various countries for some intimate Q&A sessions for contest winners. So far, they've hit Amsterdam and Paris, with a show in Hamburg coming up right before they perform 'Heavy' with Kiiara at the ECHO Awards in Berlin to wrap this all up. Each show so far has come with a surprise or two. At the first show in Amsterdam, they whipped out the original trio of stripped down tracks, 'Burn It Down', 'Crawling', and, of course 'Heavy'. They added 'What I've Done' into the mix, as well, performing an (evidently) quickly put together version of the song. In Paris, they took it a step further and played an acoustic version of 'Battle Symphony', making it the live debut of the track. Do they have something in store for us in London? Check out the live debut of 'Battle Symphony' in Paris. It'll be exciting to hear this song performed by the full band in May (hopefully)! We do have some unfortunate news to share: no livestream this time around. The good news: we'll still get a proshot of this show. This event is being hosted by YouTube, who will be releasing this show in two parts: one video for the Q&A, and another video for the performance. We're not sure when exactly the videos will be released, so sit tight. Perhaps the band is performing a new song tomorrow and then the performance will be released once that track is released? Stormzy is from London, and he's featuring on 'Good Goodbye' alongside Pusha T. There's also 'Invisible' that the band performed on The Late Late Show With James Corden and was filmed for a later showing. Don't forget 'Talking To Myself' and 'One More Light' that were performed at the Warner Bros. Party, as well. So many possibilities, and all we can do is wait! One final thing to consider is the possibility of some headlining shows. A headlining show at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on June 20 was announced during the promo show in Amsterdam. France didn't get a show announcement, but that's probably because Linkin Park is already headlining two festivals there in June. Seems pretty awkward to just have one headlining show in the tour, and the UK is looking pretty clear so far... We'll wait and see. UPDATE: Mike and Chester performed a second show at Warner Bros Records in London after this event. Four songs were played: 'Heavy', 'Battle Symphony', 'Burn It Down', and 'What I've Done'. Is anyone going to the show? If you're from London and entered to see the show, be sure to check your emails to see if you received a confirmation. We'll keep you updated on all the information we can get on the show while it's happening live, so be sure to follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page, as well as check back here for updates. After this, the band seems to have one more promo appearance lined up for Hamburg, Germany on April 3 before performing 'Heavy' at the ECHO Awards on April 6. Check out the rest of the band's 2017 touring schedule here.

This is probably the most balanced and thoughtful "I won't like this album" post I have seen. Thank you for giving me hope for this fanbase For what it's worth, Ross Golan wrote the song 'One More Light' too, so maybe this one will surprise you.

We're still hunting for as much news on One More Light as we can get, but sometimes we get some smaller yet still interesting bits. We don't have any clips today, but what we do have are some collaboration reveals. According to the BMI Repertoire, 'Halfway Right', the eighth song on One More Light, was co-written with writers Ross Golan and Michael Keenan Leary. Both writers have written with some of pop's biggest acts: Ross Golan has worked with the likes of Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5 and more, while Michael Keenan Leary is Melanie Martinez's boyfriend who has written and produced many of her songs. Golan is also credited with working on the album's title track, 'One More Light'. Basically, if you didn't like anything from One More Light so far, you probably won't like this song either. One of Ross Golan's biggest hits: Selena Gomez's 'Same Old Love'. 'Halfway Right' seems to be a pretty poppy song based on the writers alone, but we're sure it'll have a special Linkin Park touch to it. Other collaborations to look forward to are Stormzy and Pusha T on 'Good Goodbye' and Blackbear on 'Sorry For Now'. For more updates on One More Light music, be sure to follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page.

Remix season is coming through. Now, hopefully we won't be getting EPs full of 'Heavy' remixes like a certain other lead single, but a couple of notable ones will definitely be popping up given the song's popularity. The first one seems to be by EDM artist Nicky Romero. One of EDM's most popular music festivals, Florida's Ultra Music Festival took place this weekend, and Nicky Romero closed out the Ultra Worldwide stage on the 25th. In the middle of his big set, he included a brand new remix, stating that "It wouldn't be Ultra Miami if there was no new music... this is the first time I've played the final version." That new music is his remix of 'Heavy.' His full set was uploaded to his YouTube channel, but if you don't want to listen to the entire thing, you can hear the remix at the 36:30 mark. The Nicky Romero remix of 'Heavy' can be heard at around 36:30 in this video. EDIT 4/21: The song has been officially released. It will likely be a minute before this remix gets released - hopefully we won't have another 'Waiting For Tomorrow' situation going on - but we do know it's coming; Kiiara was actually at the festival and watched his set, and tweeted a video of the remix to the band, with both them and Chester liking the tweet, so we know it's legit. Stay up to date on the remix by following us on Twitter and Facebook.

The 'Heavy' promo cycle continues! After an intimate meeting with Mike & Chester on Friday in Amsterdam, the two have made it to Paris, France for their next promotional show. Mike and Chester are doing some European promo leading up to their show at the ECHO Awards in Berlin, Germany on April 6, where they will perform 'Heavy' with Kiiara. So far, they've only hit Amsterdam, in which they had a live Q&A and performed a few songs: piano versions of 'Burn It Down', 'Heavy', 'Crawling', and a quickly put-together performance of 'What I've Done'. They'll be performing at this showcase event, so it's likely we'll be seeing some, if not all of these tracks played. Check out the awesome piano version of 'Burn It Down' performed at Amsterdam. Everyone's still loving the way Mike sings his part, and Chester's voice is still sounding really strong! Just like Amsterdam, this show will be livestreamed on behalf of Virgin Radio, who is hosting the event. The Facebook Live stream is going to be happening at 7:00 PM CEST - here's a countdown for you if you don't like timezones (which you can also check here). Let us know if you'll be tuning in! Linkin Park has had a pretty successful time in France over the years, so it's no surprise they're visiting to do some promo. It's unlikely that they announce a headlining show like they did with Amsterdam since they're already headlining two festivals there this summer (Download Paris and Hellfest). In 2014 they played a huge show at the Bercy in Paris, and in years past they also played some pretty massive shows. Who can forget the legendary performance of 'A Place For My Head' in Paris 2010? If you haven't seen this performance of 'A Place For My Head', definitely check it out. The only full performance of the song on the A Thousand Suns touring cycle, played for the 10th anniversary of Hybrid Theory. Is anyone attending this show? We'll keep you updated at home for those who aren't, so check back here and follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page for updates. What songs do you want to see Mike and Chester perform acoustically? There's still time before the head to Germany for the award show, so maybe there are still some more promotional appearances planned. We'll have to wait and see. Check out the rest of the band's 2017 touring schedule here.

Really cool review. That bra moment is fantastic

For the first time in a decade, 'Crawling' live actually sounded better than WID

The headline shows are here! Corresponding with Mike and Chester's promotional performance today, the first European headline show has been announced for this summer. Linkin Park will perform in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on June 20 at the Ziggo Dome. This will be the band's first appearance in Amsterdam since 2014, where they performed at the same venue and brought a huge crowd during The Hunting Party Winter European Tour. They also held an LPU Summit at this show. Watch the band perform a rehearsal set at the LPU Summit in Amsterdam 2014, including 'A Place For My Head'. Amsterdam has brought some big numbers for LP, selling out the 2014 show completely, so it's no surprise that they are returning for a full show. Let us know if you plan on getting tickets for the show! Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page for updates on more show announcements! There are more gaps in the touring schedule for Europe so it's possible we will see some more shows announced. See the rest of Linkin Park's 2017 touring schedule here.

The promo cycle continues! Linkin Park are starting promo across Europe this week, beginning in Amsterdam, The Netherlands for an intimate event with Chester and Mike. Mike and Chester will be at the Melkweg today, March 24, in Amsterdam at 3:00PM. The event is dubbed "Up Close with Chester and Mike from Linkin Park: One More Light," so we're expecting a few things. First and foremost, it seems like this event will largely be some form of Q&A session. The event was open only to contest winners who filled out a forum, and one of the criteria was a question for Mike and Chester to answer. There's more than just that, though. A similar event going on in Paris, France next week promises an intimate acoustic session mixed with a Q&A, so we can definitely assume that a couple songs will be performed at this event! Linkin Park are gearing up to start playing a few more stripped down versions of songs, as we've seen in the last few promo appearances. There's quite a few songs they can choose from when considering what song's they've already played: 'Crawling,' 'Burn It Down,' and 'Heavy' which all debuted at the Facebook Live event, and even new songs from One More Light including 'Talking To Myself' and 'One More Light,' clips of which we have seen from the Warner Bros Records Party. There are likely plenty more songs that Mike and Chester could play in this fashion, but we'll have to wait and see what they are. What to expect: Mike and Chester played this piano version of 'Heavy' last week while doing promo in Toronto, Canada. Since it's just them two, it's pretty likely that any songs they perform will be piano versions just like this one. What songs that haven't already been played in this way would you want to see? A slow track like 'My December,' or perhaps a ballad version of 'A Place For My Head'? Don't say the latter. It was a joke. EDIT: It appears that a livestream will be taking place tomorrow at 4:00PM CET, around the time when event will be starting. It seems possible that the livestream may be of this performance. In any case, the band will go live from their Facebook page - here's a countdown so you don't miss it (and check your timezones here). Whether or not it is an independent event or the same one, check back here for updates. This string of European promo performances precede the band's big performance at the ECHO Awards in Berlin, Germany on April 6. Next Monday, March 27, Mike and Chester will be doing an event just like this one in Paris. All of these performances are still about a week and a half away from when the band will perform at the award show, and it feels pretty weird for the band to be showing up in multiple countries now instead of closer to the date of the ECHO Awards. We can definitely expect some more promo performances around Europe, perhaps in England, Spain, and so on in the coming weeks. Maybe even some sort of secret club show will happen and we'll see the band's first full show on stage since 2015! Anything is possible at this point. Who's going to the show? We've already secured a couple of fans via Twitter and Facebook who will keep us updated, so if you want to contribute and help us get info about the show, be sure to follow us there and message us when you can! Make sure to stay here so that you don't miss any info about the show. Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2017 touring schedule here.

Linkin Park is heading to Europe for One More Light promotion at the end of this week, and the stops along the way are slowly being announced. The first stop is in Amsterdam, where Mike and Chester will be hosting an Up Close and Personal event in Amsterdam, Netherlands. That's March 24, and there's a week and a half of time left for the band to do more promo before the big ECHO Awards performance in Berlin, Germany on April 6 with Kiiara. We are predicting that the band plays a few more promos shows - possibly even a full show - before then, but now we have at least one more date. Mike and Chester will be visiting Paris, France on March 27 - that's Monday. They will appear as per Virgin Radio at Le 118, and appearance is being advertised as a "private acoustic showcase," meaning that Mike and Chester will be playing some acoustic versions of songs! This seems like the first opportunity to hear some more stripped down versions of songs - we've heard a couple already: 'Crawling,' 'Heavy,' and 'Burn It Down' at the first Facebook Live event, and then 'Talking To Myself' and 'One More Light' at the Warner Bros. Records party. Like with the Amsterdam showcase, you can win a chance to join them at this intimate event by filling out this form (make sure your Adblock is off). You'll have to answer a question, but it won't be too hard for you lot. Make sure you only enter if you can make it to Paris on March 27. A bit of Linkin Park trivia before we end the post - Linkin Park's first European show ever was actually a promo performance in France. We don't know the setlist for that first show in Paris 2001, but a day later they appeared on the Nulle Part Ailleurs show and performed 'One Step Closer,' making it their first television performance ever. Take it back, old-school style with the first televised performance the band ever did. Who's planning on entering the contest? If you are, good luck! As mentioned before, a similar show is occurring in Amsterdam on March 24 which you can win tickets to (link above). This seems to be more or less the same event in a different city, so that all but confirms that some acoustic songs will be performed in Amsterdam, too. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page for updates on these shows. Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2017 touring schedule here.