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This final quarter of 2014 has had a lot of great exclusives... excited to see what's coming up for Christmas/New Years

Wow, a bunch of stuff already and were barely into the tour.

"Let's boycott a festival because we don't get the time to play songs we'd probably shorten to the point there's no actual meaning in performing them in the show!" Come on, Mr. Whale. At least we'll probably get Rebellion w/ Daron again.

What a fuckin lineup. Royal Blood, fuck yeah. I hope they play Better Strangers.

NO ONE VOTE FOR THE INTERLUDES THEY MUST WIN. H! Vltg3

The Reggae Version of BID is strictly a jam thing with the band lmao. I don't think a large crowd would enjoy it.

Great performance of APFMH, Brad had no idea what he was doing with tempo/palm-muting in the intro lmao. Maybe his "excitement" means he actually want to play something? Mike didn't seem too into it either, though.

Since they're not really doing the POA Jam Outro I don't think that's something that he would do. However, maybe over his Solo Medley. He's also been requested to do a Forgotten verse over the UIG Transition (he tried in Stuttgart but it kinda messed the whole thing up because he didn't really know how )

Last time in full was 2008. He did the verse over Bleed It Out in 2013 and 2011. Earlier this year in Darien Center too, I think.

I'm back with the preshow posts - let's make this one epic! Linkin Park is storming through their European Tour, crushing every show they play! On November 9th, the band will be performing in Oberhausen, Germany at the König-Pilsener-ARENA for the first time. This will be the third out of nine German shows booked for the tour! At the previous show in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the band held the 12th LPU Summit, at which LPU members with passes entered the venue early to go through a bunch of fun events with the band, including a signing session, a Q&A, and a soundcheck. While the soundcheck was shorter then previous ones (London 2010, Chicago 2011, Cape Town 2012, Auckland 2013, and Chep Lap Kok 2013), it was definitely eventful. To get it started, the band performed a reggae version of 'Burn It Down' featuring a faster tempo and a different beat. This was the second performance of the reggae version, the first coming at a KROQ Rehearsal in August 2013, so it is cool to see it appear again over a year later. The surprises didn't end there - the band performed a full run through of 'A Place For My Head' for fans as well! Given that the band will be performing nine shows in Germany this tour, fans are bound to attend multiple shows. Will 'A Place For My Head' be tossed into the mix at some point to keep the fans interested? LPU XIV is exclusively debuting in Berlin earlier in the day before it's global launch at the brand new Linkin Park Pop-up store. Be sure to keep your heads up for more LPU news as LPU XIV is sure to launch soon. The next summit is rumored to be held in Calgary, Canada in February. Let's talk about the actual show - one of the more interesting ones that have happened this year! The band performed a relatively standard version of Set A, with some fun changes spread throughout. First off, Mike changed up his medley for the first time since 2014.09.05 Woodlands, TX (where he rapped a verse of 'When They Come For Me') by rapping his verse from the Nick Catchdubs remix of 'Skin To Bone' from Recharged, the first time he's done that verse since 2014.08.09 West Palm Beach, FL. The fun didn't stop there - to end the main set, Austin Carlile from Of Mice & Men came out to perform 'Faint' with the band! This is the second time he's done so, the first time being earlier this year on the 2014.09.15 Los Angeles, CA date on the Carnivores Tour! Lastly, as far as changes go, Mike fulfilled a request by an LPLive member at the summit and rapped the old Xero song, 'Reading My Eyes' acapella style before 'Bleed It Out'! We can expect a bunch of these little changes in the set to keep happening: one that's rumored to happen is 'Forgotten' over the 'Until It's Gone' transition intro, as requested by LPLive member LilMike earlier in Stuttgart, where the intro ended up being messed up (presumably because Mike tried to think of a way to incorporate the verse off the top of his head!). Looks like he'd forgotten what to do! Sorry, I'll show myself out... Check out this performance of the 'Reading My Eyes' verse one into 'Bleed It Out'! This is the first time Mike has performed the verse of 'Reading My Eyes' in such a fashion (with it directly going into the start of Bleed It Out). Would you like to see it be done more frequently on this tour? Let's talk about the other band joining the band on this tour: Of Mice & Men! The band has been performing an eight song setlist before Linkin Park takes the stage, opening with new songs off of their latest release, Restoring Force, including 'Public Service Announcement', 'Feels Like Forever', 'Bones Exposed', and 'Would You Still Be There'. The band is performing a new song entitled 'Identity Disorder' from the new album for the first time ever. The band included a song from a past release, The Flood: 'The Depths' near the end of the set before closing out big with 'You're Not Alone'. Of Mice & Men will be joining the band on tour again in January and February for their Winter North American Tour, along with Rise Against. Who's excited to see them live?! After this show, the band continues on to Hamburg, then Leipzig. Given that the band is keeping a consistent rotation on this tour, we can expect Set B to be performed tonight. If you haven't been able to see Linkin Park on tour yet, don't worry - a bunch of tour rumors have started popping up, including shows in Asia (India and China included), Europe, and South America. Keep your eyes peeled on the site for news on LPU XIV (which is right around the corner!) and more Linkin Park news. For updates, check back here or follow us on Twitter! Check out the rest of Linkin Park's 2014 touring schedule here.

So Berlin is getting LPU XIV a few days early... Interesting. Maybe someone can do some snooping and get more details.

Shit for 2015 tour: Set X Mashup Intro #2 (or #3, if they can manage to make another one) Guilty All The Same Given Up (Ext. Outro w/ Extra Note) Keys To The Kingdom (Shortened Intro) One Step Closer (Ext. Outro) Blackout (Shortened Instrumental; Transition >) Papercut (Full) Rebellion (Ext. Intro) Runaway (Shortened; Outro Transition w/ Wastelands) Wastelands Castle Of Glass (Experience Version; w/ ATS Interludes) Drawbar Final Masquerade Waiting For The End (Apaches Intro w/ UIB; Wall Of Noise Outro) Robot Boy (Shortened Instrumental) Joe Solo Medley Mike Solo Medley (w/ Joe) Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You (2014 Abridged Version) Somewhere I Belong In The End Faint (Ext. Outro) A Line In The Sand ------------------------------ Burn It Down (Shortened) Lost In The Echo (Shortened) New Divide (Shortened) Until It's Gone (Intro w/ a Hybrid Theory song verse; Shortened for some reason) What I've Done (Ext. Guitar Solo Bridge) Bleed It Out (w/ whatever the fuck) This is the set that literally requires no effort from them (e.g. 2012 Set A, 2014 Set A, anything titled "Set A" apparently). Replace POA/WY with Keys in the beginning of the set, drop the Ballad Medley for Drawbar, end the main set with ALITS. Set Y A Place For My Head (2015 Intro) Keys To The Kingdom (Shortened Intro) Given Up (Ext. Outro w/ Extra Note) No More Sorrow (Long Intro) Lost In The Echo (Full; Transition Outro >) Blackout (Shortened Instrumental) Papercut (Full) Runaway (Shortened; Outro Transition w/ Wastelands) Wastelands Mike Solo Medley (w/ Joe) Waiting For The End (Apaches Intro w/ UIB; Wall Of Noise Outro) Burn It Down (Shortened) New Divide (Shortened) Numb (Shortened) Until It's Gone (Shortened; Transition Outro) A Light That Never Comes (Shortened) Castle Of Glass (Experience; w/ ATS Interludes) Drawbar Final Masquerade What I've Done (Ext. Guitar Solo Bridge) Bleed It Out (w/ whatever the fuck) ------------------------------ Mashup Intro #2 Guilty All The Same Faint (Ext. Outro) Rebellion (Ext. Intro) A Line In The Sand In The End One Step Closer (Ext. Outro) Open this bitch w/ APFMH w/ a new intro! Play No More Sorrow and ALTNC (the latter in replacement of Joe's Medley, can be interchanged if you so desire)! Also, close that shit HARD! Shortened Numb, too. Set Z No More Sorrow (Long Intro) Guilty All The Same Rebellion (Ext. Intro) Runaway (Shortened; Transition) Wastelands Given Up (Ext. Outro w/ Extra Note) New Divide (Shortened) Numb (Shortened) Burn It Down (Shortened) Castle Of Glass (Experience; w/ ATS Interlude) Drawbar Final Masquerade (Piano Outro) Breaking The Habit (Piano Intro; A Capella Outro) In The End Until It's Gone (Shortened) Waiting For The End (Apaches Intro w/ UIB; Wall Of Noise Outro) Lost In The Echo What I've Done (Ext. Guitar Solo Bridge) Crawling (Shortened) Mike Solo Medley (w/ Joe) A Place For My Head Papercut One Step Closer (Ext. Outro) ------------------------------ Fallout A Line In The Sand Keys To The Kingdom (Shortened Intro) Faint (Ext. Outro) Bleed It Out (w/ whatever) Too lazy to explain anymore Set pls White Noise Guilty All The Same Given Up (Ext. Outro w/ Extra Note) Faint (Ext. Outro) Keys To The Kingdom (Shortened Intro) Runaway (Shortened; Transition Outro) Wastelands Empty Spaces When They Come For Me Rebellion (Ext. Intro) Numb (Shortened) New Divide (Shortened) In The End (Shortened) Lost In The Echo Papercut No More Sorrow (Long Intro) Castle Of Glass (Experience; w/ ATS Interludes) Drawbar Final Masquerade A Light That Never Comes (Full) Mike Solo Medley (w/ Joe) Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You (2014 Abridged Version [w/ Jay-Z in Brooklyn, pls]) Reading My Eyes (A Capella) Bleed It Out (w/ whatever) ------------------------------ Fallout A Line In The Sand What I've Done (Ext. Guitar Solo Bridge) A Place For My Head One Step Closer (Ext. Outro) For fuck's sake just play this one

Added a source + explanations part to the bottom of the main post if the schedule is a bit too confusing as it is.

Thanks for sharing. I guess there's no initiative put forward for an Asia Tour yet? I'd guess that with this China rumor and India rumor that things are starting to be put into play.

Pretty sure that wasn't true. We learned later that a certain man was just kidding around.

I think nothing "interesting" will happen at the show, per se, but maybe Mike will do something over his medley, or they'll even whip out a cheeky APFMH in the middle of the set.

Here's an English translation - did my best to fix the grammatical errors. TL;dr: Seems like it's a Chinese event organizer seeking to get permission for LP to perform a show in mainland China. Looks like he's gotten permission, but now he has to take the regulations that the Chongqing Culture Commission has placed to LP's tour managers and get them to pay tax and such for their performance.

If anyone could post a translation, that would be great. From what I can understand from the Google Translate I brought up, the Chongqing Municipal Cultural Committee has agreed to allow LP to perform there as long as they abide by certain rules. Interesting find, though I wonder if this "confirms" a performance there or it will be in negotiation now? If so then April/early May will probably be that Australasian Tour.

...I think you should get off the Internet for awhile, sir.

MMM... Cookies.

Updated. All we need is updates on the India planning (so, is it cancelled in negotiations at this point or still being worked out?) and details about Lolla + RiR Rio/Brazil Tour + South Africa.

I'll update the tour rumors thread with the 2015 stuff later.

Heh, $69. I'm guessing after Rock in Rio Vegas they'll do a West-Coast tour, ending with this show maybe? Then go to Europe for July and August.

I don't know if you've been keeping up wuth the setlists recently but the only song short enough that it's not even worth playing is LITE. Also, Crawling is pretty bad live for Chester. No one would be "'moshing" to that. We'll find out

and I'm hungry. what's your point?