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That site's fake. They pop up a lot for Asian and European festivals, just a bunch of pre-programmed comments in the chat to try and get your credit card info.

Despite having several videos out now for many songs, Post Traumatic has had only one true single: 'Crossing A Line.' Mike is gearing up to release the second single of the album, which will be 'Make It Up As I Go featuring K.Flay. The song is expected to impact radio on August 28. This info comes from All Access which his historically been very accurate at revealing upcoming singles for a vast number of artists - including Linkin Park. It's safe to assume that this info is true and that the single will be released on or at least around that day. No single artwork has been revealed yet - we're not sure if there will be one, as 'Crossing The Line' was released (alongside 'Nothing Makes Sense Anymore') with the Post Traumatic album cover instead of unique art. Excited to hear the track on the radio? With the single release we can probably expect a music video to come relatively soon thereafter, too! The latest video Mike shared was for the instrumental 'Brooding,' directed by Mark Fiore. What other songs do you think could be singles from the record? Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world!

Here's how I want to see the set by the end of the tour. Brooding Welcome (Ext. Intro) Place To Start (Ext. Outro) Nothing Makes Sense Anymore Watching As I Fall When They Come For Me Kenji (Ext. Intro) Castle Of Glass (Piano Style) Ghosts Roads Untraveled Sorry For Now (Ext. Bridge w/ Demo Verse) Promises I Can't Keep Crossing A Line In The End (Piano Version) About You (Shortened; Vocoder Intro; Transition Ending) Over Again (Shortened; Transition Ending) Papercut (Shortened; Transition Ending) Lift Off (Shortened) Make It Up As I Go Hold It Together Can't Hear You Now ----------------------------------- World's On Fire I.O.U. Remember The Name Running From My Shadow All PT songs, just a few songs longer than the current set.

And we're off! Mike Shinoda's Post Traumatic Asian Tour has kicked off and it's time to get things rolling for real. After a shaky but strong start in Hong Kong, Mike's tour is making its second stop on August 9 in Bangkok, Thailand at the GMM Live House @ Central World. Mike's first show in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, kicked off the tour two nights ago. It was a bit of a rough start - so much so that the show almost didn't happen. Upon getting to Hong Kong, Mike and his band - Dan Mayo and Matt Harris - set up at a rehearsal studio in order to get some last minute prep in. Long story short: a lot of things went wrong and several keyboards and guitar pedals were fried - effectively, the gear was unusable. Instead of cancelling, however, the band powered through and improvised some things. They still played a full setlist, perhaps missing some elements; one noticeable thing that was missing were the guitar effects at the end of 'Watching As I Fall.' It's likely some other things were missing, but we can't really tell yet... because we don't really understand what everything's supposed to sound like! The setlist for Hong Kong was essentially the same set Mike played in New York City; the Post Traumatic release show. All it was missing was that impromptu 'Hands Held High' verse, but there were many changes that really made up for it. For one, it was the first performance with Mike's new band members! The drums added a load of energy and drive into the set (though those crash cymbals on 'Welcome' might need to be brought down a bit), especially in some of the more hip-hop oriented tracks like 'Watching As I Fall' and the 'Waiting For The End' and 'Where'd You Go' mashup, while Matt Harris added a lot of awesome layering and backing vocals to the mix. Many new guitar parts were present in plenty of songs, like during that WFTE/WYG mashup, the 'Good Goodbye' and 'Bleed It Out' mashup, and 'Castle Of Glass.' With the backing band, Mike has effectively started playing the studio version of 'Papercut,' complete with the heavy guitars and pounding drums - on top of that, Matt adds in the backing vocals that previous have only been done by Jon Green at the Hollywood Bowl show! Matt does some great vocals, especially in tracks like 'Crossing A Line' and 'Ghosts.' While no new songs were added into the set, plenty of new additions and details really made it feel like a brand new show. Welcome returns to the set: 'I.O.U.' being performed for the second time ever, while 'Running From My Shadow' brought the show to an epic end with Dan jamming big to take the show out. New additions include the full versions of 'When They Come For Me' and 'Roads Untraveled' being performed for the first time! 'When They Come For Me' was performed for its entirety for the first time since Las Vegas 2014, Mike adding in the bridge and outro after dropping them from previous sets. Mike played guitar on the track for the first time, playing a new part during the last chorus and outro - would be nice to see that louder and with some distortion at upcoming shows (perhaps it was meant to, but the gear problem led to that not happening?). 'Roads Untraveled' was performed in full for the first time... ever. The version Linkin Park performed at the Hollywood Bowl lacked the ending, and until now Mike skipped that guitar refrain before Chester's verse. With the full band, the full version is now possible, and it sounds huge. Other small changes include a piano intro to 'In The End' as Mike talked emotionally about Chester, a new extended intro featuring an atmospheric synth and guitar for 'Kenji,' and an extended outro for 'Place To Start' the featured a short synth solo by Mike. New production and a new band = some awesome stuff. Watch Mike perform the full version of 'Roads Untraveled' for the first time ever from the first show of the tour in Hong Kong. Thailand is sure to bring some big energy for this show - it's been nearly seven years since Mike last performed there. Linkin Park last performed there in 2011, on the A Thousand Suns tour. It seems no one can really catch a break on an Asian Tour, as Linkin Park faced some problems during this tour, too, though these issues were a bit different. Phoenix was suffering from food poisoning and had to miss the show - the first time any Linkin Park member had missed an entire show. This was likely the reason 'Blackout' was dropped from the set. The band has visited Bangkok three times over their career, the other times thankfully were less problem-prone. The first show was in 2004 on the Meteora International Tour, which featured the return of 'Figure.09' into the setlists as well as a cover of 'Wish' by Nine Inch Nails. The band returned three years later for the Minutes To Midnight tour in 2007 to kick off that leg's Asian Tour, though the set had to be shortened a bit due to starting late. This resulted in 'Crawling' and 'The Little Things Give You Away' being dropped. As mentioned before, this'll be Mike's first show since 2011 in the country, so the energy is bound to be big. This is the only video that exists from Bangkok 2004. The short source is a proshot of 'Don't Stay' with its epic Gacela Intro opening the show and 'Lying From You' - super old-school! Is anyone going to the show? As far as the setlist goes, we can probably expect more-or-less the same setlist as Hong Kong, this time hopefully with all the gear in order. Mike said that it's very likely that the setlist will change over time, so who knows when new elements start coming in - we'll have to wait and see! After this show, Mike heads to Incheon, South Korea to play the Incheon Pentaport Rock Fest, performing before Nine Inch Nails. Then, a three-show run through China comes, with two shows in Japan for the Summer Sonic festivals in Tokyo and Osaka before wrapping the tour up in Singapore. Mike and co. then head straight to Europe for several shows throughout the continent. After a month's break, Mike will return in October to kick off the newly-announced North American leg of the Post Traumatic Tour that heads all over the United States as well as making its first two stops in Canada. For updates on the show and all things Mike Shinoda, be sure to follow us on social media! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world! Check out the rest of Mike Shinoda's touring schedule here.

After lots of debate and uncertainty about what to do with this, we're splitting the Over Again/Papercut mashup into two separate entries. Here's what it's going to look like now: KROQ Weenie Roast + Identity LA: - Over Again (Transition Ending) - Papercut (Shortened (No 1st Chorus or 2nd Verse); Over Again Ending) Amoeba Records -> Present - Over Again (Shortened (No 2nd Verse); Transition Ending) - Papercut (Shortened (No 1st Chorus or 2nd Verse); Over Again Ending) Also fixed the order of the "Shortened" tag for 'About You'

Just wanna note that east coast comment is referring to me, I can’t guarantee any Nick’s will be in attendance See yall in NYC and Philly!

It's time, ladies and gentlemen. After months of campaigning, promo shows, music releases, and more, it's our time to shine. Mike Shinoda is officially kicking off the first leg of the Post Traumatic Tour on August 7 in Kowloon City, Hong Kong at Star Hall, the first solo headlining show of the tour as well as the first show of the Post Traumatic Asian Tour. First, the backstory: it's been quite awhile since Mike was last in Hong Kong. The last time he was there was when Linkin Park performed there at the end of their Living Things World Tour in 2013, performing in Chek Lap Kok as well as holding the 9th LPU Summit there, performing a soundcheck of 'Victimized' (with 'QWERTY'), 'The Catalyst' with an outro jam, and the intro of 'In The End.' This was the fourth time the band had performed there, the first being back in 2004 on the Meteora International Tour, where they performed an eclectic setlist including a cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Wish' and an unconfirmed performance of 'P5hng Me A*wy.' They returned three years later at the end of 2007, during the Minutes To Midnight Asian Tour, where the band performed a strong setlist, including an epic encore that opened with 'One Step Closer' and closed with 'Bleed It Out.' Hong Kong was the first stop on the A Thousand Suns Asian Tour in 2011, the final leg of the tour. That set was strong as well, featuring an epic encore that featured 'When They Come For Me,' 'Papercut,' and 'Crawling,' amongst others. It's been almost 5 years since Mike was last in Hong Kong, so the fans have definitely been waiting for a comeback - hopefully that anticipation translates to energy at the show! Watch the band perform 'The Catalyst' at the 9th LPU Summit in Hong Kong in 2013. Cool outro jam at the end of the track that's never been done since. This show is definitely going to be a big one, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it's the start of the actual tour. The promo run is over, and now the big guns are coming out. According to an livestream Mike did on the JOOX app exclusively for fans in Hong Kong and Thailand, this show marks the start of "phase two" of the Post Traumatic promotion, "phase one" being the release of music and the first promo shows. What we can expect: upgraded production from what we've seen with the promo shows he's done over the last few months, perhaps live debuts of new songs from Post Traumatic that haven't been played yet, and new band members onstage! That's right. In case you missed it, Mike will be joined by two musicians onstage: Dan Mayo and Matthias Harris. Dan Mayo is going to be performing on the drums, adding a new live element to the shows percussion ('Hold It Together' is a song that could really benefit from having live drums), likely both electronic and acoustic. Mayo has been touring with his band TATRAN for the last few months, so he'll definitely be able to deliver confidently live, too; and he's pretty damn good! On keyboards, guitars, and backing vocals is Matthias Harris. While not as active as Mayo is, Harris definitely has shown his chops before. He released an EP of acapella covers a few years back, and has done a series of one-man band covers on his YouTube channel. It'll definitely be exciting to see what these guys will add to the sound of the show! Phoenix recently added in guitar for 'Running From My Shadow' at Mike's recent show at LoveLoud, and it sounded great - hopefully that'll be the norm from now on! Watch Mike perform 'Running From My Shadow' with Phoenix at the LoveLoud festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. Live guitar is a great addition to the song - hopefully it's something we'll see added as a norm now! Setlist-wise, it'll be interesting to see if Mike's changed much up! The setlist has been pretty static with various additions throughout the cycle, ever since he debuted the full set at Identity LA. Lots of great songs have been included in the set, some being performed for the first time, like 'Sorry For Now' and the studio version of 'Kenji.' More songs were slowly added in; the initial set featured all the songs from the Post Traumatic EP ('Place To Start,' 'Over Again,' and 'Watching As I Fall') as well as 'Crossing A Line' and 'About You.' Eventually, 'Ghosts,' 'Running From My Shadow,' and 'Make It Up As I Go' were added in as well. Mike even decided to perform 'I.O.U.' for the first time last minute during his album release show at in New York City - which has been the only full solo show thus far. The only pre-release song not performed yet is 'Nothing Makes Sense Anymore.' Along with 'Nothing Makes Sense Anymore,' perhaps we'll see the live debuts of several more songs. It'll be impossible to tell how much the set has changed until we see it executed live, but we can sure guess. Mike released videos for 'Promises I Can't Keep' and 'Brooding,' which would be welcome additions to the set. 'Hold It Together' would be a great addition now that we have live drums, as well. That leaves 'Lift Off,' 'World's On Fire,' and 'Can't Hear You Now' as well that have yet to be performed: a total of seven songs from Post Traumatic yet to be performed. 'Lift Off' may be performed in some form - Mike's playing with the Deftones later this year in November for their Dia de Los Deftones festival, so it'd be a no-brainer to perform that with Chino Moreno there. 'Brooding' could fit in as an opening song, either for the show or encore with that cool new music video as a backdrop. The other tracks could fit in anywhere else, really; perhaps we'll see them, maybe we won't. There is, of course, a load of Linkin Park and Fort Minor songs we'd also love to see Mike perform live, but... we think he should prioritize the Post Traumatic songs before he delivers more Linkin Park and Fort Minor tracks. It is the Post Traumatic tour, after all! But hey, if we see 'Cigarettes' or 'High Voltage' (or a rotating verse spot) in the set, we won't be complaining. 'I.O.U.' was the latest song from Post Traumatic to be debuted live. Mike added it into the set last minute - what song from the album do you want to see performed live? This show will only be the start of what is expected to be a huge tour around the world. The Asian tour alone will cover pretty much the rest of August, Mike heading to Thailand after this show before performing the Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival in South Korea and making other stops in China, Japan, and Singapore over the next few weeks. Right after the Singapore show, Mike flies to Europe for another handful of shows which include festivals in France, England, and Italy and some headlining shows in Germany, Sweden, Russia, and Austria. A U.S. Tour is expected to be coming soon, too, likely in the fall (around the same time the Dia de Los Deftones festival is). After that, Mike'll probably take a bit off before resuming the tour next year. Still a handful of places to go - he wants to go to Australia, and it certainly wouldn't be too weird to see another European Tour next year too. Is anyone going to the show? We'll keep you all updated on the setlist and anything cool that happens at the show, so be sure to follow us on social media! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world! Check out the rest of Mike Shinoda's touring schedule here.

Nope - all the songs on Reanimation got music videos too, so 'Opening' and 'Ntr/Mssion' also have videos.

Cool. Was going through the people Mike follows and he was actually one of the people I looked at as a potential guy. Would've included him in the main post but I thought he was going to keep touring with his current band. Looking forward to seeing what he has to offer. Guitarist and keyboardist, too. Seems like everything's just about covered - wonder what the new possibilities will be.

Following up with the visuals for Post Traumatic, Mike has released another music video, this time for the instrumental track 'Brooding.' Directed by Rob Daly and Mark Fiore, this video only features one actor but is definitely the most artistic one yet. Interesting to see where these videos are going - still plenty more to come. What are your thoughts on the video? 'Brooding' is a song that hasn't been performed live yet, but perhaps it will be when Mike kicks off the first leg of the Post Traumatic Tour on Tuesday in Hong Kong. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world!

8/3 EDIT: We have our first official member of Mike's touring crew! Drummer Dan Mayo from the band TARTAN will be laying down the beats for Mike on his upcoming tour. Dan is an insane drummer with loads of groove - check out his videos on his Instagram. He originally hails from Tel Aviv, Israel and has been on the road with his current band for the last few months, so he'll definitely be ready to deliver at these shows. Also joining Mike is guitarist and keyboard player Matthias Harris. The English musician will be helping out with a lot of the live layering, as well as contributing to live vocals! He doesn't post much music but he does seem like a pretty chill guy. Check out his Instagram. He used to post acapella videos on YouTube, and has an acapella EP out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Last month in an interview with Kerrang, and recently in a JOOX live chat, Mike claimed that after LoveLoud, starting with his tour in Asia, he'll be adding two members to the live set. He's also said that they won't be anyone we know - but does that mean it's completely fresh faces, or will there be some big names we just hadn't thought of? Let's have a discussion, because the prospect of new members means a lot of things. Firstly: who are they? Are they genuinely new faces or are they some musicians from other bands Mike is friends with? Next, what does this mean for the sets? Different songs might be able to be played with live members of the band. Let's start with the big question: who will be joining Mike onstage? We don't actually have any names for people we think it could be (the only person that it could potential be that we know of is Jon Green, who has been in South Africa as of the last month, so it seems unlikely), but we can tell you who it isn't to rule some people out: Linkin Park: We know it won't be Brad, Phoenix, Joe, or Rob; we obviously all know them. grandson, K.Flay, MGK, Chino Moreno: All are busy touring or making new music. Darren King: The former MUTEMATH drummer guests on 'Hold It Together,' but he's doing a solo tour in August. We tried doing some snooping on Mike's instagram to see if he follows any artists who might potentially be it... but from our initial search there's no one Mike followed recently who is available to tour in August. What we can discount is people who are touring in August or are fully committed to another music project that is working on new music. So what do you think? Are we going to see completely new faces - as in Mike's friends who aren't already in a band OR new musicians who try out for the part - or will it be established musicians who just aren't associated with the Linkin Park crew? Additionally, what roles do you think they will fill? The drum pad and keyboard on the opposite side of Mike's live set up has literally gotten ZERO usage. The pads are meant to be used during the bridge of 'Crossing A Line,' but Mike hasn't gotten around to using them yet. Would make perfect sense to get a percussionist on there to play some electronic drums on several songs and give that part of the setup some love. Additionally, another musician who could handle keyboards and guitars also seems very likely given how layer-heavy a lot of Mike's discography is. In this video of the soundcheck from Mike's Gramercy Theater show, you can see that he planned on using those pads for the bridge of 'Crossing The Line.' A dedicated percussionist could add a cool element to the show! Next, what does the implication of new musicians bring? More hands on deck = a wider variety of songs that can be played. Mike has said in the past for Linkin Park sets that songs like 'Skin To Bone' and 'Robot Boy' would need 6 Shinodas in order to be performed live. Now I'm not saying we'll see those songs, but they certainly could become possibilities. Additionally, it'll lower Mike's reliance on playback instrumentals to add a little color into the performances. A drummer is definitely necessary for 'Hold It Together,' and an additional keyboardist or guitar player would sound great on 'Promises I Can't Keep' and 'Can't Hear You Now.' There isn't anything that Mike can't necessarily play by himself on Post Traumatic if he keeps going ahead with the format of the show, but like I said before, it'll add a new depth and a more human element to the music. What else in the discography could be opened up with new members? Quite a few Linkin Park songs that aren't too rocky could probably be played. For what's already in the set, 'Roads Untraveled' and 'Castle Of Glass' could get song guitar added in with Mike playing piano still. 'Waiting For The End/Where'd You Go' could perhaps be extended to include the WFTE guitar solo. Songs Mike isn't currently playing, especially from A Thousand Suns, Living Things, and One More Light, could also be added. Mike said already that he probably won't be playing these songs, but songs like 'Nobody Can Save Me' and 'Battle Symphony' could be put played. Plenty of Fort Minor tracks could work too, like 'Red To Black,' 'There They Go,' and 'Dolla.' Mike is a mashup mastermind, so with three members of a live act he could really expand the possibilities of what he does. What do YOU think Mike could play with new members? The current piano version of 'Castle Of Glass' sounds great, but adding in guitar on top of the piano would be cool as well! Lots of songs have potential for that piano & guitar duo. Let us know what you think. Now that the Asia Tour is nearing, we expect that rehearsals will probably be in full swing in the week leading up to it. Maybe in the end there won't even be any new members at all! Who knows what'll happen. Mike's Post Traumatic Asian Tour begins on August 7 in Hong Kong and runs through the month hitting stops in South Korea, Thailand, China, Japan, and Singapore. He then heads to Europe for the remainder of the summer and will be touring North America in the fall. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world! Check out the rest of Mike Shinoda's touring schedule here.

Mike went live on the JOOX app (available only in Asia) this morning and answered some questions. It was quite a long chat (nearly an hour), so here's a summary of what he said. Lots of interesting stuff about the upcoming shows and the experiences of his recent ones. He started with playing the string intro of 'Remember The Name' on his keyboard. World Tour preparation: the first “phase” is over (getting the music into the world, getting things rolling live). The next “phase” has more production and will have new members onstage. Mike wants the show to be fun - it’ll be meaningful, but fun. Mike doesn’t want it to be sad; he wants the music to lift us up and get things out so we can look forwards. Mike is a bit sick at the moment - LoveLoud was the first show he played by himself where he was a bit sick. Every show he’s played has been a different experience. The show’s slowly changing and getting better, but with each one he learns something new about how to make it better. Mike's planning on making a music video for every song. Not sure when he's going to be dropping a music video for 'Make It Up As I Go' yet. Mike did the videos for the Post Traumatic EP songs and 'Nothing Makes Sense Anymore' by himself. For the rest, he had a few people help him out because he wanted the camera angle to be wider than he could do with his arms. Someone sent Mike a sports car on the JOOX app and he got hyped. All the promo has been great. It's pretty much his first time doing it by himself, though. Going out with the crew and management has been fun. It's a strange experience to be going into some of these places, because the last time he was in some of those places he was with Chester. Info for meet & greets (for at least Bangkok and Hong Kong) will be coming out next week. Some of Mike's favorite comedians at the moment: Kumail Nanjiani, Hannibal Buress, Louis C. K., Mike Birbiglia, John Mulaney, and Chris Hardwick. Mike likes trying out different things, like the 'Ghosts' music video. Mike wanted to do an A.I. experience with a chat-bot thing (like he did with Boris) for like two years; he wanted to do something like that for One More Light but it didn't end up working out. Mike's motto: "don't be an a-hole." Mike's advice for anyone who's going through a hard time right now: "It's not the artist's responsibility to save you... but if it's serious, you should talk to a professional. In general, be aware of negativity in situations like social media. Make the choice to not do that." Mike wishes he could go to Jakarta - he said he's played some great shows there with Fort Minor... though he's only been there with Linkin Park - 2004 and 2011! Mike drew a picture of Boris riding an elephant. He ended by noodling on his keyboard for a bit. He showed off some presets he had and played pieces of 'Crossing A Line,' 'When They Come For Me,' 'Castle Of Glass,' 'Watching As I Fall,' 'A Line In The Sand,' and 'The Little Things Give You Away.' You can watch the full chat here: Mike's Post Traumatic Asian Tour kicks off on August 7 in Hong Kong. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world!

Collectors, your time has come. A vinyl version of Post Traumatic has officially been announced, and it'll be arriving August 10! Pre-orders for the vinyl are available now on the official Mike Shinoda store. The vinyl costs US$30. It's not certain how long they'll be available so if you want one, be sure to grab it as soon as possible! Awhile ago it a release date - August 10 - was posted on Amazon for the vinyl release, but at the time the real date was still in negotiations. Seems like planning it turned out for the better. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world!

Seems to me it was just for time's sake. Short set for sure. COG opened another short performance at KROQ in June, I'm sure Welcome will be back in Asia and Europe (unless he trades it out for a new song)

Phoenix was EPIC and the US Tour tease is dope. Announcement coming out any day now. The fact it's going to Utah tells me it's probably going to be pretty extensive.

Mike's on at 6:40 MDT today. Updated the countdown and timezone conversions to be at the time his set starts!

Not sure if this necessarily means more music is coming from them - it's kinda just something people say. Though I'd love to see more MS/grandson!

It's late, I don't want to do actual work, and I need to procrastinate (AND I need something to distract me from playing Fortnite). In writing the latest pre-show post for LoveLoud I realized we really don't have a consolidated or reliable place for all of the interviews Mike has done over the last few months for Post Traumatic. Since Skipees is gone, I figured someone would need to make a list of these, so I'll do it! This is a consolidated list of all of the interviews Mike has done for Post Traumatic. If you find any I've missed, feel free to comment down below and I'll add them in. Dates are according to the date the interview HAPPENED, and if that is unknown then it's listed under the day the interview was released. March 29 Vulture: Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda on Life After Chester Bennington, in His Own Words April 9 101WKQX: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda talks about Chester Bennington, new music (Summary) Alt 92.1 (Summary) Alt 105.7 Radio 104.5 (Summary) April 13 The Ryan Rod Show Podcast April 16 QQMusic (Summary) April 20 Instagram Livestream (Summary) April 26 ET Canada Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Radio May 12 KROQ May 14 Variety: Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda on His Solo Career and Being a ‘Debut Artist’ Again May 17 SiriusXM Volume Sway's Universe: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Speaks on Coping with Chester Bennington’s Death Through Music May 24 Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Radio May 29 KROQ: Mike Shinoda Talks New Song + Forthcoming Solo Album (Summary) Alt 98.7 FM: Mike Shinoda Talks New Solo Album, Coping with Chester Bennington's Death and Linkin Park's Future (Summary) May 30 Instagram Livestream (Summary) June 6 Forbes: 'I Have No Idea Where Things Are Gonna Lead' June 7 LA Times: How Mike Shinoda found life after the death of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington June 10 CBS Sunday Morning: A Life Cut Short: Trying To Understand Suicide June 11 Inside The Studio Podcast, Ep. 1: Mike Shinoda June 12 The New ALT105.3 FM June 13 AltPress: Mike Shinoda On Linkin Park's Future: "There Aren't Any Answers" Billboard: Mike Shinoda Talks His 'Therapeutic' Solo Album & the Future of Linkin Park (Summary) Entertainment Weekly: Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda grapples with Chester Bennington’s death on Post Traumatic (Summary) June 15 Breakfast On Red With Alana and Robbie GQ: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Is Taking the Next Step iHeartRadio: Mike Shinoda Talks 'Post Traumatic' + New Chapter Of Music La Gross Radio: Entretien avec Mike Shinoda: Post Traumatic, le récit du deuil d'un membre de Linkin Park Rolling Stone: Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Opens Up About Life After Chester Bennington Upset Magazine June 18 Alt 92.9: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Talks Mental Health With Amy Brooks June 19 Unicum: Mike Shinoda in interview: "I'll never understand it" June 20 Fox5NY NewsWeek: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda on Losing Chester Bennington To Suicide - Addressing Grief on 'Post Traumatic' People: Mike Shinoda Mourns Chester Bennington on New Album: 'Music Just Started Pouring Out of Me' June 21 The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Mike Shinoda - Channeling Grief and Hope With "Post Traumatic" June 26 1LIVE 94.9 The Rock Toronto: Mike Shinoda on 'Post Traumatic', Chester's Death, Performing With The Roots, Donald Trump + More q on CBC: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda on grief and his late friend Chester Bennington June 27 Breakfast Television Vancouver: Catching Up With Mike Shinoda June 28 Kerrang! In Conversation With July 3 INTERVIEW July 7 The Dan Le Batard Show: Hour 3: Mike Shinoda July 9 The Business Of HYPE with jeffstaples, Ep. 11: Mike Shinoda July 20 NME: One Year On: Mike Shinoda on the healing process and new album 'Post Traumatic' July 28 ALT 101.9 July 31 JOOX Thailand

That's what I'm thinking too. Might've done some tryouts or just got someone he knows to join him. Only odd thing to me is that he isn't debuting them at this show - seems like he'd want to, unless the next week is pretty much all rehearsals with the new members. I think it'd be fitting for LP to add in a backing member to the band like Jon Green. He'd be a great fit and help diversify the available setlist catalogue a bit. Wouldn't be a replacement for anyone, would just be like a helpful onstage presence.

It's someone we've thought about for sure - if not for Mike, then maybe when LP comes back. He'd be a great fit. I thought about making a thread about potential new members of the band but a lot of them came up as impossible, so it'd really just end up being "here are musicians Mike follows that AREN'T touring in August," which even then didn't really give many options. Literally the only person I know it could potentially be after doing research for an hour and a half is Jon Green, and even then as far as I know he's been in South Africa for the last month.

July's a tough month for a lot of us, but the month's nearly over and you know what that means: Mike Shinoda's tour is starting back up! Before Mike embarks on his Post Traumatic Asian Tour at the start of August, he's warming up with a festival show at Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds' LoveLoud fest in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 28! It's been quite some time since Mike's been in Utah. The last time he was there was for the A Thousand Suns tour in 2011, when Linkin Park performed at the EnergySolutions Arena. A solid show all around, it featured many A Thousand Suns epics like 'When They Come For Me' and 'The Catalyst.' That was the band's sixth performance in Utah, the first being way back on the Hybrid Theory tour, right around when the album was released in October 2000, opening for the Kottonmouth Kings. The band returned the next year, this time as headliners, at the end of 2001 on the Countdown To Revolution tour, where Jared Gomes from (hed)p.e. joined them for 'One Step Closer.' They came back during the Meteora World Tour, on the 2003 Projekt Revolution tour which featured rarities like 'Hit The Floor' and 'Easier To Run.' They returned again the next year on the Meteora North American Tour in February 2004, playing even more tracks than the previous tour. The band didn't return until 2008 on the Minutes To Midnight tour, which ended up being an interesting show. Chester was sick, so the set had to be shortened, which led to some interesting notes, like the 'Points Of Authority' extended outro being played after 'Papercut' instead. Watch Linkin Park perform 'What I've Done' in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2011 on the A Thousand Suns World Tour. It's been a whole month since Mike last played a show. He took the stage in Camden, New Jersey on June 30 at Radio 104.5's 11th Birthday Celebration, and played what might've been his best festival appearance yet. A very emotional night, the whole crowd showed a great reaction even if they weren't there for him, especially during 'In The End,' where there wasn't a single person not singing. To add to his festival set length, Mike added in 'Watching As I Fall,' amidst other Post Traumatic jams like 'Ghosts' and 'Crossing A Line.' Mike opened with 'Welcome' and its extended intro as he has with most of his shows, and closed out with a combo of 'Remember The Name' and 'Running From My Shadow.' This show was also one of his most emotional yet, the run of 'In The End' through the 'Over Again' and 'Papercut' mashup being particularly dramatic and emotionally powerful, Mike even saying himself that those songs almost took him to a dark place. This show has potential to be pretty interesting - it may very well be Mike's last fully solo show. In an interview with Kerrang, Mike said he'll be adding in some band members to his set starting with his Asia tour. Now, considering this is essentially the warm-up show for the tour, we'd say it would make sense for Mike to introduce the band members at this show. However, the language he used suggested they won't be at this show. So that leads to speculation - who will be playing with Mike? Mike said that the band members won't be anyone we know, so that discounts any of Linkin Park members (sorry, Phoenix!) and album collaborators. Who do you think Mike will add? We're thinking a keyboardist and a drummer will likely be the musicians Mike adds, but we have absolutely no idea who will be playing. Maybe they'll be entirely new musicians Mike had tryouts for! We'll see. Watch Mike perform 'In The End' in Camden, New Jersey. Hearing every single person in that arena sing Chester's part is really incredible. As far as what Mike will be playing at this set, we're expecting something similar to the Camden show. Similar set-length (as Mike is playing third-to-last) is likely. We haven't had much insight to Mike's rehearsals lately - if he even has been - but it is entirely possible he plays new songs from Post Traumatic now that the album's one month old. It'd be great to see tracks like 'Promises I Can't Keep' and 'Hold It Together' be played live! Maybe he'll save those for the full shows in Asia, however. It's possible we see some onstage collaborations, too! Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn is performing, and in a tweet he said he'll be playing songs from his solo album with special guests - will Mike be one of them? Dan Reynolds made it clear how much he loves Linkin Park and Mike at the Radio 104.5 show, so it'd be great to see him sing with Mike, or Mike sing with Imagine Dragons. Zedd is also performing, and he performed with Linkin Park at the Hollywood Bowl last October (he drummed during 'Crawling'), so it'd be awesome to see him join Mike. What do you think will happen? With the potential for lots of action happening, it's unfortunate we can't be there - but, we will be able to watch! AT&T will be streaming the show live on their Twitter, so we'll be able to watch the whole thing from home. Check below for all the stream details, including a link and countdown. STREAM INFO: Is anyone planning on going to the show? After this show, Mike heads off to Asia to kick off the first real leg of his tour, starting on August 7 in Hong Kong. Mike will hit many countries over the next few weeks including Thailand, South Korea, China, Japan, and Singapore. After that, he heads straight to Europe for the rest of the summer. After that, Mike's schedule is wide open - we're expecting a North American Tour to be coming soon, and Mike also wants to be touring in Australia which will probably come next year. We expect the whole Post Traumatic Tour to continue well into 2019, as well. We'll keep you updated on Twitter about everything coming from Mike Shinoda and his shows. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, and join the LPLive Discord for discussion with fans around the world! SETLIST: Castle Of Glass (Piano Style) Ghosts Roads Untraveled (Shortened) Waiting For The End/Where'd You Go (Mashup) Crossing A Line In The End (Piano Version) About You (Shortened) Over Again/Papercut (Mashup) Make It Up As I Go Remember The Name (Shortened) Running From My Shadow (ft. Phoenix) Check out the rest of Mike Shinoda's touring schedule here.

Right back at ya! I think this thread's been derailed far enough - let's get back on topic if possible.

The people have spoken! Here's a massive fuck you to you, Geki! bye felicia lots of stuff I wanna reply to Wasn't really comparing it to Chester, just overall. As far as "cinematic covers" go it wasn't that great but I still very much enjoyed it - didn't really want to compare it to the original. Your wish is my command. God this post is just so full of stupidity I just want to comment on one thing: this is literally the first time since Chester's death that I can remember that his music has notably been used in a movie trailer since, so I have no idea what the fuck you're on about. And hating a group, just for what it is, is some form of discrimination. So yeah, you might be a lil' sexist there. And I can't be bothered to comment on the rest of it because that's just some ass-backqards logic. See ya in 2 weeks when you make your next account. Everything about this is correct and hilarious. Legendary comeback lmao Retweet! Badass comeback Not gonna lie, a lot of the things you say and insinuate are pretty disrespectful (commenting on Mike's 7/20 post saying "WE NEED IT" instead of something nicer? Really?). Geki can fuck off, and no, we don't need him. If you want to argue it you can join him. L M F A O

Pretty awesome cover! I'll be honest I thought it'd be a lot better after hearing it in the trailer but this still sounds pretty dope when it gets going.

Anniversary Of An Uninteresting Event would be cool. Only time they ever played that was with Mike in 2009.