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You'd be surprised how many people still don't have an HDTV or a Blu Ray-compatible disc drive on their computer. *raises hand*

Pretty sure It's Goin' Down is in there. There's a commonly circulating version of that recording that's all screwed up. The DJ Battle wasn't in the middle of the set like that, it was prior to LP's set (and as the show page mentions, doesn't involve anyone from LP in any way).

Yeah, if this was a poll before the HCT started and it was like a choice between APFMH and Crawling or something like that, it'd be a no-brainer. For as stale as ITE is as a whole these days, it's still a solid live song. I've never really had any complaints about them continuing to play that one, it's literally their biggest song ever. If I HAVE to pick just one, I'm going to go with APFMH because it's a superior song in pretty much every way possible, but there would be a part of me that would miss In the End too.

Haha, crowd was DEFINITELY louder for In the End. Guess they really can't hear shit on stage. Not that I'm complaining.

Phoenix and Brad both sing over the top of the backing track. Going through a few different performances, sometimes you can hear Chester and/or Mike before the drums come in, sometimes you can't. Never really been able to pick out the other guys' voices though. Also, you mean Brad, not Rob. I've seen Brad do that part occasionally, but not very often. Joe's vocals on the last chorus of Waiting For the End are CLEARLY audible on just about every performance of that song dating back to its debut on 9/7/2010. You can also hear him on The Catalyst from the VMAs pretty well. Wretches "hey hey" part is sampled but again, the band sings over the top of it. WTCFM chorus is legit, not even a backing track there. There's rehearsal footage of Brad singing it along with Chester and Joe and stuff like that (although Brad likes to avoid singing sometimes - I've seen a couple live videos where he puts his face up to the microphone to make it look like he's singing, and his mouth isn't even open LOL). You can also clearly hear Phoenix on the last couple repeats of the outro on a lot of recordings (he does the different "ahh-ahh-ahh" part that comes in during the last chorus, instead of the long sustained "ahhhhhhhhh" part). The question I want to raise is, why would the band flat-out lipsync random parts of songs when they already use sampled backing vocals when it's clear nobody's singing them on other tracks? There are also basically two discussions going on here, which tracks are potentially lipsynced and which ones use vocal backing tracks, whether they're sung over or not. I made a list of these when ATS came out but I need to update it. Hang on... *Edit* K, done: The Requiem: Mike sings over album vocal track w/vocoder from off stage (not audible on most recordings, the original broadcast of Madrid 2010 is an exception). Burning in the Skies: "Ohh" backup vocals in chorus use backing track, sung over by Mike/Phoenix. This splits into a two-part vocal during the last half of the final chorus, not sure if they both stay on the main part and the second part is completely sampled, or if one of them takes the additional harmony there. When They Come For Me: End "hey hey" part is sampled, Brad occasionally joins in with it. Waiting For the End: "Ohh" backing vocals on first two choruses are sampled (this wasn't done during the first few performances of the song, it actually changed in the middle of the 2010 Europe tour, very noticeable on DSPs), sung over by Mike/Phoenix/Joe. All 3 of them sing the "main" part during the first chorus (since it's in unison there), but when it splits into 3-part harmonies in the second chorus, Mike jumps up to the highest part, and Phoenix and Joe stay on the middle part. The lowest part is completely sampled, with the other 2 parts also having a backing track that the guys are singing over. Strangely enough, the "ohh" parts in the outro are completely absent from the live version! Wretches and Kings: "Hey hey" parts are sampled, Mike/Brad/Phoenix/Joe sing over the top of it (Joe can be clearly heard on the Madrid show). Iridescent: Entire gang vocal section is sampled, full band minus Rob visibly sings over the top of it but generally aren't audible except for Mike and Chester on certain recordings. Fallout: Mike sings over album vocal track, his "live" vocals start off muted but gradually start to fade in about halfway through the song. The Catalyst: Gang vocals during first half of song are sampled, full band minus Rob sings over the top of the backing track (the backing track tends to be a lot quieter on this song than it is on some others, but it's still used). Lost in the Echo: "Ohh" backing vocals during choruses are sampled, Phoenix/Joe sing over the top of them but they only sing one part (the part that's present during the first chorus) - a total of 3 harmony vocal parts are added by the last chorus, with all but the "original" part being completely sampled. In My Remains: "One by one" backing vocals at the end are sampled, Brad/Phoenix sing over the top of them - Phoenix is very audible at the end of the song on certain DSP recordings. Lies Greed Misery: Backing track used for the vocoder effects found on Chester's voice from the album version. Castle of Glass: I THINK there's a backing track used for some of the harmonies during the last chorus? Brad and Phoenix sang them at the VGA/KROQ performances but Brad hasn't been doing any backup vocals on this song during the Australian tour, from what I've seen.

Added: Figure.09 (Singing Verses) The "original rap verses" version also had different lyrics from the album version, you can hear part of it on LPTV, there's one line that goes "I can't see through the fakeness" or something like that.

I still haven't bought A Thousand Suns + because I couldn't really justify buying a CD/DVD set of a CD I already have and a DVD of a show I already have in identical quality because it was previously shown on TV. Probably going to be the same situation here.

There isn't a band in the world that doesn't have technical difficulties. Shit happens.

Not a big vinyl collector, but the ones I do pick up tend to be the more unique ones. HT on colored vinyl? With a reissue of the OSC 10" single as a bonus? Yes please!

It also may have something to do with the fact that NZ/Australia is, for all intents and purposes, the end of the Living Things touring cycle, and as short as it's been, it'd be nice to see SOME kind of variety. This tour started out so promising in Europe and just completely crashed and burned after the first couple HCT shows. One song from the first four albums COMBINED that was never played live...and now 5 songs from Living Things that most likely will never be played. How can you NOT be disappointed by that? Living Things touring cycle = Way too short/inconsistent, way too many places left out, way too many missed opportunities.

Some random LP-related Livejournal page that had a grand total of one post made in it back in 2009: http://linkinparkmedia.livejournal.com/

It's from the intro track on Violent Femmes' "Add It Up: 1981-1993" compilation album. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add_It_Up_%28...E2%80%931993%29

Yeah, LITE got completely screwed over by lack of promotion and a ridiculously long span of time between single releases. It would've BLOWN UP as a lead single, probably more so than BID.

I actually have that same performance on DVD! There was a "Live at CBGB's" bonus DVD that came packaged with some copies of Korn's greatest hits CD, which was the same show that version of Did My Time came from. Korn was kicking ass during that period, I'm really glad I got to see them on PR04 before their classic lineup fell apart.

...These guys had this much time to work out something new, and they didn't even bother? Not even a new intro to an older song or a different verse over Waiting For the End or something different during Bleed it Out or anything like that? I've given this band the benefit of the doubt enough times over the course of this pathetic excuse for a touring cycle. I'm done. They are COMPLETELY phoning it in at this point and don't even care, so why should I? It's pretty obvious that Linkin Park doesn't give two shits about touring anymore, and if not, I guess that's fine with me. Hopefully their studio output continues to be satisfying. But I don't see myself dropping a bunch of money on another LP show in the future. And yes, I know there are probably at least 2 other setlists they'll be playing on the upcoming tour. I guarantee right now that they'll follow the same format as this one: Same stuff they've been playing, with the addition of Castle of Glass. The next time you'll see Linkin Park play a new song live won't be any sooner than Japan in August.

...Aaaaand as predicted, the Vegas show has come and gone, and proven you to be full of shit.

A west coast LP show without any setlist updates? I'M SO SHOCKED.

The Points of Authority music video in question was routinely shown on MTV and Fuse. And they're referring to how the music video for The Catalyst uses a shortened version of the song (I forget if it's the same as the radio edit). The FRGT/10 video was also in regular rotation on MTV2 at one point.

Yeah, I'll Be Gone was added to rotation on KROQ back in December, but there's never really been any indication of it becoming a single since then...although you could arguably interpret Chester mentioning playing it live in the LPU chat as an indication of that.

...The only source I've seen referencing Don't Stay being brought back in celebration of Meteora's 10th anniversary was a purely speculative forum post that I made on here a few weeks ago. I know people have a tendency to take stuff I say seriously, but goddamn.

Based on past history with one-off shows, probably not.

Most, if not all of the PR04 bands were on there. There were just a lot of songs by other bands too, I think there were like 19 tracks in total. The Stutterfly song was great, loved the No Warning, Funeral For a Friend, and Thrice songs they put on there too.

Plus the footage presumably would've had to be converted to reel-to-reel tape to use with film projectors. It's pretty standard procedure for theaters to destroy their tape reels once they're done with a movie's run, so I doubt any of that stuff would be available in that regard. I'm still kicking myself over the decision I made with Webster Hall's broadcast. I had to choose between going to the movie theater or staying home and watching the webcast. I knew there would be exclusive behind-the-scenes footage with the movie version, but I also had no idea if anybody else was recording the webcast (the initial press release made the webcast sound like it would be a one-time only event, just like the movie theater version, they didn't announce the re-airs until after the fact). I flipped a coin to decide, and I ultimately stayed home and recorded the webcast. Had I gone to the theater, I would've at least attempted sneaking my camera in and filming the documentary footage. Now here we are, years later, with the Webster Hall webcast source being one of the most common LP proshot recordings out there, even appearing on a couple different bootleg DVD releases. Meanwhile, the documentary footage from the theaters has never been seen again. And it's probably all thanks to a coin toss I made back in '07. Damn it.

Think it's about time LPL adds the "WE ARE NOT LINKIN PARK" disclaimer to the website like LPA's had for years? Posts like this have me thinking so.

How ironic that an article about the "death of radio" is written by someone who is clearly part of a much bigger cultural problem over the past couple decades: The death of journalism.