ChuckCheese

I'm 99% sure that the GATS sounding parts of ALITS are completely intentional.

Besides the band being complete trolls tonight, this was a very lame show.

Damn, I thought it would be on the 7th! Looks like we're leaving earlier than expected.

You probably already have this one?

We can add this show note for fun: After Pushing Me Away, Mike joked to the crowd saying "If this was 2001, we'd be done with all of our material. That's all we would have, we would have to go home.

And there we have the setlist! Pretty awesome. This could have changed though since this was filmed during rehearsals.

Let's make one thing clear. The Hunting Party completely strangles the life out of Living Things and its partner, Recharged. It does so in the most brutal of ways and is completely unforgiving. It does the same to any naysayers who ever claimed that the band have lost their edge and could never go back to being heavy again. The Hunting Party straps you into a visceral roller coaster of noise that only lets you catch your breathe once or twice before shooting off into hell again. Linkin Park have, once again, completely redone their style and rediscovered themselves as musicians and song writers. I am ranking this as the second most impressive album ever done by the band, right behind A Thousand Suns. Brad and Rob have finally come out to play and they completely steal the spotlight for the entire ride. If you went back in time and had me listen to something like Keys to the Kingdom or War in a time when I was listening to a Linkin Park song like Iridescent or Roads Untraveled, I would have never believed that it was the same band. In a time where indie music is dominating rock radio, Linkin Park has come out with their most unexpected and just purely awesome record to date. Strap in. Here we go. 1. Keys To The Kingdom - We are wasting no time here, folks. The opener to the album kicks your teeth in right off the bat, with Chester screaming in a way he never has before. We kick straight into a riff that would make heavy metal fans bang their heads. This is one of the band's heaviest songs to date; most definitely the heaviest chorus. Rob punishes his drum kit while Brad shreds a true guitar solo for one of the first times ever. This will get the pits moving for sure. Mike singing over the final chorus really makes this song. Couldn't ask for a better song to start this thing off. Now hang on tight, because we're just getting started. 2. All For Nothing - This song does a great job of carrying on the energy unleashed from KTTK. Mike jumps on board and lets loose some filthy rap verses. The "1,2,3,4!" before every chorus is definitely a highlight. Bound to be an anthem for the band live. I find the chorus to be very lacking here though. Page Hamilton doesn't have too gripping of a voice and the chorus itself sounds much too generic. Luckily the energy carries this song all the way through. The song ends with you hearing "Put the heavy shit there." "The heavy shit right here?" Now you know that it's time to get really serious. 3. Guilty All The Same - Here it is. The core of this album and a representation of all that it stands for. This is Linkin Park at their best and my personal favorite song off this record. We are treated to over a minute and a half of an introduction (and a hell of an introduction it is!) before Chester does his first singing on this album. He is raspy and ready to rock. The riff is infectious and will stick with you all day. Nobody can resist banging their head to this jam. The bridge really breaks it down here and the band goes into full jam session mode while Rakim unleashes some of the best rap lines I have ever heard. His flow is all over the place and there is no way of knowing where he's going next. We kick back into the chorus (which you can probably sing along to at this point) before the song goes out with a BANG with thrashy drums and a blistering guitar solo. This is definitely "the heavy shit". 4. The Summoning - Take a quick breath and try to process what just kicked your ass. This is an instrumental but it definitely will not let you rest for long. This track is one big build up that lets you know that something HUGE is about to happen. Perfect precursor to the skull fucking you're about to receive. 5. War - Linkin Park goes full punk on this fast paced heart attack of a song. Rob completely tears up the entire song with Chester shouting all over the place. This will cause heavy damage in the mosh pits. Brad shows up to do work in his best guitar solo to date for the bridge. This song takes no prisoners and lets you know that Linkin Park is ready to shred. If you're still alive after this song, get ready for... 6. Wastelands - The riff for this song will definitely get the place jumping. Mike has his best raps of the entire album on this. Chester sings the catchiest chorus off the album as well. The synth in the background of this track really makes it stand out. It is a very safe song for the band but still holds its ground firmly and never lets the onslaught that is The Hunting Party falter in the slightest. 7. Until It's Gone - The inevitable hit single off of the album, the song starts in the most classic Linkin Park way imaginable, except that there's something a bit different. This song is infinitely more a wall of noise than hits like Burn It Down or New Divide. Lots of stuff going on in the background of this song. The most simple lyrics of the record, perhaps even of the band's whole career. Even this song doesn't let the energy fade for one second. Rob stands out yet again with some of his best drumming on here. This is a giant anthem that will have the crowds singing along for sure. The ending truly brings it all home. Huge production for this song. 8. Rebellion - This is a Linkin Park song with a System of a Down riff, which is of course thanks to actual SOAD guitarist Daron Malakian supplying said riff. Don't get me wrong though, that is a very good thing. This is the new BOUNCE song. Nobody will be able to resist jumping around to this jam. Mike sings and carries us through the best lyrics on the album. Chester lets loose some of his best screams on the chorus, which bring to mind other memorable Chester scream bridges like Given Up. One of the best of the album. 9. Mark The Graves - This song is really all over the place. It goes fast, it goes slow, it goes heavy, it goes soft; it is EVERYWHERE. Phoenix has finally arrived on a Linkin Park album with one of, if not the best bass track of the band's career. This song features another long intro that shows off a lot. A constantly changing guitar part that is accompanied by Rob's drumming that is also constantly changing before finally settling into a nice groove that Chester sings over. Really really really great harmonies happening between Chester and Mike on this song. The bass line stays with you long after the song ends. And yet ANOTHER guitar solo finds its home here to showcase Brad. The drumming here really gets you grooving as well. Easily the most unique song on the album. 10. Drawbar - Tom Morello brings a haunting mood to this piano driven instrumental. Now is truly the time to catch your breath and relax for a couple minutes before we end this album. The piano builds up perfectly to the next song. 11. Final Masquerade - We have arrived at some of the best singing ever recorded by Chester to date. Really different sounding than anything he's done. This is the ballad of the album, but make no mistake, it's far from boring or slow. This is a true highlight of the album and the lyrics and emotions that run through it will stick with you. THIS is how you write a slower song. It completely shoves others like Roads Untraveled, Iridescent, Shadow Of The Day, ect. right out the window. Brad's guitar tone really sells it here. Great stuff. 12. A Line In The Sand - We have reached the grand finale to the record. It was quite a ride. We had ups, downs, loops, and complete drops. The closing track of The Hunting Party begins with a slow build. The sound of a thunderstorm rolls in and the ambience settles with Mike delivering some of his best singing to date. Truly chilling. Don't get too uncomfortable though. Rob arrives to pick up the pace one last time and then the guitars kick in, borrowing the sounds from every song so far to make a forceful, driving riff that carries the rest of the song. Guilty All The Same returns in a big way, bringing the album full circle. Chester unleashes some final screams for the chorus and Mike raps over a piano just to make sure that every base is covered. Just when you think it's over, Brad switches it up and he and Rob start jamming huge. The atmosphere definitely lets you know that this is the end. The song goes out in a huge way, with wailing loud guitars and drums over Chester screaming his lungs out. The final notes are of Mike reprising his singing from the intro and we're left in the wake of the destruction that this album has left us. I love this album and I could not be more proud of my favorite band for making it. This is exactly what the world currently needed.

Songs that they can play without too much of a problem at the moment: All For Nothing, War, Rebellion, Final Masquerade. Songs that they're gonna have trouble with: Keys to the Kingdom, Mark the Graves, A Line in the Sand. Songs that I think they'll debut on Carnivores: War, Rebellion, Final Masquerade, and POSSIBLY Keys to the Kingdom.

Love it love it love it. A+ for me. Wow. Definitely some of the greatest work this band has ever done. Only track that's kinda meh for me is All For Nothing. The rest are fucking awesome. What a great album.

Thoughts on this set: First off I think this is one of the greatest sets the band has ever come up with. Tons of energy start to finish here and I will definitely give them props for changing the set so much. Guilty All The Same opening is definitely epic but it does sound a bit odd with the Catalyst / Requiem intro they're using. I like this intro but I'm not sure it fits with GATS. Definitely agree with Mark about rotating Given Up with No More Sorrow. Would really love to see NMS make a comeback and it would give Chester a nice break from GU for awhile. Points has been sounding kinda weird on this tour but it does keep the energy going. Pretty sure this will get replaced by a Hunting Party song by the time Carnivores starts. I always prefer One Step Closer closing a show, but I'll keep its placement here since it's a nice change for the band. Blackout is awesome here, no question. Papercut should be played in FULL here though. Unless it's the Papercut / LFY mash up, Papercut should always be played in full. I would also prefer With You in full but I think it's fine shortened here. I'm sure Runaway is getting the axe once Carnivores begins. Runaway shortened is fine, but could we at least get the bridge to the song? It sure is a tease when Mike just goes into Wastelands instead. That said, Wastelands is great here and it sounds great live. Caste of Glass seems to be a hit or a miss right now. Once the remix part kicks in the crowd is either totally with it and ready to party or they just don't know what the fuck is going on. I wonder how the US crowds will react to it if they decide to keep it in the set, which I'm sure they will. Now here is where the show starts to sag. The ballad medley is a great idea to knock out three slow songs at once (obviously much better than playing three slow songs in full back to back), but I really didn't think it would stick around for another touring cycle. I thought it worked fine during the LT cycle, but here it really slows things down just a bit too much. Sure the crowd is still singing along and all that but I think the real culprit is the Iridescent portion of the medley. Not as many people know it and it starts putting people to sleep. They should definitely scrap this and replace with either a new song or something else by the time Carnivores starts. Perhaps Final Masquerade can go here. Robot Boy is awesome. Keep it. I really really love Joe's solo but no crowd seems to understand what's happening during it. They should be dancing around like it's a rave but everyone is just confused at this point, especially after standing around watching Robot Boy which the majority of the crowd won't know. Maybe Joe's solo can go somewhere else in the set, though I'm not sure where. Burn It Down should be shortened. Without a doubt. WFTE is a pretty good live song now with the intro and outro. Good stuff here. Mike's solo is my favorite part of this set and I would really love for it to stick around. Great stuff if he keeps rotating which verses he does on it. Numb is much more exciting now with the Encore parts in the intro and outro. Good job with that. ITE is always good to me and of course Faint blows the place apart as always. Until It's Gone sounds fantastic live, but teasing NMS in the intro hurts. They should start the encore with NMS instead.I don't really have any complaints about the five shortened songs we get in a row here, I think it keeps the pace going fast enough to keep the crowd's interest. I really wonder if they'll keep this entire encore the way it is. What I've Done is a fucking excellent jam now with the guitar solo. And Bleed It Out should always keep that drum solo .Great shit to end the night here.

Wow, quite an emotional show. Incredible performance by the band. Absolutely batshit insane crowd. Loved it. Glad we got to see it.

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Good shit, first time in forever.

Wow band looked and sounded great at this show. Chester wasn't best friends with the mic stand as much as he was in Lisbon. Awesome crowd too, lots of energy. Not as many technical glitches helps too.

Definitely digging this track. Awesome stuff. Not very heavy to me, but it's still good. Catchy.

Pretty positive I just spotted the crazy dude from last RiR that sang Crawling with Chester in the crowd.

I have no damn clue what kind of custom setlist to make now that LP completely changed their live act lol.

This will be the site of the 10th International Linkin Park Summit and the 9th stop on the Carnivores Tour! Anybody going to both or either one??? How about the LPU meet up the day before?

All the recordings from shows at this place have been pretty epic. Definitely pumped to take part in it this year. Anybody hitting up this show?

LP returns to Jiffy Lube Live for Carnivores, who's coming to this one? Really love this venue, had a great time here on the Honda Civic Tour.

Who's joining me in my home state to jam? I'll be partying it up on the lawn for this show.

Show #2 for Carnivores! Who's coming?

Who's coming to kick off the Carnivores Tour with Mark and I????

See you there, gonna be a great time.

Done and done.