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After an intense 3 show run in Mexico, Japan is next up for the From Zero World Tour with back to back shows at Saitama Super Arena! Linkin Park has hit the ground running this tour, capping off the Mexico leg in Monterrey, where they debuted Set C. The new set featured the return of the "Burn It Down" vocals over the various act intros, "Given Up" rounding out the "heavy" rotation slot in the middle of the set alongside "Casualty" and "Keys To The Kingdom", and had the revival of "From The Inside", which was last played during the One More Light tour in Birmingham, UK. This is also the first time the song was played in the encore, but it's a spot I wouldn't mind it sticking around in. It's certainly got the energy to help close out the show! That's not to mention the new arrangement of "Lost" to replace the shortened piano version and the new From Zero additions so far this year: "Overflow", "Good Things Go", and the bridge of "Cut The Bridge" over the "Bleed It Out" bridge. It's certainly shaping up to be an exciting tour! The tour debut of "From The Inside" from Monterrey, MX on February 5, 2025 Linkin Park has a pretty storied history in Japan, though they've only played in Saitama specifically twice. Both times were in 2007 where they did back to back nights at Saitama Super Arena. Sound familiar? The first night in the city featured an elusive full version of "Hands Held High" along with some of the band's strongest show and encore openers in "No More Sorrow" and "The Little Things Give You Away", respectively. If the band happens to be looking for ideas to surprise fans, I don't think anyone would be complaining about those picks! And if you feel like indulging in some nostalgia, check out this recording of the band's first night in Saitama 2007, which was obtained for the community by the late Nick Kramar (R.I.P.) Audience recording of the band's first night in Saitama, JP on November 23, 2007 Beyond Saitama, there's no shortage of history to pull from as far as Linkin Park in Japan goes. The band last played in the country as part of the promotional campaign for One More Light, where Mike and Chester played a piano version of "Heavy" for NTV's News Zero. Their last "proper" shows were during the Living Things tour when they played Summer Sonic 2013. On top of Mike and Chester joining Steve Aoki later in the night to premiere their collaboration "A Light That Never Comes", it was also a truly stellar performance from the band (a performance so good it led to us getting a quick shoutout from Mike). "Lost In The Echo" in particular from that show is among the band's best performances in this writer's opinion. Hopefully it's not a permanent casualty of the new year setlist change. "Lost In The Echo" live from Summer Sonic 2013 in Osaka, JP Probably the most iconic moment across Linkin Park's time in Japan was the world premiere of "QWERTY" in 2006. The song has become a longstanding fan favorite, but has been relegated to deep-cut purgatory since the Minutes To Midnight era ended (plus a short stint as the conjoined twin of "VICTIMIZED"). That being said, "QWERTY" was made a single as part of the Papercuts promotional campaign, and "All For Nothing" getting its debut in Arlington proves that the band is willing to pull out songs we thought were totally out of the question. Could we see it make its long anticipated return in Japan? Along those same lines, the first and only snippets of "No Roads Left" to ever be played live were in Chiba and Yokohama, Japan back in 2011. With how much Mike's singing voice has improved over the years, I'd wager he could pull off the whole song nowadays. Just throwing that out there... "QWERTY" live from Tokyo, JP on August 13, 2006 It's gonna be an early one folks! The show seemingly starts at 6:00 PM, which is in the wee hours of the morning over here in the US. No openers for this one either, so it's all business! After this, Linkin Park is gonna stick around for another night before heading off to Jakarta to wrap up both the Asian leg of the tour and the first "mini-leg" of the tour overall. We'll be sure to keep you all up to date on everything going on in the Linkin Park world both here on the forums and on all our various channels (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!

1. Heavy Is The Crown (Original Arcane Score Version) 2. The Emptiness Machine 3. Papercut 4. *ROTATION* [Lying From You / Wretches and Kings] 5. Good Goodbye 6. Numb ('Numb/Encore' Intro w/ 'Hands Held High' v1) 7. *ROTATION* [Leave Out All The Rest (2017 Version) / Iridescent (Hollywood Bowl Version)] 8. Waiting For The End (2024 Intro) 9. Overflow 10. Lost In The Echo 11. Rebellion 12. *ROTATION* [Figure.09 / With You] 13. Two Faced 14. In The End 15. Castle Of Glass 16. Good Things Go 17. *ROTATION* [My December (Stripped Down) / Final Masquerade (Stripped Down) / Nobody Can Save Me (Stripped Down)] 18. Over Each Other (Piano Start) 19. Talking To Myself 20. What I've Done (Ext. Guitar Solo Bridge) 21. From The Inside 22.*ROTATION* [Casualty / Keys To The Kingdom] 23. Heavy Is The Crown (Ext. Outro) ---------------------- 24. *ROTATION* [Breaking The Habit / One More Light] 25. The Catalyst 26. Faint (Ext. Outro)

1. From The Inside (Long Intro; Feedback Transition Outro) 2. Lying From You (2008 Intro; 'Dirt Off Your Shoulders' Bridge Tease) 3. Two Faced 4. Across The Line 5. Overflow (Shortened (No First Chorus or Second Verse)) 6. With You 7. IGYEIH 8. Victimized (w/ 'QWERTY) 9. Lost In The Echo 10. New Divide 11. Sorry For Now (Shortened (First Verse, Chorus, and Bridge Only); Bridge w/ 'Where'd You Go' v1; Transition Ending) 12. Waiting For The End 13. Final Masquerade 14. Good Things Go (Acoustic Version) 15. Castle Of Glass 16. Blackout (Ext. Intro; Shortened (Outro Section Only)) 17. The Emptiness Machine 18. Papercut 19. Faint (Ext. Outro) ------------------------ 20. My December (Piano Version; Shortened (Verse 1 and Chorus Only)) 21. What I've Done 22. The Catalyst ------------------------ 23. Heavy Is The Crown 24. One Step Closer (Ext. Outro)

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I'd agree that Casualty is more interesting, but I still don't think it's very good. For my ranking, spots 4-8 could probably go in just about any order

And with that, we are finished! The Emptiness Machine - 6 Good Things Go - 5 In an ending that honestly surprised me, Good Things Go has emerged as the victor of the LPLive From Zero Election! For those of you who didn't keep track at home, here's the final ranking: Good Things Go The Emptiness Machine IGYEIH Two Faced Overflow Casualty Heavy Is The Crown Stained Over Each Other Cut The Bridge From Zero (Intro) And here's how it stacks up against the staffs' personal rankings:

The Emptiness Machine - 1 IGYEIH - 7 Good Things Go - 3 IHBE WCHSTC Remaining Candidates 2. The Emptiness Machine 11. Good Things Go The Emptiness Machine

The Emptiness Machine - 1 Two Faced - 7 IGYEIH - 5 Two Faced went out this round, but who knows what could be next! Remaining Candidates 2. The Emptiness Machine 10. IGYEIH 11. Good Things Go IGYEIH

Seems like it's a race for third

Overflow - 6 Two Faced - 3 IGYEIH - 3 It's over for Overflow Remaining Candidates 2. The Emptiness Machine 8. Two Faced 10. IGYEIH 11. Good Things Go Two Faced

I think the "yeahyeahyeah" is a bit abrasive. Honestly a total toss up between IGYEIH, Overflow, and Two Faced for this round. Wouldn't really have an issue with any of them going out

Casualty - 5 Overflow - 1 Two Faced - 1 IGYEIH - 3 You all know the joke I'd make here Remaining Candidates 2. The Emptiness Machine 7. Overflow 8. Two Faced 10. IGYEIH 11. Good Things Go Overflow

Heavy Is The Crown - 6 Casualty - 5 Two Faced - 1 IGYEIH - 1 This is what you asked for. Heavy Is The Crown is out Remaining Candidates 2. The Emptiness Machine 6. Casualty 7. Overflow 8. Two Faced 10. IGYEIH 11. Good Things Go Casualty

Heavy Is The Crown - 3 Casualty - 3 Stained - 7 Guess you guys can't get it right every time. Stained is out Remaining Candidates 2. The Emptiness Machine 4. Heavy Is The Crown 6. Casualty 7. Overflow 8. Two Faced 10. IGYEIH 11. Good Things Go Casualty

Nah that was Brad's favorite part of the live shows. Some things should stay sacred