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We've arrived at the final festival show for the From Zero European Tour, and the band has not let these shorter shows dull their energy! Tonight (technically tomorrow, but we'll get there), Linkin Park hits up the Open'er Festival in Gdynia, Poland for what is sure to be a fun night! This marks Linkin Park's first time playing this festival and their first time in Gdynia in general! They do have a history in Poland, though, going back to the Minutes To Midnight era in 2007. That show was also a shorter one due to the band opening for Pearl Jam, resulting in "Don't Stay" and "Given Up" getting cut, but the band still found time to play some fan-favorite deep cuts from Minutes To Midnight like "The Little Things Give You Away" and "No More Sorrow", both of which would be very welcome additions to the set! The show was rounded out by Linkin Park classics like "One Step Closer" opening the show with the first incarnation of the Gunshot Intro (which has been retooled a couple times now, with the latest being played on this very tour!) and "Faint" as the closer. Though the band skipped Poland for the A Thousand Suns era, they sure came back swinging during Living Things! With an opening run of "A Place For My Head", "Given Up", "Faint", the long awaited returns of "With You" and "Runaway", AND "From The Inside", it's like they asked one of our staff to come up with this set! The show being before Living Things even came out does mean the only cuts from that album were the pre-release songs ("Lies Greed Misery" and "Burn It Down"), but that didn't stop Mike from teasing what was to come with the incredible Apaches Intro for "Waiting For The End" featuring the third verse of "Until It Breaks". Not to mention the still-new-at-the-time Ballad Medley and the very inventive "Sabotage" bridge for "Bleed It Out". It's clear Linkin Park wanted to make up for lost time. Check out the band's first performance in Poland on June 13, 2007! Poland didn't have to wait too much longer for Linkin Park's return, though, with the band playing two shows in Poland during the The Hunting Party era. The first featured the somewhat infamous around these parts act-based set which paved the way for From Zero's sets (at least if you ask me). That set was even the birth of the "main" Mike and Joe solos (though both look totally different to what they'd end up being in 2024/2025)! It also featured the far too short-lived "Until It's Gone" mashup intro featuring parts of "The Catalyst" and "No More Sorrow", the seldom played "A Light That Never Comes", and of course The Hunting Party singles "Guilty All The Same" and "Wastelands". They returned the following year with their new setlist, opening with "Papercut", a "Waiting For The End" encore opener (an idea worth exploring again), and adding in fan favorites from The Hunting Party like "Rebellion", "Final Masquerade", and "A Line In The Sand", none of which have been seen since that tour. It's unlikely they dust any of those off for a festival show, but never say never! Speaking of The Hunting Party, the one semi-consistent inclusion this era ("Keys To The Kingdom") hasn't been played since the Grand Rapids show back in May! Could we finally see that make its comeback? Maybe even the one-and-done "All For Nothing"? Seems like it's still loaded up on their teleprompter! Most recently, Linkin Park played in Poland on their One More Light European Tour, headlining the Impact Festival. If the 2014 shows opened the door to an act-based structure for the set, this tour set the stage for the rotating songs. Poland got the privilege of seeing "A Place For My Head' added into the late-set rotation spot for the first time (a slot previously occupied by "Points Of Authority" or "Somewhere I Belong") after it won a Twitter poll, yet another thing Mike has been doing for some shows as of late. It also featured the first time Mike rapped "A Light That Never Comes" over the new "Castle Of Glass" Experience ending (the best sounding verse of the bunch in this writer's opinion). I would of course be remiss not to mention the plethora of One More Light tracks all over the set. From the widely celebrated "Talking To Myself" (complete with the stunning "Roads Untraveled" intro), the beautiful renditions of "One More Light" and "Nobody Can Save Me", and the lively new version of "Good Goodbye", it was a very nice change of pace to see the band actually playing most of their new album (yet ANOTHER trend that continued into this era)! "Nobody Can Save Me" from this show was even used for the One More Light Live release (albeit mixed with the Brixton performance)! "Nobody Can Save Me" live from Krakow, Poland. This clip features the audio from the One More Light Live release mixed with fancam video! Bringing it back to the present, what can Poland expect this time around? Well, we shouldn't have to look much further than the previous show in Belgium for an idea! We haven’t seen confirmation one way or another, but we’re expecting a shorter set like the other festivals on the tour. The band's festival set has shuffled around a few times, so it's hard to say what exactly we'll be getting, but that just makes the speculation all the more fun! "Cut The Bridge" recently made its festival debut, and it's quickly become a crowd favorite the same way "Bleed It Out" did back in the day, so we could very well see it again here. Rock Werchter also got "From The Inside" and "Lying From You" to round out its rotation slots, with the latter breaking up the "Let You Fade" and "A Place For My Head" trade-off in the encore we've seen for most of this tour. Even staples like "New Divide" have been swapped out at recent shows (something 2015 me thought I'd NEVER type), meaning all bets are off. "Crawling" could be in the encore tonight for all I know! Either way, we can be certain modern classics like "The Emptiness Machine", "Two Faced", and "Up From The Bottom" will take the stage by storm alongside older fan favorites like "In The End" and "What I've Done". It's sure to be a blast for everyone there! "Up From The Bottom" live from Rock Werchter. This song has quickly become a quintessential Linkin Park song! Oh, and a fun bit of trivia. Remember earlier when I said "technically tomorrow"? Well, that's because the band doesn't actually take the stage until after midnight, meaning the show really happens on the 6th! Yes, I'm that kid at the sleepover. For all intents and purposes, we count the show as being on July 5, but feel free to be as pedantic with that information as you please! Even with that technicality, the band still gets some time off before ending this leg of the tour with back-to-back nights in Frankfurt, Germany and a massive stadium show in Saint-Denis, France. Don't worry, though, cause the fun starts back up again a couple weeks later with the second North American leg of the tour! You can catch this girlie at the first five US shows (unfortunately have to skip Canada, sorry to disappoint). Now for some house keeping stuff: We started a newsletter! If you want regular updates on what's going on in the Linkin Park world without having to be constantly tuned in to social media 24/7 (and trust me, you'd have to be to catch everything), feel free to sign up for The Messenger! We're gonna be sending it out every couple weeks or so (no spam risks!), so feel free to sign up if you're interested! You can even check out the first edition here if you wanna see what you're getting into. We also did a massive upgrade to the show infoboxes by adding show count functionality! Want to know how many times the band has played in Poland? How many shows have been played on the From Zero World Tour so far? It's easier than ever to find out right from the show page! It's been a godsend for writing these posts... As always, we'll keep you posted on any and all things Linkin Park related, so be sure to sign up on the forums and follow us on social media (Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook)!

The CTB enjoyer throwing shade at SOTD is some truly wild work

1. Hands Held High (Verse 1 Acapella) 2. No More Sorrow (Long Intro) 3. Wretches and Kings (Hard Start; Speech Scratch Outro) 4. Two Faced (Joe Intro; Ext. Bridge) 5. From The Inside 6. Rebellion 7. Lying From You (2008 Intro) 8. Up From The Bottom 9. New Divide (Short Moscow Intro) 10. When They Come For Me 11. Overflow (Ext. Intro) 12. Leave Out All The Rest (Piano v1 + Chorus -> 2017 Version) 13. Nobody Can Save Me 14. In The End 15. Good Things Go 16. Castle Of Glass 17. Waiting For The End (Ext. Intro w/ 2024 Synth) 18. Final Masquerade 19. What I've Done (Ext. Guitar Solo Bridge) 20. The Emptiness Machine (Ext. Outro) ------------- 21. Joe Solo 22. A Light That Never Comes 23. Lost In The Echo 24. Papercut 25. Faint (Ext. Outro) ------------- 26. The Catalyst (Ext. Intro w/ 'Symphonies of Light' Vox) 27. The Messenger (Sing-a-Long Outro)

They are?

Dead on. CTB was easily the worst sounding FZ song of the night. The gang vocals had no weight/punch to them at all and Emily sounded the weakest she did all night. The bright side is it's early on so it's all up from there

Why would you wish this on me?

-Inception Intro- 1. The Emptiness Machine 2. **ROTATION** (Points of Authority / Lying From You / From The Inside) 3. Lost In The Echo 4. Up From The Bottom 5. New Divide -Creation- 6. The Catalyst 7. Burn It Down 8. **ROTATION** (Nobody Can Save Me / Sorry For Now / Talking To Myself) 9. Waiting For The End (2024 Intro) 10. Castle Of Glass 11. Overflow 12. Numb ('Numb/Encore' Outro) 13. When They Come For Me / Remember The Name 14. **ROTATION** (QWERTY / IGYEIH / Keys To The Kingdom) 15. One Step Closer (2024 Intro; Ext. Outro) -Break/Collapse- 16. **ROTATION** (Breaking The Habit / Leave Out All The Rest / Roads Untraveled) [similar arrangement to 2025 Lost) 17. Good Things Go 18. What I've Done -Kintsugi- 19. **ROTATION** (Over Each Other / Iridescent / Final Masquerade) 20. In The End 21. Papercut 22. Heavy Is The Crown (Ext. Outro) ---------------------------------- -Resolution- 23. Guilty All The Same 24. Two Faced 25. Bleed It Out (Ext. Bridge w/ 'Cut The Bridge' Bridge) 26. Faint (Ext. Outro)

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)

See! Don’t ever let someone tell you your vote doesn’t matter!

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

Heavy Is The Crown - 1 Over Each Other - 7 Stained - 2 Seems like everyone is already over Over Each Other Remaining Candidates 2. The Emptiness Machine 4. Heavy Is The Crown 6. Casualty 7. Overflow 8. Two Faced 9. Stained 10. IGYEIH 11. Good Things Go Casualty

He palm mutes and picks more aggressively than Brad does, and he almost exclusively plays everything with downstrokes. Points is probably the most notable example of that last part. The strumming pattern was pretty important to the sound the original riff had

If by "rhythm-wise" you mean off-beat, then definitely not that. Alex is playing to the click fine. His technique for a lot of the older songs (especially the HT ones) is fucking things up