Linkin Park returns with an album, tour and new singer seven years after the suicide of its vocalist | Culture | EUROtoday

The suicide of vocalist Chester Bennington made many followers assume that they might by no means once more have the prospect to listen to the American band Linkin Park. But after a pressured seven-year break, the group introduced on Thursday that it will likely be making a comeback with an album, a world tour and a brand new vocalist, Emily Armstrong, in its ranks.

“The sound of this new era encompasses the past, present and future, embracing our recognizable groove, but fresh and full of life. We created it with a deep appreciation for our new and old bandmates, our friends, family and fans. We are proud of what Linkin Park has become over the years, and look forward to the journey ahead,” explains Mike Shinoda, additionally a composer, vocalist and guitarist concerning the first track revealed with Armstrong (Los Angeles, 1986): The Emptiness Machinefor which they’ve already launched a brand new video.

The reunion had due to this fact been brewing for a very long time. So a lot in order that Linkin Park's new album, From Zero (From Scratch), will go on sale on November 15, whereas the worldwide tour will start subsequent week, on September 11, in Los Angeles, Live Nation introduced in a press release. The world tour From Zerowhich can cross three continents in two weeks, will proceed on September 16 on the Barclays Center in New York; on the twenty second on the Barclays Arena in Hamburg (Germany); on the twenty fourth at The O2 in London; and on the twenty eighth on the Inspire Arena in Seoul (South Korea). On November 11 they’ll carry out on the MedPlus Coliseum in Bogotá. Pre-sales are already accessible on the group's web site.

This shock announcement marks a “new era” following the demise in 2017 of the band’s chief, Chester Bennington, and after the opposite 4 members, buddies since their youth, started to get collectively once more in recent times. At these conferences, they invited different buddies to their studio and “found a special affinity” with Emily Armstrong, from the group Dead Sara, and with drummer Colin Brittain, who replaces Rob Bourdon, with whom they spent increasingly more hours till they concluded that each could be a part of a brand new Linkin Park, a gaggle that was born in 1996.

“Before Linkin Park, our first name as a band was Xero. The title of this album refers both to this humble beginning and to the path we are currently on,” Shinoda explains. Among different surprises, Linkin Park have launched a live performance from the brand new album recorded with an viewers at Warner Studios in Burbank (California) through which the concord of the brand new formation will be appreciated and through which they reinterpret legendary songs reminiscent of In the tip, Somewhere I belong, Crawling, Faint o Papercutnow voiced by Armstrong. Shinoda, on stage along with his guitar slung over his shoulder, introduces the members by identify and position, including, “And in the role of Chester Bennington, there are all of you.”

On June 22, 2017, Linkin Park gave their final live performance in Madrid. The begin of their American tour was scheduled for Thursday, July 27, of that 12 months, with a live performance in Massachusetts. Their final music video, Talking To Myselfwas launched hours earlier than it was introduced that Bennington had died, on July 21 of that 12 months, and so they even recorded a Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. On October 27, the remainder of the band members organized a live performance in tribute to their deceased companion.

To look again on this journey and look forward to what's to return, the band can even be giving an interview on Apple Music this Friday with host Zane Lowe, “a candid and in-depth conversation about Linkin Park's incredible legacy, their seven-year journey into new music and their excitement for the future,” says Live Nation's observe.