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As Brandi Carlile watched Elton John: Never Too Late, she was so moved she put pen to paper and was immediately inspired to write a song. The new documentary chronicles the first five years of Elton John’s meteoric rise and the road to his two 1975 Dodger Stadium dates juxtaposed against his final tour concluding with his triumphant return to Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium in 2022.
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The song, “Never Too Late,” performed by John and Carlile, not only became the end title song, but it also became the film’s title (watch the video for the track below). Elton John: Never Too Late is available in select theatres Friday (Nov. 15) and streams on Disney+ starting Dec. 13.
The documentary, helmed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, was originally called Farewell Yellow Brick Road, “which was really boring,” John tells Billboard. And then Carlile’s song “just summed up the whole of the documentary perfectly,” he continues. “What she saw she wrote down in a very concise way and summed up the whole of that hour and 40 minutes of time in a lyric, which was incredible.”
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“I was moved by what I was watching. I especially loved some of that historical footage, and it just sent me back throughout my childhood,” Carlile says. “I felt like my life admiring Elton just sort of flashed before my eyes. And I came to this conclusion that I had something to say about him and that I wanted him to say it,” she says.
The idea of words about John not written by John coming out of John’s mouth had captivated Carlile from the time she was 11 or so and first heard Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, John’s autobiographical 1975 album about his and longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin’s relationship. The album became the first to enter Billboard’s album chart at No. 1.
“I remember looking at the liner notes to Captain Fantastic and seeing this autobiographical rock opera play out that was written by another man about Elton and it was just like the greatest love story I think I’d ever seen,” says Carlile.
“Never Too Late,” credited to Carlile, John, Taupin and producer Andrew Watt, looks at how it’s never too late for new adventures and moving forward.
Carlile’s lyrics stress John’s penchant for not looking back, a trait he talks about admiring in John Lennon when he and the Beatle became friends in the ‘70s. As John remarks in the film, he “loves people who think about tomorrow, not yesterday.”
“I love that Elton doesn’t like to self-reflect,” Carlile says. “He’s too forward thinking. He’s too forward moving. And I’m so inspired by that ruggedness. I don’t think ruggedness is a word that gets associated with Elton John quite enough. He’s really f–king tough and he’s overcome a lot. And I just wanted to sort of take pause and slow it down and write a lyric about that for him to sing because he doesn’t like to say nice stuff about himself.”
Carlile didn’t allow herself to feel intimidated when she handed over the lyrics to John to see if he felt inspired to write music to them. “I think I took a page out of his book and just didn’t look back and I just gave them to him,” she says. “But now, in retrospect, yeah, that should have been f–king terrifying because he’s absolutely a cornerstone of everything that I am, not just musically, but he’s influenced me as an activist and as a mother and a gay person living in the world. I’m so happy that it turned out the way it did.”
The song opens with instantly recognizable piano chords played by John, and he says the music poured out of him. “It was pretty easy to write to because it’s such a great lyric and, obviously, I knew what it was about,” John says. “For her to write something for me and for Bernie — as Brandi says, we’re hand-in-hand.”
The doc, through animation, recreates the serendipitous moment that John and Taupin connected more than 55 years ago via their publishing company giving John Taupin’s lyrics in an envelope. As well known as the story is, it still seems like some kind of modern miracle to this day — even to John.
“It’s one of the greatest glories of my life and mysteries as how lucky was I to meet Bernie and the happenstance involved,” John says. “I appreciate our relationship and our writing more and more. [Brandy] mentioned the Captain Fantastic album, which I think is probably my best album because it’s about us. It’s so personal. As soon as he gave me the lyrics, it was so easy to write to because it was about us. It’s not something like ‘Tiny Dancer’ or ‘Madman Across the Water’ or ‘Levon’ or something like that. The more I think about and the more I appreciate Bernie’s lyrics, the better it gets and the more I feel so gratified. What a life! What a life we’ve had.”
Taupin and John, as the documentary notes, were extraordinarily prolific in those early years, with John releasing 13 albums between 1970 and 1975, including four in one year.
“It was called adrenaline and gratitude and love for what I was doing. I was a kid in the candy story,” John says. “I was playing America. I was meeting Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, The Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt, all these wonderful people. I used to look at their albums on the floor and listen to them on headphones. I’m an unusual guy, I suppose, but when you’ve got lyrics handed to you that are so good and Bernie keeps writing them, we just couldn’t stop. We were like a never-ending faucet.”
As the documentary depicts, though, that life was filled with pain at times. As John’s star was rising, he felt very alone and turned to drugs to help him fill the void when he was off-stage. “My music saved me when I was drug addicted and were going through bad times. I didn’t just shut myself away. When I was sad, I played music and when I was happy, I played music,” John says. “When I was unhappy, I still went on stage and the music for two hours took me out of my sadness. And so, you know, music saved me. By God, did it save me because I didn’t sit at home doing a lot of drugs.”
The documentary contrasts those 1975 Dodger Stadium dates and the emptiness John felt offstage with his 2022 Dodger date and the completeness he felt surrounded by his husband, Furnish, and their two young sons.
These days, two years after his retirement from the road, John says he doesn’t miss the stage at all — in fact, it’s quite the opposite.
“I did a scene in Spinal Tap 2, where we had to drive into a coliseum in New Orleans, and David was with me in the back of the car. And I said, ‘David, I’m having a panic attack. I do not want to go back to doing these things.’ I do the odd charity thing, the odd private show, but I do not want to tour again.”
He also doesn’t have time. John has had two musicals open this fall: The Devil Wears Prada on London’s West End and Tammy Faye on Broadway.
Both John and Carlile had reflections while watching the documentary.
For Carlile, the film provided another life lesson from her pal. “[Elton’s] given me so many things, but the thing that he’s given me that’s most pertinent to this film is that he’s given me an energy to move forward in my life. To ask, ‘What’s now and what’s next’ and to not dwell in the past.”
For John, as he watched archival footage he’d never seen before, including recording Goodbye Yellow Brick Road at the Chateau studio in France, “it reaffirmed the fact that we made good music. The documentary really helped me with my attitude toward my past catalog: it was bloody good.”
John may have been the only one who had any doubts about his early output and Carlile adores that the film compelled John to acknowledge a job well done.
“I love that this documentary is a forced reflection on his achievements and that he has to sit there and watch a story of goodness play out for what he’s done for the world,” she says. “I love that he has to see it. I love that he has to reflect. I love that he’s sitting here saying his music was bloody good. It’s a good thing that this has been [foisted] upon him and it’s an inspiration. It’s why I wrote the song.”
Watch John and Carlile’s video for “Never Too Late” below.
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For years, the idea of a Linkin Park without Chester Bennington seemed unfathomable. When the singer with the titanic voice and breathtaking emotional range passed away in 2017 at the age of 41, the band had just released their seventh studio album, One More Light, two months earlier, and the sorrowful pop album became what amounted to a swan song for one of the best-selling rock acts of the 21st century. Years passed, early albums were reissued, cutting-room-floor tracks were scavenged — but for all intents and purposes, Linkin Park had finished.
And then in September 2024, they roared back with stunning vitality.
With new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer/co-producer Colin Brittain in the fold, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, turntablist/producer Joseph Hahn and singer/rapper/producer/sonic architect Mike Shinoda revived their once-mighty band, with arena shows that included their many hit singles and hints at what a next era could become. While longtime supporters will likely (understandably) approach new album From Zero with hesitancy and a range of feelings, Linkin Park have proven time and again that they deserve to have their creative instincts trusted.
Throughout their run with Bennington, the band changed its sound from its rap-rock beginnings, explored new sonic ideas and often presented rewarding full-lengths that harnessed the boundaries of their aesthetic. Now with Armstrong’s voice front and center, Linkin Park use From Zero (a play on their pre-Linkin Park band, Xero) to press the restart button and let their artistry roam into new, often thrilling territory.
This was always the upside of bringing in a new vocalist that wasn’t simply a Bennington impersonator: Armstrong, formerly the singer of Dead Sara, can scream with towering fury and croon with fragile beauty in a way that recalls Bennington at times, but she brings different musical sensibilities and a singular point of view to the band’s palette, her wrath more pronounced and her melancholy finely drawn. Shinoda, who’s spent the past half-decade developing his voice as a solo artist and producer, sounds reinvigorated working in a band setting once again, and raps, sings and occasionally yells with an urgency that suggests that he understands how unique this new chance can be.
Fans of different eras of Linkin Park will find favorite moments on From Zero — A Thousand Suns supporters will adore the woozy “Overflow,” for instance, while Meteora diehards will wrap their arms around the breakneck speeds of “Heavy is the Crown” and “Two Faced.” Yet on the whole, From Zero imagines a new beginning for one of the biggest bands of the past few decades in a way that any fan can appreciate. Most of us never thought we’d be pressing play on a new Linkin Park album. In that sense, From Zero is a gift that sounds as special as it deserves to be.
While there may be no skippable tracks on the new album, here is a humble, preliminary opinion on the best songs on Linkin Park’s From Zero.
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Linkin Park is heading back on tour with new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong, and the band’s co-founder Mike Shinoda is opening up about returning to the stage with the group seven years after the untimely death of frontman, Chester Bennington.
In an upcoming interview with The Zach Sang Show alongside Armstrong, Shinoda shared that getting back in the swing of Linkin Park has been “amazing,” despite his initial nervousness. “Part of it is going from the band being an indefinite hiatus or whatever it was — we didn’t put names on it, it was just like, ‘We’re not doing it anymore.’ From it being that to standing on the stage doing it, there were all these weird little moments that were so surreal,” he explained. “Getting in a room and doing it was so cool.”
He added that there were moments that were “stressful,” because he wanted to “set aside enough time for us to get this right,” continuing that with Armstong’s vocal talent, “We were changing keys on songs we played for 20 years. I had to relearn ‘Breaking the Habit’ from scratch basically.”
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“It’s like, having a thing that you felt like it was taken away and then being able to get it back like, ‘Oh, you can’t play shows as Linkin Park anymore,’ even though Linkin Park is like Part of my DNA,” he added.
Shinoda concluded by noting, “Linkin Park is part of my DNA. Everybody’s got a core identity diagram, like, this is who I am. If you were to sit down with a piece of paper and write down the things that make you you, that’s a crazy exercise when you think about it. It’s things you love to do, your family, your kids, your spouse, whatever. The things that make you you and your beliefs, right there in the middle of it is Linkin Park for me. There are many other things too, but to have that one out was painful. To have it back in, there’s nothing like it. There never will be anything like it.”
Ahead of their 2025 tour, Linkin Park is set to drop their eighth studio album, From Zero, on Nov. 15 via Warner Records. Check out the exclusive clip from the interview via Billboard below, and catch the full episode of The Zach Sang Show on Friday (Nov. 15).
The 2025 Welcome to Rockville festival announced its power-packed 2025 lineup on Thursday morning (Nov. 14), including headliners Shinedown, Green Day, Linkin Park and Korn. The four-day event that will take place at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL from May 15-18 bills itself as North America’s largest rock festival.
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The 14th edition will also feature Rob Zombie and Three Doors down supporting Shinedown on night one (May 15), Alice in Chains and Good Charlotte (in only their second show since 2019) backing up first-timers Green Day on night two (May 16), Incubus and Pierce the Veil taking the stage with the recently rebooted Linkin Park on Saturday night (May 17) and Bad Omens and Marilyn Manson warming up for Korn on the final night.
According to organizers, last year’s event drew more than 200,000 fans from all 50 states and 57 countries for sets form Zombie, Tool, Slipknot, Deftones, Pantera and more.
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Among the 150 bands who will perform on five stages at this year’s festival are: Sublime, Knocked Loose, Halestorm, Mudvayne, I Prevail, Jimmy Eat World, Motionless in White, Beartooth, Crossfade, Seven Hours After Violet (marking the East coast debut of the new band from System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian), Bush, Chevelle, Taking Back Sunday, Hollywood Undead, Killswitch Engage, New Found Glory and many more.
“We take this very seriously…it’s symbolic and a massive honor to be a headliner at Welcome To Rockville. This is the biggest rock festival in North America, so LET’S GO!!!!,” said Shinedown singer Brent Smith in a statement.
Next year’s show will feature a number of firsts and notable reunions, including Shinedown returning to their home state and headlining Rockville for the first time, Alice in Chains’ first Rockville show since 2013, one of the first appearances of Sublime with new singer Jakob Nowell, Body Count’s first Florida show in more than two decades, the U.S. debut of Swedish progressive metalcore band Allt and reunion gigs by Three Days Grace, the Dillinger Escape Plan, It Dies Today, All Shall Perish, Power Trip, Chiodos, Dry Kill Logic, Chimaira, Evans Blue and Snot.
“We can’t wait to turn the World Center of Racing back into the World Center of ROCK once again as we will be welcoming back one of the largest rock music festivals in the world, Welcome To Rockville!” said Daytona International Speedway president Frank Kelleher. “Rockville always delivers a high level of electric energy in the fan friendly festival atmosphere. Rockville will yet again continue its tradition of hosting top-tier bands in rock, metal, and alternative genres.”
Single day GA, VIP and Daytona Owners Club passes are on sale now, with 4-day weekend GA, VIP and DOC passes still available; full details are available here. Passes can be locked-in via layaway starting at $1 down (or 10% of the total purchase), with access to nearby hotels, shuttle service and other exclusives.
Check out the full 2025 Welcome to Rockville lineup poster below.
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Linkin Park fans are receiving what they’ve been hoping for: The band announced that it is adding 50-plus dates to its From Zero World Tour for the new year on Thursday (Nov. 14), one day before new album From Zero arrives via Warner Records.
“Getting back out on the road has been incredible,” Mike Shinoda said in a statement about the trek promoting the band’s new set. “The fans’ support is overwhelming, and we’re ready to take this energy even further around the world. From Zero is a new chapter for us, and we’re so excited to share it with everyone on a bigger scale.”
Linkin Park previously played several shows around the world after announcing new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, and dropping album singles “The Emptiness Machine” and “Heavy Is the Crown.”
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The next leg of the trek will feature special guests Queens of the Stone Age, JPEGMAFIA, AFI, Spiritbox, Grandson, Jean Dawson and Pvris on select dates as it makes its way to stadiums and arenas around the world, including North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. It kicks off Jan. 31 at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros, and ends Nov. 15 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Prior to announcing the tour, banners reading “Counting From Zero” appeared near the venues and seemingly teased the 2025 world trek was coming. And in the band’s September Billboard cover story about its comeback, Shinoda teased that Linkin Park would be “touring heavily” in the coming year, while bassist Dave Farrell noted, “I’m sure we’re going to do some hard touring in 2025.”
General on sale for shows in North America begins Thursday, Nov. 21, at noon local time, while Europe and the U.K. will be available the following day at 10 a.m. local time. For those in the Linkin Park Underground fan club, presales will kick off on Nov. 18, with more information available on the band’s website.
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Jan. 31, 2025 | Estadio GNP Seguros – Mexico City, Mexico
Feb. 3, 2025 | Estadio 3 de Marzo – Guadalajara, Mexico
Feb. 5, 2025 | Estadio Banorte – Monterrey, Mexico
Feb. 11, 2025 | Saitama Super Arena – Tokyo, Japan
Feb. 12, 2025 | Saitama Super Arena – Tokyo, Japan
Feb. 16, 2025 | Venue TBA – Jakarta, Indonesia
April 12, 2025 | Sick New World Festival – Las Vegas
April 26, 2025 | Moody Center – Austin, Texas
April 28, 2025 | BOK Center – Tulsa, Okla.
May 1, 2025 | Van Andel Arena – Grand Rapids, Mich.
May 3, 2025 | CFG Bank Arena – Baltimore
May 6, 2025 | Lenovo Center – Raleigh, N.C,
May 8, 2025 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena – Greenville, S.C.
May 10, 2025 | Sonic Temple – Columbus, Ohio.
May 17, 2025 | Welcome to Rockville – Daytona, Fla.
June 12, 2025 | Novarock Festival -Nickelsdorf, Austria
June 14, 2025 | Rock for People Festival – Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
June 16, 2025 | Heinz-Von-Heiden Arena – Hannover, Germany
June 18, 2025 | Olympiastadion – Berlin, Germany
June 20, 2025 | Bernexpo – Bern, Switzerland
June 24, 2025 | I-DAYS Festival – Milan, Italy
June 26, 2025 | Gelredome – Arnhem, Netherlands
June 28, 2025 | Wembley Stadium – London
July 1, 2025 | Merkur Spiel Arena – Dusseldorf, Germany
July 3, 2025 | Rock Werchter Festival – Werchter, Belgium
July 5, 2025 | Open’er Festival – Gdynia, Poland
July 8, 2025 | Deutsche Bank Park – Frankfurt, Germany
July 11, 2025 | Stade de France – Paris
July 29, 2025 | Barclays Center – Brooklyn, New York
Aug. 1, 2025 | TD Garden – Boston
Aug. 3, 2025 | Prudential Center – Newark, N.J.
Aug. 6, 2025 | Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec
Aug. 8, 2025 | Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, Ontario
Aug. 11, 2025 | United Center – Chicago
Aug. 14, 2025 | Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, Mich.
Aug. 16, 2025 | Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, Pa.
Aug. 19, 2025 | PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, Pa.
Aug. 21, 2025 | Bridgestone Arena – Nashville
Aug. 23, 2025 | Enterprise Center – St. Louis, Mo.
Aug. 25, 2025 | Fiserv Forum – Milwaukee, Wis.
Aug. 27, 2025 | Target Center – Minneapolis
Aug. 29, 2025 | CHI Health Center – Omaha, Neb.
Aug. 31, 2025 | T-Mobile Center – Kansas City, Mo.
Sept. 3, 2025 | Ball Arena – Denver, Colo.
Sept. 6, 2025 | Footprint Center – Phoenix
Sept. 13, 2025 | Dodger Stadium – Los Angeles
Sept. 15, 2025 | SAP Center – San Jose, Calif.
Sept. 17, 2025 | Golden 1 Center – Sacramento, Calif.
Sept. 19, 2025 | Moda Center – Portland, Ore.
Sept. 21, 2025 | Rogers Arena – Vancouver, B.C.
Sept. 24, 2025 | Climate Pledge Arena – Seattle
Oct. 26, 2025 | Venue TBA – Bogota, Colombia
Oct. 29, 2025 | Venue TBA – Lima, Peru
Nov. 1, 2025 | Venue TBA – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov. 5, 2025 | Venue TBA – Santiago, Chile
Nov. 8, 2025 | Venue TBA – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nov. 10, 2025 | Venue TBA – São Paulo, Brazil
Nov. 13, 2025 | Venue TBA – Brasilia, Brazil
Nov. 15, 2025 | Venue TBA – Porto Alegre, Brazil
A few years ago, Gin Blossoms singer Robin Wilson had an idea for a band T-shirt with the song title of one of its most popular songs in the style of a satanic metal band. “It was all blood, and there were pentagrams, and it said ‘Follow You Down’ in old English script,” he tells Billboard’s Behind the Setlist podcast. “It was just blood and flames everywhere, and I loved it so much. I thought it was really funny and great.”
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The other four members of Gin Blossoms — a melodic rock band whose handful of lasting hits from the ‘90s alternative rock era have little in common with dark heavy metal — didn’t share Wilson’s enthusiasm, and the idea never got past the conception phase. Why the shirt didn’t get made helps explain how Wilson and his bandmates have kept Gin Blossoms going for 37 years: Wilson was outvoted.
“Part of what makes our band work is that everybody gets a vote,” says Wilson from his home in Arizona. “And despite the fact that I do more work than anybody else, my vote doesn’t count for any more. It wouldn’t work for us. If I made some power grab, that would be one of the things that could lead to the end of the band.”
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Formed in 1987 in Tempe, Ariz., Gin Blossoms first released an independent album, Dusted, before signing to MCA Records and releasing New Miserable Experience in 1992. The band’s catchy, melodic songs sounded drastically different than the heavier grunge sound that was capturing programmers’ attention at the time, but Gin Blossoms eventually found a welcome home at radio and MTV. Their breakout hit, “Hey Jealousy,” peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1993 and was equalled by “Found Out About You” the following year. A double-A side single with “Follow You Down” and “Til I Hear It From You,” and the 1996 album Congratulations I’m Sorry, peaked at Nos. 9 and 10 on the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts, respectively.
A four-year breakup and three studio albums later, Gin Blossoms’ democratic approach to running the band has proven effective. They spent much of 2024 criss-crossing the country playing playing music venues, fairs and festivals. In August, the band hit the road with ‘90s compatriots Toad the Wet Sprocket and Vertical Horizon. In January, the band will board The ‘90s Cruise in Tampa, Fla., that will also feature Blues Traveler, Everclear, Lit and Lisa Loeb.
“I think there was a lot of sacrifices made by the everybody in the band to stay together,” says guitarist Jesse Valenzuela. “But at some after 20 years, you start to see it as maybe, I guess, this is my life’s work, and what are you supposed to do? You better make peace with your situation and try to be positive and be the best person you can be. Try to be helpful to others and be honest.”
“Punctuality,” Wilson adds. “Punctuality is important. You don’t make your bandmates wait for you. You want to keep a band together? Get to the airport on time.”
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It’s shaping up to be a banner week for Linkin Park. On Friday (Nov. 15), they will release their new LP From Zero – the band’s first record following the passing of lead vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017. Now, the iconic nu-metal band also appears to be teasing some huge headlining shows for 2025.
As a slew of social media posts from venues across North America, Europe and the U.K. revealed uesday (Nov. 12), a “Counting From Zero” banner has been placed somewhere around each arena or stadium. Though the signs don’t explicitly include the band’s name, they seemingly nod to the title of the forthcoming album.
Among those venues are London’s legendary Wembley Stadium, Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena and Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany. Each post appears to indicate that a tour announcement is expected to land Thursday (Nov. 14) at 12 p.m. GMT (7 a.m. ET).
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In September, following a seven-year hiatus, the band released its comeback single, “The Emptiness Machine,” which peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and entered the Official U.K. Singles Chart at No. 4. The new iteration of the band has seen the introduction of Colin Brittain on vocals and drums, while Emily Armstrong (singer with Dead Sara) has also taken on co-lead vocal duties.
These lineup changes follow Bennington’s death by suicide in July 2017. A tribute concert took place that October, before the band’s members went their separate ways for an extended break. Linkin Park co-founder Mike Shinoda released his solo album Post Traumatic in 2018, which was supported by a world tour.
During the band’s first public show since the loss of Bennington at the L.A. Forum on Sept. 11, Shinoda spoke about the emotional significance behind their reformation. “This is not about erasing the past,” he said. “It is about starting this new chapter into the future.”
The band is currently on their From Zero world tour, having recently played London’s O2 Arena twice, alongside dates in France, Germany, Colombia and South Korea. They are currently gearing up to perform two shows in São Paulo, Brazil, across their album’s release weekend.
Earlier this year, Linkin Park spoke to Billboard, sharing that the band kept its return under wraps in order to alleviate any anxiety they were feeling towards making new music. “Things just came into focus, naturally,” Shinoda explained. “Even with Emily and Colin, we didn’t say, ‘Hey, come in, we’re doing Linkin Park sessions.’ We just said, ‘We’re going to write songs.’”
“For three days at least, I don’t ever remember touching the ground,” Armstrong described of her experience of joining the band. “And then everything was different when I came back down – knowing my life was going to be different, in the best way. I came back to a dreamland.”
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