Linkin Park attended the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen premiere in Los Angeles last night and afterwards played a short set for the fans. Their set included "What I've Done", "Faint", "Numb", "In The End", "Bleed It Out" and "New Divide".
Make sure to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight at 12:05 AM EST on ABC to catch performances of "What I've Done" and "New Divide" from their set last night.
Please check your local listings to see when Jimmy Kimmel Live airs in your area.
If you have been watching MTV lately, you may have seen a commercial advertising the new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen film along with footage of Linkin Park's "New Divide" music video.
MTV is scheduled to air a special live performance of "New Divide" during Paris Hilton's "My New BFF" show, airing Tuesday, June 23rd at 10 PM EST. The performance was filmed at the recent L.A. premiere of the movie.
The very tail end of the commercial can be seen below. Quality is low because I recorded it from my TV, but it is still watchable.
Linkin Park will be co-headliners with Tool at the first ever Epicenter '09 at Fairplex in Pomona, CA on Saturday, August 22nd. Other artists included are Alice in Chains, Wolfmother, Atmosphere, Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, Street Sweeper Social Club, Aesop Rock, Sonny and more to be announced in the coming weeks.
LPU members will be able to purchase pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, June 23rd at 10AM (PDT). Tickets go on sale to the public on Saturday, June 27th via Ticketmaster at 10AM (PDT). Visit http://epicenterfestival.com/ for more info.
If you live in area, make sure you don't miss this!
Press Release: WBR RELEASES SOUNDTRACK TO TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN June 23
06/21/09
Although this press release is from late last month, and although we have already posted about the soundtrack, we are posting the following press release to spread the word:
WARNER BROS. RECORDS TO RELEASE SOUNDTRACK TO TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN JUNE 23RD
Soundtrack to Highly Anticipated Summer Sequel Features Music From Linkin Park, Green Day, Nickelback, The Fray, Taking Back Sunday, Cheap Trick And Others
Linkin Park Contributes The Film’s Theme Song, “New Divide,” Available For Purchase on iTunes Now
May 27 2009 — Burbank, CA — Warner Bros. Records will release the soundtrack to the hotly anticipated feature film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on June 23rd — the day before the film, the sequel to the 2007 Oscar®-nominated summer blockbuster Transformers, hits theaters nationwide.
The film’s director and executive producer Michael Bay asked Warner Bros. Records’ multiplatinum rock band Linkin Park to provide the sonic backdrop to the live-action robot fantasy film. Not only did the band write and record the film’s theme song, entitled “New Divide,” specifically for the soundtrack, they were also asked by Bay, Oscar®-winning composer Hans Zimmer, and award-winning composer Steve Jablonsky to contribute to the score. “New Divide” is currently available for purchase on iTunes.
Transfomers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Album also features music from Green Day (who contribute “21 Guns” — a song from their new album 21st Century Breakdown), Taking Back Sunday, The Used, The All-American Rejects, Cavo, The Fray, Staind, Nickelback, Cheap Trick and more.
In addition to the original soundtrack, Warner Bros will be releasing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Score, which will also be released on June 23rd.
Opening in theaters on June 24, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro, will be Linkin Park’s second project with Bay. The first Transformers film featured the band’s smash hit single “What I’ve Done,” which rocketed to No. 1 on both Billboard’s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts. The double-platinum-selling track was one of five top ten hit singles that appeared on the group’s most recent album, Minutes To Midnight, which sold more than six million copies.
In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, debuting June 24, 2009, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots® against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons®. Michael Bay directs from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman. DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures Present In Association with Hasbro A di Bonaventura Pictures Production A Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production A Michael Bay Film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and John Turturro. The film is directed by Michael Bay from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman. Based on Hasbro’s Transformers™ Action Figures. Produced by Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Ian Bryce. Executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, and Mark Vahradian. This film has not yet been rated.
The track listing for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Album is as follows:
SURU: Celeritas Show July 12th - Featuring Art by Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn
06/21/09
Straight from the folks at SURU, we have been told that SURU is planning an upcoming art show to celebrate Motorcycle culture, as well as to benefit Riders For Health. Both Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn have contributed pieces to this show (Mike has painted a motorcycle helmet) and as per the flyer below, Joe will be there to host the show alongside John Hensley. Don't miss it!
Credit goes to SURU for the news, and mikeshinoda.com for the information on the helmet!
Club Tattoo Grand Opening Celebration In Las Vegas, NV - Don't Miss It!
06/19/09
While this news may be slightly delayed, we are posting the following image to get word out about the upcoming acoustic performance of Dead By Sunrise, as well as to showcase what is basically the first Dead By Sunrise band image ever to be released to the general public.
This news post is slightly different for us, as normally we would write up a news post to go along with the attachment, however this time around the flyers basically speak for themselves:
Please feel free to comment on the official news thread if you are going to or plan to attend the festivities as we would love to hear your first hand experiences of the show!
Listen To The Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen Soundtrack For Free!
06/19/09
Straight from the WBR News Wire:
The action-packed soundtrack to the hotly-anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen doesn’t come out until Tuesday (June 23), but you can hear the album in its entirety before its official release in Shockhound's Transformers Listening Party. The album will stream starting today and run until the album drops — the day before the film hits theaters.
In a recent interview with UltimateGuitar.com, Mike explains that the new Linkin Park album does not sound like their latest single, "New Divide".
"The new album actually doesn't sound a lot like "New Divide," but it sounds great. We've got about 40 song ideas so far. We're trying to do something different from our other albums, with a focus on making some stuff that's more experimental, and hopefully more cutting-edge. There actually might be more rapping. I'm putting all my Fort Minor energy into the new Linkin Park album...you never know which tracks will make the final cut, but hopefully there will be more rapping, and some great beats on the new record."
He also states at the end of the interview that Chester's solo project, Dead By Sunrise, will be released in September 2009.
To read more of the interview, please visit UltimateGuitar.com, where Mike discusses "New Divide", writing a song for a movie, challenging moments for the band, feelings on Projekt Revolution, and much more.
Drifting from Linkin Park music news for a moment, On June 12th, 2009, Brad Delson, a UCLA alumni, recently gave the commencement speech to the class of 2009 of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) students.
In his speech, he talks about actor James Franco canceling on UCLA, Conan O'Brien declining to speak, Jamie Foxx, Ellen DeGeneres and sings "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" by Britney Spears. He also offers kind words of wisdom and optimism to the graduating class.
From a quote taken from a post on our message boards (with some slight editing):
"In the summer of 2002 MTV2 ran [a series of specially commissioned Reanimation music videos] on "Playback"; a show that served as a kind of listening party for albums that were getting ready to come out. These were only aired a few times within a few weeks of each other, and [have since become] pretty rare [and hard to find]."
For a while these videos have randomly appeared on eBay in the form of VHS tapes or custom DVDs but have never actually been hosted on websites for people to see in their entirety. Now, thanks to a member our forums with the screenname of Blackee Dammett (who also contributed the above quote), old fans and new fans alike can now see these videos in ther entirety and get a chance to to enjoy these rarities first hand.
It should be noted that since these are VHS rips, they are not in the original high quality shown on MTV2 but will serve as the best surviving copies of these videos for the time being. Over the next few weeks we will try hard to track down the originals to bring them to you in high quality, but shall our search be unsuccessful, please enjoy these videos..courtesy of LPA and LPMB member Blackee Dammet.
