[thumb]http://www.lpassociation.com/upload/images/082415-213225_LPeuro15.png[/thumb] History repeats itself, almost 15 months later. Linkin Park played in Moscow last year, just at the start of the touring for The Hunting Party. Before that they played shows in the city in 2007, 2011 and 2012. 2007 was the premiere performance for the band in Moscow and the second one in the country, the first show taking place the day before in Saint Petersburg. The 2011 performance was the Transformers 3 premiere, the second performance in Moscow and the fourth show in Russia. At this show they performed the Transformers remix of Iridescent for the first and last time .. as of yet. They also brought out a special intro for New Divide, one that they have only played before the song at one other show. In 2012 they played Moscow for the third time with and the fifth show in the country. So, in 2014 they returned to the city with their fourth show and eight in total in the country. You can watch a video of the full set below. [video=youtube;rLB0aIGS0zE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLB0aIGS0zE[/video] Showing what awesome fans they are, at the three latest shows the Russian fans has surprised the band and all other fans by flash mobbing the shows. In 2011, during "Wisdom, Justice and Love" they held up signs with the words "Wisdom", "Justice" and "Love" on them. In 2012 the fans did a number of things, such as releasing balloons and holding up more signs. At the 2014 performance the fans started throwing pillows onto the stage during Faint. You can see that in the video above.. but also in this one here below. [video=youtube;MXfI7e8mC3s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXfI7e8mC3s[/video] Linkin Parks latest show was played in Minsk, Belarus for the first time ever. It was also their first performance in Belarus as a whole. The band played the same setlist as the last few shows. But the crowd wanted to have fun with the band, so on Final Masquerade fans in the front put on masquerade masks.. how fittingly awesome.. and after the song Chester took a few with him back on stage. [video=youtube;wi8oSmTgFgU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi8oSmTgFgU[/video] Seriously.. that is really awesome After this show the band heads up to Finland for a show on the 31st, finally bringing The Hunting Party Tour to The Nordics, after the wild Fort Minor show in Denmark the Finnish fans have to live up to the high standards of a Nordic crowd. After that the band heads to Berlin on the 3rd for their second performance in Germany on this tour. So what can we expect from this show? Will the Russian fans bring another awesome flash mob? Come and discuss in our forums.
It's really cool to see the fans in places that LP has never been to before. They actually enjoy the music, go crazy, and sing along. I bet it's really refreshing for LP to have fans react like that to them playing. ANYWAYS, on subject this show should be good! The 2011 performance is one of my favorite LP shows ever!