Time for another show where Linkin Park hasn't played a show in the city for a really long time! Tonight, the band will be playing at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The last time the band played a show in Grand Rapids was on November 21, 2001, making it 23 and a half years ago that the city got a show. Like with many shows from the band's earliest years, not much is known in terms of setlist or anything special that happened, so there's not really anything to talk about there. A show was scheduled to take place on February 4, 2015 but had to be cancelled because Chester Bennington broke his leg on the Hunting Party tour. Thankfully though, for us to have something to talk about, the band has played other shows in Michigan, so let's talk about some of those! Michigan has fortunately gotten some professionally-filmed shows, including the 2003 MTV $2 Bill show in Detroit on the Meteora cycle, and the 2007 Projekt Revolution show in Clarkston that was filmed/streamed online by MySpace. Detroit 2003 Clarkston 2007 But let's focus on the latest show the band played in Michigan, which was a show in Clarkston in 2014, when they were out on the Carnivores tour for The Hunting Party. Let's take a quick look at "Given Up" from that show. Huh, I guess Erynn Halvorson has been doing this for a while?! Three years after that show took place, Linkin Park had a show scheduled in Clarkston again, but, due to the passing of Chester Bennington, the entire tour obviously had to be cancelled. Mike Shinoda did, however, stop by Michigan the next year when he visited Detroit on his Monster Energy Outbreak Tour during the Post Traumatic cycle. Alright, brief history lesson = done! Let's talk about the previous show in Tulsa, Oklahoma! For the first show in Tulsa, Oklahoma in almost 25 years, the band pulled off a total banger! How about pulling out a new song in the second spot on the setlist?! That's right, for the second show in a row, the band pulled out another live debut, this time being the full version of "Cut the Bridge"! Previously, the song's bridge verse was featured over the bridge on "Bleed It Out", but, now, we finally get the full song. Check it out below: For his solo medley, Mike brought out the second verse for When They Come for Me. This is the first time in MANY years that the second verse of the song has shown up live in a Linkin Park show (yes, it was performed on the Post Traumatic and 2015 Fort Minor tours. I know. I said Linkin Park.) - the last time was the last time the band performed the full song, all the way back on January 10, 2014. The band played "Good Things Go". That's all that needs to be said about that in order to justify posting a video of it. For the third rotation spot in the setlist (the previous two were 'Cut the Bridge' and 'Good Things Go'), the band pulled out 'From the Inside' again. This song was rotated in, replacing 'A Place for My Head' from the previous show in Austin, Texas. And, for the last video of this post, let's take a look at 'Heavy Is the Crown', where Emily pulled out the full scream on the bridge for the first time. Earlier, she either shortened the scream or split it into two shorter ones, like what Chester used to do on the 'Given Up' bridge. If you don't want to just check out the specific special moments mentioned above, here's a full recording of the show to enjoy. After this show, the band continues the tour with a stop in Baltimore, Maryland on May 3, with another four shows left before taking a couple of weeks to rest up for a crazy busy summer. Remaining shows: May 3, 2025: Baltimore, MD May 6, 2025: Raleigh, NC May 8, 2025: Greenville, SC May 10, 2025: Columbus OH - Sonic Temple May 17, 2025: Daytona Beach, FL - Welcome To Rockville With the advancement of technology making livestreaming easier than ever, fans at home have been able to watch shows on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, experiencing the show alongside those attending in person. While we're not asking our readers to livestream the show, if anyone reading this finds a stream or is streaming it themselves, let us know so we can watch along with you. Are you going to this show? Are you attending any shows this year? If so, have you let people know in the meet-up thread? Come discuss in our forums SETLIST FROM GRAND RAPIDS: ACT 1 (Inception Intro C) 01. Somewhere I Belong 02. Cut the Bridge 03. Crawling 04. New Divide - Short Moscow Intro 06. The Emptiness Machine ACT 2 (Creation Intro C) 07. The Catalyst - Shortened (No third chorus; no breakdown) 08. BURN IT DOWN 09. Up From the Bottom 10. Where'd You Go 11. Waiting for the End 12. CASTLE OF GLASS 13. Two Faced 14. Joe Solo - with Colin 15. Mike Solo Medley - 'When They Come for Me', ''Petrified, & 'Remember the Name' Mashup; With Colin 16. Keys to the Kingdom 17. One Step Closer - 2024 Intro & Outro ACT 3 (Collapse Transition) 18. Lost - Hybrid Version 19. Over Each Other 20. What I've Done ACT 4 (Kintsugi Transition) 21. Overflow 22. Numb - Numb/Encore Intro 23. In the End 24. Faint - Extended Outro ACT 5: Encore (Resolution Intro A) 25. Papercut - Extended Intro 26. From the Inside 27. Heavy Is the Crown 28. Bleed It Out - Extended bridge w/ Reading My Eyes v1; Extended outro
I'm having way too much fun following the tour journey on map, probably because of the bus thing For anyone sharing my weird geographic interest (and not being from.the US ), that's approx 1500 miles / 2400 km already, assuming it didn't start from LA. About the show, I'm thinking one of Stained, IGYEIH or Unshatter will get its premiere soon, maybe tonight already. If I had to guess, I'd put a penny on Stained, only because it's the most popular one on Spotify and probably the easiest on Emily's voice. If they play a different set list again, it'll be now we'll known if Keys is still in rotation, which I'm hoping for.
Biggest takeaway for me is that KTTK is still in rotation, even though no big changes or premiere otherwise
I wonder if they will chaange more with the trip to Europe or if they will stay with those sets for the whole world tour.
"Reading My Eyes" on the bridge of "Bleed It Out" and "Petrified" on the Mike medley. Sweet! Now I'm really wondering if Mike intends to work more Fort Minor stuff into the set in some small way for the 20th anniversary. Though based on the comment on the shoutbox from @Casualty I can't tell if "Petrified" was a fan request or planned.
That's all the songs I got recorded decently (along with the video in the earlier post above). Wish I hadn't bothered streaming but hey the show was still awesome.